Peron Homecoming Marred by Airport Shootout
Former President Juan D. Peron returned to Argentina after 18 years in exile but a violent melee at Ezeiza Airport left six dead and about 165 injured as rival Peronist factions clashed. Campora canceled Perons speech and diverted his flight to Moron Air Force base as authorities banned news coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars Peron
Buenos Aires
UPI
Juan D. Peron
Argentina
Izeira International
Hector J. Campora
Peron
Ast
Campora
Eva
Ezeiza
Moron
Diana Page
Spain
Vicente Solano Lima
Solano Lima
Madrid
First Skylab Crew Packs for Splashdown
Skylab flight doctors report astronauts Kerwin Conrad and Weitz felt strong after 26 days in zero gravity with no major problems. They prepared the Apollo command ship for a Pacific Ocean splashdown at 9 50 a.m. EDT Friday and moved data cassettes and tapes from the support ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph P. Kerwin
Orbit
Kerwin
Charles
Pete” Conrad
Paul J. Weitz
Guerrilla bombs hit Londonderry in late night attack
Guerrillas detonated several bombs in Londonderry causing extensive damage to multiple businesses. A woman suffered minor injuries and an army post came under mortar fire that fell short. No additional casualties were reported as CDC appealed to the IRA to halt its campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
UPI
Londonderry
Roman Catholic Citizen’s Defense Committee
CDC
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Pro Maoist disrupts Indira Gandhi luncheon in Toronto
A Toronto man, Roger Terrey, 25, shouted insults at Indira Gandhi during a luncheon at the Royal York Hotel. He breached a security screen and was tackled by a federal officer before being removed. Terrey carried a large placard featuring a leader of the Indian Communist Party Marxist Leninist. Separately, UPI reports currency and gold shifts with the dollar steady in Europe and gold at 120.25 in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
UPI
Indiana
Indira Gandhi
Roger Terrey
Indian Communist Party
Marxist-Leninist
London
U.S
France
Italy
Austria
West Germany Inch Toward Eastern Ties with Czechs
Bonn initialed a treaty with Czechoslovakia marking progress in Ostpolitik and beginning at midnight the basic treaty with East Germany. The Czech accord resolves the 1938 Munich issue by deeming it void, paving the way for future ties with Hungary and Bulgaria upon signing in Prague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonn
Nyt
West Germany
Eastern Europe
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Sudetenland
Prague
Willy Brandt
Czech Socialist Republic
Hungary
Bulgaria
URW Firestone talks break, strike idles 18000 at 12 plants
United Rubber Workers failed to reach a contract with Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. prompting a strike that halts 18 000 workers and closes 12 plants in Cleveland. URW president Bomarito said negotiators are close to an agreement on wages pensions and working conditions at several plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
UPI
United Rubber Workers Union
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Peter Bomarito
URW
Firestone
Akron
Ohio
Bomarito
Also Mentioned on This Page
Juan Peron
UPI Telephoto
Skylab
Houston
Amusement
Landers
the Suns
Berald Anderson
Orides
Wal
Thoraday
Bridge
Buchwald
Porter
Ottaar
Hase
Jewspaine
Mulberry
Middletown
Aomics
Pear
Around the
Mrs. Gandhi
Eban
Jerusalem
Abba Eden
Saudi Arabia
Habib Bourguiba
Israel
Knesset
Washington
Kuwait
Middle East
Jon R. Thompson
Juan Kurdt Gebhardt
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!