U.S. economy expands strongly in second quarter
Government data show Gross National Product rising 9.4 percent in Q2, outpacing prior estimates and marking the fastest growth since late 1965. Corporate profits climbed to a $93.1 billion annual rate, while inflation cooled to 1.8 percent, the lowest since late 1971. The Nixon administration cautions against assuming sustained rapid growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Commerce
Smugglers Target U S Surplus Military Goods
Senator Ribicoff warned that smugglers are stealing millions in military surplus from U S stocks. After three days of Senate hearings he condemned lax enforcement and cited the theft of 34 Nike Ajax rockets from a West German surplus depot as an example of the postwar dereliction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Uncle Sam
Abraham Ribicoff
Senate
Nixon blocks plan to free legal aid program
President Nixon's demand for total control over the government's legal aid program for the poor quashed efforts to create an independent national corporation to run the project. Senate House conferees dropped the independent entity, keeping the program under the Office of Economic Opportunity as talks continue to avoid a veto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Senate House
Office of Economic Opportunity
Nixon Dominates GOP Convention as White House Guides Event
At the Miami Beach gathering Nixon is renominated on a script backed by White House aides and campaign managers. Administration officials and GOP leaders ensure no major departures from the administration text, while liberal opponents press for changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
White House
Nixon
GOP
Sen
Robert J. Dole
Kansas
Richard the First
Paul N. McCloskey Jr
California
McCloskey
Jacob K. Javits
New York
Javits
U.S
South
Vietnam
John D. Ehrlichman
Herbert G. Klein
Charles M. McWhorter
McWhorter
National Committee
Dole
Jimmy Caan Poised for Movie Stardom After Brian's Song and Godfather
New York AP reports gossip that Jimmy Caan may become Hollywood's next male sex symbol after strong turns in television and film. The Bronx native rose from Michigan State and Hofstra studies to acting, with Broadway beginnings in Blood Sweat and Stanley Poole. Caan says acting is an art form he treats seriously while staying down to earth and respectful. He lists loves including friends, women, sports, root beer, and country life, and dislikes cooked carrots, insincerity, envy, city noise, and fake people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jimmy Caan
Hollywood
Clark Gable
Caan
Brian
Sonny Corleone
Marlon Brando
Jimmy
Michigan State
Hofstra College
McGovern to visit LBJ ranch with Shriver in Texas
Sen George McGovern and running mate Sargent Shriver will meet with former President Lyndon B. Johnson at his LBJ ranch west of Austin for a political chat. Johnson on Wednesday endorsed McGovern, plans call for arrival Monday night and an Austin overnight before departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
George McGovern
Sargent Shriver
Lyndon B. Johnson
McGovern
Lbj Ranch
Johnson
Philadelphia
Austin Motor Hotel
Shriver
Texas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hope
Ark
Alex. H. Washburn
Juanez Lamb
Delight
Sixth
Elm Sts
Hempstead County Memorial Hospital
Ing
Republican National Committee
Little Rock
Dan Roebuck
State Industrial Development Department
Arkansas
Amtrak
Dale Bumpers
Ehrlichman
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
Common Cause
Citizens’ Lobby
Satellite
Tate Auto CO
Berlin
United States
West Germany
Martin Hillenbrand
Berlin Wall
Soviet Union
East Germany
Hillebrand
Mikhail Yefremov
East Berlin
Salem, Ore
Tom McCall
U.S. Senate
Mark O. Hatfield
McCall
Newsmen
Hatfield
Wayne Morse
Lawton Chiles
Florida
Jane Fonda
Atty
Ramsey Clark
North Vietnam
Congress
Florida Democrat
Miss Fonda
Clark
Radio
Hanoi
Arkansas City
Hot Springs
Great Lakes
Hot Springs Tourist Commission
P.O
Hot Springs National Park
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!