Four from Illinois rescued after Mt Sherman plane crash
An Illinois family of four and a Denver pilot survived a crash on Mt Sherman west of Fairplay Colorado. Rescue by Public Service Co. helicopter carried two to Leadville hospital and returned for three as a snowstorm closed in. A large ground and air search faced 20 below winds and 20 foot drifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leadville
Colo
UPI
Denver
Mt. Sherman
Fairplay
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Civil Air Patrol
Public Service Co. of Colorado
Ft. Carson
United Airlines
Ill
Aspen
Park County
Press freedom defends right to know amid judicial coverage
A two year ANPA study titled Free Press and Fair Trial argues there is no conflict between the First and Sixth Amendments and press reporting of crime should be unfettered. It stresses truth aids public order, condemns unwarranted restrictions, and commends press performance during the Kennedy assassination coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
American Newspaper Publishers Association
D. Tennant Bryan
Richmond, Va
Times-Dispatch
News-Leader
Warren Commission
John F. Kennedy
American Bar Association
ABA
ANPA
Foreign firms oppose auto safety standards stir furor
Washington API British and Swedish governments joined European automakers in asking the US Commerce Department to delay enactment of proposed safety standards. Volkswagen Renault and Mercedes argued the 23 standards cannot be met by Jan 1 1968. Ralph Nader called the dispute political not technical and warned of possible assembly line shutdowns if Johnson does not back safety chief Hadd on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
API
Commerce Department
Mercedes- Benz
Volkswagen
West Germany
Renault
France
Ralph Nader
Johnson
William Haddon Jr
Haddon
Nader
Probate of wills and executors for Ahrens and Sickles
Public notices announce probate of wills and appointment of executors for the estates of L. C. Ahrens and Mary A. Sickles along with a notice of a special election at Crawfordsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Ahrens
Mary A. Sickles
Crawfordsville
Married to Iowan Man Declared Dead Is Found Alive
Inglewood California police say George Frederick Knoop 34 was not dead after all and was arrested using the alias John L Deviland. He vanished during a scuba dive near Las Vegas in 1964 triggering life insurance payouts to his Cedar Falls Iowa wife who remarried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inglewood
Calif
UPI
George Frederick Knoop
Las Vegas
Nev
Knoop
John L. Deviland
Lake Mead
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Janice
Deviland
W. S. Nelson
State College of Iowa
Roger Wood
Clark County Sheriff's
Lake Mead Beach
Boulder City
Washington Community District School Board Meeting Notes
Washington community district school board held a special meeting to discuss proposals from prior meetings and plan future actions. They approved funds to purchase extra football equipment, reviewed enrollment data, and debated switching heating systems from coal to natural gas. The district will seek an educational coordinator to study facilities and future needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Community District School Board
Tom English
Washington
Lincoln and Stewart
East Jefferson Street
War casualties rise as 1966 ends in Vietnam report
UPI reports 5,047 American servicemen killed in 1966 in Vietnam, nearly four times 1965. Final week cost 128 lives. total combat deaths reach 6,644 since 1961. Additional 1,500 noncombat deaths noted. Navy planes downed, helicopters lost. 77 boats destroyed. Civilians held by Viet Cong recount captivity and near-death air attack. Ground actions include rapid U S cavalry advances and Viet Cong surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
UPI
Vietnam
U. S
Tan Son Nhut
Navy
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Prisoners given a warm sendoff in Vietnam
Two American civilians, Robert W. Monahan and Thomas R. Scales, released from Viet Cong captivity, reported a festive farewell including singing and a 15 day immunity certificate. They endured seven months in jungle camps, with a near fatal brush during a U.S. air attack, and described living undercover with Viet Cong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Monahan
Brooklyn
N. Y
Thomas R. Scales
Matamoros
Saigon
South Vietnam
Hansen named to road group in Iowa
Des Moines reports former congressman John R Hansen named to the Iowa Highway Commission to replace Everett L Shockey who resigns to take on duties at Council Bluffs Savings Bank. Governor Harold E Hughes noted Hansen's confirmation pending and said Hansen will return to Manning after his term ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shockey
Hansen
Iowa
William Scherle
Congress
Hughes
Council Bluffs Savings Bank
Highway Commission
Norman A. Erbe
Iowa Senate
Iowa Board of Control
Manning
Dultmeier Manufacturing Co
Dultmeier Sales Co
Omaha
Nine Dead In U.S. Plane Crash Near Red Bank New Jersey
A twin engine air taxi crashed after takeoff in dense fog from Red Bank airport killing nine aboard including six children. The flight was bound for Kennedy Airport New York City. Pilot Harry Bishop chief of Red Bank Air Taxi Service identified. CAB sent investigators to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Shrewsbury
N.J
UPI
Red Bank
Kennedy International Airport
New York City
Harry Bishop
Red Bank Air Taxi Service
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
George van Epps
New York
Hazardous Driving Warning Amid Snow Across IGWA
Hazardous driving warned as heavy snow targets the northwest tonight and Friday. Snow totals may reach four inches or more in the northwest with drifting snow driven by increasing northeast winds. Strong winds could push travel hazards southeastward through central to southeast Friday. Warmer tonight and Friday with lows 10 to 20 and highs in the 20s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IGWA
Explosion damages homes in Harlan as strike violence widens
In Harlan Iowa a blast near a parked car shattered windows at three homes with no injuries reported authorities said the device was placed near Charles Byers's auto from Western Iowa Park Co The incident marks the second such blast since the United Packinghouse Workers strike began Aug 18 and follows a prior car destruction near Earline Nine miles north The blast occurred as a court hearing on a petition by the pork company against the union was wrapping up and sheriff Gearhart said investigators are pursuing leads
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan, Iowa
UPI
Shelby County
Orrell Gearhart
Charles Byers
Western Iowa Park Co
Gearhart
Byers
United Packinghouse Workers Union
Larry Kimmen
Earling
Harlan
Kimmen
California
The
Pork Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
Davenport
Gerald Francis O’keefe
James J. Byrne
Dubuque
Defend
U.S. Free Press
Donald Betz
Nevada
South
U.S
Nades
U. S. 1St Air
Gulf of Tonkin
Bennington
Panhandle
Virgil D. Hochstetler
Kalona
Ray Henderson
Kalona Savings Bank
Henderson
Journal
Helen Gilbert
United Press International
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!