War erupts in Sinai and across Israel fronts in Middle East
Heavy fighting rages as Israel clashes with Egypt Jordan and Syria on Sinai and northern fronts. Aviation battles flare and airstrikes hit Cairo Haifa and Amman while UN forces are withdrawn provoking international concern and US embassy warnings to Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt's
Sinai Desert
Jerusalem
Middle East
Israel
Egypt
Jordan
Syria
Sinai
United Nations
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Haifa
Cairo
Amman
Damascus
Hussein
Sharm el Sheikh
Gulf of Aqaba
Nasser
U.N
Gaza Strip
U. N. Security Council
New York
Washington
White House
Britain
Palestine
Moshe Dayan
France
United States
Soviet Union
Iraq
Arab High Command
Negev
U. S
Tel Aviv
U.S. And World News Briefs Summary
Columbus reports weekend traffic deaths down from Memorial Day totals with at least 12 fatalities and two double crashes. Dayton notes about half of 58 arrested in a weekend disturbance remain jailed as police question four youths about a shooting that wounded Billy Farmer. Washington quotes Roger Hilsman criticizing Johnson Vietnam policy and citing possible pre Hanoi bombing. A presidential crime report says computers could speed police by linking to a central data bank. New York confirms 18 corrections to The Death of a President second edition, including removal of a claim about Kennedy aides at Johnson’s oath. Columbia attorneys plan bail bid for Capt. Howard Levy, an Army doctor sentenced for disobedience and disloyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
Billy Farmer
Washington
Presidential Crime Commission
New York
William Manchester
Harper & Row
Lyndon B. Johnson
Columbia
S. C
Howard B. Levy
Ohio University grants first comparative arts doctorate in U.S.
Ohio University announces the launch of a pioneering comparative fine arts doctorate, the first of its kind in the United States, signalling a new era for interdisciplinary arts research and advanced scholarship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
U.S
Point Pleasant
Billy Bryant
Mark Rwmer
Ics Nobnipeagese
Taeanapiwascessus
Cincinnati Reds
Marines smash Communist regiment near Da Nang in two day battle
U S Marines rout a Communist regiment about 25 miles southwest of Da Nang killing about 570 enemy fighters as 7 Marines die and 139 wounded. The clash ends after two days of heavy fighting with the foe slipping away northward despite air and artillery hammering. Air losses rise to 571 U S combat planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
U.S
da Nang
Leatherneck
North Vietnam
North
Boston Riots Leave 70 Hurt and Millions in Damages
Three nights of rock throwing looting and arson in Roxbury left more than 70 injured 60 arrested and property losses in the millions. State reps urged Gov Volpe to declare a disaster area to unlock loans and federal aid. Blue Hill Avenue was the focal point with fires and a sniper incident. seven police and two children treated for minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Roxbury
John A. Volpe
Blue Hill Avenue
Will
Legislators Discuss Adjourning In Ohio Session
Ohio lawmakers face many bills on taxes education and welfare and have begun discussing final adjournment. Optimistic estimates put winding up around mid August with August 15 as a target date though new taxes to fund schools or welfare could slow progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Britons Die As Two Chartered Planes Crash
London AP reports Britain’s air safety rules under review after two chartered holiday planes killed 160 Britons. An 88 aboard a Douglas DC4 bound for Perpignan crashed into the Pyrenees. 72 died when an Argo naut home from Majorca crashed in Stockport. Both were private, propeller driven, about 20 years old, retired by bigger airlines, and both crashes occurred during landing. Two other DC4s have also crashed this year, killing 57.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
British Airlines
BOAC
British Overseas Airways Corp
176000 Fail Test For Draft
AP reports that 176000 American youths were rejected for the draft last year due to failing even lowered mental standards, with 23555 more rejected on both mental and medical grounds during preinduction checks in 1966. The lowered standards raised the share failing mental requirements from 12 percent in 1961 to about 21 percent in 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Don Knotts and Lucille Ball Sweep Emmys in 19th Awards
Don Knotts won his fifth Emmy as a jittery deputy sheriff and Lucille Ball earned her first in 12 years at the Television Academy’s 19th annual awards. The Monkees won outstanding comedy series. The Andy Williams Show led variety programs. Mission Impossible and Death of a Salesman also earned top prizes. Barbara Bain remarked on her knees after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Don Knotts
Lucille Ball
Television Academy
Barbara Bain
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hilsman
State Department
Johnson
Vietnam
John F. Kennedy
Roger Hilsman
Hanoi
Manchester
Levy
Abby
Athens
Middleport
Chauncey
Nelsonville Glouster
PT. Pleasant
Logan Eeereeene
Pomeroy
Vienna
W. Va
Coolville
George Lovell
Air Force
Dong Hoi
Vinh
China
Mekong Delta
Berkeley
Demilitarized Zone
Royal Bolling
Michael E. Haynes
Franklin W. Holgate
City Hospital
Liam A. Bradley
Grove Hall
Perpignan
Pyrenees
Majorca
Stockport
The
Monkees
NBC
Los Angeles
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Andy Williams
John W. Galbreath
Ohio University Board of Trustees
Galbreath
James A. Rhodes
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!