Johnson Plans Postal Rate Hike and Civil Service Pay Rise
President Johnson plans to ask Congress for higher second and third class mail rates and to consider raises for Civil Service and postal workers. Budget director Gordon said the fiscal 1967 plan would be well under 108.5 billion and expected spending around 97.2 billion as talks move toward final budget details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Congress
Uncle Sam
Kermit Gordon
Gordon
Troubled World Observes Day Of Good Will
Associated Press reports Christians greet Christmas amid conflict from Vietnam to Korea. Pope Paul VI urges preparation for Christ and peace. President Johnson sends warm wishes to 23000 U.S. servicemen in Vietnam as Bob Hope surprises troops. A 20 foot cross overlooks communist lines on the demilitarized zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Stu Cenes
Viet Nam
Christ
Paul VI
Vatican City
Washington
Johnson
U.S
Bob Hope
South Korea
Fulbright May Quit Steering Foreign Aid Bills
Sen. J. W. Fulbright of Arkansas says he will no longer steer the administration's foreign aid bills in the Senate. As Foreign Relations Committee chair he has led the program and says others should handle the legislation if he relinquishes the floor. He does not oppose foreign aid in principle, only the current handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate
Washington Post
Fulbright
Arkansas Democrat
Post
Pany
Elot Dahl Home Tops In Lighting Contest
The city Christmas lighting contest results announce Elot Dahl of 05 East Pleasant Street winning first place under chair Ramsey C. Rogers. Second place goes to Howard Dingfelder of 404 West Washington Street with honorable mentions to several residents. Cash prizes of 50 for first, 20 for second, and 5 each for honorable mentions will be awarded at the Chamber of Commerce office in the Municipal Building next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramsey C. Rogers
Elot Dahl
East Pleasant Street
Howard Dingfelder
West Washington Street
Delbert Pless
Johnson Street
Eorge Downey
George Taylor
East South Street
John Miseik
King Street
Leslie Messinger
Sixth Street
Raymond Piccirillo
West Pleasant Street
Chamber of Commerce
Rogers
Thomas K. Shupe
Russell Brant
LeRay Peck
Stalemate in Viet Nam crisis deepens as Khanh faces US pressures
In Saigon and Washington, both sides show no sign of yielding in South Viet Nam. The United States hints at withholding aid to force civilian government interference end. General Nguyen Khanh tightens control as Premier Tran Van Huong weighs options amid a military purge and possible anti American demonstrations. A blast at a U.S. officers hotel injures 52 Americans and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Viet Nam
United States
U.S
Ant
Khanh
Taylor
Maxwell D. ‘Taylor
Nguyen Khanh
Washington
Viet Poe
Pentagon
National Broadcasting Co
Garrick Utley
Johnson
South
Viet Nam
Tran van Huong
Sederala
Legislative Council
Huong I
Pascal Inpecey
Boy Survives Six-Story Fall While Window Washing
Gary Peabody, 16, fell six stories to a concrete stairway in Braddock while washing windows. He suffered multiple fractures but is not in danger, Braddock General Hospital reported. In Philadelphia John Price Jones, 87, longtime fundraiser and former newspaperman, died yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Gary Peabody
Peabody
Braddock
Braddock General Hospital
John Price Jones
Philadelphia
Corry Woman Earns MD Degree At Mexico College
Dr. Mary Kibler of Corry Pa known as Nurse Mary Kibler earned the title Dr Mary Kibler after five years of study at the National University of Mexico. She faced age and language barriers learning Spanish and medical terminology. She was part of a 1964 graduating class of about 3 000 students and spoke at a dinner with faculty and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry
Mexico College
Mary Kibler
Kibler
National University
National University of Mexico
Anton Pene
University of Mexico
Mee
Sponger
Nasser Attacks US in Cairo Rally Speech
In Port Said Gamal Abdel Nasser blasts the United States and calls on it to “drink from the sea” or go to hell as friction deepens after U.S. accusations of aiding Congo rebels. He vows more arms to rebels while U.A.R. seeks new aid and warns of curtailment of U.S. support amid regional tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
United States
United Arab Republic
Gamal Abdel Nasser
America
Tn Pita
Port
Nasser
Lidius Battle
Egypt
Mediterranean
Red Sea
Hell
U.S
Washington
Naser
Suez
U.A.R
U.S. Information Agency Library
Congo
Beveban
Jordan
Libya
Weather Outlook Mentions Muddy Christmas Conditions
Fragmentary weather note from a historic issue suggests muddy Christmas with likely wet, mild conditions and precipitation. Forecast hints at a narrow window for storms and temperatures near normal, with the Weather Bureau providing guidance.
