Nationwide anti nuke protests sweep Wall Street and bases
Arm linked demonstrators protest atomic power and weapons from Wall Street to Bangor and Groton. More than 1,000 arrested in New York City for blocking the stock exchange on the 50th anniversary of the 1929 crash. Demonstrators at Trident base, Energy Department, and General Dynamics sites face charges. notable figures Daniel Ellsberg and David Dellinger among those detained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wall Street
Washington State
New York City
New York Stock Exchange
Bangor
Wash
Seattle
Trident
Energy Department
Washington
D.C
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Groton
Conn
Thomas Ryan
Stock Exchange
Grace Hedemann
Daniel Ellsberg
Pentagon
David Dellinger
General Dynamics’ Electric Boat
U.S. Steel
Rockewell International
General Dynamics
Several hundred state workers evacuated from Capitol after elevator motor overheated
In Harrisburg Pennsylvania an overheated elevator motor smoked prompting the evacuation of several hundred state workers from the Capitol complex for about 20 minutes. Officials said the departure was orderly as lawmakers and staff sought safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Trial of Vietnamese to begin in Seguin
In Seguin Texas defense attorney says Sau Van Nguyen 21 and Chinh Van Nguyen 20 face murder and accomplice charges for the Aug 3 slaying of Billy Joe Aplin near Seadrift. The case rooted in tensions with Vietnamese crabbers after a self defense claim cites Aplin as a notorious bully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seguin
Texas
Gulf Coast
Air Force
Vietnam
Sau van Nguyen
Chinh van Nguyen
Pat Maloney
San Antonio
Billy Joe Aplin
Sau
Aplin
Seadrift
Corpus Christi
Maloney
Lau
Massive Basque strike halts northwest Spain over murder
In Spain more than 250,000 workers walked out for 24 hours in the Basque provinces to protest the assassination of Socialist Workers Party militant German Gonzalez. Police say the ambush was carried out by ETA gunmen as the conflict deepens. In Ottawa Canada the conservative government halted plans to move the Israeli embassy to Jerusalem, keeping it in Tel Aviv after a middle east peace review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Salvador
el Salvador
Red Cross
Labor and Economy
la Prensa Grafica
Revolutionary Bloc
Carlos Humberto Romero
Madrid
Spain
Socialist Workers Party
German Gonzalez
ETA
Ottawa
Canada
Israel
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Joe Clark
House of Commons
Progressive Conservative
Robert Stanfield
Middle East
Dollar strengthens as yen rises and gold gains
The dollar advanced in Tokyo and climbed in Europe and London while gold prices edged up. In Tokyo the dollar closed at 237.70 yen, a yearly high, as the Bank of Japan reportedly sold about 300 million dollars to support the yen amid oil price pressures and a weak economy. London opened near parity at 2.0885 dollars per pound as the pound weakened this month. In Zurich and Amsterdam, foreign exchange rates rose slightly while Milan and other markets posted minor gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Tokyo
Japan
Bank of Japan
Europe
Frankfurt
Zurich
Amsterdam
Milan
Curfew Eased as South Korea Names New KCIA Chief
Acting President Choi Kyu-hah announced Lt. Gen. Lee Hui-sung as acting KCIA chief to replace Kim Jae-kyu, amid curfew relaxation and martial law loosening after Park Chung-hee's assassination. Key leaders pledge control of the disorganized security apparatus while candidates for the presidency emerge, with Kim Jong-pil and Chung Il-kwon favored. The U.S. Seventh Fleet moved to deter North Korea, with Blue Ridge in Pusan and Kitty Hawk set to arrive November 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Seoul
South Korea
Choi Kyu-hah
Korean Central Intelligence Agency
Park Chung-hee
KCIA
Park
Choi
Army
Lee Hui-sung
Kim Jae-kyu
Democratic Republican Party
Kim Jong-pil
Chung Il-kwon
Kim
Chung
Chung Seung-hwa
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Kim Chong-hwan
United States
CIA
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Blue Ridge
Pusan
Japan
U.S
Kitty Hawk
Defense
Harold Brown
North Korea
Cha Chi-chul
Also Mentioned on This Page
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Soviet Union
Abdul Fattah Ismail
Moscow
Vnukovo
Brezhnev
East Germany
Andrei A. Gromyko
Kansas City
National
Oklahoma
San Mateo
Calif
Hughes Air West
Airline Employees Association
Midwest
Mexico
Rogers City
Mich
Michigan
Duane Badder
Presque Isle County
Here
Julius Pilarski
Metz
Badder
San Diego
National Transportation Safety Board
The
Benjamin Kean
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
New York Hospital
Cornell Medical Center
Shah
Kean
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!