Douglas chief predicts strong Soviet airliner challenge
Jackson Alaska McGowen president of Douglas Aircraft Co expects fierce Soviet competition with the U five commercial aircraft in world markets within a decade and hopes for U S supersonic transport progress with Douglas participation. He described the DC 10 as the fastest quietest and most efficient large airliner and noted Soviet interest at Paris Air Show including chief designer Tupolev who said their TU 144 is an airplane not a ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson AK. McGowen
Douglas Aircraft Co
U.S
Douglas
McGowen
Paris
Trijet
Alexei Tupolev
Tupolev
Israel tanker attacked as Egyptian jets fire on vessel
A 78000 ton Coral Sea tanker as it passed the Bab al Mandab Strait was hit by bazooka fire from a speed boat. In Beirut the Popular Front claimed responsibility. Egyptian jets over Suez Canal prompted antiaircraft fire, violating the cease fire. One Israeli soldier died and nine were wounded near the Gaza Strip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haifa
Israel
Gulf of Aden
Suez Canal
Middle East
Bah al Mandab Strait
Red Sea
French Somaliland
Arabian Peninsula
Golda Meir
Beirut
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Mideast
Cairo
Jerusalem
Gaza Strip
El-Yam Co
Waifa
El-Yam
Space cosmonauts vote from Salyut during space garden work
Three Soviet cosmonauts Georgi Dobrovolsky Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Patsayev voted from the Salyut orbital lab as Russians back home elect Supreme Soviet members. Tass notes a hydroponic vegetable garden growing Chinese cabbage flax and onion with ongoing experiments on weightlessness effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
UPI
Salyut Orbital Laboratory
Georgi Dobrovolsky
Vladislav Volkov
Viktor Patsayev
Earth
Supreme Soviets
Soviet Union
Tass
Salyut
Action Line help with real estate deposit dispute
In April a couple paid a 3500 deposit on a Forest E Olson Inc house, with a $3000 down and 7 34 percent interest cap as agreed with agent Roy Schier. They could not obtain the loan, and the owners offer only 250 refund after using part of the market time. Schier cites no verbal loan agreement and presents alternative loan terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest E. Olson
Schier
Action Line
D. N
Anaheim.a
Standoff in Roosevelt Park Sparks Citywide Disturbance
Eleven people were shot in a clash between police and hundreds at Roosevelt Park in Albuquerque Sunday night. A large crowd then marched to downtown, rioted near police HQ, and set cars on fire. Hospitals reported 11 gunshot injuries and many other injuries from the disturbance. The unrest followed arrests at the park, a popular youth area two miles from downtown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
Roosevelt Park
Laird says Vietnam combat role lasts until all U.S. troops leave
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird told CBS that South Vietnamese forces will take over ground combat in the coming months but Americans will stay in Vietnam in a security and combat role as long as U.S. troops remain there. He declined to set a date for full transfer, citing schedule progress. Senator Humphrey pressed for clear Nixon plans on Vietnamization and postwithdrawal forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Vietnam
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Nixon
Southeast Asia
Laird
AF Plane with 24 Aboard Believed Lost at Sea
A United States Air Force C134 transport carrying 24 people departed Pago Pago at 10 am bound for Hickam Base Hawaii. Coast Guard officials say the 2,276 mile flight between American Samoa and Hawaii likely ended in a crash at sea, with fuel for nine hours suggesting the aircraft went down before 7 pm local time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pago Pago
Hickam Air Force Base
Saies
Sabotage blamed for Torrance freight derailment
A Southern Pacific freight train with five gondola cars derailed near Torrance Boulevard after a sabotaged siding switch. One crewman was slightly injured, another car spilled diesel and burst into no fire, and Western Avenue traffic was halted. Police said the switch gear was cut with ball cutters. motive unclear. Rainy conditions and a 6:23 p.m. derailment time noted alongside brief weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Pacific
Torrance
Torrance Boulevard
Western Avenue
Taffic
Western
Beach husband slain after dinner row ends in death
Huntington Beach police say 42 year old Robert James Posth was stabbed to death at his Alvarado Drive home in the Pacific Sands area after an argument with his wife over dinner. His wife Maxine Roberta Posth, 41, was arrested on suspicion of murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington Beach
Robert James Posth
Alvarado Drive
Pacific Sands
Posth
Huntington Beach Intercommunity Hospital
Maxine Roberta Posth
Arthur Droz
Also Mentioned on This Page
Douglas Chief
West
Independent, Press-Telegram
Long Beach
Calif
N.M
Viet
Humphrey
Page
Navy
Washington Navy Yard
S.P
Weatheo
Beach
DoDge
Truman
FDA
Assembly
Kennedy
Muskie
Page Bell
Amusemen
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!