15 Percent Hike in Soviet Defense Budget Approved
The Soviet Union announced a 15 percent rise in published defense spending, with Finance Minister Vasily Garbuzov attributing it to international tension and increased aid to other countries. The 1968 budget was put at 16.7 billion rubles, about $18.56 billion, marking the largest military increase in Soviet history amid claims of rising national income and housing shortfalls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Soviet Union
Vasily Garbuzov
Israel
U.S
Johnson
Nikolai Baibakov
State Planning Commission
Baibakov
Abandoned mute boy sent to Michigan for care
Ricky Thorne, a mute boy abandoned in 1965, will be placed in a training home in Lapeer, Michigan. Bailey Baibakov noted Soviet urban workers' pay trends. Michigan officials agreed to take Ricky once legal issues are resolved, with salaries rising to about 120.67 dollars monthly next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baibakov
Miami
Fla
Ricky
Thorne
Miami International
Michigan
Supreme Soviet
Maynie
Detroit
Presley
Lapeer
Mich
Baylor Student Dies During Initiation Ceremony
A Baylor University student, John Clifton, 19, of Crosby Texas, collapsed during an initiation event for the Baylor Chamber of Commerce. He died at 3 15 am after attempts at resuscitation and ambulance transport. The group, formed in 1919, is a campus service club with 38 active members and 10 pledges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Baylor Chamber of Commerce
Baylor
Death of Che Guevara Reported by Bolivian Army
Bolivia announced the death of Ernesto Che Guevara after a Sunday clash in southeast Bolivia. The communique said Guevara led a group of 20 to 25 guerillas and was killed along with several Cuban fighters. Four rangers died and four were wounded in the battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Paz
Bolivia
UPI
Ernesto
Iowa
Che” Guevara
Fidel Castro
U.S
Guevara
Vallegrande
U S Aircraft Attack Base for Soviet Arms
American navy planes attacked a sprawling Hai Phong military base, uncrating missiles and helicopters long suspected of Soviet tech work. Intruder jets hit pre-dawn and again Tuesday, with flames and explosions lighting the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Haiphong
Pentagon
U.S
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Johnson Emphasizes Teamwork Over Rivalry in Space Effort
U S command shifted 4000 soldiers into the First corps area raising allied strength in Vietnam to about 176000 with 100000 Americans and 32000 South Vietnamese plus 44000 militiamen. The move supports Con Thien Gio Linh and Dong Ha while talks on a space treaty advance as Johnson seeks peaceful exploration and broader cooperation among nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
First Corps
South Vietnam
Dmz
Haiphong
Cat Bi
Washington
Johnson
Soviet Union
T.S
Space
Earth
Dobrynin
State Rusk
Patrick Dean
Rusk
Con Thien
Quang Tri
First
Gio Linh
Dong Ha
Fifth Marine Regiment
Marine Headquarters l
da Nang
Army
Air Cavalry Division
Central Highlands
Tam Ky
Weather notes across Iowa with lows in 20s and 30s
The weather bureau reported partly cloudy skies and overnight lows from 28 to 30 degrees across several Iowa towns including Tripoli New Albin Waterloo Fayette Elkader Cresco Oelwein and Waukon. Temperatures rose to 40s in the southwest and 30s in the northeast with a national high of 98 at Thermal California and a low of 23 at North Platte Nebraska. A freeze warning was issued for Tuesday with highs expected between the 40s and 50s thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
New Albin
Waterloo
Fayette
Elkader
Cresco
Oelwein
Waukon
Iowa
Rockies
Atlantic
Thermal
Imperial
Calif
Thelow
North Platte
Neb
Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Britain presses Muller on swift Rhodesia withdrawal
London reports that British government leaders urged South African Foreign Minister Hilgard Muller to arrange a rapid withdrawal of South African police from Rhodesia fighting guerrillas. The note was delivered Tuesday as tensions over the breakaway colony continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hilgard Muller
Rhodesia
Chuckle Sign at Public School On Atomic Attack
A public school displays a joke sign stating that in an atomic attack the federal ruling against school prayer is temporarily suspended. The humorous caption points to a clash between national policy and local religious practice.
Church says antiballistic system a sieve
Senator Church of Idaho blasts a proposed five billion antiballistic missile system as extravagant and insecure saying it would not shield the nation. He warns the program could raise war risks and foster complacency rather than real protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Church
D-Idaho
U.S
Senate
Viet monks halt protest vigil in Saigon after compromise
South Vietnam's militant Buddhists end a 13 day vigil before Independence Palace following a government move to recognize a rival sect as the official Buddhist church. Thich Tri Quang says the struggle is not over though, as Thieu pledges to resolve the charter issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Vietnam
Thich Tri Quang
Independence Palace
Thieu
Thich Tinh Khiet
Quang
Khiet
An Quang
Thiet
2B Die in U S Plane Smashup
Saigon reports a U S C 130 transport with 23 people missing since Sunday was confirmed lost on Tuesday. Wreckage found on a mountainside between Hue and Da Nang. all 18 passengers and five crew believed U S military. Weather cited as poor factor with no cause known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
U. S
Hue
da Nang
Uruguayan Act Draws Protest
Four members of President Gestido's cabinet resigned in protest after the government ordered prompt security measures to prevent a 24 hour general strike. The measures barred strikes and work stoppages and suspended some individual rights, with unclear duration. Five ministers reportedly disagreed, but four resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montevideo
Uruguay
Oscar Gestido
Sinking of U S Craft In Cold North Pacific
A Japanese ship rescued at least two of the 42 crew from the freighter Panoceanic Faith after it sank in 35 to 45 knot winds and 15 to 18 foot seas 870 miles southwest of Kodiak Alaska. Coast guard and various vessels aided in the search as plans dropped life rafts and crews battled frigid water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juneau
Alaska
North Pacific
Coast Guard
Kodiak
Gordon Campbell
Oakland
Calif
Lewis Gray
Houston
New York
John Ogles
Alexandria
Adak
San Francisco
India
U. S
Visand
Fine Grossers of ABC Picket Lines
New York AP report states that four ABC TV and radio members were fined by the AFTRA union for crossing strike lines during the American Broadcasting Co dispute. Tex Antoine faces up to 14000 dollars, Bill Beutel 12000, John Schubeck 11400, with commentator Jimmy Breslin also found guilty but fine not yet set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Federation ofTelevision and Radio Artists
Technicians’ Union
American Broadcasting Co
Tex Antoine
Bill Beutel
John Schubeck
Jimmy Breslin
Theunion
Also Mentioned on This Page
Soviet Communist Party
John Presley
Dade County
Protective Services
Tran Treatre
Che Guevara
Buuuc
SETA
George McArthur
Japan
Canada
Denmark
Sierra Leone
Finland
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria
Niger
Australia
Air Force
Hanoi
Red China
Quang Kien
U.S. Army
Laos
America
Great Britain
Britain
Barry Kramer
Today's Index
Marion
New York City
Augustus Polemis
Panocetanic Faith
Yokohama
ABC
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!