Today In History July 30 1970 highlights
On July 30 many events are listed from 1619 James Town Virginia first representative assembly to 1970 reflections. Notable items include William Penn's death in 1714, the U S government buying its first airplane in 1909, the 1942 Waves naval bill, 1953 Chicago race riots, Nixon and Truman healthcare links, and Saint Simeon Stylites living on a pillar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
America
Jamestown
Virginia
Naples
Italy
Pennsylvania
William Penn
England
U. S
Black Tom Island
Jersey City
N. J
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Women’s Branch of the Navy
the Waves
Chicago
Trumbull Park
Richard M. Nixon
Midwestern
Lyndon B. Johnson
Harry S. Truman
Independence
Truman
South Vietnam
Gypsy pilot Arlie Nixon lives a frontier life in Oklahoma
Aeronaut Arlie Nixon, Trans World pilot and oilman, quotes his own label as a "gypsy" while detailing a life of farm solitude near Jennings Oklahoma. He commutes from a 700 acre farm to jets at Kennedy, owning a gas company and a polar bear rug, with a son nearby and a shelf full of quilts and squat bread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doug Todd
Associated Press
Jennings
Okla
Arlie Nixon
Trans World Airlines
Kennedy International
New York
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Cial
Nixon
Pawnee County
Oklahoma State University
Navy
Pensacola
Fla
TWA
Jaepan
Spitzbergen
Norway
Cimarron River
Kennedy
Iceland
Russia
Osaka
Japan
Alaska
Cole
Acue Lumber Shortage Looms In Years Ahead
SEATTLE AP government and industry leaders foresee an acute lumber and plywood shortage to meet a 26 million housing goal for 1968 78. Nixon orders increased harvest on federal lands and urges expanded use of substitutes to avert shortages while Mayo's task force projects softwood and plywood must rise to 65 billion board feet by 1978.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Forest Products
Nixon
Robert Mayo
Mayo
Agriculture and Interior Departments
Congress
W.D. Hagenstein
Portland
Ore
Industrial Forestry Association
Washington
Oregon
Pacific Northwest
Merrill-Lynch
Housing Boom Likely as Apartments Overtake Single Homes
Industry sources say high rise apartments and mobile homes require far less lumber than three bedroom houses. Merrill Lynch projects apartment share rising to 600,000 by 1975, with 90 percent of new homes under 15,000 dollars. Baby boom households grow, boosting demand as Pacific Northwest lumber aims to meet the surge with forest land access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill-Lynch
Pacific Northwest
Swedish theologian sees potential for change in American dream
A Swedish born theologian Rev Dr Bengt Hoffman lectured at Lutheran Theological Seminary Gettysburg Pa noting there is much hell ahead for Americans and churches yet expressing faith in the American dream and its unique potential for conversion and change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bengt Hoffman
Lutheran Theological Seminary
Gettysburg
Courthouse Records and Church Plan Merge in Green River
Mineral and royalty deeds from the Green River area list multiple transfers among named individuals and institutions. A united church plan with St. John’s Episcopal seeks a shared $165000 sanctuary and coordinated services after 83 years in a former saloon setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenriver
Wyo
Union Congregational Church
St. John’s
Also Mentioned on This Page
Simeon Stylites
Jackie Gleason
Beverly McKittrick
By Gill Fox
John Huston
Unity College
Dublin
Ireland
Mink
Fox
PECOS
Courthouse Records
Robert K, Hillin
Hanes
J. D. Andrews
Marjorie M
Weaver
Og&om
H&gn
Jack E. Blake
Robert Tucker
Robert Bradley
Ted Collins, Jr
William F. Turman
Ralph Meriwether
William Turman
Roy
Ted Collins
Clare W. Feely
C Roberts
R. C, Roberts
Eecia
Pico
LADIE
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