Christmas Trip Interstate Report Gulfport Biloxi
A Gulfport Biloxi travel note from Alexandria, Louisiana. The writer details a 2,600 mile roundtrip for Christmas with family in Sarasota Florida. Weather across the trip included rain in Hope and sunshine limited to two days in Florida while the Great Lakes and New England faced ice and snow. The piece observes rapid development on Sanibel and Captiva islands and critiques interstate progress in the South, noting gaps on routes like I 20 and I 10. It mentions photos of Hurricane Camille ruins in Bay St. Louis and Gulfport and possible publication delays due to space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Sarasota
Pla
Hope
Florida
South
Great Lakes
New England
Sanibel
Captiva
Fort
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
Arkansas Highway Department
Shreveport
Monroe
Vicksburg
Miss
Jackson
Mobile
Ali
Fort Walton
Fla
Gulf Coast
Crestview
Tallahassee
Arkansas
Ilexi
Gulfport
Cong Rejects Perots Offer
VIENTIANE Laos AP The North Vietnamese Embassy rejected Il Moros Perot's offer to ship Christmas dinners to North Vietnamese children. The communique said Perot backed Nixon and gave 1 million last November for a propaganda campaign supporting the president. Perot intends gifts for U.S. war prisoners via Moscow, but Hanoi refused to receive them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vientiane
Laos
Ross Perot
Perot
Nixon
Europe
U.S
North Vietnam
Moscow
Hanoi
Viet Cong breaks cease-fire. New Year fighting erupts
AP dispatch from Saigon reports three clashes near Saigon and a boat attack as Viet Cong declared a 72 hour cease-fire. Eight Americans and 11 South Vietnamese killed. 49 enemy fatalities. 24 enemy rocket and mortar assaults noted. one American killed and eight wounded in a canal boat engagement near the Cambodian border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Mekong
U.S. Navy
Suoi Ca
Miners Picket Coal Mines Over Safety Bill
Miners began an unauthorized strike at three Charleston area mines in protest of President Nixon not signing a coal mine safety bill. The Central Appalachian Coal Co Operations Imperial Collieries Mine and Semet Solvay Mine were halted as widows of the 1968 Mannington disaster and the Black Lung Association called the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W.va
Presidert Nixon
Central Appalachian Coal Co
Imperial Collieries
Semet Solvay
Robert Saxton
Mannington
W. Va
Black Lung Association
Judge to Rule on Ray Case in Nashville
James Earl Ray argues before a federal judge that his maximum security confinement at Tennessee State Penitentiary is cruel and inhuman punishment. Ray, jailed for 99 years for MLK Jr. slaying, says the confinement harms his health. Judge Miller kept Ray in court but refused a request for a prehearing physical examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville, Tenn
James Earl Ray
Tennessee State Penitentiary
Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
U.S. Dist
William E. Miller
Death Toll on Holiday Called Senseless
State Police Director Ralph Scott described the Christmas holiday highway toll as senseless with 16 deaths in 13 fatal crashes. He noted four alcohol related deaths, seven daytime and six nighttime collisions, a train car crash near Stuttgart, and weather as a contributing factor. He urged motorists to reduce the toll by over 100 through safer driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ralph Scott
Arkansas
Scott
Stuttgart
White House Split On Postal Issue From Nixon Plan
The White House backs a compromise to approve the postal corporation plan, but opposition from unions remains mixed. Key figures like David Silvergleid warn some unions feel pressured with offers to accept the deal as it removes congressional control of rates. The plan aims to create a semi independent Postal Authority, with 635 lawmakers and a postmaster general backing a self supporting system by 1978 to curb deficits that reached 3.2 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Adams
Associated Press
Washington
White House
House Post Office Committee
Postal Authority
Nixon
Winto M. Blount
Congressmmen
Britain Halted by Fla Bug
Britain endures a severe flu epidemic that disrupts coal and industrial output and cuts bus and subway service. Hospitals operate under red alert as emergency cases fill beds. week of December sees 294 deaths with no peak in sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Ministry of Health
Arkansas 16 Deaths Over Christmas Holiday Period
The Associated Press reports Arkansas recorded 16 traffic fatalities during the Christmas holiday period ending Sunday midnight, bringing year to date highway deaths to 593. The stretch began 6 p.m. Wednesday and includes multiple fatal crashes across the state from Manila to Stuttgart and Perryville to North Little Rock with several injuries noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Arkansas
Thomas Sickel
Manila
Erma Boatman
Charles Boatman
Sickel
Boatman
Bradley Ponder
Arkadelphia
Bluff City
Nevada County
Lewis Steed
Prescott
Camden
Harry Reyhyen
Almyra
Mary Ellen Glenn
Stuttgart
Don K. Johnson
Texarkana
de Queen
Dwain Chitwood
Perryville
Holt
Darrell Fuller
Alexander
Rita Brady
Near North Little Rock
Playboy's Son Trujillo Dies in Madrid Pneumonia
