What's in your name
English name Atkins traces to Adam and Ad diminutives with variants Atkyns Adkins Hadkins Attkins and Aitkin. Early records date to 1191 Norfolk and 1332 Warwickshire, with Scots noting activity by 1405. Notable figures include Robert Atkins, Cromwell’s chaplain, and Samuel Atkins, Edinburgh official. Requests for name history and the book Family History Roll are offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Isles
Atkyns
Adkins
Hadkins
Attkins
Aitkin
Norfolk
England
William
Warwickshire
John ‘Adekones
Worchestershire
William Atkins
Sheffield
Robert Atkins
Oliver Cromwell
Cromwell
Ireland
Atkins
Scotland
John “Atkyns
Samuel Atkins
Edinburgh
Joseph Atkins
Sandwich
Kent
Newburyport
Massachusetts
c/o
High Point Enterprise
Boston
Americans Distrust in Politicians Highlighted by Gallup Poll
The Gallup Poll for NBC shows 48 percent have little or no confidence in President Johnson’s ability to win the Vietnam war, while only 20 percent express a lot of confidence. Among potential Republicans, Rockefeller, Nixon, Reagan, Percy, and Omney register low confidence, with Percy and Omney at single digits. The survey also notes 51 percent doubt leaders on race relations, and Wallace’s Ohio tour amid student heckling signals a broader political climate. Romney announces Detroit stop as he weighs a 1968 presidential bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallup
Johnson
Vietnam
National Broadcasting Co
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Richard M. Nixon
Ronald Reagan
California
Charles Percy
Ill
George Omney
Michigan
Senate Republicans Fight Social Security Boost Floor Skirmish
Senate Republicans vow a floor fight against a 15 percent Social Security benefit hike backed by a financing plan critics say aids Democrats in the 1968 elections. The 3.6 billion measure cleared the Finance Committee on a party line vote and faces swift Senate consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Rus
Cally
John J. Williams
Delaware
Finance
House
Senate Gop
Everett M. Dirksen
Grandfather Sentenced to Life for Rape of 10 Year Old
Walter Griffin, 59, a grandfather from Monroe North Carolina, received a life term in Union Superior Court after a jury of seven women and five men found him guilty of raping a 10 year old girl. The verdict came with a mercy recommendation. Griffin denied the charge citing a 1960 accident that allegedly left him impotent. Judge John McConnell ordered jail pending appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineral P
Griffin
John McConnell
Judge Extends Board's Time In Desegregation Case
Federal Judge John Larkin, noting the Bertie County Board of Education’s effort to comply with a desegregation injunction, extends the order to February 2. The district employs seven Black teachers in white schools and plans one more in January. six white teachers and 23 white aides work in Black schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, N. C
John Larkin
Bertie County Board of Education
Larkins
Bertie County
No Welfare Migration Seen From South Carolina
Wallace Kuralt Mecklenburg County welfare superintendent says no mass migration toward Charlotte after a federal court strikes a one year residency requirement for welfare recipients. He notes wage and education factors draw people, not welfare. The appeals court ruled eligibility should be based on need, violating residency rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Wallace Kuralt
Mecklenburg County
South Carolina
North Carolina
U.S. Court of Appeals
Washington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ports of
Fiji
Diego
Continent
New World
Burma
Tommy Atkins
John Doe
Little Ad
Adam
Adkin
Box 385
Mass
Spencer-Parlier Bros
Spencer-Parker Bros
THE
Associated Press
Ooere
Wallace
Ohio
George Romney
Detroit
Veterans Memorial Building
Romney
Sell B. Long
D-La
Politi
Sarin
Scotchgard
Rassias
Dacron
Navy
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!