Five Die in Fiery Wreck at Flint Intersection
A gasoline truck toppled a tanker and spilled 11 000 gallons of gasoline at Pierson Road and Clio Street in Flint killing five people trapped in cars. Victims unnamed or tentatively identified include a 2 year old and a mother with a burned body found near a dump truck. The truck driver was killed by a downed power line. Firefighters battled the blaze for over an hour. damage estimated at 105 000 dollars.
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Flint, Mich
UPI
Clifford Walters
Walters
Pierson Road
Clio Street
Leonard C. Roche
Roche
Genesee County Sheriff's Deputies
Bruce F
Detman
Fenton
Homer Anderson
Flint
Donald Plamandon
Michael Black
Mary Black
Jack E. Kelley
Elsie
Tulsa Oil Co
Detroit
Mana
Ger
Clio Road
Beau May Restaurant and Lounge Dining Experience Promoted
The ad highlights a French atmosphere at Beau May Restaurant and Lounge located at 225 North Bennington Road with a $1.10 business lunch and daily specials. It mentions wine pairings with fruits and desserts, plus friendly service and a casual dress code. It also provides contact number 442-9809 and urges dining with a cheerful, family-friendly vibe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumay Restaurant
North
Bennington Road
HEW weighs grant to NWRO welfare group
Washington considers giving 100000 dollars a year to the National Welfare Rights Organization to guide disabled individuals to state rehab and agency services. NWRO, led by relief mothers, claims 250 affiliates and 30000 members in 100 cities. The plan, still under HEW review, aims to set up a nationwide information network and evaluate outcomes. Nearby tornadoes and frost warnings color a weather picture with heavy rain in Texas and a 100 degree heat spike forecast in the Southwest.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Robert H. Finch
National Welfare Rights Organization
NWRO
Russell B. Long
D-La
Capitol Hill
Michigan
Washtenaw County
Ann Arbor
Ohio
State Capitol
John G. Veneman
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
National Self-Help Corporation
Veneman
Plains
United States
Nebraska
Ravenna
Neb
Brownsville
Tex
Blythe and
Needles
Calif
International Falls
Minn
Langwins Beards Contest in Lahaina Whaling Spree
In Lahaina Hawaii Tony Lang won the weekend beard growing contest though he did not have a full beard. Lang entered the sideburns only category and judges named him overall winner for his impressive sideburns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laihaina
Hawaii
UPI
Lahaina
Tony Lang
Lang
Flaming gasoline barge threatens Missouri river bridge
A barge carrying 847000 gallons of gasoline burned against a railroad bridge on the Mississippi River near Quincy Illinois. Four men were missing presumed dead, four injured, and crews sought others as flames and explosions lit the night sky. The barge drifted toward Quincy eight miles downstream before being separated from a second burning barge.
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Quincy, Ill
UPI
Mississippi River
la Grange
William R. Opitz
Memphis
Tenn
Quincy
Opitz
Triangle Oil Co
Glen Naples
Triangle
Albert Frieden
W. C. Mitchell
Erin Jean
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Missouri
Six Candidates Vie To Succeed De Gaulle
In Paris six hopefuls compete to take over after Charles de Gaulle with Alain Poher joining late. Polls show Poher mounting a strong challenge to favorite Georges Pompidou ahead of the June 1 presidential election.
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de Gaulle
Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
France
Alain Poher
Poher
Georges Pompidou
Saigon shelling as Rogers arrives for talks on peace
UPI reports Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces shelled Saigon and Tan Son Nhut Air Base as Secretary Rogers arrived for a fact finding mission. Attacks near the capital tapered after heavy overnight fighting left dozens of guerrillas dead and two US soldiers killed. Nominations close at midnight in France with a Trotskyist schoolteacher candidate rising amid a crowded field.
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Saigon
UPI
Tan Son Nhut
William P. Rogers
Nixon
Rogers
Paris
U.S
Long Binh-Bien Hoa
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John Ratelle
Nichols
Central Plains
United Press International
THE
Bennington Banner
Newsroom
Main St
Bennington
Banner Publishing Corporation
Vermont
Foe
Pompidou
Gaston Defferre
Marseille
Defferre
Michel Rocard
Unified Socialist Party
Alain Krivine
Verdun
Communist League
Blue Shield
New Hampshire
Two States
Blue Cross
Pillsbury ST
Concord, N. H
Vermont Hospitalization Service
Physician Service
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