Rafael Trujillo's playboy son Leonidas died of pneumonia in a Madrid clinic after a Dec 1 auto accident. The 44-year-old son of the late Dominican dictator died following the crash that killed the Duchess of Albuquerque and injured her 11-year-old son in thick fog near Madrid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Spain
Rafael Ramfis
Leonidas Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Duchess of Albuquerque
Trujillo
Cold Wave Hits Athens as Death Toll Conflicts Rise
A bitter cold wave swept Greece over the weekend with reports of more than 40 deaths from chest illnesses, heart conditions, and influenza. The Ministry of Social Services said there were no flu direct deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Greece
Ministry of Social Services
Agnew Opens Asian Trip Amid Manila Demonstrations
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew arrived in Manila for a three day visit as anti American demonstrators clashed with police near the U S Embassy. Riot police dispersed a crowd of young leftists while Agnew and his wife attended a reception, with tear gas canisters used and 600 officers on duty. The visit follows controversy over U S aid to Philippine troops in Vietnam and previews discussions with President Marcos on Americas Asia policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff Williams
Associated Press
Manila
U.S
Henry Byroade
Spiro T. Agnew
Embassy
Agnews
Panrite
Byr Oade
Free Philippine Youth Union
Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation
Vietnam
Agnew
United States
Philippines
Salvador H. Laue Tel
Washington
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Ernesto Sm Mata
Laurel
Fullbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nixon
Ferdinand £. Marcos
The
Manila Chronicle
Marcos
Pacific
Nguyen van Thieu
Honolulu
Adm
John 8. McCain Jr
Vietnam ceasefire drift sparks new-year tensions
AP reports 19 days of shelling as Viet Cong cease-fire hopes loom while five mystery boats escape Cherbourg. Agnew's Asia trip triggers anti-demonstration clashes at a U.S. Embassy event. dental scholars foresee near elimination of tooth decay. Nixon postal reform talks inch past deadlock. Vermont named disaster area after heavy snow. Badger State crew missing amid big seas. safety council cites weather as Christmas deaths fade. Charleston coal miners strike to back federal health and safety bill.
Rescue Hopes Abandoned for 20 Crewmen
Mounts of dimmed rescue hope hovered as a 39 man crew abandoned the munitions ship Badger State 1500 miles northwest of Hawaii after an explosion tore a hole in her left side. Fourteen crew were rescued by the Greek freighter Khian Star and en route to Yokohama. Five bodies were sighted but only one recovered due to 20 foot waves and fuel shortages hampering further search. Air Force and Coast Guard planes from Midway Island scouted a 120 mile square area northeast amid worsening seas and weather. The cause of the blast remained unknown and survivors remained unconfirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Dunford
Associated Press
Honolulu
Badger State
Hawaii
Navy
Vietnam
Charles Wilson
Yokohama
Japan
Flying Dragon
Air Force
Coast Guard
Midway Island
Vermont Declares Disaster as Snowstorms Hit New England
A storm blanketed parts of Vermont with nearly 50 inches of snow prompting Gov. Deane Davis to declare a disaster area and mobilize the National Guard to aid stranded motorists. East Wallingford saw 48 inches, with other towns reporting 39 to 44 inches, as drifts reached up to 20 feet. Power outages and flooding affected Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine, with Boston areas closed roads after four inches of rain followed snow and 12 deaths across six states attributed to the storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steven A. Cohen
Associated Press
Vermont
New England
Deane Davis
National Guard
Weather Bureau
East Wallingford
Watterfield
Marshfield
McCullough Turnpike
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Maine
Boston
Orm
Winter Storm Slams Arkansas With Snow and Freezing Rain
A major winter storm moved into Arkansas causing snow and freezing rain across northern regions. Eureka Springs logged nearly five inches, Harrison two inches, and heavy rainfall risk triggered local flooding on small streams. Weather officials warned of hazardous driving tonight and Tuesday, with snow and freezing rain possible depending on a southeast Texas low pressure system. Road crews cleared Arkansas 23 near Huntsville after boulder blockage. rainfall totals across cities ranged from about 1 to 5 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Arkansas
Eureka Springs
Harrison
U.S. Weather Bureau
Rock
Fourche
Little Rock
Morriston
Pine Bluff
Clarendon
Camden
Memphis
Jonesboro
Fayetteville
Blytheville
Texearkana
Fort Smith
el Dorado
Texas
Huntsville
State
Lyte Rang
Texarkana
el Doorado
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alex, H. Washburn
Biloxi
Cong
Perots
Charles Manson
Sharon Tate
Ieft
Manson
Los Angeles
Ventura County Sheriff’s Office
Indianapolis
Congress
Bobby Mays
RoachWork
Mays
U.S. Congress
Playboy
AP News Digest
France
Israel
Cherbourg
National Safety Council
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!