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!
This newspaper page contains 20 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Oswego Palladium Times
Location
Oswego, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1973
Page
1
Four crewmen are trapped about 360 feet beneath the sea off Key West Florida. One identified crewman is Clayton Link, son of aviation pioneer Edwin A Link. The incident is reported by UPI Wirephoto.
President Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev opened their second summit with pledges to work for lasting peace. On the White House south lawn Nixon said the world watches as leaders of the two powers seek to build a peaceful future, with Brezhnev stressing a strong foundation for progress.
The article notes Tom Crisafulli as general chair of the July 4 celebration. It mentions Mrs. Burke as a rare local active participant, while Jaycees plan a canvas of the city after 6 p.m. seeking more volunteers.
A fourth rescue attempt failed to reach four men trapped in a small research minisub wedged in a World War II destroyer wreck about 20 miles southeast of Key West. Oxygen dwindled to about an hour as divers prepared for another dive with a diving bell. two men were reportedly unconscious. Clayton Link, 31, is among those aboard.
John W. Dean III testifies before the Senate Watergate committee in secret session as it prepares up to three days of televised hearings. The panel weighs national security limits and Dean's talks with Nixon to decide what can be made public. Dean, granted limited immunity, may offer evidence Nixon knew of the coverup. Nixon denies knowledge and blames Dean. Sen Baker expects a full account as hearings begin Tuesday and cautions against invoking executive privilege.
Police probe the Saturday night abduction of teenager Judy Paygon 17 her brother Larry Karcher 16 and friend Charles Scaife 15 by a group of armed men In Buffalo Niagara Falls patrols located the captives and five Indiana men at a Tonawanda motel all five Indiana suspects from Elkhart were arrested Lillard Holmes Heverling Rogers and Robinson face counts of unlawful imprisonment burglary and grand larceny or imprisonment only for some.
In a crowded Harlem bar the Capri Bar and Grill gunman opened fire after two patrolmen told him to drop his weapon. A policeman and a bartender were killed, seven others injured, including another officer and six patrons. The gunman Boyce Russel, 55, of Brooklyn, was identified by fingerprints.
The body of a young man pulled from Lake Champlain has been identified as John J. Ward, 20, of East Northport, New York. Identification came via dental records from New York. Ward had been missing since a Sept. 24, 1972 boating accident in which four others survived after clinging to the boat. Ward was a student at Plattsburgh State College.
Attorneys for IBM and Telex prepared for final arguments in a 1.2 billion antitrust suit in Tulsa Oklahoma. The private action against IBM could yield a court ruling from Judge A Sherman Christensen later this summer after a six week non jury trial.
The Supreme Court ruled federal courts lack power to block a 2.5 percent temporary surcharge approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission for U S railroads. Environmentalists who won lower court injunctions argued the surcharge worsened a discriminatory rate structure against recyclable goods harming the environment.
Harvard trained economist James A. Schlesinger seeks Senate committee approval to serve as the Nixon administration's third secretary of defense. Little congressional resistance is expected.
Jelle Zijlstra, chairman of the Bank for International Settlements, warned in Basel that inflation now plaguing the United States and other industrialized nations could rise two to three times its rate of a few years ago. He called the prospect alarming in remarks prepared for the bank's annual meeting.
Westinghouse Electric Corp. and four major unions reached a 37 month national agreement after weeks of bargaining. The settlement provides a wage hike up to 88 cents an hour with cost of living adjustments and includes improvements in pensions retirements vacations and other fringe benefits.
The 1700 cemetery workers and greens attendants and management groups met at the World Trade Center under a legislative mandate to resume mediation. The dispute had led to a full strike at 47 locations.
A 15 year old Syracuse youth named James C Kalb was electrocuted Sunday evening while using an electric sander on a boat. Cayuga County sheriff deputies reported he was barefoot on wet ground when he turned the sander on. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Auburn Memorial Hospital.
In Old Forge New York on Father's Day the Central Adirondack Association hosted a frog contest drawing 500 spectators. Eric White's 13.75 ounce Jeremiah won the biggest frog trophy while 2 year old Larry Harvey claimed the second largest. Sandy Stripp owns the top jumper at five feet and Dan Murphy's frog posted a 15 foot dash in 34 seconds.
SPACE CENTER Houston AP The Skylab 1 crew Charles Conrad Jr Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz set the longest spaceflight record surpassing Soyuz 11's 23 days 18 hours 22 minutes as they neared 28 days in orbit. They prepared to launch Apollo ferry ship for Pacific splashdown and await Skylab 2 arrival later in summer.
In Saigon and border areas, peacekeeping helicopters came under fire with one hit and two forced down but no casualties. The cease fire logged more than 100 violations daily in early days, then 77 in the latest 24 hours.
May enlistments for Army and Marine ground combat regiments fell short of targets. Total combat and non combat volunteers reached 16 938 versus a combined goal about 20 000. Navy and Air Force numbers also missed or barely met their aims, while the Marine Corps exceeded overall enlistment goals.
A tornado near Moville Iowa killed one person and injured several as powerful thunderstorms swept northern Iowa and southern Minnesota. The Midwest faced a weekend of violent storms with tornadoes flooding and three lightning deaths while stormsextended into the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic regions.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.