Merger of Two Churches Largest Yet in United Methodists
In Dallas the United Methodist Church forms from the merger of the Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church. The ceremony in Memorial Auditorium features prayers, processions, and the joining of bishops and laity as a united denomination of over 11 million adults in the U.S. The sermon urges renewed unity and a wider mission amid global turmoil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
United Methodist Church
Dallas Memorial Auditorium
Methodist Church
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Albert Cutler
Wind Gusts Lock Iowa Cities and Rivers Rise
Cedar Rapids faced 52 mph gusts and 39 to 43 degree swings Tuesday with power line breaks causing traffic signals to fail at E avenue and Center Point road NE and at Eighth avenue and First street SE. Des Moines saw gusts to 65 mph as storms moved through with heavy rain recorded in Decorah and Waukon. Rivers rose modestly but no flooding was seen as the Iowa river near Marshalltown was forecast to crest at 11 feet. Continued rain was expected into Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Mercury
E Avenue
Center Point Road
Eighth Avenue
First Street
Des Moines
Decorah
Iowa
Waukon
Weather Bureau
Iowa River
Marshalltown
Plane Crash Injures Robert Ray and Two Others in Iowa
A Piper Apache crashed near Thornton in Cerro Gordo county injuring Robert Ray a Des Moines Republican gubernatorial candidate two others. Ray had a broken ankle and facial cuts but was in good condition. Pilot Eugene Abbott suffered a back injury and head blow in serious condition. 18 year old Drake student John Lloyd survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cerro Gordo County
Eugene Abbott
Des Moines
Ray vows to press campaign from hospital bed
Iowa gubernatorial hopeful Robert Ray said he would maintain his campaign after a plane crash left him with a broken ankle and cuts. He joked about traveling with a cast and noted two others were injured in the incident. He spoke from Mason City hospital with Globe-Gazette editor Bob Spiegel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Robert Ray
Ray Quoted I'll Collect King Bounty
In Dalton Georgia a prison inmate and James Earl Ray associate Raymond Curtis says Ray declared he would collect the million dollar bounty on Martin Luther King. Curtis recalls hearing Ray remark that someone had made a pretty penny on the Kennedy assassination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
UPI
James Earl Ray
Ray
Martin Luther King
FBI
King
Raymond Curtis
Jefferson City
Kennedy
Curtis
Tornadoes Ravage Kentucky and Michigan Towns
A tornado carved a path of destruction in Falmouth Kentucky injuring at least 21 people. In Hillsdale Michigan a tornado hit Frontier destroying 10 to 15 houses with no immediate injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falmouth
Upi
Hillsdale, Mich
Michigan
Frontier
Indiana
Anti Racism March By Whites Is Urged
Whitney Young of the National Urban League urged a massive Washington march led by white leaders to end racism. He said whites own industries and media and called for whites to demand anti poverty action, followed by city hall protests nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Whitney Young
National Urban League
Washington
Civil Rights Organization
Young
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Martin’ Luther King
Congress
Henry Ford
David Rockefeller
George Meany
Czechs warn Moscow over interference at Budapest talks
Prague sources say the Czech delegation led by Jozef Lenart may walk out of the Budapest conference if Kremlin interference continues. The talks probe recognition of independence sovereignty and equality among communist parties as Prague seeks support for its liberal reforms under Dubcek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Soviet Union
Budapest
Kremlin
Moscow
Alexander Dubcek
Antonin Novotny
Jozef Lenart
Lenart
New Czechoslovak Action
Central Committee
Novotny
Czechoslovakia
I. V. Cher
Iowa Woman Slain. 12-Year-Old Nephew Sought
Judy Danker 19 and Juanita Cook 25 were shot at their rural Argyle homes. Sheriff issued first degree murder warrant for 12-year-old John Spring, former mental patient known as Buddy. Danker died. Cook critically wounded. Weapon stolen from neighbor. Spring missing after Monday incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argyle (Ap
Judy Danker
Argyle
Thomas Cook
Juanita
Lee County
H. R. Delaheyde
John Spring
Dankers and Cooks
Former C R Man Killed in Crash of Air Force Jet
Cedar Rapids man Maj. Richard E. Dye, formerly of Cedar Rapids, died in a Florida jet fighter crash after serving as a B 52 crew pilot for practice runs at Cedar Rapids last year He was a reserve member at Niagara Falls N Y with a background at American Airlines Survivors include his wife four children and his parents Charles and Mrs Dye of Pomona California
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.R. Man
Air Force
Cedar Rapids
Florida
Maj
Richard E. Dye
Air Force Reserve
Dye
American Airlines
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Barksdale
Air Force Base
Maj. Dye
the Gazette
Charles Dye
Pomona
Calif
Pupil scolded sparks a joke about learning to write
In a light moment a teacher tells a pupil that without learning to write no one will be able to read the pupil's sign. The quip riffs on literacy and communication.
U S F-111 Crashes in Thailand During Vietnam War Mission
AP report details the third crash of an F-111 fighter bomber en route to North Vietnam, believed down in Thailand. It notes prior crashes, grounding of aircraft, and continued U S bombing missions as heavy fighting raged near Saigon with U S and Vietnamese forces engaging Viet Cong units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Thailand
America
199Th Light Infantry
Thant Talks Hope For Early Vietnam Peace Talks
U N Secretary General U Thant said he hopes preliminary talks between Washington and Hanoi begin soon perhaps this week. He named Phnom Penh Warsaw Geneva or Paris as possible venues while rumors in New York suggested an agreement. A Washington state department spokesman denied any agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
U.N
U Thant
Washington
Hanoi
Phnom Penh
Warsaw
Geneva
New York
State Department
Also Mentioned on This Page
George W. Cornell
E.A.B
Reuben Mueller
Indianapolis
Lloyd Wicke
C.R
Iowa News
Towa
Decorah Sitadygett Ad AG
Cresco
Eldora
Atlantic
Elkader i Bbls Ad Wagaserree
Garwin Gam Ie Toray
Charles City
Fayette
Oelwein
Today's Index
Financial
Marion
Ernest
Society Ae
John Lloyd
Drake University
Daniel Lloyd
Ottumwa
Abbott
Richard DeVries
Thornton
Bay
Boone
Lloyd
Waterloo
Don Payton
G.O.P
Polk County
Iowa House of Representatives
Europe
Volenko
Dubcek
Todor Zhivkov
Zhivkov
New Prague
Buddy
Delahoyde
Delaheyde
State Mental Health Institute
Mt. Pleasant
Cedar Rapids News
A Shau
Hue
Thant
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!