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Newspaper
Bemidji Pioneer
Location
Bemidji, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1972
Page
1
Rapid City grapples with the nation’s worst flood in 44 years. About 3,000 homeless, $100 million in damage, and 500 missing as debris searches continue. National Guardsmen aid recovery while curfews restrict night rescues.
The Rapid City flood claimed diverse lives from a banker to a nurse, a judge and a professor, with many named by address or role. The piece notes notable losses such as Father Francis Collins and Maj. William Medley, and recalls how the disaster touched families, shopkeepers, and city officials alike.
The Associated Press reports Minnesota saw four more traffic deaths Sunday, bringing the highway toll to 296 this year. Victims include Lawrence Fortney and Edith Fortney of Iowa in a Mankato area broadside at U.S. 169 and Minn. 60, and Rev. Wilbert Frank of Wisconsin killed in a Dakota County collision. Other fatalities include pedestrians and drivers across Arden Hills, Fridley, Redwood County, Lac Qui Parle County, and Duluth, with multiple injuries reported.
Partly cloudy with scattered storm chances in the area. Fair conditions tonight and Tuesday. Highs around 82 to 86 today, 78 to 84 tomorrow. Lows tonight in the lower 50s. Rain chances are 20 percent today, 10 percent tonight and Tuesday.
At a bruising Minnesota DFL meeting in Rochester factions split over three platform planks legalizing marijuana, granting amnesty for draft evaders, and expanding sexual-rights. Moderates backed Humphrey delegates winning seven of 13, while Earl Craig defeated Lebedoff as a Humphrey ally for national post. Humphrey did not attend, staying home in Waverly.
U S jets left a 10 mile rail stretch in North Vietnam to China burning about 60 freight cars and shot down two MIGs near Hanoi. Navy Phantoms later downed two more MIGs 26 miles south of Hanoi. One A6 was lost with two crewmen missing. Nixon invites Hirohito to visit the United States. A tractor trailer crash in Louisiana kills one, injures others. Northern Ireland violence toll rises to 367.
The Senate Finance Committee meets to decide how to fund a Social Security and welfare reform bill that would raise benefits for about 27 million people. Chairman Russell Long indicates staff will take about two weeks to draft the legislation before floor debate. The panel backed a 10 percent across the board increase after a 7-7 vote, but Long says support for 20 percent is growing and likely to appear in the final bill sent to President Nixon.
AT&T, the world’s leading phone company, requests $1.2 billion in 1972 rate hikes across 18 cases as critics call for tighter regulation. AT&T argues higher charges are needed to fund service quality and future capacity while inflation and financing costs strain profits.
Katherine Glave of Bemidji is in good condition at Bemidji Hospital after being struck while crossing Beaver Pond Street at 12 07 a m. Police say Gerald Geller drove the car that hit her and she was rushed to the hospital by ambulance.
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