Nevada Band Plays On Amid Pearl Harbor Attacks
As Pearl Harbor erupts, Oden McMillan leads 23 Nevada musicians in a brave Stars and Stripes performance near the flagpole. Despite enemy bursts and torpedoes, the band keeps the anthem in formation and inspires shipmates to renewed resistance while Lt Cmdr Francis Thomas orders a dash for open sea to save the vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Nevada
Ba'elock
Oden McMillan
Bam
Arizona
McMillan
Marine Guard
Cmdr
Francis Thomas
Perfect City Idea Aims To Solve Urban Sprawl
Two space scientists at a conference propose a modular circumferential city of 100 story towers arranged in a wheel around a vast recreation complex. 250000 residents, no autos, automated transit, and mixed use floors with continuous balconies, parks, and recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Benedict
Boston
Erites
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Vernal M. Tyler
Carl F. Asiala Jr
McDonnell Aircraft Corp
St. Louis
U.S
Aerospace
Tyler
Asiala
Nevada's lone stand at Pearl Harbor during the attack
Eyewitness account describes the USS Nevada's desperate maneuver under fire. Commander Thomas and Chief Quartermaster Ledbetter steered past the Arizona and burning ships. Amid Japanese bombs the ship lurched free then headed to Hospital Point. Admiral Kimmel ordered the Nevada to anchor, a move that redirected enemy strikes and inspired American resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Hospital Point
Pearl Harbor
Thomas
Robert Ledberry
Arizona
Adm
Husband Kimmel
Cincpac
Naval District
Pearl
Cmdr
Venue Change Is Sought in Murder Case in Marion
The court-appointed attorney for Edith Louise Schmidt filed a request for a change of venue, citing local excitement and prejudice within 50 miles of Grant County as the two Marion residents face first degree murder charges in the Mothers Day dismemberment case. Glenn Everett Stewart, 30, of Marion, is set for a Dec. 12 trial. Schmidt’s Feb. start was noted, with death penalty considerations pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion, Ind
Edith Louise Schmidt
Marion
Grant County
Schmidt
Glenn Everett Stewart
Ark
Robert Foust
The Negro Community Thought For The Day Event Schedule
The Anna P. Strong Federated Club hosts a meeting at the Draper home with Miss Ruth Kennedy as hostess. The BeBee Memorial CME Church Missionary Society plans a fish fry December 3 at 4 PM in the church basement with pies and coffee for sale. The Humming Bees of Texarkana perform at Mt Pleasant CME Church December 6 at 7 30 PM. Nelson Hill Post 427 and Auxiliary meet December 6 at 7 30 PM. bring canned goods for Christmas baskets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna P. Strong
Missionary Society of
Texarkana
Mt. Pleasant C. M. E
Nelson Hill
C. G. Carmichael
Linda Gamble
Arkansas Fragments and Local Oddities in Briefs
A Stuttgart second grader asks if he can dodge arithmetic by becoming rich. Paragould native Kenny Little, teaching in Australia, misreads a curb sign and gets a parking ticket noting no standing equals no parking. A Little Rock man shows off a bright new tie and coworkers joke about styling with a turtleneck. Arkansas Tech football gains four named Ronalds on the All-Conference team. Bankers hint at universal automated credit cards, with a rubbery joke about stretchability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenny Little
New South Wales
Australia
Little
Quick Quiz: Docking, Liberty Tablet, Hill Cumorah Pageant
In space terms docking means joining two spacecraft in space. The Statue of Liberty holds a tablet bearing July 4, 1776. The Hill Cumorah pageant near Palmyra, NY commemorates Joseph Smith’s revelation founding the Mormon church. Bastille Day is France’s Fourth of July, celebrated July 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumorah
Palmyra
N.Y
Joseph Smith
Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints
Britain and Rhodesia to Talk Again
Prime Minister Harold Wilson and Rhodesian Premier Ian Smith agreed to meet in a bid to end Rhodesia's rebellion. The talks, possibly aboard a British cruiser near Malta, aim to set a path to constitutional changes and an African transition while Britain considers UN sanctions if no settlement is reached by Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur L. Gavshon
London
Harold Wilson
Ian Smith
Rhodesia
Tiger
Mediterranean
Malta
U.N. Security Council
Smyth
Balthazar J. Vorster
Smith
Salisbury
Royal Air Force
Morrice James
James
Britain
Humphrey Gibbs
Gibbs
Wilson
Commonwealth
US Security Council
Birthday for Rex Stout 80 as Nero Wolfe author marks milestone
Rex Stout celebrates his 80th birthday while beginning a new Nero Wolfe story due May 9 or 10. The Danbury author, famed for his logical approach, has written 54 books in 36 years and lives at Highmeadow estate with wife Pola. He recalls early reading, career path, and his sister Ruth Stout, with Nero Wolfe parallels and Stout’s outdoor hobbies and garden interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion E. Prilock
Danbury News-Times
Danbury, Conn
Rex Stout
Nora Wolfe
Stout
Nero Wolfe
Wolfe
Ruth Stout
Rex
Edo
Noblesville
Ind
Indiana
Topeka
Kan
United States
Highmeadow
Danbury
Brewster
N.Y
Pola
U S Guns in Viet Nam s Neutral Zone
U S antiaircraft guns stand near the demilitarized zone south of Dong Ha to counter possible Communist air strikes. The Army s 1st Battalion 44th Artillery moved in with truck-mounted guns, tied to ground troops and air units, as Da Nang radar missiles guard crucial ports and airfields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob M. Gassaway
Dong HA
South Viet
United States S
Sin July
Viet Nam
da Nang
44Th Artillery
Charles L. Leroy
Memphis
Tenn
U.S. ‘ Cavalry
Leroy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hawaii
Japan
Hoyt McAfee
HOPE
Ester Hicks
Rabindranath Tagore
Life In
Arkansas
AL Schay
Associated Press
Stuttgart
Southwest Arkansas
Womean
Bill Newsome
Russellville Courier-Democrat
Arkansas Tech
Ronnie
Tech
Paul Buchanan
Batesville
Buchanan
Enterpelise Asso
Lockheed
Boyle
Bonnie Prince Charles
Gordonstoun School
Gordonstoun
Scotland
Tuckertoy NJ
St. Eilaiedle
Web
NEA, Inc
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!