Stage Set For Lynda's Grand Wedding Today
Washington AP report describes preparations for Lynda Bird Johnson and Charles S Robb wedding at the White House. The ceremony set for 4 p m includes rehearsals, a gay musical tone, and predicted balmy weather. The couple and White House family express joy as work crews, security, and ushers mobilize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynda
Washington
White House
Lynda Bird Johnson
Johnson
Maine
Charles S. Robb
Milwaukee
Elizabeth Carpenter
Eisenhower says Democrats fail to solve problems
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower criticizes Democrats for fighting among themselves instead of addressing national issues. Governors at the Republican conference seek more policy power and a share of the party treasury as 1968 campaign plans unfold. Oregon Governor Tom McCall proposes drafting Nelson Rockefeller, who declines to run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter R. Mears
Associated Press
Palm Beach, Fla
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Oregon
Tom McCall
Nelson A. Rockefeller
McCall
Rockefeller
Royalists claim Yemen airfield capture as clash nears climax
Beiruts AP report says Royalists assert capture of an airfield near Sanaa and encirclement of the capital while Republicans deny the strikes. Cairo reports indicate foreigners evacuated and South Yemen dependents flown out. Royalist commander Prince Mohammed ben Hussein threatens Sanaa surrender deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Lebanon
Yemen
San’a
Cairo
San‘a
Hashem Ben Hashem
Mohammed Ben Hussein
Hashem
Abdel Rahman Baydani
Hassan Macky
Baydani
Kassem Munassar
Social Security Bill Advances Toward Johnson Signature
Leaders rush to finish a sweeping Social Security and tax bill for President Johnson. The plan raises minimum checks to 55 dollars and maximum to 160.50, with wife benefits at 50 percent after age 65. Tax withholdings rise for high earners, affecting those over 6600 dollars, and grow in future years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
Cigarette Tax Revenue Shorter Than Estimated in Five Months
Harrisburg AP reports cigarette tax receipts for the first five months of the fiscal year fell $1.2 million short of the $52.3 million target, with old 7 cent rate yielding $41.9 million and new 13 cent rate delivering $9.2 million. Total state collections exceeded estimates by $4.1 million at $450.8 million versus $446.7 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Office of Administration
Shafers
Weekend Weather Outlook for Pennsylvania
Partly cloudy and warmer in Northwestern and Southwestern Pennsylvania with highs 46 to 54 on Saturday. Saturday night remains mild, and Sunday turns cloudy with rain developing by afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
U S Gunships Hit Enemy Hard
U S helicopter gunships harried a North Vietnamese battalion in Binh Dinh Province as U S and South Vietnamese forces pressed to block retreats. The fighting began after the enemy moved from a bunker maze and involved heavy air and ground actions with mounting casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis M. Simons
Saigon
U.S
Binh Dinh
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
South China Sea
Highway No. 1
22Nd Regiment
North Vietnam
Protesters disrupt daily life in Manhattan antiwar march
Chanting demonstrators paraded through Manhattan for a fourth day clashing with police and counterprotesters. About 700 engaged near a government building in a brief melee as 150 were detained and 68 charged. Read on for New Haven arrests at a Vietnam protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Bogart
Associated Press
NEW York
Manhattan
City Hall
Rockefeller Center
Battery Park
Manhattan Island
15Th Street
Irving Race
Times Square
Benjamin Spock
Gilbert Green
New York State
Communist Party
U.S.A
New Haven
Conn
Fulbright Criticizes Administration Over Vietnam War
Sen. J. W. Fulbright accuses the administration of avoiding a democratic dialogue on Vietnam and urges public testimony by Secretary of State Rusk. He says this stance fuels protests and erodes trust in U.S. aims, while other senators push back against dissent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S
Mike Monroney
Dokla
Fulbright
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
North Vietnam
Senate
Midwest
Hubert H. Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
Dodd
Staements
U.S
Vietnam
Johnsons son in law poised as top political figure
President Johnson may see his prospective son in law Charles Spittal Robb rise in politics. Robb, a Marine captain set to marry Lynda Bird Johnson, hails from a long line of Democratic allies including Miss Marguerite Woolley and several Kentucky and Maryland political figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Arbogast
Washington
Johnson
Charles Spittal Robb
Lynda Bird Johnson
Robb
Marguerite Wooley
Miss Woolley
Robert Wickliffe Woolley
Woodrow Wilson
California
Grandpa Woolley
Comittee
District of Columbia
Woolley
U. S. Mint
Interstate Commerce Commission
Franklin D. Roosevelt
George A. Trenholm
Treasury
Confederate States
David
Russia moving toward carrier-type naval capability
Pentagon official confirms Soviet Union building two helicopter carrier type ships. One vessel launched in 1965 on shake-down in Black Sea, a sister ship under fitting out in a Russian port. Ships about 600 feet long, displacing 23 000 to 15 000 tons. Diplomatic context noted, not attack carriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Phil G. Goulding
Pentagon
Soviet Union
Goulding
Defense For
Black Sea
Pittsburgh World Affairs Council
Duquesne University
Russia
Mediterranean Sea
Cindy Colliver Crowned Boswell Maple Princess
Miss Cindy Colliver, 17 and a Jenner Boswell senior, was named Maple Princess for Boswell Area High School with twin sister Lindy Colliver as first runner up. Cindy plans to study teaching, is active in chorus and clubs, and will compete for Queen Maple XXI on Feb. 14, 1968 at Cochran Junior High in Johnstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Colliver
Stoystown
R.D
Cindy Colliver
Maple Princess
Boswell Area High School
Lindy Colliver
Cindy
Matchmaker
Jenner-Boswell High School
Chorus
F.T.A
Tri-Hi-Y
Pauline Davis
Forbes High School
William Clark
Somerset
Nationwide Insurance
United States
Cochran Junior High School
Johnstown
Lindy
Jenner Boswell
Ten Will Be Drafted In December In Somerset County
Somerset American Morrsburg correspondent reports that State Selective Service headquarters will call 21 youths in Somerset County for December. Ten induction draftees are planned, signaling an upswing in local draft activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset American
Morrsburg
State Selective Service
Somerset County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Secret Service
Ike
Rockwood
LBJ
Edmond Lebreton
Bo Duc
Mekong
Mo Cay
Harry Kelly
Boswell
Robert French
Indian Lake
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!