Agnes Strikes Florida Fatal Storm Toll Rises
Agnes battered Florida with tornadoes and floods leaving 13 dead and about 20 missing. Wind and high tides damaged Okeechobee mobile homes, Brevard County airport, and towns along the Gulf with casualties across multiple counties amid warnings statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes
Florida
Panama City
Fla
UPI
Gulf Coast
Okeechobee
Upper Peninsula
Cuba
Apalachicola
Cedar Key
Gainesville
Carabelle
Deep South
Cape San Blas
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Atlantic
Bermuda
Panama City Beach
Dan Russell
Sherriff
John Collier
Joseph Antalek
Brevard County
Atlantic Coast
Kennedy Space Enter
Sherriff Leigh Wilson
The
Space Center
Labelle
Lake Okeechobee
Podgorny pledges aid as he calls for Vietnam halt
Podgorny returned from a four day Hanoi visit with a demand that the United States stop bombing and naval blockade of North Vietnam and pledged all necessary Soviet assistance to the Vietnamese. Moscow Radio and Tass released the report as Kissinger arrived in Beijing and Le Duc Tho visited Paris, fueling talk of a new settlement push. The Soviet statement urged immediate unconditional US action to stop bombing and Vietnamization, pledging continued support to the Vietnamese people. North Vietnam again pressed Paris to return to talks after the conference pause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Hanoi
United States
North Vietnam
Podgorny
Moscow Radio
Tass
Peking
Henry A. Kissinger
Nixon
Kissinger
Paris
le Duc Tho
Vietnam
Calcutta
South Vietnam
Ussr
Air war and ground push mark Vietnam frontline actions
UPI report says U S warplanes used decoys to disable North Vietnamese air defense by destroying 76 anti air missiles as Podgorny visited Hanoi. Ground fighting sees 2 000 South Vietnamese marines advance into Quang Tri Province with 110 communists killed and Thieu vowing a three month offensive to reclaim territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
UPI
North Vietnam
U.S
Nikolai Podgorny
Hanoi
Russia
Panhandle
Podgorny
Hanoi- Haiphong
Quang Tri Province
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Vietnams
7Th Fleet
Nguyen van Thieu
Quang Tri
South Vietnam
An Lac
Central Highlands
Pleiku
Komtum
U S showing weapons restraint Rogers
Secretary of State William P. Rogers said the United States is showing restraint in developing new weapons not covered by Moscow arms limit accords. He told Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings on ABM limits and the interim offensive weapons pact with the Kremlin, along with Gerard Smith, that there are many actions the U S could take but is not pursuing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
William P. Rogers
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pentagon
Rogers
Gerard Smith
U.S
Nixon
Kremlin
Moscow
Edith Irving begins two month prison term in Hughes hoax case
Edith Irving surrendered to a U.S. marshal at Manhattan Federal Court to begin a two month sentence for her part in the Howard Hughes autobiography hoax. Her husband Clifford awaits extradition proceedings to Switzerland with both sentenced on mail fraud and conspiracy. Richard Suskind received six months in state court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPL
Edith Irving
Clifford
U.S
Howard Hughes
Irving
Manhattan Federal Court
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Washington
Switzerland
Rikers Island
Manhattan
State Supreme Court
Richard Suskind
H.R. Hughes
Chelsea Hotel
Tee
UPA
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vege
Beach Cottage
Florida West Coast
UPI Telephoto
NVA
Edith
Irvings
McGraw-Hill
Barney
Nedsky
Sted
Delbe
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!