Airlift plan moves 15000 soldiers to Europe for Stricom test
The defense department plans a swift division size airlift to Europe this year to test the Stricom concept. About 15,000 troops would cross the Atlantic in a costly, large scale training move, with funds for maintenance trimmed by Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense Department
Europe
Army-Air Force Strike Command
Atlantic
House
Senate
Defense
McNamara
Central Africa
Middle East
Strike Command
Stricom
Air Force
Russia
NAACP in Philly plans picket at city post office
Philadelphia NAACP leader Cecil Moore threatens Monday demonstrations by up to 1,000 pickets over alleged post office discrimination against African Americans in supervisory roles. Postmaster Anthony Lambert denies charges and cites misinformation. Moore seeks meeting with federal officials and exclusion of Rep. Nix from talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Cecil Moore
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Philadelphia Post Office
Moore
Anthony Lambert
White House
Post Office
Robert Nix
D-Pa
House Postal Operations Committee
Richard Murphy
Murphy
Nix
Congress
Henry Butcher Killed in County Road Collision
Henry S. Butcher aged 72 of rural Walker was fatally injured in a two mile east Brandon intersection crash Saturday. He died at Peoples hospital in Independence from a skull fracture. His passenger Albert Katzenmeyer age 79, also of rural Walker, was treated for shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Henry S. Butcher
Walker
Brandon
Butcher
Peoples Hospital
Albert Katzenmeyer
Russians Pleased by Test Ban Treaty Initialing
Moscow reports the initialing of a nuclear test ban treaty with Western diplomats noting Russian joy yet Western concern that the move signals a push toward a later non aggression pact with NATO. U S and Britain say they will continue discussions without binding commitment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
U. S
Britain
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Red Square
NATO
U.S
Polluted Cedar River Drives Boaters Off the Water
Coliform levels on the Cedar river fluctuate as pollution worries linger. officials at the water works plant report the count down a little but the river remains heavily polluted. local boaters move to Coralville reservoir and the Mississippi, with Cedar Rapids Marine Sales feeling sharp declines in daily receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar River
Water Works
Dave Ross
Cedar Rapids
Ross
Coralville
Clarence Bradley
Jockey Syncom Back on Course After Drift
CAPE CANAVERAL AP Scientists Saturday discovered Syncom 2 satellite drifting off course but corrected its path by firing small gas jets on the space package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Canaveral
Harriman Says Moscow Test Ban Treaty Aims to Ease East West Tensions
W Averell Harriman said the Moscow initiated test ban treaty marks a major first step toward improved East West relations and does not prevent use of nuclear weapons in war. He spoke after briefing President Kennedy on Khrushchev talks and after a 90 minute meeting at the Summer White House on Squaw Island. The pact, described as very friendly in tone, is expected to be signed in Moscow with Secretary of State Rusk and arms control officials participating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyannisport
Mass
W. Averell Harriman
Moscow
Harriman
Kennedy
Khrushchev
White House
Squaw Island
Dean Rusk
William Foster
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Foster
Adrian Fisher
Rusk
U. S
London
Soviet Union
U.S
Britain
Amana Refrigera
Maneation, Inc
Iowa Steel and Iron Works
Iowa Manufacturing Py Ary
Washington
State Rusk
Lord Home
Lin
Gromyko
Lord Hailsham
Cuba Denies Shortchanged In Prisoner Ransom Deal
The state department called Castro’s claim of a $10 million shortfall in the December Bay of Pigs prisoner exchange unfounded. The American Red Cross and a Canadian bank backed by Bank of America and Morgan Guaranty Trust say the $53 million in food and medicine deliveries were fulfilled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
U.S
Cuba
American Red Cross
Castro
Richard Phillips
Red Cross
Royal Bank of Canada
Bank of America
Morgan Guaranty Trust Company
Tulsa Flood Drenches City as Mystery Rain Maker Promises More
A record 8.75 inches drenched downtown Tulsa in a burst between 9 30 a.m. and 1 30 p.m. with total city rainfall peaking at 8 75 inches. Property damage near 100 000 dollars, basements flooded, fires sparked by water, and widespread power outages. Dozens evacuated, cars deep in water, and all fire trucks occupied. The storm, part of a 60 mile belt, marks July's fourth wettest in Tulsa history as a rain maker claimed he helped stop showers by reversing a secret process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Weather Bureau
New Civic Center
Fire ‘Department
Oklahoma
Khrushchev seeks West relations with low cost pact
Western diplomats assess Soviet Premier Khrushchev's move to improve East West ties through a low cost nuclear test ban pact. U.S. Rusk and British Home Secretary anticipate follow up talks after Gromyko and Harriman groundwork. Optimism clashes with cautions on Berlin Germany and disarmament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Macmillan
Berlin
Germany
Soviet Union
West
Peking
Toll in Quake Rises to 630 in Skopje After Devastation
In Skopje workers, defying danger, recovered more bodies as the death toll climbed past 630. President Tito's government pledged a new rebuilding effort, while officials estimated about 500 more may be buried beneath Friday's wreckage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skopje
Tito
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Elton C. Fay
NAACP
Philly
P.O
Sunday's Index
Courthouse Comment
Iowa
Marion
New Books
Eeeeee
Weeeee
Seeenee
Saan
Lee
Parade Magazine
Ererrey
Henry Butcher
By Preston Grover
West Germany
Moskcow
By Jim Tucker
Brad
E. B. Laurer
Filter Supply Co
Bank of Canada
By John M. Hightower
Collins
United Fund
Midland Industries Foundation
James N. Faulkes
Edythe M. Braucher
Debbie Davis
Denise Heaton
Roman Houser
Berean
Calvary Baptist Sunday School
Edward J. Sopousek
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!