Corps moves on flood plan for Halstead protection
Halstead accedes to flood defense steps as Maj Gen Charles I. McGinnis says the plan is sent to the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors in Virginia for review. Public copies sell for 14.45 dollars, with library files in Halstead and a 2 year wait for funding and 8 to 10 years for completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halstead
Charles I. McGinnis
Tulsa
U S. Army Corps of Engineers
McGinnis
Board of Engineers For Rivers and Harbors
Ft. Belvoir
Postoffice
Okla
Halstead Public Library
Carl Metzger
Congress
Warkentin Homestead
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Environmental Protection Agency
Board of Engineers
Ft Belvoir
Kingman Building
Carter to convene cabinet meetings on St Simon Island
President elect Carter opens a three day series of informal cabinet sessions on St Simon Island near Brunswick Georgia with Mondale and key appointees. Talks focus on tax cuts the economy and future policy amid transition while Ford cautions on feasibility of rapid gains and deficit reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plains, Ga
Carter
St. Simon’s Island
Brunswick
Plains
Walter Mondale
Washington
Michael Blumenthal
Bendix Cp
Treasury
Thomas B. Lance
Atlanta
Office of Management and Budget
Charles Schultze
Council of Economic Advisers
Rex Granum
Mart Carter
Young says Vietnam could become buffer against China
Andrew Young, selected by President-elect Carter as U N ambassador, argues Vietnam can serve as a buffer against China and an outlet for U S trade. He urges accounting on missing American MIAs, notes UN membership issues, and cites oil in the Gulf of Tonkin and potential Cuba trade ties as factors shaping U S relations and policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Ford
Atlanta
Andrew Young
U.S
United Nations
Vietnam
China
Young
Associated Press
United States
Carter Administration
Yugoslavia
Gulf of Tonkin
Cuba
Battle lines form in Daley successor race in Chicago
In Chicago, aldermen Wilson Frost and Michael Bilandic emerge as rival factions on maps and in white and Black leadership. The City Council will elect an acting mayor from among the aldermen ahead of a six month special election. In Newfoundland, rescue teams search the nursing home ruins for more bodies after a fire killed at least 20, including an elderly woman and a 16 year old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Wilson Frost
South Side
Michael Bilandic
Daley
ST. John’s
Newfoundland
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Kesman
Kansas
St. John
Randall P. Son
Hudson
Mark A. Norris
Santa Fe
Broadway Street
World Bank notes U S wealth ranking slips in 1975
The World Bank reports 1975 per capita U S income at 7060 with Kuwait UAE Qatar Switzerland and Sweden above it and 19 nations exceeding 5000. It cautions 1975 figures are preliminary and inflation erodes real gains while Denmark and Norway may overtake the U S in 1976.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
World Bank
United States
Kuwait
United Arab Emirates
Qatar
Witzerland
Sweden
Denmark
Canada
Germany
Norway
U.S
Switzerland
Fire damages home as five alarms respond in Newton
Fire at 221 E. 8th Newton damaged the Phares residence with kitchen flames spreading to the breakfast nook and living room smoke and heat. Mrs Phares reported a turkey in the oven and an explosion before flames engulfed the kitchen. The incident was one of five alarms that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winifred Phares
Newton
Thrichaies
Sand Creek
W. 3Rd
W. 4Th
SE 4Th
Walnut
Devere Godsey
Roanoke
Gas Service Co
M. Ey
Beoness Hospital
Accidees Ethel Deaconess Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
Warkenti Homestead
U. S
Secretary of the Army
Warkentin
Teag
St. Simon
Georgia
Israel
Bangkok
Thailand
Peronne
Weather Data
South Central
KIRG
Barom
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!