Mississippi River floods across seven states this spring
The Mississippi River swelled over two million acres across seven states and forced about 500 people from their homes in Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Officials warned of rising waters, with Vicksburg recording 43.3 feet and forecasters projecting a 45-foot crest next month.
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Vicksburg, Miss
UPI
Mississippi
Richard Frummond
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Mississippi River Commission
Tennessee
Missouri
Illinois
Kentucky
Arkansas
Louisiana
Drummond
Corps
Weather Service
Vicksburg
House advances pension protection bill for workers
The measure moves to the House floor after passage in the Senate last fall. It would fully vest workers after 15 years and set aside funds for 350000 private plans covering up to 30 million workers. An insurance fund would cover pensions if employers go bankrupt, while no firm would be required to offer a plan.
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Washington
UPI
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
China to Free American in Paracel Island clashes
China announced plans to release six prisoners including an American, Gerald E Kosh of Lafayette Hill Pennsylvania, captured during two days of clashes over the Paracel Islands. The group will be repatriated January 31 at Shumchun near Hong Kong, with five South Vietnamese troops and the ill American leading the batch.
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Hong Kong
UPI
China
South Vietnam
Paracel Islands
New China
Shumchun
USS
Gerald Emil Kosh
Lafayette Hill
South China Sea
Paracel
Saigon
Kwangtun Province
Kosh
U.S
Pentagon
Vietnam
Prattle Island
Prattle
Israel begins second phase of Suez withdrawal
United Press International reports Israeli forces began the second phase of a staged pullback from the Egyptian west bank along the Suez Canal to the Kissinger Line in Sinai. Troops withdrew from the northern bulge as Egypt reoccupied the southern west bank portion.
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United Press International
Suez Canal
Sinai Desert
West Bank
Middle East
Tel Aviv
Suez City
Egypt
United Nations
Henry A. Kissinger
Israel
Canal
Sinai
Kissinger
Moshe Dayan
Banzer imposes martial law in Bolivia to curb guerrillas
Bolivian President Hugo Banzer declared a state of siege Monday night citing a foreign guerrilla threat. He told the nation via radio and TV that the right wing government would eject the alleged leftist guerrillas and restore peace and order in Bolivia.
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LA Paz
UPI
Hugo Banzer
Bolivia
Banzer
Nation
Juan Jose Torres
Walter Castro
Col. Castro
France
South America
Castro
Argentina
Brazil
Scrap metal prices push up junk car values and steel demand
Scrap prices have surged to as high as 90 dollars per ton, doubling from a year ago, driven by strong demand for steel both here and abroad. U.S. steel mills operate near capacity as scrap recyclers, with production in late January at 2.9 million tons and year to date at 10.656 million tons. In New York City, abandoned cars fetch 10 to 15 dollars in pickups, while other cities pay 25 to 35 dollars, amid shifting sanitation bids and rising derelict-car totals.
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American Iron and Steel Institute
New York
Manhattan
Sanitation Department
A Matter of Winning Grinds Snowmobilers on White Circuit
In Manchester, the film A Matter of Winning stars Gordon Shafer as snowmobilers’ answer to Jackie Stewart, a Le Mans style cold circuit. Also playing Traffic by Jacques Tati at Cinema Manchester, and American Graffiti continues at Cinema I with nostalgia and wide appeal. Walking Tall, a violent epic rated R, plays at Cinema II. Times are listed in local ads.
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Harte
Gordon Shafer
Jackie Stewart
Manchester
Jacques Tati
Twin Cinemas
Cinema I
Cinema MII
GOP seeks cut off date for impeachment action
In Washington Republicans push for a House Judiciary Committee vote by April 30 on impeachment steps against President Nixon. They plan a resolution demanding a continuing inquiry with subpoena powers, while anticipating possible White House obstruction and seeking extensions if needed.
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GOP
Washington
UPI
Nixon
House Judiciary Committee
House
John M. Dear
Albert E. Jenner
Jenner
Chicago
Peter W. Rodine Jr
D-N.j
White House
Leon Jaworski
Jaworski
Robert McClocy
R-Ill
Tom Railsback
R-Il
Judiciary Committee
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Mississippi River
National Weather Service
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New Orleans
Brundall
England
Hassan el-Greatly
Cairo
Wickes
Joseph E. Crossman
Shaftsbury
Shirley Morse
North Bennington
North Street
Bennington
Jennington Plaza
Bolivian
Arlington, Vt
Pamela Whitney
the New Land
Carl Albert
Paul N
Pete” McCloskey
R-Calif
Pownal View Barn
Pownal Vt
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