Today in History highlights from 1785 to 1969
Key events include Jefferson named U S Minister to France in 1785 Ulysses Grant named Union Commander in Chief in 1864 the Lend Lease Act signed in 1941 Tokyo incendiaries in 1945 Ray pleads guilty in 1969 and a 1965 DOJ request against Alabama civil rights demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson
U.S
France
Benjamin Franklin
Ulysses Grant
Franklin Roosevelt
Japan
Tokyo
Memphis
Tenn
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King
Justice Department
Alabama
TV Listings for Channel Lineup with Classic Shows
TV schedule lists nightly programs on channels 2 to 19 including Family Theater with Oscar Wilde's The Canterville Ghost starring David Niven and Billy Graham crusade highlights from Norfolk. Also Swat Dragnet Perry Mason and comedy features with John Denver Danny Kaye and Merv Griffin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Family Theater
Oscar Wilde
David Nivens
Billy Graham
Dr. Graham
Norfolk, Va
John Denver
Danny Kaye
Denver
Dragnet
WCET
Wolf Trap
Merv Griffin
Peter Boyle
Ron Howard
Henry
Winkler
Danny Most
Maude
Gannon
Caribe
Ben
Perry Mason
Green Acres
Fort Meade Loses Last Of Its Tanks
Fort Meade in Maryland has surrendered its remaining armored tanks ending a 56 year armored era. Three M 48 tanks weighing 52 tons each were shipped by rail, marking the end of the fort’s tank training tradition dating to 1919. Maj. Howard L. MacAllister calls it the end of an era as the 6th Armored Cavalry left for Fort Bliss two years ago and the remaining 17 tanks were moved or reassigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Meade
Maryland
Army Tank Corps
6Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Fort Bliss
Tex
Budd Co Faces Skilled Labor Shortage Amid Strong Contract
Philadelphia based Budd Co won an $85 million contract to build 200 train coaches and sought 300 skilled workers. Despite hiring about 100, the company reports a paradox: unemployment is rising yet positions remain vacant. Some laid off auto division workers are retrained or rehired for new roles.
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Philadelphia
Budd Co
Budd
Auto Division
Space center chief hurt in crash at Cape Canaveral
Kennedy Space Center director Lee R. Scherer is in fair condition with a punctured lung after a rear end collision that killed the other driver Ralph Fisher. Scherer’s daughter Candace Hunt and Navy Ensign Robert Christensen were injured. Scherer was giving them a tour when the accident occurred at the space facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Lee R. Scherer
Kennedy Space Center
Scherer
Navy
Titusville
Ralph Fisher
Fisher
Candace Hunt
Robert Christensen
Christensen
Space Center
Sean Connery Secretly Marries Artist in Morocco
The Daily Mirror reports Sean Connery has married French Moroccan painter Micheline Roquebrune in Casablanca about four months ago. Connery, 44, was previously married to actress Diane Cilento, divorced in 1973 after a decade.
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London
Sean Connery
James Bond
The
Daily Mirror
Marrakesh
Morocco
Connery
Micheline Roquebrune
Diane Cilento
Casablanca
Hibernians elect officers in Ohio Council meeting
Lawrence Purdy of Akron was elected president of the Ohio Council of Fraternal and Service Organizations at the annual meeting. Gene Fournace of Canton, a former Elks leader and senior vice Power Co., was named Fraternalist of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, Ohio
Lawrence Purdy
Akron
Hibernians
Ohio Council of Fraternal and Service Organization
Gene Fournace
Canton
Ohio Power Co
The
Elks
Obituary notices for Davis Williams Drake Kane and Elmer Kane
Obituaries list multiple local figures including Janet Davis Harold Williams William Willie Drake and Elmer Kane. Details cover ages addresses hospitals funeral homes visitation times services interments and memorial donations and reference McCoy Leffler Funeral Home Joseph R Baker Funeral Home Wilson Schramm Memorial Home and First Church of God with contact numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drake
William ‘Willie
Central Ave
D.O.A. Middletown Hospital
McCoy-Leffier
Herschel Caudill
Woodside Cemetery
Church of God
McCoy Leffier
Kane Mr. Elmer
Clark St
Barbara Park Valescent Center
Hol Trinity Church
Calvary Cemetery
Wilson Schramm
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Middletown Journal
Today
Associated Press
Alexander Graham Bell
Bell
Boston
Watson
Thomas
Henry Fonda
Ava Gardner
Ars
Burt Reynolds White Ole
Tranchester Inn
Civic Center
Middletown
Cassano Pizza King
Italy
Tytus Avenue
Verity Parkway
Jackson Lane
Main Street
Franklin
Oxford State Rd
Trenton
Cassano Enterprises
Academy
David O.selznicks
Eeccucioner
Margaret Mitchells
Clark Gable
Vivien Leigh
Leslie Howard
Olivia de Havilland
Mr c Ea
Starglow Drive-In
Macon County
Colonel Sanders
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Mason-Westchester
Lebanon
Wilmington
Covington
Newport
Elsmere, Ky
Kentucky
Bybalfae Lil
Meru
Anstant
Lemmon
Walter Matthau
Pgc
Disney
Journal
Bill Pearce
Moore St
Bracken
Mr. Lloyd
Middletown Hospital
Jefferson Lodge
F&am
Edwin ‘Popbul
Dial
Davis
Janet
Woodburn Ave
McCoy Leffler
American Cancer Society
Waynesville
Mason and
Warren County
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