Union City Dinner to Outline Long Range Plans
Union City residents and Erie County officials gather for a dinner meeting at Union City High School on January 11 to present long-range development plans. Howard Sammons, planning group secretary, says the over year in preparation plan includes local and municipal representatives, state officials, and national figures. Attendees include Erie County commissioners and U S congressmen and senators with the aim of shaping future development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Sammons
Union City
Aten Iigh School
Sammons
Union Township
Erie County
Erin
State Lymen
0. S. Congress
Notable New York Widow Lillian Spaford Dies
Lillian Spaford widow of a National Commander of the American Legion and longtime New York figure has died yesterday. The local media obituary notes her prominence in civic circles and wartime service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lillian Spafford
New Worle
Ieee Legion
Savage rain storm hits West Coast. 28 dead, 9,000 homeless
Western states face disaster as relentless rain and floods leave at least 28 dead and thousands homeless across California Oregon Washington Nevada and Idaho. Five states declare disaster areas as trains blocked by mud and rivers overflow amid ongoing rescue efforts and renewed rainfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Oregon
California
Washington
Nevada
Reno
Truckee
Idaho
New State
Air Force
Navy
National Guard
Red Cross
Coast Guard
Civil Defense
Pacific
Weather Bureau
Cries for Help Ignored as 87-Year-Old Robbery Victim Struck
Sophie Liniewski, owner of Sophie's Diner, described a $500 purse snatching at 6 55 P M downtown. Two assailants knocked her down and fled with the bank bag. Police and cruisers rushed to the scene but could not locate the thieves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rey
Sophie
Liniewski
Erie
Michael Bokach
Bokach
Sgt. Bokach
Sokach
Man Recants Claim on Christmas 1965 Aetna Refund
An unidentified Nashville senior citizen revisits a 1929 Model T fire claim with Aetna Insurance. He had received $228 earlier and now says the 1929 blaze was not accidental, receiving $225 cash from agent James L. Busby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Aetna Insurance Co
Aetna
James L. Busby
Busby
Schoolboys Help Capture Notorious Thug in Ohio Dockyards Chase
Eight grade school students aged about ten to twelve spotted the armed fugitive Alfred Oponowlez and chased him across vacant lots near the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad yards. Police captured him after a gun battle with Secret Service agents and Lake County deputies, leaving him wounded and held at Lake County Memorial Hospital. Authorities identified him as Robert Bennett, age twenty, and arrested his girlfriend Iva Marie Cook, age twenty five, on counterfeiting charges after a raid five miles south of Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Oponowlez
Owlez
Secret Service
Lake County
Pate
Desperado
Baltimore and Ohio
State Highway Patrol
Lake County Memorial Hospital
Oponowies
Robert Bennett
Here
Iva Marie Cook
Cleveland
Tan General Hospital
Cuyahoga County
City Reorganizes Operations for Greater Efficiency
A restructuring plan realigns city departments to improve efficiency. Former engineer Bondues now directs a council-led group coordinating streets, treatment plants, and private phase progress. Salary protections and jurisdiction shifts are planned as meetings proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saucuite
Ssi Bondues
Enig Me
II Dade
Colincilinan Dor Cae Streals
Commuissionen
Robinsen
Baliga
Covamped
Also Mentioned on This Page
DeBarry
Fla
Daytona Beach
Cornelius B. Nobta
Sanford Naval Air Station
Nimar
Burra
Savage
West Coast
Madras
India
Ceylon
Dhanushkodi
Indian Express
Rameswaram
Oakridge
Ore
Brielles
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!