Rebel Resistance Crumbling in East Pakistan War
A foreign report says East Pakistan rebels under Awami League are faltering as Pakistani army columns advance from West Pakistan. Bengali forces lack trained officers and supplies, weapons are World War II era, and air power favors Pakistan. Local defense is minimal with unclear orders and scarce fortifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chuadanga
East Pakistan
Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan
West Pakistan
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
Awami League
Awami
East
Pakistan
India
Dacca
Bangla Desh
Ganges
Goaundo Ghat
Mandaripur
Reporters Eye View Of Dacca Page 6
The western wing spreads from Dacca with army control and flag displays. Civilians fear informers and reprisals while thousands flee. Pak troops advance from Jessore toward Kushtia, Sylhet falls, and fighting continues near Dacca. Indian weapons reach rebels, with a major aiding incursion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dacca
Pakistan
Bangla Desh
Sheik Mujib
Ganges River
Pabna
Kushtia
Tricia Nixon Wedding Set for June 12 at White House
Washington AP Tricia Nixon and Edward Cox will wed at 4 p.m. June 12 in the White House residence, moving from the previous June 5 date. Designer Priscella Kidder of Boston will craft the gown, following ties to Julie Nixon’s dress and Luci Nugent’s gown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tricia
Washington (Ap
Tricia Nixon
Edward Cox
White House
Miss Nixon
Priscella Kidder
Boston
Julie
Luci Johnson Nugent
Lyndon 8. Johnson
Drive to lift siege at Fire Base 3 in central Highlands
Some 2000 South Vietnamese troops launch a two week siege lift with 600 tons of U S bombs prepared by B52s. U S officials reassess the Vietnamization program due to Laotian invasion performance and current North Vietnamese offensives. Modern conflicts and political moves dominate the AP dispatches from Saigon Peking Dacca Washington and Chicago with various fronts and actors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press Saigon
Central Highlands
Saigon
U.S
Ma Maws Ham Hock Benefit at Court House Evening
A community dinner fundraiser runs 1 to 2 pm Friday April 16 in the Court House Community Room offering ham hock beans slaw pie and coffee. Donation is 1.25 dollars to support Ma Maws Children Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Ma Maws Children Center
Students Invest Cash Make Profit in UW Course
MADISON Wis AP hand 12 university students 96000 to invest and realize about 18000 in profits in a little over four months The two six man teams named the Wisco Fund and Badger Fund grew assets 225 percent since Nov 30 versus 172 NYSE and 157 S&P 425 The venture began from a former student suggestion and uses university funds with 48000 per team plus 2000 for expenses Investments barred in commodities and no borrowing as of April 2 Wisco Fund 59074 Badger Fund 55064 profits influence grades
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin Business School
New York Stock Exchange
Standard and Poor
Business School
Wisconsin
Baird Brittingham
Wilmington
Del
Wisco Fund
Badger Fund
Stephen Hawk
Students End Class Investments May 15
The students finish the class investments on May 15 while the money stays with the business school. Any loss will be absorbed by the university, Hawk stated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business School
University
Hawk
Court Upholds Adams Ruling in Bank Case
Missouri Supreme Court upheld dismissal of a $26,404 suit by Fulton National Bank against Callaway Memorial Hospital and trustees. Court found hospital had no right to endorse notes and trustees not liable, affirming Circuit Judge George P. Adams ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Missouri Supreme Court
Fulton National Bank
Callaway Memorial Hospital
George P. Adams
Audrain County
Test Plots To Warn Of Blight
Agronomy specialists at the University of Missouri Columbia will plant corn in 20 test plots statewide this spring to create an early warning system for leaf blight. Weekly condition reports will feed into state blight and corn summaries for extension centers and media.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
University of Missouri
Einar W. Palm
Railroad Retirement May Go Up
Congress weighs a bill to raise railroaders pensions by 10 percent over 18 months retroactive to Jan 1. The $118 million cost adds to a previous unfunded $132 million increase, with the fund seen as financially unstable and potentially bankrupt in 20 years without reform. The panel notes rail workers are ineligible for Social Security and face rising costs as industry employment halves since 1947. Col. A R Troxell dies at 77. funeral set for Wednesday in Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House
Commerce Committee
Special Commission
Table Tennis Visit Is True Oriental Mystery
AP Special Correspondent William L. Ryan reports on a US table tennis team in Peking where Chinese dominance appears decisive. The piece recalls Maoist influence on sports and the 1966 meet where China won six of seven titles, noting Chuang Tse-tung and other figures in the crosscurrents of politics and sport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Ryan
Red China
Peking
People’s Daily
Mao Tsetung
Han Yu-chen
China
Chuang Tse-tung
Chairman Mao
Chuang
Tse-tung
Mao
Chuang Tse Tung
Japan
Etna Lava Destroys Observatory On Mount Etna
Flaming lava from Mt. Etna destroyed the century old observatory near the summit and cut the cable car route. The observatory was empty and no one was hurt. The eruption, in its seventh day, was waning with lava flow slowed to about 40 percent of earlier eruptions as police kept sightseers away from upper slopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catania
Sicily
Mt. Etna
Europe
Laval
Etna
Underground Gas Kills Seven Miners in Illinois
Seven miners at the Ozark Mahoning Fluorspar Co. Barnett shaft in Golconda Illinois were killed by hydrogen sulfide gas after ignoring warnings to stay out of a forbidden area 600 feet underground. A miner entered the area and six others followed to rescue him, all overcome by the deadly gas. Fluorspar is a bluish mineral used in aluminum production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golconda
Ill
Southern Illinois
Wayne Faller
Barnett
Ozark Mahoning Fluorspar Co
Davis Friend Acquitted By Federal Jury
New York AP David R Poindexter II was acquitted by a federal court jury of hiding Angela Davis while she was hunted by the FBI as a fugitive. The seven men five women deliberated two hours ten minutes at a week long trial. Poindexter said this is a minor skirmish in a big war and thanked the jurors after the verdict. Judge Cannella instructed acquittal if unaware of a federal arrest warrant for Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Jury
New York
David R. Poindexter II
Angela Davis
FBI
California
Poindexter
U.S. District Court
Angela
John M. Cannella
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chou En-lai
Allen J. Ellender
Senate Appropriations Committee
Nixon
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Jesse L. Jackson
Breadbasket
GOD
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
A.R. Troxell
Col
A. R. Troxell
Calvary Episcopal Church
Dale Matthews
Wile Westies
NIM
Case Power & Equipment
Hiway
Mexico
Funk
S. Missouri
Liberty
Wuthering Heights
Columbia Picture
Bastar Productions
Aray Stark Herbert Ross
Geo Legal Panavision Color ‘Hip
Tne
Pussycat
Davis
Showtime
Paxton
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!