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 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1963
Page
2
AP report from HUB Viet Nam describes Hue under martial law with 12000 government troops guarding silent streets until nightfall. A Buddhist monk burned himself to death, triggering curfew and protests as civilians face food shortages and the city braces for further unrest.
In Colombo, Buddhist leaders urged Prime Minister Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike to convene a conference of leaders from Buddhist lands to resolve a dispute amid reports of ritual tensions involving monks and a nun in South Viet Nam. The premier was said to be coordinating with Burma Cambodia and Thailand on the plan.
In Birmingham England the U S consul received an apology from a commercial TV company for a recorded Bob Hope show that mocked Mrs John F Kennedy about her pregnancy. The program aired Wednesday night from a month earlier and referenced the expected birth of Patrick Kennedy who died from a respiratory illness at 39 hours old.
SAIGON AP reports a Vietnamese fighter bomber carrying two American pilots crashed in the central highlands after a strafing mission on a guerrilla position. American sources say both pilots are presumed dead.
Former Venezuelan dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez was flown from Miami to Venezuela to face embezzlement charges and trial. He is to be held in a Caracas prison awaiting the Venezuelan Supreme Court proceeding. Betancourt set the minimum alleged embezzlement at $13 million.
Two married couples and a single man face charges for small roles in Britain's great train robbery as leaders remain at large. Police report suitcases with cash recovered near London total about 250000 dollars, part of roughly 700000 dollars found so far.
AP reports a strong new earthquake hit Skopje early Friday. Radio Belgrade said residents fled tents in panic recalling the devastating quake three weeks earlier. No damage reports were confirmed as the population fell from 260000 to under 100000, with many living in satellite towns outside the debris-filled city.
French underwater expert Cmdr Jacques-Yves Cousteau warned after his Red Sea exploration that humans can live and work long periods underwater. He suggested seabed bases could defend against radiation and shield against nuclear obliteration as major states consider underwater installations.
An anonymous husband, signing as Box K 1725, ad in The Times says his wife gave him a load of hand-forked manure for his birthday. After 30 years of marriage he asks readers to share their thoughts in confidence, noting friends’ replies have been guarded. No replies yet.
EAST ST LOUIS ILL AP A circuit court issued a temporary injunction forbidding further demonstrations by Negro groups at the First National Bank part of protests over discriminatory hiring practices Police arrested 170 persons Thursday after a noisy crowd James Peake Midwest field representative of the NAACP said the protests will continue at other financial institutions in East St Louis a community of 80000 across the Mississippi River from St Louis Circuit Judge Joseph E Frim ming issued the injunction against the NAACP NAACP Youth Council and several individuals Peake said we will continue our fight for freedom in East St Louis despite the injunction
A 19 year old Wilmington Massachusetts youth, Robert L. Kelley, posted bail after receiving two fines totaling 1000 dollars in Farming ton Municipal Court. He faces an appeal on charges of drunken driving and driving after suspension of his license. He paid 100 dollars on the second count and is free in 2000 dollars bail.
A fact finding committee told the OAS special session that the Dominican Republic should curb activities of Haitian exiles on its soil to ease tensions with Haiti. The panel's report was presented to the Council of the Organization of American States studying the dispute.
NASA announced final approval of a coordinated weather satellite program with the United States and USSR. The plan includes a fulltime link between Washington and Moscow for cloud data from experimental satellites and shared data for a world magnetic survey.
New York AP Bayard Rustin deputy director of the planned August civil rights march on Washington said he was once a member of the Young Communist League but never a Communist Thurmond claimed Rustin’s file shows a 1953 sex perversion conviction and a later arrest for vagrancy
More than 30,000 troops from the United States Turkey and Greece will take part in combined land sea and air exercises on Turkish and Greek soil from September 25 to 29.
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.