British Envoy and JFK Friend Heads to Washington Post
William David Ormsby-Gore, 43, is named Britain’s next ambassador to the United States. A long-time Kennedy family friend and heir to the Barony of Harlech, he studied at Eton and Oxford, served as an observer pilot in World War II, and has urged Western unity against Soviet expansion. He will take up his post in October with his wife and five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William David Ormsby- Gore
Kennedy
Ormsby-Gore
Baron
Harlech
Third Marquess of Salisbury
Britain
Troy
Eden
Macmillan
Eton
Oxford
United Nations
Europe
Lutyens
Washington
Massachusetts Avenue
Kennedys
Joseph Kennedy
Bailey
Hartford
Conn
New York
Louis Martin
Charles
Chuck
Brightman
Eisenhower
Miller
GOP
William S. Warner
Warner
Republicans
Congress
Destination Moon on Your First Trip Near Disaster
Dream Near Reality paints a first moon mission simulation with three crew members, Bob and Joe as pilots and a lead engineer. The narrative follows a space ship system check in a triangle-wing craft, engine start, and a stuck fuel valve as the team troubleshoots in space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob
Joe
Space
Pete
Globetrotter Notebook: Around the World Relman Morin
Relman Morin recalls a 127 day globe trek from London to Jakarta noting rapid global convergence. He shares vignette notes about a blind Lao Buddhist, magic Malay kriss and Gurkha kukri, a Japanese legend about Townsend Harris and O kichi san, and reflections after Eichmann’s trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bali
Laos
Nagasaki
Paris
London
Los Angeles
Jerusalem
Jakarta
Japan
Tragic Portrait of Eichmann and Biblical Israel Scene
The piece portrays Adolf Eichmann as a mediocre figure behind a grand fiction and places him amid a moving tragedy. It contrasts his notoriety with a grim sense of destiny as the observer walks from the King David hotel to Jerusalem’s walls and Mount Scopus, with Bethlehem and the Dead Sea in sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolf Eichmann
Jerusalem
King David
Mount Scopus
Dead Sea
Bethlehem
Israel
Political Captains Prepare for 1962 Off Year
Washington AP dispatch surveys Democratic and Republican national headquarters as John M. Bailey and Bill Miller mobilize party machinery. It notes large staffs, multi-million budgets, district redraws after the 1960 census, and the push to win crucial suburban and swing seats ahead of 1962 and 1964 contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
White House
House of Representatives
John F. Bailey
Democratic National
Mee
National Headquarters
K Street
John M. Bailey
Connecticut
Bailey
Also Mentioned on This Page
JFK
Arthur Gavshon
David Ormsby-Gore
Ralph Dighton
Associated Press
Earth
the Moon
Globetrotter’s Notebook
By Relman Morin
Prises
Luang Prabang
Bonze
Townsend Harris
O-kichisan
Harris
Shimoda
O-kichi
Tokyo
Adolf
Eichmann
Vetumese Beauty
SIY Bank Guard
Arthur Edson
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
William E. Miller
Pennsylvania
California
Minnesota
Illinois
Massachusetts
Pass
Bill Miller
Albert B
Ab) Hermann
Hermann
Vic Johnston
Johnston
Organized Labor
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!