Evacuation Under Way As Agnes Floods Pennsylvania Towns
National Guard units evacuated thousands as killer storm Agnes moved out of Pennsylvania. Officials warned rivers could crest tonight with 12 dead and many missing. Evacuations hit Harrisburg Wilkes Barre Clearfield County and Philadelphia as dams broke and towns isolated.
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Agnes
Civil Defense
DuBois
Harrisburg
Wilkes-Barre
Clearfield County
Philadelphia
Shapp
New York State
Bradford
McKean County
Main Street
William Luce
Eldred
High Waves Lash Lake Erie Coast
Strong winds produced 12 foot waves along the Lake Erie shore battering boats and homes. Evacuations were ordered in Cha grin Harbor area as the Chagrin River rose and power outages affected Cuyahoga County with hundreds of downed electrical wires.
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Lake Erie
Eastlake
Cleveland
Chagrin Harbor
Chagrin River
Peter Welch
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co
Memorial Shoreway
East 72Nd Street
One fifth of Britain's historic towns face destruction
A Council for British Archaeology report warns that about 20 percent of Britain’s historic towns will be archaeologically destroyed within 20 years. Of 1180 towns, over 900 are historic with many possessing deposits or buildings worth study, and more than half are severely threatened by redevelopment plans.
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London
Britain
The
Council For British Archeology
Abandoned Languages Studied To Compare Irish And Yiddish Trends
An Irish scholar at Yeshiva University studies Yiddish to see if the decline of Irish parallels the rise of English in the United States. He notes a trend toward English among bilingual Yiddish speakers and seeks to inform national language policy. The student, son of Irish parents, has worked there since 1968 on a Ministry of Education fellowship. Also noted are Dallas fire department figures for 1971 with 1,132 heart attack calls and 26 drownings.
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New York
Yeshiva University
United States
America
Alan J. Hudson
Ireland
William Hudson
Baile Atha Cliath
Ministry of Education
Dallas Fire Department
Nixon weighs lifting meat import quotas to ease prices
President Nixon said he is studying a temporary lift of meat import quotas to expand domestic supplies and slow food price rises. The Cost of Living Council discussed expanding controls on food prices, with officials noting no action yet and possible moves on both imports and price controls.
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Nixon
Newsmen
U.S
Cost of Living Council
White House
The
Price Commission
Donald Rumsfeld
Council
the Price Commission
Import Of Steel Decreases
AP reports April foreign steel imports fell 15 percent to about 938000 tons, the first drop under a new US Japan and European Community agreement. The American Iron & Steel Institute notes a 32 percent drop from April 1971, with demand disruptions tied to wage price controls and supply measures.
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Pittsburgh
United States
Japan
American Iron & Steel Institute
Galbraith Withdraws From Senate Nomination Bid
Harvard economist John Kenneth Galbraith says he is dropping his name from consideration for the Democratic nomination to the U S Senate. State Democratic leader Charles Flaherty Jr. says the decision came in a letter Galbraith sent “somewhat regretfully.”
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Cambridge, Mass
Harvard
John Kenneth Galbraith
U.S. Senate
Charles Flaherty Jr
Democratic State Committee
Galbraith
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Williamsburg
Hollidaysburg
Williamsport
York
Lancaster
Carlisle
Chambersburg
Shamokin
Alexandria
Lake Erie Coast
David L
Sharpsburg, Ohi
Lonvision of
Gslvans Products Company
Athens
Amesville
Sharpsburg
Thane Jenkins
Wabash Ave
Zanesville
Ohio
Capp Homes Dept
East 5Th Ave
Columbus
Capp Homes
RFD
Zip
Dodge Colt
Athens Dodge
John Gibson Motor City, Inc
Route
Athens, Ohio
Buckeye Mart
Buckeye
Coronado
FBI
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