British Train Robber Breaks Out of High Security Prison
Ronald A. Biggs dubbed the Great Train Robber escaped from Wandsworth Prison in a daylight breakout described by officials as precise as a military operation. He fled with three accomplices over the wall, aided by ladders, seized a warden, and escaped in three cars. Biggs was serving 30 years for the 1963 Glasgow to London royal mail heist worth 7.3 million dollars with about 6.1 million unrecovered. The escape follows a spree of maximum security breaks by gang members including Charles Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
UPI
Ronald A. Biggs
Wandsworth
Biggs
Royal Mail Express
Charles Wilson
Birmingham
Wilson Green
Winson
Wilson
Eric Flower
Robert Anderson
Patrick Doyle
Body Of Reservoir Victim Recovered
The body of Elmer C. Jones 37 of Indianapolis who drowned at Geist Reservoir last Monday during a Fourth of July outing was found Thursday by a fisherman. Jones jumped from a fishing boat to swim as part of a group of eight drowning victims cited in Indiana over the holiday weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
VPI
Elmer C. Jones
Indianopolis
Geist Reservoir
Jones
Indiana
Despair of Girl Watchers Report From Canton China
An AP dispatch from Canton China describes how women in Red China are praised yet labeled as “despairs” by tourists. The piece alleges complex gender norms, masquerade of femininity, and social slogans about sex amid differing urban rural attitudes across Manchuria to Shanghai.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red China
Canton
China
Manchuria
Peking
Northeast
Center
Middle South
Shanghai
Rouse Federal Housing Commission- Gagee
Brownstein
FHA
Imortgagee
Wilson Peace Envoy Makes Hanoi Visit
London reports Prime Minister Harold Wilson secretly dispatched a peace envoy to Hanoi to open talks on Viet Nam peace. The mission aimed to clarify the Commonwealth peace goal and start dialogue, amid opposition calls for caution against appeasement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Hanoi
Cincinnatus Solsiety Service Group
Thomas Binder
Alexandria
Ferson
Harald Wilson
United States
Lemissary
Viet Nam
Labor
Davies
Commonwealth
Alec Douglas Home
London
North Sea Fish Undergo Radioactivity Tests
The Norwegian Ocean Research Directorate began radioactivity tests on North Sea fish due to alleged dumping of nuclear material in the area. The tests aim to assess contamination levels in the sampled fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Sea
Norwegian Ocean Research Directorate
Also Mentioned on This Page
Washington
Bureau of the Census
Madison County Dramatic Players
Geeting Tent
Marie Jackson
Dale Kimble
Steve Todd
Chrysler
Chrysler Newport
Tis
N.a.da
Broadway Sales Corp
Broadway
Heii
Hanau
Germany
Counts of
City
Bergen
Norway
Cincinnati
Madison County
Federal Home Loan Bank
Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corp
Pendleton Savings and Loan Ass'n
Pendleton, Ind
Emg
AO Sq
Aldon
S ‘Riviera
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!