Feb. 7, 1917
“AMBASSADOR GERARD IN SWITZERLAND; BOATS SINK STEAMERS AND TRAWLERS”: American Ambassador James Gerard was detained briefly in Germany when it was rumored his German counterpart, Count Von Bernstorff was being mistreated. When allowed to leave he headed to Switzerland.
Under the subhead, “SUBMARINES SEND MORE SHIPS DOWN”, a list of the names of British steamers that had been sunk was published. Among them the “Vestra,” “Saxon-Briton,” and “Crownpoint.”
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Feb. 7, 1942
“ONLY 3 SURVIVE AS U.S. SUB SINKS,” read the banner headline on the front page of the newspaper 75 years ago.
A United States submarine collided with another naval vessel and sunk in Panama killing three crew members.
Two more headlines on the front page addressed sugar shortages, “NEIGHBORHOOD GOSSIP MAY BALK HOARDERS” and “HERE ARE ANSWERS TO YOUR SUGAR RATIONING QUESTIONS.”
A few weeks before a stamp rationing plan would go into effect, the stories outlined how to use ration books and that the government was counting on neighborhood narcs to deter citizens from hoarding or bootlegging sugar.
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Feb. 7, 1967
Fifty years ago the top headline of the day was “SUKARNO’S TRIAL ‘SOON.’” The Indonesian President Sukarno was to be removed from power and tried for treason. It was alleged he was complicit in a 1965 Communist coup attempt.
Closer to home, “HOME BLOWS UP, 3 Uninjured In Gas Blast,” topped a story out of Miamisburg. Two women and a child escaped when a ruptured line caused gas to accumulate in their basement. The home “blew up with a roar heard a mile and a half away.”
Feb. 7, 1992
The top headlines 25 years ago were “Bush gives details on health care,” and “16 die in Air Guard crash inferno.”
The top of the health care story read, “President Bush unveiled a $100 billion health-care package Thursday that he said would provide coverage to nearly all Americans and ‘put an end to the worry that keeps them awake at night.’”
The second story was about the crash of a C-130 Air National Guard transport plane in Evansville, Ind. While on a pilot proficiency training mission. The plane into a restaurant and hotel.
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