U S Ready To Start Troop Pullout In Dominican Republic
U S officials said withdrawal of about part of the 20 000 troops from the Dominican Republic could begin in days as other American nations send contingents to the OAS peace keeping force. Final timing and numbers depend on partner contributions and on Johnsons decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Dominican Republic
Johnson
Shap
Organization of American States
OAS
Paraguay
Venezuela
Costa Ri
Marines suffer new deaths as patrols enter rebel zone
Four more U.S. Marines die in Santo Domingo amid a patrol entering insurgent territory. The overall American death toll reaches at least 13 with wounded Marines and two war correspondents slightly injured. Rebels report casualties and accuse U.S. forces of breaching a cease fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
U.S
Rines
Boxer
United States
Marines and SeaBees Land in Viet Nam for Airstrip
About 3,000 Marines and 3,000 SeaBees arrived on a South Viet Nam coast to build a 4000 foot aluminum base airstrip near Da Nang. No shots fired. two government troops killed and six wounded in 48 hours of patrols by Vietnamese battalions. Total U.S. troops in South Viet Nam reach about 45,000. Admiral Warron called it the largest Far East amphibious landing since Inchon. First wave hit the beach at 8:13 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chu Lai
South Viet Nam
U. S
U. S. Navy
Big da Nang Air Base
Donald Warron
Hamilton
Ohio
Far East
Inchon
Korea
Compromise Clears Plan for Steel Nationalization
London Prime Minister Harold Wilson wins first legislative hurdle as Labor signals acceptance of state control over the steel industry rather than full nationalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Harold Wilson
Two Ships Collide in Mackinac Straits Sink Cedarville
In fog through the Straits of Mackinac the limestone carrier Cedarville and the Norwegian freighter Topdalsfjord collided. The Cedarville sank quickly. Fourteen Cedarville survivors were rescued, twenty men reported missing by the Coast Guard. Radio reports described cries for help from the foggy water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mackinaw City
Mich
Mackinac
Cedarville
Topdalsfjord
Coast Guard
Tornadoes Ravage Minneapolis Area Kill 13, Injure 300
A string of twisters struck the Minneapolis area causing at least 13 deaths and over 300 injuries. Thousands of homes damaged or destroyed while utilities collapsed and highways saw numerous accidents. Gov. Rolvaag ordered National Guard aid as towns around Lake Minnetonka bore the worst damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Minnesota
Karl Rolvaag
National Guard
Civil Defense
Lake Minnetonka
Spring Lake Park
Mounds View
Mound
Lake Minnetonk
Island Park
Navarre
LBJ Signs 700 Million Viet War Funds Bill
President Johnson signed a 700 million dollar appropriation to fund the Vietnam War amid sharp Senate and House opposition. Senators Gruening Morse and Nelson spoke against the measure, while Javits warned against presidential overreach. Senate passed 88 to 3. House approved 408 to 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
Congress
White House
Search Area Broadened For Heiress
Coast Guard widened the search for Eileen Jeffers Yager after she vanished from the couple s chartered honeymoon yacht near Long Beach California. Judge Thomas C. Yager said she was behind the wheel before she disappeared and called the event the most tragic thing he has faced. The heiress to a railroad fortune married the Los Angeles Superior Court judge last Monday in a private ceremony with James Francis Cardinal McIntyre officiating and former Gov Goodwin J Knight as best man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Calif
Coast Guard
Eileen Jeffers Yager
Los Angeles
Superior Court
Thomas C. Yager
Yager
James Francis Cardinal McIntyre
Goodwin J. Knight
Reapportionment Proposals Considered in Ohio Legislature
Two new measures to redraw Ohio House districts were introduced as alternatives to the rejected plan. One would elect six representatives per congressional district, the other would base seats on population within state senatorial districts. A third option urged Congress to convene a constitutional convention on nonpopulation apportionment factors. Also, Senate bills target vandalism and a new Pittsburgh skyscraper project was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio House
