Dollar at new low in trading with Japan
The U S dollar slid to a new low of 195.30 yen in Tokyo trade and closed at 195.525 yen as Bank of Japan buyers attempted to curb the yen rise. It opened at 197.95 after breaching 200 earlier, with a day’s spot volume near 891 million dollars. Traders cited U S policy inaction and Congress delays as major factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
U.S
Bank of Japan
Takeo Fukuda
United States
Carter
Japan
Washington
Nihon Keizai Shimbun
Globe
London
New York
Zurich
The
London Financial Times
Airport workers join garbagemen strike in Texas
Eighteen maintenance workers at San Antonio airports walked off to support a garbage workers strike that led to the firing of more than 140 trash collectors. City officials said 11 regulars and seven CETA workers quit, with others remaining on duty. The city began training 111 new garbagemen to replace those fired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
International
Thomas Rafferty
Rafferty
Tom Huebner
Elderly couple survives 5 days in open woods
Cora Bubb and her 86 year old husband Phil survived five days in northern Minnesota woods after their car became stuck. They drank muddy water and ate raspberries and sugar cubes while awaiting help. A berry picker later found them and led rescuers to the couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minn
Cora Bubb
Minnesota
Park Rapids
Bubb
Howard Norquist
Bagley
Virgil
Virgil Norquist
Norquist
New York postal workers authorized strike over contract
A militant New York postal workers union local authorized a strike vote after the firing of 122 picketing workers at two bulk mail centers. Wildcat walkouts in Jersey City and Richmond continued despite threats of further firings and legal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Wildcat
Jersey City
N.J
Richmond
Calif
William R. Bolger
Postal Service
Walter Duka
New York Metro Area Postal Union
American Postal Workers Union
National Association of Letter Carriers
Metro
St. Paul
Amtrak and Conrail face subsidy squeeze in Washington
Union leaders blasted Conrail for alleged mismanagement costing taxpayers millions yearly while Amtrak subsidies drew protests from Proposition 13 co author Paul Gann. Morrett cited taxi costs in Fort Wayne, and Gann urged defunding Amtrak or a nationwide referendum on subsidies amid ICC hearings on cutting Amtrak routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Conrail
Congressional Committee
California
Amtrak
Midwest
Richard F. Morrett Jr
United Transportation Union
House
Senate Economic Committee
Conrail Management
Fort Wayne
Ind
Colehear
Morrett
Paul Gann
Howard Jarvis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Plane belly lands near Kalamazoo in fog hit by engine loss
North Central Airlines Flight 801 with 43 aboard lost power shortly after takeoff from Kalamazoo airport in heavy fog. The craft belly landed in a cornfield near the field. Co pilot John McFarland 30 of Chicago suffered a broken back and a passenger a broken pelvis. The Convair 580 was bound for Detroit carrying 40 passengers crew and stewardess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo
Mich
North Central Airlines
John McFarland
Chicago
Detroit
State trooper among those who report UFO sighting
Law enforcement across Missouri and neighboring states reported unidentified flying objects on Monday night. A vacationing Iowa trooper, Robert Clark, observed a green light that descended about 40 miles south of Springfield, while Wichita witnesses saw a fiery object they thought was a plane crash. Meteor explanations were proposed as no crash was found. Greene County officials reported no additional Springfield sightings and offered no immediate explanation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Springfield
Wichita
Kan
Iowa
Robert Clark
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bank of Tokyo
Murphysboro
Carbondale
N. Elinois
Herrin
N. 16Th
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinoisan Inc
North Illinois Avenue
North 16Th Street
Illinois
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
C. Ray Chancey
Mr. Real Estate
Texas
Baskin
University Mall
Marion Plaza
Marion
Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream Company
U.S. Postal Service
Bolger
New York Bulk Center
Gann
ICC
State Trooper
Ing
Ron Bunch
Greene County Sheriff’s Office
Chaney and
Webster County
Charlie Stilley
T.V
Magnavox
Stilley Magnavox
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!