Time bomb letters trigger banks bomb scare across cities
A muffled Labor Day blast at a San Francisco Bank of America hinted at a wider set of time bombs in safe deposit boxes across Chicago New York City and San Francisco. FBI and police traced boxes rented under the alias Christopher Charles Mohr and warned of more attacks targeting construction sites hotels and highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Bank of America
San Francisco
Herald
Chicago
New York City
FBI
Christopher Charles Mohr
Mohr
The
Chicago Tribune
Central Intelligence Agency
International Revenue Service
Daniel Madori
Stephen Mullins
Madori
Southern Ilinois University
Carbondale
New York
First National City Bank
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co
Marine Midland
Continental Ilinois National
First National
Northern Trust Co
Wells Fargo Bank
Crocker
Washington
Nixon Pursues Okinawa Return and Tokyo Hotline
President Nixon, after eight hours of talks with Japanese Premier Eisaku Sato, aims to speed Okinawa’s return to Japan and remove nuclear chemical and biological weapons. They also agreed to establish a Washington Tokyo teletype hotline to prevent shocks and discussed tariff and quota barriers to reduce the U.S. trade deficit with Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
White House
Eisaku Sato
Okinawa
Japan
Washington
Tokyo
U.S
Peking
Sato
Washington-Tokyo
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Freed and Flies to London Amid Bangladesh Rally
President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto freed Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, head of Bangladesh, who flew to London and urged world recognition and UN admission. He described years in solitary confinement and a mock trial, vow to keep links with West Pakistan undecided, and praised martyrs of Bangladesh's struggle. He met reporters at Claridges Hotel and aimed to meet Edward Heath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
Bangladesh
Pakistan
United Nations
Sheik
Bhutto
West Pakistan
Edward Heath
Mujib
East
Hitler
Museum to employ six more in city extension
The City of Medicine Hat will hire six workers for the museum building extension with aid from Local Initiatives Program grant totaling over $14,000. Edmonton loan application deadline for capital works extended to January 14 to allow all municipalities time to submit. Alberta applications total about $14 million. Ottawa has allocated $9 million to Alberta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Edmonton
Department of Municipal Affairs of
Alberta
Ottawa
Apprehended man shoots Hull policeman in paddy wagon
In Hull Quebec Constable Fer nand Bertrand 31 was shot and killed by a man he had just arrested and placed in a paddy wagon. The detainee later wounded a second man before police fired on the vehicle. Bertrand died at hospital. officers hunted a second suspect in a downtown burglary attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull, Que
Fernand Bertrand
Hull
Bertrand
Alain Marion
Const
Ottawa
Jet hijacked by two gunmen sparks terror tale
Seven Pacific Southwest Airlines stewardesses recounted a 94 hour cross country hijack from California toward Cuba. A shotgun wielding man and a pistol waving woman with a five month old baby threatened to shoot crew and passengers while demanding passage to Africa. The crew and passengers endured ground refueling stops and tense standoffs as they traced the flight path from San Francisco to Havana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Pacific Southwest Airlines
California
Cuba
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Sylvia Brister
Sylvia
Havana
William Young
San Diego
Young
Dianne Beighley
Tampa
Africa
Cheryl Gallemore
Miss Gallemore
Ida
Darryl Wiggins
Steve Salmonsen
Britain begins Malta airlift during peacetime evacuation
Britain launches a large airlift moving 750 wives and children from Malta to Brize Norton in Oxfordshire as the first stage of Operation Welcome Home. Over 7,000 dependants of 3,500 British troops on the island are to be moved by Jan. 15, with troops and equipment to follow. A flying maternity hospital joins the effort and plans accommodate the mass arrival and potential births midair. Transport costs for 500 pets threaten additional expenses for families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Malta
Oxfordshire
Mediterranean
Dom Mintoff
RAF
Brize Norton
Belfast innkeeper slain by armed raiders
A Belfast saloon owner, Gerald Woods, was killed during a home invasion by armed raiders seeking funds for guerrilla activity in Northern Ireland. His wife and children witnessed the killing as police hunted an IRA bomb expert who escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Gerald Woods
Ulster
Republican Army
Prostestants
Omagh
County Cork
Woods
Gibraltar
Lowood Park
IRA
Brendan Dunlop
Army
Andersonstown
London
Gas price rise urged by Alberta premier for national gas
Premier Lougheed asserts natural gas prices must rise and the process has begun. Alberta says Canadians should have first call on its gas but buyers must pay full commodity value. Trans-Canada Pipe Lines seeks a 420 million expansion from Alberta to Ontario and Quebec, with Ontario and Quebec supporting the project. The energy board may order further hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Lougheed
Alberta
National Energy Board
R. J. Gibbs
Gibbs
Trans-Canada Pipe Lines Ltd
Ontario
Quebec
Trans-Canada
Canada
Energy Board
TransCanada
U.S
Also Mentioned on This Page
Arctic
Dianne
East Pakistan
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan
Claridges Hotel
Dacca
Zulfikar AL Bhutto
Defence Ministry
Guardian
Omnipol
Czech State Armaments Organization
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!