Arab youths stone troops near Jerusalem Old City walls
Hundreds of Arab youths pelted Israeli troops near Jerusalem’s Old City after Friday prayers at the Dome of the Rock. The troops fired over the rioters and retreated behind gates as security forces closed the walls. A special inquiry was appointed to probe the Al Aqsa fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ap-Reuters Jerusalem
Jerusalem
al Aksah
Old City
Minisa
Moshe Dayan
Exsts
Supreme Court
East Jerusalem
Israel
Special Investigative Commission
Yoel Sussman
Nazareth
Sami Mustaklam
Prague Upheaval Sees Tanks in Street Demonstrations
Czechoslovak security forces led a nighttime show of force with tens of thousands in Prague as 66 tanks and units moved into the city. Five people were killed in Prague and Brno amid clashes as protesters denounced Soviet influence and recalled Dubcek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Communist Party
Gustav Husak
Prague
Vitava
Prague Radio
Brno
Wenceslas Square
Husak
Dubcek
Alexander Dubcek
Bratislava
U K commander orders arms stored of Ulster police reserves
In Belfast Lt Gen Sir Ian Freeland ordered the majority of the Ulster Special Constabulary to surrender their weapons. The force will guard docks and vulnerable points in Belfast and other cities while countryside units keep arms for road protection. Unionist leaders warned of Protestant backlash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Ian Freeland
Londonderry
Irish Republic
Ian Paisley
Paisley
Freeland
Military salvage teams scour coast for Camille victims
Gulfport Mississippi reports 230 to 235 known dead along Harrison and Hancock counties with final toll projected around 315 as 1,600 construction workers comb wreckage from Pass Christian to Bay St. Louis. Navy crews oversee search and cleanup while health officials declare water safe despite outbreak fears. Red Cross counts show 4,717 homes destroyed and 9,718 damaged along the coast. Martial law remains in force across the affected area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulfport
Miss
Here
Pass Christian
Bay St. Louis
Cassidry
Louisiana
Camille
Virginia
West Virginia
Navy
James M. Hill Jr
Hill
Frank Wiggul
Pascagoula
Ocean Springs
Moss Point
Biloxi
Othe
Red Cross
Mississippi
Paquemine Parish
Mississippi River
New Orleans
New postal rates could hike prices
Toronto reports forthcoming parcel post rate rises will lift costs for consumers. Postmaster-General Eric Kierans says domestic parcel post will rise 19 to 29 percent starting Jan 1, with a 45 cent minimum. Private couriers anticipate business gains as independent delivery speeds may appeal to customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Parcel Post
Eric Kierans
P. J. Powell
Encyclopaedia Britannica Publications Ltd
Britannica
Canada
Powell
Trans-Canadian Couriers Ltd
Montreal
L. R. Wilput
Trans-Canadian
Thailand asks U.S. to withdraw troops
Foreign Minister Thanat Khoman said Thailand will begin negotiations with the United States in days to withdraw 48 000 American troops from the country. He argued U S withdrawal would prevent involvement in counter insurgency and counter subversion and noted US officials doubting Thai statements about non involvement. He cited Laird’s contingency plan and said escape clauses and SEATO obligations could delay action unless mutual interests exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangkok
Reuters
Thailand
United States
Thanat Khoman
Thanat
U.S
William J. Fulbright
Dem. Ark
Washington
Defence
Melvin R. Laird
Nixon
SEATO
Ceausescu pledges Warsaw Pact cooperation
In Vienna Nicolae Ceausescu vowed Romania will aid political and military collaboration within the Warsaw Pact. An aerial survey near New Orleans counted 94 sunken or grounded vessels from Hurricane Camille. In Treherbert a workman found two mummified babies in an abandoned house. Niagara Falls reported no disturbances for the first time in five nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Nicolae Ceausescu
Romania
New Orleans
Mississipi River
Treherbert
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Marchand refutes Alberta leader’s criticism on industry program
Federal regional expansion minister Jean Marc Marchand rejects Premier Harry Strom’s charge that Ottawa failed to consult on a federal aid to industry plan. He says consultations began last April and notes the final designation covered southern Alberta including Medicine Hat and Lethbridge, with a northward extension toward Calgary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Jean Marchand
Alberta
Harry Strom
Marchand
Strom
Trudeau
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
Calgary
Kopechnes delay autopsy in Kennedy case
Mary Jo Kopechne’s parents win a delay in Ed Dinis’ petition to exhume her body for an autopsy. The move aims to inform the Sept 3 inquest into the car crash involving Senator Edward M. Kennedy. Judge Brominski set aside the day for arguments on dismissal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Mary Jo Kopechne
Edmund Dinis
New Bedford
Mass
Dinis
Edward M. Kennedy
Dem. Mass
Bernard C. Brominski
Common Pleas Court
Also Mentioned on This Page
Saladin
Wenceslas
Czechoslovakia
Rio de Janeiro
U.K
Ulsters Police
Ulster
Merly
John Bell Williams
Mississippi Coast
Nap Cassidry
Coastal Area Civil Defence
Harrison
Hancock
Jackson
D News
Jie Globe
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!