Dynamite misfire shocks West Hollywood designer
Los Angeles police report Ernest Mitchell a 42 year old dress designer found dynamite wired to his car parts after a misfire. He noted trouble in the garment industry and suggested a link to women’s liberation debates. Weather officials say Alma will be the first hurricane name of the year amid debate over naming conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Ernest Mitchell
West Hollywood
Wiliam West Jr
Mitchell
Mink
Weather Bureau
Alma
Ambrose
Alpha
Aardvark
Roxie Bottom
National Organization of Women (Now
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Tenow
Washington
Bireat
Beckey
Celis
Dorothy
Ella
Roxie
Martha
Robert M. White
Volmerce Department
Texas man posed as Marine to fight in Vietnam fraud case
Clifford Walker II of Austin Texas admitted theft charges after claiming to be a Marine enlistee who paid his way to Vietnam. He fabricated orders and served a year without pay before Marines uncovered he was never on the payroll, prompting FBI charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
U.S. Marine Corps
Vietnam
Clifford Walker II
Austin
Tex
Walker
John J. Kirk
Alton A. McDonald
Pittsburgh
Greater
McDonald
Kirk
1St Marlins
United States
FBI
Smallest Town May Lose its Claim in Dellview
Dellview North Carolina once starred as the smallest incorporated town after a four person census in 1950. By 1970 tensions rise as population shifts from Mrs. Dellinger and Newsom to alternate homes, with a 10 person tally anticipated for the next census. Soviet wartime hero Marshal Timoshenko dies at 75, Tass reports. He led the armed forces and the wartime veterans committee in the Soviet Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dellview
N.C
United States
Cline
Newsom
Oale Dellinger
Timoshenko
Semyon K. Timoshenko
Soviet Union
Tass
Timoshenk
Heavy shelling by Reds shocks Saigon region
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launched their strongest offensive in eight months, shelling 115 Allied posts and attacking more than 14 positions.Predawn assaults near the Cambodian border killed 19 Americans and wounded 43, while U S and allied units reported about 38 killed and 184 wounded Tuesday through today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
UPS
U.S
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Maes
Cambodia
Demilitarized Zone
Beverly Hills Rehires Liberal Police Chief
Beverly Hills reinstates police chief Joseph P. Kimble after a 3-2 council vote. Critics said his Woodstock festival security role and later interview remarks showed him too liberal. The decision followed a heated session interrupted by a bomb threat call and amid recall campaigns against two council members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph P. Kimble
Beverly Hills
Woodstock
N.Y
Kimble
Los Angeles
Council
Gov
Reagan
Hayakawa backs rival of Rafferty in California schools race
San Francisco State College President Hayakawa endorses Wilson C. Riles for state superintendent of schools. At a Los Angeles press conference City Councilman Tom Bradley and Rep. Paul N. McCloskey praise Riles for experience in administration and education. Riles, former associate school superintendent, has broad support as he seeks to unseat Rafferty in the June primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco State College
Hayakawa
Wilson C. Riles
Max Rafferty
Los Angeles
Tom Bradley
Paul N. McCloskey
San Mateo
Shirley Temple Black
California
Riles
Rafferty
Bradley
Rep
McCloskey
State Superintendent of Schools
Conrad Briner
Briles’ Southern California Campaign Committee
Claremont Graduate School
Ronald Reagan
Commission On Educational Reform
Tiles Campaign
Dowdy Indicted on Bribery and Perjury Charges
U S Representative John Dowdy of Texas faces a federal indictment charging a $25,000 bribe and five counts of perjury along with conspiracies to obstruct a fraud investigation involving Monarch Construction. Co-conspirators include Myrvie Clark and Haugh McGee with Nathan Cohen named but not indicted. Dowdy, a long serving conservative Democrat, denies wrongdoing and notes prior investigations found no basis for complaints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Dowdy
East Texas
Congress
Baltimore
Dowdy
United States
Myrvie
Clark
Maryland
Thowry
Haugh J. McGee
Nathan H. Cohen
Monarch Construction Co
Cohen
Monarch
New York
Nathan P. Voloshen
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
McGee
District of Col
Rade
Monarchy
Methors
House District of Columbia Committee
$30 Million in Heroin Seized in New York Raid
Police found 62 pounds of heroin worth about 4 million on the illegal market in a midtown hotel room. The heroin was 87 percent pure and packed in five pound bags in a suitcase. Detectives arrested two Argentine nationals after the raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.Y
New York
UPI
Demetives
Fecul Leguizamen
Buenos Aires
Alberto Disz
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tunney
Edward Kennnedy
Gene Tunney
Phoenix
Kennedy
England
Arizona
Reds
da Nang
Cam Ranh
U.S. Green Berets
Nha Trang
Phoue Vish
U.S. Marine
A. Fredric Leopold
Peiers
James B. McWaters
Beverly Wills Police Officers Relief Association
McWaters
San Carlos
San Francisco
Leopold
J. MM. Stauchen
Frank Clapp
Richard A. Stone
George Slaff
Clapp
Stauchen
Mola
Halph Hinman
Dr. Rafferty
Texas Solon
Umbia Courts
Cohen and
Gargatta
Wei
Manila
Press-Telegram
Abell
Faberge
Bullock's
Lakewood
Clark Avenue
Monthau
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!