Bengali president slain in Bangladesh coup attempt
President Ziaur Rahman and eight aides were assassinated in a dawn attack in Chittagong. Vice President Abdur Sattar declared emergency, formed a revolutionary council, and warned against outside provocations as India, Pakistan, and the United States condemned the act. Rebels seized a radio station and threatened to seize a Bay of Bengal island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
India
UPI
Ziaur Rahman
Bangladesh
Dacca
Chittagong
Rahman
Revolutionary Council
Ankotar
Manzur Ahmed Ae
Ziaur
Zia
Bay of Bengal
Pakistan
United States
Sattar
H. M. Ershad
East Pakistan
Remains of 3 MIAs to come home
A UPI report states a three man U.S. mission left Hanoi with a promise that a U.S. military honor guard will be allowed to return in a few weeks to collect the remains of three American airmen missing since the Vietnam War. The remains would raise total U.S. returns to 74 as identification proceeds at Barber Point Hawaii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanoi
Vietnam
Paul Mather
Jim Tully
Bangkok
Thailand
Joint Casualty Resolution Center
Barber Point
Hawaii
Six Teens Die In Car Crash On Graduation Night
In St Louis a 13 year old driver lost control of a 1963 Oldsmobile and struck a concrete pillar, killing six teens celebrating a neighborhood graduation. Victims include Susie Lanemann 16 Ricky Gott 17 James Gott 15 Steven Harrison 17 Tommie Clark 18 and driver Steven Tompkins 13. Authorities note no alcohol detected. car belonged to driver’s older brother and had been taken without permission. Emergency crews extricated victims. some died at the scene, one died later at a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
UPI
Robert Griffin
Griffin
Nimitz Returns to Sea After Night Landing Crash
The nuclear carrier Nimitz left Norfolk to resume night landings, two days after a fiery EA-6B crash off Jacksonville killed three Marines and 11 sailors and injured many more. Navy officials and Captain Steve E. White’s brother spoke of courage and duty as the ship heads to the Caribbean to resume training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
UPI
Nimitz
Richard A Jenkins
NAVY
John Lehman
Pier 12
Norfolk Naval Station
Lehman
Caribbean
Jacksonville
Fla
Houston
Charles E. Whiten
Steve E. White
College Station
Texas A&m University
Survivalists stockpile for crisis as doom fears spread
Westlake group members and others prepare for economic collapse or war by storing a year of food and water. They buy freeze dried meals from Future Foods and keep grain in nitrogened tubs for long shelf life. Although modest, they insist on readiness without arming homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan O'Donnell
Tom Mediey
Future Foods
Westlake
C-T
John Fazio
Ruff
Medley
O'Donnell
Mediey
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elyria
Sun
Mohammad Sayem
Ziaur Bakene
Bhutan
Didier Tauiuen Ado Asus
Laos
Cambodia
Vu Hoang
Hoang
Washington
St Louis
Jenkins
Atlantic
Capt. White
Air Force
Ann M. White
Patrick Air Force Base
Steve White Din
Howard Ruff
Ohio
Lodi
Loudonville
Detroit
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!