Big Crowd Welcomes Survivor Yokoi Home in Tokyo
Shoichi Yokoi the World War II veteran who hid 28 years in Guam jungle arrived at Tokyo International Airport to a 5000 strong crowd waving flags and shouting Banzai Officials said he would be invited to a palace garden party He is in a wheelchair and will undergo treatment to adjust to postwar life and hopes to meet Emperor Hirohito Yokoi said he fled in 1944 after Americans landed and refused to surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Shoichi Yokoi
Guam
Tokyo International
Yokoi
Hirohito
Imperial Household
Japan
Guam Island
Pay phones in Paris offer long distance calls for a dime
Three misconnected pay phones in the Champs Elysees area allow direct dial calls to Europe, North Africa, and the United States for about 0.545 dollars. A Herald Tribune reporter, tipped by an anonymous Tampa student, said he called New Jersey and California from a booth and spoke at length for 10 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Champs Elysees
Europe
North Africa
United States
International Herald Tribune
Herald Tribune
Tampa
Fla
New Jersey
California
Nobel Nomination For Berrigans
Swedish parliamentary members floated Daniel and Philip Berrigan as candidates for the 1972 Nobel Peace Prize. No official nomination yet. Daniel Berrigan, paroled from a Catonsville draft board raid sentence, and Philip Berrigan, on trial for a protest conspiracy tied to Kissinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Revs
Daniel and
Philip Berrigan
Daniel Berrigan
Catonsville
Philip
White House
Henry A. Kissinger
Kansas University Professor Wins NIH Career Award
Pitman H Pitman, 35, professor of pharmacy at Kansas University, receives a five year Career Development Award from the National Institute of Health, division of the U S Public Health Service. Seven KU colleagues also hold the award to support young scientists showing promise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tan H.pitman
Kansas University
National Institute of Health
U.S. Public Health Service
Pitman
Australia
Victorian College of Pharmacy
London University
Australian National University
University of Wisconsin
Takeru Higuchi
Regents
British Commonwealth Pharmaceutical
KU Division of
James M. Akagi
Paul R. Burton
Richard H. Himes
Mathias P. Mertes
Richard L. Schowen
Robert Wiley
Jerome Yochim
Firestone orchestra conductor Howard Barlow dies at 79
Bethel Connecticut AP Howard Barlow known as the Voice of Firestone led the 46 member Firestone Orchestra on national radio and TV before dying at his home from an apparent heart attack at age 79. The piece notes his prominent broadcasting career and his influence in American musical media.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel, Conn
Howard Barlow
Firestone
Barlow
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mississippi
Massachusetts
Mitchum
Tera
Macleans
Mennen
Montgomery
Saval
AND
JR. Petites
Wards
Lawrence
Wards Buffeteria
DAI
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!