Deep South Tornado Toll Rises With 60 Dead Across Delta
Rescue workers combed shattered sharecropper shacks in the Mississippi Delta for more victims in the region's worst tornado outbreak in decades. The confirmed toll stood at 60 dead with 500 injured and several missing across Mississippi and Louisiana, as the storm line stretched from Delhi Louisiana to Selmer Tennessee. A 17 year old survivor spoke of total destruction on the plantation while families mobile to shelters awaited news on missing relatives. Six people died in a Delhi Louisiana hut as storms ripped through communities leaving widespread devastation and fear.
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Lefore County
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Brazilian envoy freed by Uruguayan terrorists
Brazilian Consul Aloysio Dias Gomide was released by Tupamaro guerrillas after nearly seven months in captivity, in exchange for ransom rumored to exceed 250000. Dias Gomide flew to Rio de Janeiro with his wife. The release followed a clamped-down Uruguayan security regime and prior threats for a larger ransom for other captives including U.S. expert Claude L. Fly and British Ambassador Geoffrey Jackson.
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New York
New York Times
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Colo
Uruguay
Jorge Pacheco Areco
Nixon renews plea for education aid
President Nixon urged Congress to pass a 1.9 billion higher education program providing grants work study and subsidized loans for undergraduates from low to middle incomes. The plan would create a national loan association and set aid up to 1,400 per student with potential extra funds for high cost schools. Colleges warned the measure could hurt middle income students and strain campuses unless institutions receive more aid.
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Vermont House weighs school prayer and budget reforms
In Montpelier the Vermont House debates removing state aid leverage over local voluntary school prayer programs after Proctersville Elementary School Board's religious period drew state scrutiny. The session nears midterm as the Senate tackles government reorganization and the House aims to finish a 119 million dollar omnibus education aid bill.
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Liquor Control Board
Frederick J. Fayette
Dchittenden-Grand Isle
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Government Operations Committee
Four new VISTA volunteers join BROC antipoverty effort
Linda Law, John Chaus, Stan Graves, and Lou Mason join Bennington Rutland Opportunity Council for at least a year. Mason is BROC's first Community VISTA, with others to assist housing, day care, and drug prevention projects.
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Ben Mont Avenue
Bennington
Bob Green
BROC
Rutland
National Vista
Vistas
Mason
Community Vista
VISTA
Bill Hunter
Miss Law
St. Joseph’s Hospital School of
Graves
Rutland County
Dartmouth
Proctor
Sunderland
Swayze
Four 21
Stan H. Graves
Linda Lee Law
John C. Ohaus
National parks in trouble as crowds tighten grip
This overview notes rising visits to US national parks threaten wilderness areas. Overcrowding, pollution, and litter strain 30 million acres under NPS management, with 175 million visits in 1970 and projections of 400 million by 1980. Experts call for new park use plans near cities, expanded state facilities, and selective wilderness designations to preserve areas.
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Interior Department
Washington
Yosemite
Yellowstone
Grand Canyon
Great Smoky Mountains
Interior
Walter Hickel
Daniel J. Tobin Jr
NPS Western Region
UPI
Tobin
Inside Story of a Nationwide Goof Revisited
A editorial asks if the United States risks World War III while reflecting on a nationwide goof. The piece discusses media handling and political stakes, noting public sentiment and the potential implications for national discourse. The report also mentions town meeting preparations in Pownal and Manchester, with local issues rising to prominence on the calendar.
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