Fritz Lang dies a famed suspense director at 86
Combined News Services report Fritz Lang, the Vienna born suspense filmmaker whose Germany and Hollywood films set standards in the genre, died in Los Angeles at 86 after a period of illness. Lang directed stars like Edward G. Robinson and Marilyn Monroe and his film M remained his favorite work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz Lang
Germany
Hollywood
Los Angeles
Lang
Peter Lorre
Metropolis
Los Angles
Spencer’ Tracy
Henry Fonda
Frank James
Western Union
Hunt
Ministry of Fear
Cloak and Dagger
Peter Bogdanovich
Edward G. Robinson
Gary Cooper
Marlene Dietricr
Barbara Stanwyck
Robert Ryan
Marilyn Monroe
U S Senate hears on nuclear reactor sales amid safeguards
A State Department official told the Foreign Relations Committee that negotiations for selling nuclear power reactors to Egypt and Israel are virtually complete with stringent safeguards. The cost for each country is projected at over 1 billion dollars, though some senators remain skeptical about the deal’s value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
U.S
Eat
Israel
Alfred Atherton Jr
Lear
Foreign Relations Committee
Atherton
Egypt
Evacuations in Seveso Italy After Gas Fumes Incident
More than 400 Seveso residents flee as poisonous gas contamination forces a 25-acre zone lockdown. Soldiers guard the area known as the triangle of death while 35 people hospitalize and many animals die. Authorities warn of long term health risks despite no immediate danger to people. A prior evacuation affected 220 others. In Tokyo, foreign residents recount panic after tremors near Peking raise fears of stronger quakes and renewed rebuilding efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seveso
Italy
Station
Semesa
Tokyo
Peking
China
Hong Kong
Saigon Rebuilt as Traffic Free City After U.S. Exit
Ameri cans say Saigon now lacks traffic jams exhaust fumes and ramshackle markets from the American era. William Smith a former U S serviceman from Detroit reports bicycles and public transport dominate 15 months after Communist forces toppled the U S backed government. Gasoline is scarce and expensive motorcycles cost about 200 dollars, bicycles up to three times that. The former capital, now unified under Hanoi, has a smaller population with about a quarter of four million sent to the countryside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
William Smith
U.S
Detroit
Bangkok
Thailand
South Vietnam
Smith
Hanoi
Nixon progresses from stroke with outlook for fall recovery
Doctors in San Clemente say Pat Nixon is swimming daily and progressing as expected after a partial paralysis stroke. Dr John C Langier notes she remains with left side weakness but improving and hopes for full recovery by October or November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat ‘Nixon
John C. Langier
San Clemente
Soares outlines Portugal revival program to restore state authority
Portugal's new Socialist premier Mario Soares presented a government program aimed at restoring state power, boosting the economy, and improving life. He seeks broad consensus, pledges irreversible social gains, and promises incentives to business plus revival of altar regulation. The plan prioritizes housing, rural works, transit, schools, hospitals, and social security. In Britain, nearly one million in southern Wales face 13 hours without water daily due to drought, with supplies cut 7 pm to 8 am next week and reservoirs depleted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Mario Soares
Portugal
Soares
London
Wales
Britain
Also Mentioned on This Page
Combined News Services
State Department
Talcott Seelye
Beirut
Robert Funseth
Department
PLO
West
Yasir Arafat
Chuck Carlson
Marysville
Wash
Washington Worm Grower's Association
Carlson
Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
Manhattan
A. E. Hotchner
Doubleday Publishing Co
Hotchner
Papa Hemingway
Doubleday
Hemingway J
Spain
Jose Luis Castillo Puche
Sergei Nemtsanov
Canada
Anatoly Kolesov
Nemtsanov
Kolesov
Olympic Organizing Committee
Missouri
Michigan
Stuart Symington
Philip Hart
Nicolae Ceausescu
Russia
Ceausescu
Soviet Union
Ussr
East Berlin
Romania
Walter Browne
Toronto
Watsonae Senate
Congressional Budget Office
Ford Administration
Miami
Biscayne Boulevard
Red Cross
Belrul
International nearToss
Tell Zaatar
Jerusalem
Jericho
Jordan River
Meir Kahane
New York City
Militant
Jewish Defense League
Hanan Porat
Gush Emunimelievers Bloc
West Bank
Taiyiba
Gush Emuni
Dan Cream
Lakewood
Sun
Bullock
Akewood
Clark Ave
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!