Atty General Brown to head Kent State slay inquiry
Gov Rhodes assigns Atty Gen Brown to lead a special grand jury probe into the May 4 Kent State shootings. Brown says indictments are likely for some parties, but he would be surprised if Ohio National Guardsmen are charged. The inquiry aims to determine any criminal acts in the campus deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ravenna
Ohio
Paul W. Brown
James Rhodes
Kent State University
Brown
Ohio National Guardsmen
Rhodes
Army tests show rockets safe from detonations in tests
Brig. Gen. William W. Stone told a House oceanography subcommittee that Army tests on rockets' 418 steel-jacketed coffins with dynamite and armor piercing bullets did not trigger live rockets or their deadly odorless gas. He asserted no accident could set the rockets off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Stone
House Oceanography
Army
Stone
Booze To Save Delta Queen Faces Senate Cocktail Plan
Three Republican senators hosted a cocktail party in the Senate to rally support for exempting the Delta Queen from safety rules. The 44-year-old riverboat, a national historic landmark, risks closing in November under the Safety at Sea law due to fire regulation standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Marlow Cook
Kentucky
William B. Saxbe
Ohio
Howard H. Baker Jr
Tennessee
United States
Congress
Cook
Saxbe
Weather dip tonight then warm up midweek
Temperatures will fall to the upper 90s tonight in places with an early August chill, then warm into the upper 80s by Wednesday as conditions shift.
Celia Brings Devastation to Corpus Christi Bay Area
Hurricane Celia with 145 mph winds battered Corpus Christi and nearby towns. Four dead, possible higher toll, and widespread destruction across Aransas Pass Ingleside and Rockport. Curfew, looting, and mass shelters emerged as power, phones, and water failed. Oil facilities and pipelines sparked fires as rescue teams expanded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Barlow
Corpus Christi
Tex
Texas
Mame Yvr Wayland Pilcher
Aransas Pass
Celia
Weather Bureau
Jack Blackmon
Gay Walker
Ingleside
Troy Kizer
Rockport
Civil Defense
Dick Hawkins
Corpus Christi Bay
Padre Island
Blackmon
Steubenville Named Top City for Air Pollution
Steubenville Ohio ranked number one for air pollution from visible particulates by the National Pollution Control Commission. Mayor Andrew W Miller called the ranking a potential spur for regional cooperation on pollution standards. Deputy Patsy De Luca said industrial plants and nearby steel mills drive most pollution, with residents paying about 85 dollars a year for extra cleaning costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
Ohio
Andrew W. Miller
Miller
Ohio River Valley
West Virginia
Patsy de Luca
de Luca
Government spends 40 million on I-180 spur to Jones & Laughlin plant
GAO warns the 13 mile Interstate 180 link to the Jones & Laughlin steel plant in Hennepin Illinois cost 47 million with 39 million federal funds. The spur, built to give trucks direct access to I-80, faced criticism for its high price and for denying similar requests in larger cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Illinois
Congress
General
Linois River
Chicago
Federal Highway Administration
Tucson
Ariz
Tacoma
Wash
Steel
GAO
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kent State Probe
Atty. Gen. Brown
Thaddeus R. Beal
Annison
Lexington
Sunny Point
N.C
Florida
Beal
Paul Gross
Duke University
Celia’s
South
Texas Coast
Pilcher
Sen
John Tower
R-Tex
Nixon
Coast Bend
Tower
Kent Odom
Texas Department of Public Safety
Odom
Robstown
U.S. Naval Hospital
Corpus Christi State Hospital
Dennis Richter
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Corpus Christi Marina
Walker
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Shell Oil Co
Alice
Robstowr
Mexico
Houston
Arantes
Pati
Miles
Steubenville’s
J&l At
Hennepin
On the Il
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!