Waterbury suspect arraigned in Connecticut mass murder
Uncle Lorne J Acquin, 27, faces murder charges in the killings of his foster brother Frederick Beaudoin’s wife Cheryl Beaudoin, 29, and seven children aged four to 12, plus a six-year-old cousin. Nine bodies found in a fire-gutted home. Autopsies show multiple stab and head injuries. blaze ruled feigned to conceal the murders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury, Conn
UPI
Lorne
E J. Acquin
Connecticut
Acquin
Waterbury Superior Court
Cheryl Beaudoin
Frederick Beaudoin
Prospect
Conn
New Haven
Fred
Waterbury
Cheryl
Noonan
Marion
Beaudoin
John R. Williams
Jennifer Santoro
Sri Lanka unrest claims 30 more dead after coup
Police say 30 more people killed as violence spreads from central hills to northern districts after Prime Minister Jayewardene ousted former premier Banar naike. Troops backed police, curfews extended, attacks on opposition homes and markets reported in multiple areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sri Lanka
Colo
UPI
J.R. Jayewardene
United Ational Party
Ime
Sirimayo Banaranaike
Jayewardene
Colombo
Global heat waves push climate shift fears across regions
Weather extremes grip the globe as heat waves, droughts, storms, and heavy rains hit continents from Europe and Asia to Africa and the Americas. Experts warn of a possible gradual Ice Age trend, with rising sea ice and greater variability in weather patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Europe
China
sub-Sahara Africa
Ipanema Beach
Rio
Britain
Nottingham
Victoria
World Meteorological Organization
U.N
Geneva
South Korea
Japan
Southeast Asia
Thailand
Malaysia
Middle East
15 snuffed bodies sought in Calif
YUCCA VALLEY Calif UPI sixty sheriff s deputies searched 30 acres of desert for possible victims of an alleged pornographic snuff filmmaker. The probe centers on Fred B Douglas a 49 year old Costa Mesa upholsterer arrested with bail set at 250 000. Police say victims were tortured dismembered and killed as part of lesbian bondage shoots in a desert shack. investigators found spikes but did not locate bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yucca Valley
Calif
UPI
Richard Rhodes
Rhodes
Fred B. Douglas
Costa Mesa
Douglas
Diane
Garden Grove
Desert
Los Angeles
Monster thought to be long extinct plesiosaurus
TOKYO UP I reports a 44 foot sea creature dredged off New Zealand by Japanese fishermen is claimed by Yokohama National University expert Tokio Shikama to be a plesiosaurus. The two ton carcass, found near Christchurch, was photographed and a tissue sample sent to Tokyo for analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
UPI
New Zealand
Tokio Shikama
Yokohama
Taiyo Fisheries Co
Christchurch
New
Lal
Ocean Fishery Resources Development Center
Shikama
Japan
Floods threaten as Johnstown rebuilds after deadly deluge
In Johnstown Pennsylvania and surrounding Conemaugh Valley communities residents brace for more heavy thunderstorms and flash floods after the worst flooding of the century. Seven more bodies were found raising the death toll to 58 with 47 identified. A flash flood watch covers the stricken area where damages reach 200 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
UPI
Conemaugh River
Conemaugh River Dam
Blairsville
NWS
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Brookings says women should join next draft if resumed
The Brookings Institution notes women would join the draft and could fill up to one third of military jobs mainly white collar. it urges experimental assignment in Army Navy Air Force units but stops short of regular combat duty. It argues women cost less despite pregnancies and cites declines in male enlistment pools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Brookings Institution
Martin Binkin
Air Force
Shirley Bach
U.S
Sterilization gains pace with pill in U.S. study
A National Fertility Study shows permanent sterilization nearing pill use among white married couples, with 6.8 million couples sterilized by 1975 and 7.1 million relying on oral contraceptives. The report notes rising sterilization across age groups and durations of marriage, plus 1.1 million sterilized for medical reasons. Westoff attributes gains to smaller families and earlier family completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
America
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Charles F. Westoff
Princeton University
Office of Population Research
Westoff
Also Mentioned on This Page
North Haven
Freddy
James Noonan
William J. Holstein
United Press International
Rio de Janeiro
Cairo
Sahara
Arabian Gulf
Monster
Plesiosaurus
Bennington
Filic
Main ST
Johnstown Foll
Laurel Run
Sandy Run
Peggy Run
Andy Bowser
Solomon Run
Bowser
Red Cross
Vincent Vetrone
Brookings Report
Eagle Street
North Adams
ePlus
Chittenden
Nichols
Ei von Frudential
Prudential Insurance
Arnold Gottardi
Readsboro
Jack Dufresne
Manchester
Fred Hoyt
Arlington
John Feenan
Douglas Woodard
Maurice Rancourt
Gale Harrington
Prudential
the Prudential Insurance CO. OF America
Bennington Banner
Bennington Banners
The
Banner Publishing Corp
New York Times News Service
Landon Associates, Inc
Dorothy Rutken
Mel Dyson
Chittenden Trust
F.d.1.c
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!