Ohio
Jim Thorpe
Stark
Senate
House
Harry McIlwain
D Hamilton
Sens
Robin Turner
Seneca
Max Dennis
Wilmington
Congress
U. S
Sato says Lodge promised U S would not bomb Hanoi
Prime Minister Eisaku Sato in Tokyo quoted Henry Cabot Lodge as pledging the United States will not bomb Hanoi nor occupy North Vietnam. Sato also said Lodge promised Japan would not be drawn into the Vietnam conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Eisaku Sato
Henry Cabot Lodge
Johnson
United States
Hanoi
Viet Nam
Sato
Lodge
Japan
New Hearing Sought For Dr Sheppard
Sam Sheppard's attorney F Lee Bailey said he has filed a rehearing request with the Sixth U S Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider sending Sheppard back to prison. Bailey also sought a 20 day extension to June 14 to answer the court order and said the ultimate aim is a new trial for the 41 year old formerosteopath who served nearly ten years in prison for Marilyn Sheppards murder in 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Sam Sheppard
Sixth
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Sheppard
Marilyn
F. Lee Bailey
Boston
Appeals Court
Bailey
Bay Village
Signs of Brezhnev Kosygin split in Pravda clue
A British expert on Communist affairs reports signs of strain between Leonid Brezhnev and Alexei Kosygin. Pravda denounces any claim that rocket weapons outrank ground troops. In Ohio, ten GOP leaders will oversee eight $100 dinners on June 9 for Ray Bliss tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Leonid Brezhnev
Alexei Kosygin
Pravda
Columbus
Ohio
Ray Bliss
China Cancels $27 Million Vinylon Plant Deal With Japan
Tokyo reports that Communist China canceled a long-standing agreement to buy a vinylon plant from Japan accusing Prime Minister Eisaku Sato’s government of hostile treatment. Notification went to Nichiko Spinning Co. Beijing repudiated the financing plan offering long term low interest credit to Peking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
China
Japan
Eisaku Sato
Nichiko Spinning Co
Peking
Praise NASA as House approves $5.1 billion space bill
The House passed a $5.1 billion space authorization with a 388 to 11 vote praising NASA. In a separate article, coroner Dr. A H Kyriakedes says an infant died of suffocation after being placed in a plastic bag by ambulance attendants following birth on April 14 to Mrs. Gina Gardner. The prosecutor will review the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
AERON
A. H. Kyriakedes
Kyriakedes
Gina Gardner
Athens sewer project may cost over nine hundred thousand
The Messenger notes the Athens sewer project could exceed 900 000 dollars as part of a broader CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS list detailing area projects across the region. It highlights plans for municipal upgrades and related funding considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Board of Music Federation
American Legion
Jurors Reconvene in Civil Rights Murder Case
A deadlocked jury in the Ku Klux Klan murder trial of Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr. returns to court in Hayneville Alabama after four hours of deliberation. Judge T Werth Thagard had given first degree murder instructions and jurors sought guidance on possible verdicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayneville
Ala
T. Werth Thagard
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Fairfield
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Detroit
Mich
Thagard
Also Mentioned on This Page
Can Security Ministry
Brazil
Argentina
Caribbean
Luis Munoz Marin
Puerto Rico
Romulo Betancourt
Jose Figueres
Costa Rica
Francisco Caamano Deno
Caamano
Buenos Aires
Dominica
Marine
al Brut
Doug Kennedy
Miami, Fla
Herald
U S
Marines
Bulletin
Houston
Ohio State University
Danny Ingram
Middletown
LBJ
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Wayne Morse
Dore
Gaylord Nelson
Mike Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
General Assembly
Pittsburgh
John W. Galbreath
Pittsburgh Pirates
GOP
Red
NASA
Jeena Denaees
Ome
Ye Chauncey
Gallipolis
Glouster
Logeh Cdn
McArthur
Nelsonville
Pt. Pleasant
Pomeroy
Middleport
Wwomen
Stull
Matt H. Murphy Jr
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!