Truman Delivers Formal Fourth of July History Lesson
INDEPENDENCE Mo AP former President Harry S Truman spoke at the Harry S Truman Library during the annual Fourth of July observance. A crowd of about 1200 heard a prepared speech praising the founding of the United States, noting the significance for the world and declaring America the greatest country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Harry S. Truman
Greater
Kansas City American Legion Band
United States
Truman
Gateway To Palm Springs Is Real River Of Sand
Palm Springs California reports a desert wind storm in Banning Pass that turns the highway into a sand river. Cars suffer sandblasting, zero visibility, and hours long stoppages as engineers test drift fences and a 30 foot sand dike. Tamarisk trees are planned to grow, hoping to slow the drift, but officials warn the sand may eventually overwhelm the plan and ponder desert-wide planting as costly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Springs
Calif
Department of Highways
Here
Banning Pass
Associated Press Official Dies At Age 53 Of Cancer
Louis J. Kramp AP assistant general manager in charge of relations and services in broadcasting died of cancer at 53. He served 23 years with AP, holding posts from Springfield to Detroit before moving to New York in 1956 and becoming assistant general manager in 1962. Funeral services set for Wednesday in Scarsdale, burial in Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
NEW York
Louis J. Kramp
Kramp
Springfield
Ill
Chicago
Indianapolis
Detroit
St. Louis University
Illinois State Journal
Scarsdale
N.Y
Dorothy Ann Morrell
David
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Wes Gallagher
Lou Kramp
Watchdog Bit Patrolman During Station Door Find
Mansfield Ohio Patrolman William Ludwig investigated a service station door found ajar early in the morning when the station's watchdog bit him. The incident occurred as Ludwig checked the premises and secured the site prompting medical evaluation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
Ohio
William Ludwig
Ludwig
Birth control sparks new era in U S politics
Amid astonishment by veteran observers, birth control moves reshape U S policy. President Johnson endorses population control, Eisenhower shifts stance, and a first congressional hearing on the issue occurs. Catholic leaders debate church teaching as population forecasts rise and Latin America expands programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond J. Crowley
Washington
Johnson
U.S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senate
Latin America
Honduras
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Boston
Massachusetts
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Gruening
Harvard Medical School
Paul VI
Cleveland
Francis W. Carney
John Rock
John Knott
National Catholic Welfare Conference
State of the Union
Alan F. Guttmacher
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
United States
Joseph D. Tydings
D-Md
Chile
Pope Frees Chilean Leader Honored by Vatican
Pope Paul VI awarded President Eduardo Frei of Chile the Grand Collar of the Pian o Order, the third highest pontifical honor, as Frei visits Italy. The order honors outstanding service to church and society. The Vatican disclosed the move one day before Frei’s audience with the Pope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Paul VI
Eduardo Frei
Chile
Vatican
Frei
Italy
Paul IX
Douglas
Isle of Man
Irish Sea
London
Senator to Head Trade Mission to Communists
Seattle AP U S Senator Warren G Magnuson of Washington will lead a winter trade mission to Moscow and satellite states. Members may include Secretary of Commerce John T Conner and Rep Oren Harris. Talks will be informal and seek expanding East West trade along with fisheries oceanography merchant marine and space satellite communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Moscow
John T. Conner
Oren ‘Harris
D-Ark
Magnuson
Harris
Senate
House
Johnson
Lord Sackville Dies A British Irish Intellectual
Lord Sackville West Ed ward Sackville West known as Lord Sackville died at 63 in Clogheen Ireland. A novelist with works including The Ruin Heritage and The Land he later became a music critic. He wrote for the weekly New Statesman between the wars boosting Britten Tippett and Berkeley and coauthored The Record Guide in 1951 with Desmond Shawe Taylor. He was unmarried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clogheen
Ireland
Edward Sackville-West
Lord Sackville
Sackville-West
Britten
Tippett
Berkeley
Desmond Shawe-Taylor
Record Guide
Sackville
Rainy Fourth brings spotty relief across northeast
The Associated Press reports spotty rain in the arid Northeast on Monday. Utica New York received about three inches in six hours while Harrisburg Pennsylvania saw nearly an inch. Wauneta Nebraska was drenched with over five inches Sunday night. Thunderstorms moved through eastern Colorado and western Kansas Nebraska, with cool air from Canada lowering Great Lakes temperatures and frost forecast in northern Michigan. The holiday weekend largely ended warm and sunny elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Utica
N.Y
Harrisburg
Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
Wauneta
Neb
Canada
Great Lakes
Michigan
Texas Gulf Coast
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bourbon
Pagar
TUWG
Orphan Asylum
Animal World
Susan Shaw
Portland
San Mateo
Humane Society
Yvonne Dardenne
The
Supreme Court
Connecticcut
Potter Stewarts
William H. Daper Jr
California
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Minnesota
Florida
Corpus Christi
Tex
Oakland
Milwaukee
Wis
Theodore Roosevelt
World News
Waldhausen
Lower Austria
Guillaume Perault
Perigeux
France
Paris Faculty of
America
Charles A. Easley, Jr., M.D
James E. Nevin
M.D
Main Street
Danville, Virginia
Alea A
Lewis
Mr. Lewis
Mrs. Lewis
Appalachian Power CO
Appalachian Power Company
Roanoke
Virginia
Phsase
Wolate
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!