Brazil closes hunt for Nazi Martin Bormann
Brazil said it would abandon the search for Nazi fugitive Martin Bormann, while West Germany had closed its extradition file years earlier. An official explained no evidence placed him in Brazil. A 1973 finding declared Bormann dead after skeletal remains were found in Berlin alongside Hitler's doctor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonn
West Germany
Martin Bormann
Hitler
Brazil
Supreme Court
Bormann
Foreign Ministry
Third Reich
Goering
Goebbels
Himmler
Nazi Party
Fuehrer
Berlin
Frankfurt
Horst Gauf
Invalidenstrasse
Adolf Hitler
Gauf
Ludwig Stumpfegger
Postal Service May Cut Delivery to Five Days
The Postal Service informs four unions it may end Saturday home delivery and shift to five-day mail service by year end. James Conway sent letters noting the serious study of this proposed change to union leaders, obtained by the Associated Press. ON THIS DATE in 1976 Egypt and China signed a military accord in Peking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Postal Service
James Conway
Associated Press
Egypt
China
Peking
GOP Leaders Encourage Ford to Continue Attacking Carter
Senate Republican Leader Howard Baker House Republican Leader John Rhodes and GOP Chair Bill Brock urged Gerald Ford on Wednesday to press attacks on President Carter. They argued Democrats should not complain about Ford’s criticism and praised his willingness to speak out despite Mondale and O'Neill saying Ford acted too soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Ford
Baker
Rhodes
Texas and Oklahoma Tentatively Back Humane Executions
Legislators in both states approved bills to replace the electric chair with lethal injections. Oklahoma House sent the amended measure back to the Senate as Texas likewise prepared for another vote before final passage. Proponents call injections a humane method while opponents call it too lenient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Oklahoma
House
Senate
Texas House
David Hood
Oklahoma City
Bill Wiseman
Tulsa
Oklahoma House
Bob Parris
D-Sallisan
Parris
ACLU to Sue FBI and Honeywell over 1970s infiltration plot
The American Civil Liberties Union will sue alleging top Honeywell officers conspired with the FBI in the early 1970s to infiltrate antiwar religious and political groups. The suit cites an FBI memorandum and seeks damages of 15 million dollars or more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nyt
American Civil Liberties Union
Honeywell Inc
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Honeywell
FBI
ACLU
Jack Novik
Bureau
Castro hints trade to open other doors
Fidel Castro told a Minnesota trade delegation that removing the U S embargo would create optimum conditions for discussing other problems with the United States. He met the group for an hour and a half in Havana and impressed several American business leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Minnesota
U.S
Jac de Hoog
Schouten International
Castro
al Wichman
Estates Securities, Inc
Minneapolis
Billy Carter Ordered to Clean Up Plains Station
Federal OSHA inspectors from the U S Labor Department ordered Billy Carter to clear junk and debris around his Plains Georgia service station to meet health and safety rules. The April 14 inspection followed a resident complaint supported by two photos. Carter, cited previously for illegal Sunday beer sales, was not available for comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Billy Carter
Plains
Detroit Free Press
U.S. Labor Department
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Carter
Washington
OSHA
The
Free Press
Abductions Reported Of Schoolchildren In South West Africa
SWAPO guerillas abducted 126 pupils and staff from Onamulenga mission school near the Angola border in early morning raids. Some escaped, including 12 pupils and staff, and 17 more managed to flee, while the fate of others remains uncertain amid regional tensions and U.N. positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oshakati
South West Africa
UPI
Angola
Jamie de Wet
South West African Peoples Organization
Onamulenga
SWAPO
de Wet
Kornelius Ndjoba
Owambo
Rhodesia
Botswana
South Africa
United Nations
Namibia
U.N
Also Mentioned on This Page
Karachi
Pakistan
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Pose
GOP
United Press International
Queen Elizabeth of
Britain
Billy
Gazette Classified Ads
Minnesota, Inc
16Th Ave
S.W
Cedar Rapids
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!