U S Maps Relief Plan for Biafra
New details show the Johnson administration drafting a major relief operation for Biafra involving sea land and air efforts with at least 20 million dollars in contingency funding. U S policy shifts toward active pressure for cease fire and coordinated relief alongside British mediation amid famine risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Welles
New York Times
Washington
Johnson
Biafra
Britain
Nigeria
Lord Shepherd
Commonwealth Foreign Office
Lagos
Yacubu Gowon
Maurice Foley
Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Katzenbach
U.S
Edward Kennedy
Kennedy
Amana Woman Dies In Auto Accident
Marie Heinze 69 of Amana died Saturday in a one car crash on highway 149 south of Norway She was dead on arrival at St Luke s hospital Cedar Rapids Adolph Heinze also of Amana suffered head injuries and arm lacerations and was taken to University hospitals Iowa City
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Marie Heinze
Amana
Highway 149
Here
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s
University Hospitals of
Iowa City
Adolph Heinze
Coast Guard Halts Search For Missing C-119 Plane
The U S coast guard suspended the search for a missing C-119 cargo aircraft with eight crew aboard due to bad weather and darkness. The plane disappeared after takeoff from Roosevelt Roads Naval Air Station and radio and radar contact were lost. The search will resume as soon as weather clears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
P.R
U.S. Coast Guard
Roosevelt Roads Naval Air Station
Woman Henpecks Husband Then Finds Him Listening to Chick
A humorous quip notes that a wife who naggs her husband may end up with him paying attention to a chick joke. The line plays on domestic life and playful gender stereotypes in a lighthearted tone.
Newhall Man Killed in Shellsburg Crash
Don Cress a 55 year old Newhall resident died when his car overturned on a gravel road southeast of Shellsburg near 6 p m He was dead on arrival at a Vinton hospital authorities said Cress had earlier lived in Urbana A passenger Selma Staveley 60 suffered a broken back and was hospitalized, authorities reported
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Shellsburg
Newhall
Don Cress
Here
Iowa Highway Patrol
Selma Staveley
Vinton
Cress
Vinton Hospital
Urbana
Floods Force Refuge As Waters Reach Ten Feet in West Sumatra
Flood waters up to 10 feet high drove residents from the Sawalilumno district rice fields in West Sumatra. No deaths were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jakarta
UPI
Sawalilumno
West Sumatra
Panel Urges Massive Federal Drive on Housing and Urban Reform
A UPI report: the National Commission on Urban Problems calls for major local government reform and swift federal funding to address housing shortages and urban ills. It recommends 500,000 low income housing units annually for ten years, costing about 7 billion dollars yearly if fully implemented, plus 6 billion for construction and other measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Douglas
Dubcek weathering tests as reform drive advances
Dubcek spoke to the Czechoslovak Communist Party central committee amid two day talks on the upcoming federal government. Officials said no major changes in top posts, with Dubcek and allies pushing for reform while conservatives may seek compromise with the Soviet Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Alexander Dubcek
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Dubcek
Central Committee
Oldrich Cernik
Bratislava
Suburban crisis flagged in Johnson task force report
A confidential White House summary warns of a growing suburban crisis with blight and social decay amid hurried development. It calls for coordinated metropolitan planning, federal grants, and an urban development bank to fund public investments, stressing suburbs as part of broader metro areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Nigeria
Nicholas Katzenbach
Johnson
Washington
Charles Haar
Department of Housing and Urban Development
White House
World Bank
Humphrey
Nixon Wedge Delays Start of US Soviet Missile Talks
Washington officials said the Soviet Union now prefers to wait for Nixon to take office before resuming strategic missile talks. Moscow has not responded to a proposed November start and sees little use negotiating with Johnson without Nixon’s mandate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington — Administration
Soviet Union
Richard Nixon
Moscow
U.S
Johnson
Nixon
Aleksei Kosygin
Kosygin
Glassboro
N.J
Rusk
Giant rally urged as San Francisco students protest
In San Francisco, SDS and Young Socialist Alliance urge a large solidarity rally after San Francisco State College closes early for holidays. Police have arrested at least 132 since November 26 amid campus clashes. San Mateo College riot adds to the tension as hours of damage and injuries report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
UPI
San Francisco State College
San Francisco State
City Hall
S. I. Hayakawa
Students For A Democratic Society
Young Socialist Alliance
Charles Rasmussen
SDS
College of San Mateo
Hayakawa
Special post office hours in Cedar Rapids today
Special window hours from 2 to 5 p.m. apply at the main building and First Street station in the Federal building. Postal officials urge residents to use the time to avoid the last minute holiday mail rush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
First Street
Federal Building
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bob Hope
Ann Margret
Vietnam
Hope
Linda Bennet
the Goldiggers
Penelope Plummer
The
Gazette
U.S. Maps
Organization of African Unity
Gowon
Odumegwu Ojukwu
Biafran
Brown University
National Commission On Urban Problems
Commission
Paul Douglas
Illinois
New York Times Service
Switzerland
NATO
Anatoly Dobrynin
S.F
Today's Index
Iowa
Marion
New York
Parade Magazine
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!