Burial of Rapid City flood victims begins in three cemeteries
Rapid City marks a tragic count as burial of flood victims starts in three cemeteries. Officials report deaths near 200 with 161 identified and 31 unidentified, while search and relief continue around the shadow of the Black Hills and three local mortuaries overflow.
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Rapid City
S.D
Rapid Creek
Black Hills
Civil Defense
Omaha
World Herald
Institute of Atmospheric Sciences
South Dakota School of Mines Technology
Sayng
Arnett Dennis
Air cargo door fault blamed for midair DC10 incident
Investigators say a malfunctioning cargo door opened in flight on American Airlines DC10 Flight 96 from Detroit to Buffalo. The door caused a decompression and forced an emergency landing at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. FBI and NTSB found no explosive device. 56 passengers and 11 crew escaped serious injury. Some cargo, including a coffin, spilled out during the event.
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Detroit
American Airlines
Los Angeles
FBI
Wayne County
George A. Warde
New York
Detroit Met Litan
Buffalo
McDonnell Douglas
National Transrtation Safety Board
Senate Finance Panel Eyes Social Security Bill Funding
The Senate Finance Committee grapples with funding a major Social Security and welfare expansion. Estimates differ: $17.6 billion annual cost by 1974 versus $24.1 billion per Nixon aides. Conservatives push cuts affecting low income beneficiaries while a tax reform bid to close loopholes failed. The panel resumes work to resolve financing and final approval.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Russell B. Long
D-La
Long
Gaylord Nelson
Wisconsin
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Philip A. Hart
Michigan
Walter F. Mondale
Minnesota
Kyros Carson Debate Still On In South Portland
A planned debate between Peter Kyros and Brownie Carson remains unsettled with a 7 30 p m start for a union hall event in South Portland. WGAN TV may not air it live but a reporter will cover it.
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Peter Kyros
Carson
Machinists and Teamsters Hall
Thaddeus St
South Portland
Hank Magnuson
Wgan-Tv
Portland
Magnuson
Union Hall
Kyros
Chuckle It almost too late for a log cabin born president
The joke notes the irony of electing a president born in a log cabin while suggesting a future president might be born in a mobile home. The line uses humor to contrast humble origins with modern housing.
North Vietnam vows to continue war despite U S air strikes
Saigon reports Hanoi central committee decisions aim to press the offensive in South Vietnam. Analysts cite Nhan Dan articles and a North Vietnamese communique as signaling a go all the way policy despite U S bombing and harbor mining.
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U.S
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Hanoi
Hue
Saigon
Central Committee of
North ‘Vietnam
Communist Party
South Vietnam
Nhan Dan
North Vietnamese Council of Ministers
Central Committee
Hong Ha
North Vietnamese call for total wartime mobilization and front support
In statements attributed to Hong Ha the North declares readiness to fight and endure hardship until South victory. It pledges to mobilize all forces and maintain transport and production despite bombing, while stressing rice harvest and resilience amid floods and typhoons.
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Hong Ha
U.S
Brule Brings Realism From Maine To Washington Exhibition
Maine artist Alfred Brule of South Berwick displays eight works in Biddeford at First National Bank Five Points and will join Andrew Wyeth in a March 1973 Adams Davidson Gallery show in Washington. Brule’s portraits and scenes of coast life highlight “as it is” realism, with pieces like the Joy portrait and “The Derelict” capturing weathered textures and human moments. He plans further studies of Shaker life at Sabbath Day Lake and Canterbury.
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Alfred Brule
South Berwick
First National Bank of
Biddeford
Five Points
Maryline White
Maine
Alfred Brale
Theman
Andrew Wyeth
Chadd’s Ford
Adams, Davidson
Washington, D.C
Brule
Harold Joy
Joy
Cape Porpoise
Canterbury
Conn
Sabbath Day Lake
Andre Brule
Las Vegas
Hoffa outlines 26 prison reform ideas before Senate panel
In prepared testimony Hoffa urges smaller new prisons for about 350 inmates, better medical and dental care and libraries, more recreational space, and improved guard training. He condemns overcrowding and inhumane conditions, argues for dignified cell blocks, broader visiting rights, and job training aligned with private industry realities. He warns released convicts often return worse.
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Washington
Teamsters
Jimmy Hoffa
Congress
Senate
Hoffa
The
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Dakota
Donald Barnett
Barnett
Army Corps of Engineers
Sturgis
S. D
Notre Dame DE Lourdes School
Beach St., Saco
Thurs
Hiram V. Parish
Petunias — Marigolds Ageratums
Curro’s
Pool St
An Loc
USS
Peking
China
Chinese Foreign Ministry
Stephen Staples
Fern
Vicki
Vicki Billings
Robinson
U.S.S. Thresher
Atlantic
Daggett’s Lobster
Pier Road
Norm Webber
U. S. Navy & Kittery Naval Shipyard
Roland Berube
Kittery
York County
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