Italians set for June elections amid Communist surge
Italy scheduled national elections for June 20 and 21 with a potential Communist role in central government. Local ballots will run concurrently in Rome, Bari, Sicily, and other areas as the lira hits new lows after the Moro government fell. Cardinal Ursi linked blood miracle delays to anti Communist sentiment. Moro resigned after he failed to win Socialist backing and to concede Communist influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilmi Toros
Rome
NATO
Bari
Sicily
Milan
Aldo Moro
U.S
United States
Popes
Communist Party
Naples
Januarius
Corrado Cardinal
Ursi
St. Januarius
Christian Democrats
Edmonton plane crash at Kensington Centre kills two
A light four seat plane crashed at Kensington Shopping Centre in northwest Edmonton around 10 30 a m EDT. Police said two people died and two were injured as the aircraft struck power lines causing a power outage in the area at 127th Street and 132nd Avenue near the municipal airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Kensington
127Th Street
132Nd Avenue
Rolls-Royce Camargue dethroned by new Stutz d Italia tease
DETROIT AP The $90,000 Rolls-Royce Camargue loses its status as the world’s most expensive production car to a forthcoming $100,000 Stutz d Italia. Stutz previews the model in Beverly Hills with a champagne reception, touting eighteen-gauge steel, 22 coats of lacquer, solid brass trim, English burlwood and California Redwood interiors, 24 carat bezels, and mouton carpeting with optional ermine mink or chinchilla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Stutz Motor Car Co
Beverly Hills
Calif
Stutz
Rhodesia calls up reservists amid border tensions
Rhodesia's white minority government announced immediate call-up of reserve troops for extended service as fears grow of Soviet backed guerrilla attacks along the Mozambique border. Talks of extending the draft to 18 from 12 months accompany plans to mobilize thousands, with mercenary recruitment reportedly offering British soldiers up to 460 a week. African guerrilla capacity and Rhodesian security forces are outlined, noting 4,500 regular troops, 10,000 reservists, and about 700 guerrillas operating from Mozambique bases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ap—Reuter
Rhodesia
Mozambique
Ian Smith
Salisbury
The
London Observer
Northern Ireland
International Institute of Strategic Studies
Clark cites Watergate in attack on Trudeau cabinet conduct
Montreal CP report says Joe Clark, PC leader, linked Ottawa secrecy to Watergate coverups while urging answers on cabinet morality. He named Hamilton harbor dredging, judges, and Sky Shops as cases with charges, noting five Sky Shops figures charged though court will address criminal acts, not ministerial impropriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Joe Clark
Trudeau
Clark
Hamilton Harbor
Sky Shops
Ottawa
United States
Canada
Ford Campaigns For Comeback In Indiana As Reagan Wins Texas
President Ford pushes toward the Republican nomination with a Indiana campaign path while Reagan roars into Kansas City after sweeping all 24 Texas districts and securing 96 delegates. Carter dominates the Democratic side with 89 delegates as Bentsen exits the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ford
Indiana
Ronald Reagan
White House
Reagan
Texas
California
Kansas City
New York City
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Lloyd Bentsen
Bentsen
Purported Hughes Will Sparks Estate Controversy
Las Vegas sources say genealogist W A Jones represents as many as 11 Hughes relatives who call a recent will a phoney. Noah Dietrich named executor plans probate actions in California and Los Angeles to challenge Richard Gano, with Rhoden seeking handwriting experts to date the document.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Nev
Howard Hughes
Hughes
W.A. Jones
Heirfinders Inc
Nashville
Noah Dietrich
Los Angeles
Dietrich
Harold Rhoden
California
Richard Gano
Superior Court
Rhoden
Jones
Edmonton man's confession links to Hughes tale
James Guiltner of Edmonton says he would have given Howard Hughes twenty dollars but Melvin Dummar advised a quarter sufficed. Guiltner backs Dummar’s desert rescue claim from 1968 and says he provided the quarter at a Las Vegas hotel. He seeks a share of Hughes’s estate though Dummar has not named others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes
Melvin Dummar
Dummar
Howard Hughes
Edmonton
James Guiltner
Guiltner
Nevada Desert
Guilmner
Willard
Utah
Tour Canada Association
Las Vegas
Howard Sherris
Valleyview
Alto
Sherri
Also Mentioned on This Page
Medicine Hat
Jim Middleton
King Seagrave Company
Woodstock
Ont
International Harvester
Art Pinnell
Felix Lutz
Don Springall
King Seagrave
Bruce Dynes
Moro
Chamber of Deputies
Comeback
Josephine Hughes Crowder
Chester
Jeff Milton Hughes
Houston
Robert Maheu
Bob Maheu
Maheu
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!