Alaska to celebrate 200th birthday with bold events
Alaska plans large bicentennial celebrations across Seward Sitka Juneau Barrow and Fairbanks. Mt Marathon race draws 1 000 racers up 3 000 feet while Porky Bickar targets a hooch fueled spar and Mendenhal Barrel Drift tests in Juneau. Barrow hosts an elephant fly circus visit amid other commemorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seward
Sitka
Porky Bickar
Porky
Vern Eliason
Juneau
DeWayne Brothers Circus
Fairbanks
Barrow
Lawmakers pursue probe into state agency hiring practices
Sacramento filed minority-referred resolution directs the legislative analyst to investigate hiring practices of state government agencies. ACR158-Antonovich proposes a compromise 270 million school finance plan SB1641 Rodda Sacramento 6-0 to floors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Rules Committee
Decision on Viking Mars lander landing site and date due
Pasadena reports Viking scientists await a late day decision on where and when the life seeking lander will touch down on Mars. Project Director Jim Martin plans the ruling as Viking 1 prepares to join orbit August 7 and send a second lander September 4, with final work ending November 8 when Mars fades from Earth contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viking
Mars Landing
Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Mars
Jim Martin
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Viking 1
Earth
Red Planet
Northwest Territory
Offshore oil lease bids set for New Jersey Delaware tracts
The federal government will accept bids this August on 154 tracts in the Baltimore Canyon Trough off New Jersey and Delaware totaling 876 750 acres. Leases will include environmental safeguards and potential production could begin in 1961 if oil is found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
New Jersey
Delaware
Mid-Atlantic
House
Ford
Brendan T. Byrne
New York State
Natural Resources Defense Council
New York
New York City
Baltimore Canyon
Nevada embezzlement probe targets four casinos
State investigators say at least seven million dollars may have been embezzled from four Allen Glick owned casinos in Las Vegas. The inquiry, led by Jeff Silver of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, extends about 30 days with possible charges if evidence supports it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Texas
Las Vegas
Nev
UPI
Nevada
Jeff Silver
Nevada Gaming Control Board
Allen R. Glick
Teamsters Central States Pension Fund
Silver
Dal
Gaming Control Board
Stardust
the Times
Glick
Northeast Storms Cause Flooding and Outages
Powerful storms ripped through the northeast with heavy rains and gusty winds. Utilities reported outages across Massachusetts Connecticut and Rhode Island while roads flooded and flights delayed at Logan Airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
New England
National Weather Service
Hartford
Conn
South Deerfield
Mass
North Adams
Williamson
Logan International Airport
Massachusetts Port Authority
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alaska
Sacramento
Noel A. M. Gaylor
Pacific
Lompoc Valley
Stan McCabe
Lompoc
Santa Maria
McCabe
Gayler
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Ccoupor
Isa Anya T
Sion
Atlantic
Valley Florist
Haslam
Haslam’s
Control Board
George
Jay’’ Vandermark
Boston
Boston Edison
Bill Connolly
Grey Mule
Hk” Street
Robert
Stephen JR
Alamo Pintado Rd
Solvang
Lloyd E. Pyzer
M.D
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!