Rockefeller bids farewell to politics at gala
Former Vice President Nelson Rockefeller honored at Waldorf Astoria dinner with 2,200 guests including Gerald Ford and Henry Kissinger. Ford lauded Rockefeller and urged an open Republican doors policy while noting no Watergate references. Ford hinted at future involvement. Brock and party leaders praised the ex-governor and announced leadership changes at the New York GOP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Nelson Rockefeller
Gerald Ford
Henry Kissinger
Rockefeller
Waldorf-Astoria
Ford
New York State Republican Committee
Nixon
GOP
William Brock
Rockefeller Brock
Kissinger
Tennessee
Howard Baker
Jacob Javits
China
George Bush
Richard Rosenbaum
Bernard Kilbourn
Germ free cancer clinic opens at M D Anderson
Houston reports a new 20 room germ free chemotherapy unit at M D Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute enabling higher doses with lower infection risk. Dr. Gerald Bodey says the facility aims to raise remission rates and survival. The design features complete isolation, windowed hallway, sterilized items, and air changed 300 times per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
UPI
M.D Anderson Hospital
Tumor Institute
Gerald Bodey
Anderson
Bodey
Coalition between Suarez and Gonzalez unlikely in Spain
In Madrid Felipe Gonzalez of the PSOE said forming a coalition with Adolfo Suárez's UCD is almost impossible as the left under the PSOE trails in seats. Ballot counting shows UCD with 170 seats, PSOE 116, and a left bloc far from a majority in the 350-seat Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Spain
UPI
Felipe Gonzalez
New Congress
Democratic Center Union
Adolfo Suarez
Gonzalez
Socialist Workers Party
PSOE
UCD
Suarez
Baracaldo
Suarez’ Democratic Center Union
Congress of Deputies
Christian Democrats In
Catalonia
Localist Workers Party
Vance says Latin rights focus rises after OAS talks
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, returning from Trinidad and Grenada, said three days of Latin American foreign ministers’ talks raised human rights sensitivity. He urged upgrading the OAS rights commission and opening investigations to all members, with mixed reactions from democracies and military regimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port OF Spain
Trinidad
UPI
Cyrus Vance
Washington
Carter
Vance
Trinidad-Tobago
Andrews Air Force Base
Grenada
Organization of American States
OAS
Leonid Brezhnev
Moscow
Soviet Union
Human Rights Commission
Commission
United States
Colombia
Venezuela
Amin warns against mistreating Britons after parade
Kenya dispatch reports Idi Amin carried shoulder high by 19 Britons in Kampala on budget day. He warned Ugandans not to harm British residents and defended ongoing trade relations with Britain while signaling no break in ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
Idi Amin
Kampala
Amin
Britain
London
Amun
Uganda
Radio
Abortion conflict looms in House debate over federal funding
Congress faces a House showdown on whether federal funds may cover abortion. The $61.3 billion HEW Labor bill includes a ban on funding abortions except to save the mother's life, with opponents arguing it denies poor women equal protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
House
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
Louis Stokes
Ohio
Congressional Black Caucus
National Right To Life Committee
Carter
Death of rocket pioneer Wernher von Braun at 65
Wernher von Braun, the German-born rocket scientist who led the team behind the U S moon program, died of colon cancer in Alexandria Virginia. He was 65 and had retired from NASA in 1972 to join Fairchild Industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Wernher von Braun
London
Alexandria
Van
von Braun
America
National
Arronautics and Space Administration
Fairchild Industries
Germantown
Alan Lovelace
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harvey Davenport
Rph
The
British Medical Association
Lompoc
Calif
Reserve Officer Training Corps
ROTC
Carter Wilson
Saratoga
Roberta Silcox
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Wilson
Sue
Moores
Chicago
Man
West Ocean
BankAmericard
Linden
Linden’s
Foday
NO. H ST
Senate
Clarence Mitchell
NAACP
Judiciary Committee
Congress
South Korea
Cuba
Vietnam
U.S
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!