Death of Big Jess Willard alters Danville centennial plan
The sport declines linger as Jess Willard dies this week, ending tentative July 4 50th anniversary events in Danville for the Tobacco Market Centennial. Plans had included a meeting with Jack Dempsey to discuss a Danville appearance next Independence Day. health allowing they hoped to reunite with old rivalries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess Willard
Danville
Jess Withamp
Jack Dempsey
Toledo
Ohio
Withiam
Jack Johnson
Havana
Big Jess
Dempsey
Witnaxp
Wrozarp
Are Small Cars Safer or Riskier in Crashes
A report from Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory on small cars like the Volkswagen suggests no difference in structural damage between small and larger cars, while highlighting more deaths from ejecting in crashes. Senator Warren G Macnuson plans Commerce Committee hearings early next year to study small car safety and raw data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory
Volkswagen
Volkswagen of America
Warren G. Macnuson
Senate Commerce Committee
Macnuson
Ratpa Napar
Nader
Cornell Laboratory
Second Lady duties outlined as honorary roles in Washington
The piece notes how Second Ladies, from Mrs Hupert Humphrey to Mrs Spiro Agnew, serve as honorary chairmen of the Senate Red Cross Ladies, host First Ladies at luncheons, and entertain on official social duties, with no fixed pay but access to privacy in the Washington social sphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iis
Washington
Welfare rights group demands Christmas aid in South Carolina
About 75 welfare clients in Colleton County Waterboro led by Welfare Rights Organization chief Elma Rogers pressed for a $50 bonus per child, $25 extra food stamps, firings of workers, and to halt unannounced visits. They threaten HEW or Federal Court action if unmet, while broader national and royal topics mingle in the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Russert Lowett
Colleton County
South Carolina
LowEtt
Big Brother Claus
Waterboro
SAS
Elma Rogers
Welfare Department
Welfare Rights
Santa Claus
St. Nick
Buckley on Nixon Dilemma and Negro Politics
In a pointed column Buckley argues Nixon faces a dilemma as Black public figures like Jackie Robinson counter liberal orthodoxy. He notes shifts in Black voting patterns, warns against labeling Republicans as racists, and critiques white liberal complicity while urging genuine Christmas generosity and personal, local donations instead of conspicuous consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Jackie
Robinson
Walter
Lippmann
Miami
Adolf Hitler
Boston
Jackie Robinson
Nelson Rockefeller
Richard Nixon
United States
Earl Warren
Joneses
National Trust For Historic Preservation
Council For Basic Education
Brotherhood In Christ
Christos Lars
Jackie Robinsons
Whitney Young
Phrick Sama
Elee
Iftoné
New York Times
U.S
Dick Nixon
Karl Marx
Claude McKay
McKay
George Orwell
Kissinger as Weather Man and Perishable Adviser
Washington column contrasts Henry Kissinger as a flexible thinker and short tenure adviser, noting his candor about past nuclear strategies and his warning against becoming a White House yes man. It interleaves reflections on leadership, the Nixon era, and a vignette about Silent Night in Oberndorf amid broader political musings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Henry A. Kissinger
Richard Nixon
White House
Dr. Kissinger
Dr Kissinger
Kissinger
Nixon
America
United States
Kissiner
Oberndorf
Kissnger
Pig Victory and the New Left’s Pig Themed World
A chaotic montage covers Yippie spectacle in Chicago and the East Village Other scene. It notes the J. Pigasus campaign, police clashes, and underground press chatter about pigs as symbols, with references to Daley, Daley’s officers, and a broader critique of New Left arts and politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Village
New Left
J. Pigasus
Queline ‘Kennedy Onassis
Chicago
Daley
Vatican
Sergius Yakobson
Robert
V. Allen
Library of Dallas
Congress
Bobby Seale
Tom
Mr. J. Pigasus
Pig International
Silent Night Origins and a World of Piers and Pigs
The 1818 Austrian creation of Silent Night is linked to Father Mohr and Franz Gruber with a later organ repair sparking its famous midnight performance. The piece travels from the Tyrolean Zillertal to worldwide fame, as shared by a modern writer’s collage of political and literary allusions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franz Gruber
Josef Mohr
Salzburg
I Gruber
Mohr
Oberndorf
Father Mohr
Gruber
Manaches
Zillertal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Big Jess Willard
Ger
WillArp
Philadelphia
England
Associated Press
Branham Company
New York
Atlanta
Detroit
Dallas
St. Louis
Charlotte
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Kansas City
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Mikeel
William F. Buckley, Jr
Mr. Nixon
Russell Kirk
Holmes Alexander
John Chamberlain
Austria
St. Nikolaus Church
Areogaay
Geographic
Solzhenitsyn
Ivan Denisovich
Evtushenko
Voznesenski
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!