Eisenhowers say last years happiest of marriage
The Eisenhowers in Gettysburg say after 50 years of marriage these last years are their happiest. Ike, 75, enjoys time for painting and shopping, while Mamie, 69, cherishes a home of their own after decades on base life. They reflect on family joys, wartime losses, and the White House era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike
Mamie
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Eisenhowers
John Quincy Adams
Louisa
Gettysburg, Pa
Tke
Mamie Eisenhower
Eisenhower
White House
New York
U. S
America
Gettysburg College
Curfew Enforced Amid Racial Violence in Cordele Georgia
In Cordele Georgia the city imposes an 8 30 p m to 6 m curfew after a gun battle between whites and Negroes. The curfew follows civil rights demonstrations earlier this year when flags were torn from a courthouse flagstaff. Police Chief T J McMurrain notes desegregation had proceeded without incident and reports a mixed city police force with many Black employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordele, Ga
South Georgia
U. S
Georgia
GOP Assemblymen Battling For Medicaid Amendments
In Albany Republicans seek votes on changes to New York medical assistance law. Leader Perry Duryea Jr. filed nine Senate approved amendments to the minor public health bill to pressure Democrats led by Speaker Travia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Assembly
GOP
Upstate
Perry B. Duryea Jr
Senate
Anthony Travia
Travia
Rules Committee
Baghdad Revolt Ousts Iraq Government Report
Baghdad Radio reported a revolution that ousted Iraq's government. Arif Abdel Razzaq announced the revolutionary command would assume power and back nonalignment and peaceful coexistence. Razzaq imposed a curfew and closed airports. fate of the president was unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Baghdad
Iraq
Arif Abdel Razzaq
Razzaq
Council of the
Revolutionary Command
United Arab Republic
Baghdad Radio
Abdel Rahman
Arif
Abdel Salam Mohammed Arif
Fifth Largest Bank and Two Others Boost Prime Rate
The Chemical Bank New York Trust Co with banks in Chicago and Los Angeles raised the prime lending rate from 4 1/2 to 5 percent. The move, a 1/4 percentage point increase, follows December and March hikes and signals potential further rises as banks curb consumer lending under usury ceilings. The rate is the highest since the early 1930s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chemical Bank
New York Trust Co
Chicago
Los Angeles
Chemical New York
First National Bank of Chicago
Union Bank
Argentina's On Gania Becomes President After Coup
Argentina's new regime led by Juan Carlos Ongania swore him in as president after ousting Arturo Illia. The military aims to curb Peronist influence and win labor peace by seeking a working arrangement with unions while promising eight to ten years of rule and drastic reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan Carlos Ongania
Arturo Illia
Juan D. Peron
Ongania
Illia
Fulbright Asks Reason For Escalation of War
U S bombers hit Hanoi fuel depots for a second day in raids by Navy and Air Force planes. Targets included depots near Hanoi and a radar site north of the capital with estimated enemy casualties as high as several hundred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Hanoi
U. S
Viet Nam
Air Force
South
U.S
Haiphong
Gilbert L. Meyers
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Command
Bac Giang
Nguyen Khe
Red Capital
U S Air Strikes On Hanoi Heights Stir Debate On Capitol Hill
U S bombing of oil depots near Hanoi and Hai Phong sparks global protest and Capitol Hill clash. Fulbright demands explanations for escalation while Ball defends the action as prudent. McNamara cites heavy damage and minimal civilian impact amid denials from Vietnam and Vatican reactions.
Air Raids Signal Escalation in Viet Nam War
AP dispatch reports 46 U.S. warplanes hit North Vietnamese oil centers near Hanoi and Haiphong, marking a sharp move up in war intensity. Pentagon officials warn the cost has increased, tracing roots back five years as the conflict evolved from a small advisory role to a contentious nationwide war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Ryan
U.S
Hanoi
Haiphong
Viet Nam
Pentagon
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Goldberg Ready to Stay in UN Post
Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg says he is ready to remain U.S. chief delegate to the United Nations as long as the President wants him. He denied feuding with Secretary of State Dean Rusk and said any disagreements are normal but they remain good friends. He declined comment on bombing in Hanoi Haiphong and noted he aims to help the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Eisenhower
Mamie
Ike
United Nations
N.Y
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Hanoi
Haiphong
Goldberg
U. N
U Thant
Johnson
Supreme Court
U.N. Post
White House
Johnson plans Omaha and Des Moines speeches on Viet War
President Johnson flies to Omaha Nebraska and Des Moines Iowa with stops at local airports. He is to speak downtown at the city dock and later at Indianola farm then attend a Democratic fund raising dinner in Des Moines. He will then proceed to San Antonio Texas and his Johnson City ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
Omaha
Neb
Des Moines
Iowa
Viet Nam
Texas
White House
Midwest
Ettlery Field
Indianola
Veterans Auditorium
San Antonio
Tex
Johnson City
Self immolation kills mother of four in West Virginia
Mrs. Carol Fisher, 27, of Tyler Mountain, West Virginia, died in a South Charleston hospital 18 hours after a neighbor found her in the back yard and she had apparently saturated her body with gasoline and set it aflame. No motive was provided by officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W.va
Carol Fisher
Tyler Mountain
South Charleston
Fisher
France and Soviet Union plan Paris Kremlin hot line
Paris and the Soviet Union agreed to establish a direct hot line between Paris and the Kremlin. An official Moscow communique said Soviet leaders accepted President Charles de Gaulle’s invitation to visit France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
France
Soviet Union
Paris
Kremlin
Moscow
Charles de Gaulle
DROWNS IN POND NEAR MASONVILLE NEW YORK
Charles F. Hager Sr. 57, a farmer of Masonville, drowned Wednesday while swimming in a pond near his home. He was vice president of the Bainbridge Guilford School Board and a director of the Rural Electrification Administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonville
N. Y
Charles F. Hager Sr
New York State
Hager
Bainbridge - Guilford School Board
Rural Electrification Administration
Hotel Astor Closes After 62 Years on Broadway
New York AP The Hotel Astor in Times Square shuts its doors after 62 years. Last 150 guests check out, 450 employees leave, and wrecking crews move in to clear the site for a 40 story office building. Presidents stayed here since 1933, staff recall the hotel as a second home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Astor
New York
Henry Pottberg
Astor
Charles Evans Hughes
California
Woodrow Wilson
White House
Schel
Sheraton-East
Park Avenue
Manhattan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dwight D. Eisenhowe
Mamie Geneva Doud
Denver
West Point
Ske
John
Phoenixville
T. J. McMurrain
MecMurrain
McMurrain
Richard H. Folger
Ity
Fulbright
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Capitol Hill
Sen. J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Orient
George W. Ball
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Ball
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Vatican
Lausche
Southeast Asia
NATO
Japan
Etsusaburo Shinna
Johnson Administration
Robert S. McNamara
North Viet Nam
McNamara
Hubert H. Humphrey
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Nebraska
Paris-Kremlin
Erwin O. Schel
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!