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!
This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1966
Page
9
American officials report Viet Cong defections exceed 2300 monthly while South Vietnamese regulars desert about 6600 monthly. Many defectors return home or filter into cities. some re enlist. The Chieu Hoi program offers up to 274 for surrendering a 57mm rifle and includes 18 month draft deferment for defectors.
Mary Walker born into slavery around 1849 in Alabama will be celebrated in Chattanooga with a city wide party as official designation of America's oldest student. A U S Commissioner of Education representative will certify her status after she joined a literacy class in 1964 and learned reading writing and arithmetic. She recalls 1869 as the year her first son was born and continues to live independently with bifocal glasses sewing and cooking.
Peter Arnett, 31, a Pulitzer Prize winning Associated Press reporter famed for Vietnam War coverage, will headline the AP Society of Ohio spring meeting banquet in Columbus on May 14. He replaces Webb McKinley and joins Browne and Fans as AP Vietnam prize winners.
In Independence Kansas a cedar sapling about two feet tall has grown from dirt in a fork of a large elm tree. P-Tree experts blame a bird dropping the cedar seed, with the cedar base about five feet off the ground. An area nurseryman notes the seed likely came from a bird.
Local social notes show multiple families visiting relatives in Columbus Wellston Gallipolis and Brooksville. Dick Sisler former Reds manager in 1965 now coaches for the St. Louis Cardinals highlighting a shift in baseball staff.
U S Treasury reports Bank of America and Chase Manhattan will set up on base banking facilities in Saigon to serve American servicemen. Plans call for 30 day on base operation before expansion to other bases including Da Nang. The program aims to reduce black market dollars and may offer servicemen interest bearing checking accounts with charges waived.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.