Six Dead as Dam Breaks at Teton Reservoir
Six people were confirmed dead with about 120 injured and 135 missing after the earthen Teton Dam in Idaho breached during its first filling. Gov. Cecil Andrus watched from above as the 307-foot structure released an 80 billion gallon reservoir, devastating homes and farms while officials warned residents downstream. Federal investigators asked why the dam failed. warning notices helped evacuate thousands before the wall of water hit.
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Bob Kuesterman
Associated Press
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Teton Dam
Cecil Andrus
Sher
Iff
Colla
Madison County
Ford Smith
Guards posted in Hays office amid threats in scandal case
Police placed a guard inside Rep. Wayne Hays' Rayburn office to deter threats after a tense week. The guard was removed at 9 am EDT following an around the clock watch begun Friday afternoon. Hays, facing a staff scandal, has stepped aside as chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee pending investigations.
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Washington
Wayne Hays
The
Capitol Police
Hays
Rayburn House
James M. Powell
Washington Star
Elizabeth Ray
Ried
Star
New Alexandria
Ohio
Miss Ray
Carol Clawson
Ohio Democrat
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Kenneth Gray
Powel
Powell
Bloomington
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Thomas
Ford says parents may send children to private segregated schools
President Ford endorses parental choice to send children to private schools that segregate if those schools do not take federal funds. He supports integration and notes his own children attended integrated schools, but argues individuals should decide at their own expense.
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Washington
Ford
Carter Sister Denies Stop Carter Move Claim At ABA Event
Ruth Stapleton Carter and Humphrey appeared at the American Booksellers Association gathering to promote their books while discussing a claimed stop Carter movement. In a separate note, House Democratic leader Tip O’Neill drafted letters to 287 Democrats confirming his candidacy for speaker as Carl Albert plans not to seek re election. A third item reports a Mexico City quake lasting over a minute felt in Acapulco and Veracruz with no immediate casualties.
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Chicago
Jimmy Carter
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
Carter
Humphrey
Ruth Stapleton Carter
American Booksellers Association
Washington
Thomas P
Tip” O'Neill Jr
House of Representatives
O'Neill
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Mexico City
Pacific
Acapulco
Veracruz
Gulf of Mexico
Ford uses White House media blitz ahead of final primaries
President Ford hosts 40 minute sessions with Ohio, New Jersey, and California editors, broadcasters, and publishers at the White House. He touts admin actions, defends Taiwan policy, and argues for GOP strength in November while predicting a first ballot nomination. Critical voters in California, Ohio, and New Jersey weigh the sessions ahead of Tuesday voting.
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Richard J. Maloy
Herald Washington Bureau
Washington
Ford
Ohio
New Jersey
California
White House
Gerald R. Ford
Ronald Reaga
Reagan
Taiwan
Humphrey-Hawkins
U.S
House
Gerry Ford
Great Lakes
Southernia
Kansas City
Hayfield area man among 11 traffic fatalities
William L. Schoenwetter 24 of Hayfield Rt. 2 died Saturday afternoon at St. Marys Hospital Rochester after a one car crash near Stewartville at 1:30 a.m. His car left a county road, rolled three times and struck a power pole. He worked for Trystad Body Rock Dell Minnesota. Funeral services set for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Sacred Heart Church Hayfield with interment at Fairview Cemetery. Wake at Cole Funeral Chapel tonight.
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Hayfield Rt
St. Marys Hospital
Rochester
Stewartville
Olmsted County Sheriff's
Schoenwetter
Trystad
Rock Dell
Minn
Wayne Schoenwetter
Hayfield Rt. 2
Timothy
Charles
Amy
Sarah
Carrie
John Nedved
Garner
Iowa
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Hayfield
Syxtus Burg
Fairview Cemetery
Cole Funeral Chapel
Minnesota
Lynford W. Block
Barrett
Hoffman
James Ziemer
Hoyt Lakes
St. Louis
Richard Jensen
Cloquet
Terry Lyn Johnson
Lyn E. Johnson
Deborah Mangan
Jack Chapin
Long Prairie
U.S. 71
Barry Bauer
Ralph Lewis Prieb
Wolverton
Sabin
Prieb
Lu Ann Hofman
Howard Lake
Wright County
William Roth
Loren Melquist
Melquist
Buffalo
North Memorial Hospital
Robbinsdale
Austin man's death probes into head injury
An investigation by the Mower County Sheriff's Dept into the death of David E. Larson 33 of Austin after a coma and transfer from St Olaf to St Marys Rochester follows his arrest on public nuisance charges in late May. Larson died Friday at St. Marys Hospital Rochester from a fractured skull and brain hemorrhage. Funeral services were held in Austin.
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Austin
St. Mary’s Hospital
Rochester
Mower County Sheriff's Dept
David E. Larson
Austin Rt. 3
Olmsted County Corner
Larson
Getty dies at 83 leaves vast fortune to charity
Oil magnate J Paul Getty dies of a heart attack at 83 in Sutton Place England. He will be buried in California and his will places the bulk of his fortune, estimated between 2 and 4 billion, to charity. His son Gordon Getty flew in from the United States to be with him. Harold Berg to run Getty Oil until a successor is chosen.
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Richard Blystone
Associated Press
Guildford
England
J. Paul Getty
California
Getty
United States
Getty Oil Co
Sutton Place
London
Norris Bramlett
Gordon Peter Getty
Bramlett
Bramslett
Harold E. Berg
Syrians allegedly marching on Beirut amid Lebanon war
Reports claim Syrian troops and tanks are advancing on Beirut from east Lebanon under air cover. Jets bomb and strafe areas around the capital as Palestinian and leftist forces report tank losses and village battles. No independent confirmation available.
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Associated Press
Beirut
Lebanon
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Iqa
Yasir Arafat
Palestine Liberation Army
Kleiaat
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