Two New York Cities Evacuated as Rivers Reach Flood Stage
Tropical Storm Agnes and a new inland storm dump heavy rain across central Pennsylvania and southwestern New York. The Ohio River at Pittsburgh topped flood stage at 25.9 feet with forecasts of reaching 10 feet above stage. major evacuations were underway in western Pennsylvania and New York. The death toll stood at 47 with many missing.
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Associated Press
Agnes
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
New York State
National Weather Service
Monongahela
Allegheny Rivers
Ohio
AMVETS Must Meet Zoning Compliance Within Month
A New York hearing before Justice Thomas Delahanty examined a Town of Old Orchard Beach zoning violation by a local AMVETS chapter for constructing a clubhouse addition. The dispute threatens fines if noncompliance continues as flood warnings loom for the Ohio Allegheny and Monongahela river areas and residents evacuate in Elmira and Corning.
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Alfred
Thomas Delahanty
Old Orchard Beach
The
Amvets
Delahanty
Code Enforcer McNally Fired By Town Council
Old Orchard Beach officials vote to discontinue funds for the Office of Code Enforcement after July 1 1972 and relieve Robert J McNally of his duties for alleged authorit y overreach in condemning the ocean pier and for perjury at a March 23 1972 public hearing. A June 29 show cause hearing is set at Loranger School.
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Old Orchard Beach
Robert J. McNally
Ocean Pier
Meally
McNally
Loranger Schoool
Thomas _ Sullivan
William Murphy
Joseph Mokarzel
Norman Lessard
George Baggs
Leslie Wyman
Charles Beaudoin
Baggs
Sullivan
Louis Sarelas
Sarelas
Mokarzel
Danton
Robert Wells
Old Orchard Street
Peter
Old
Orchard Beach
Reef
Gray Associates Engineering Inc
Portland
Rees
Coast Guard Reportedly Said Piers To Snap Like Toothpicks
McNally quoted unofficial Coast Guard warnings about the Old Orchard Beach Pier claiming 500 people could be endangered and the pilings and wiring were in severe disrepair. Officials debate jurisdiction and potential libel actions while an engineering report is awaited.
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Coast Guard
Old Orchard Beach
Robert J. McNally
U.S. Coast Guard
McNally
Richard Marshall
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Corps
Gunman sought in Maine skirmish near Scarborough race track
Vermont jail escapees Richard Gordon and Edwin Strode fled from custody then fled into swampy woods near Scarborough Downs. Strode was shot, Gordon evaded arrest as police evacuated 7400 Jehovah's Witnesses attending a New England convention.
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Jehovah’s Witnesses
Scarborough
Vermont
Scarborough Downs Racetrack
Richard J. Gordon
Westchester
Edwin D Storde
Maine
Missing Persons Reappear as Relief Money Distributed
In Hong Kong eighty three people initially listed as missing reappeared today as the government began distributing emergency relief funds. The total missing dropped to sixty nine with at least one hundred dead from landslides and floods after three days of heavy rain.
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Hong Kong
Nixon to decide on signing education bill with vague antibusing
President Nixon said he would announce today whether he would sign or veto a 21.3 billion education measure praised by Congress as a landmark. He criticized the antibusing clause as failing to address the volatile issue and urged approval of SALT limits and weapons programs while weighing meat import quota relief to curb prices.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Yurt Case Delayed by York County Court
A hearing to issue a temporary restraining order against Louis Bergeron of Arundel was postponed to July 6. Misses E M Christoferson and Gloria Bowen allege he illegally restrained them from entering their property over a right of way where they are building a cone shaped yurt.
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Alfred
York County
E. M. Christoferson
Gloria Bowen
Bergeron
Commuters Turnpike Urged At Hearing
A Maine legislative subcommittee heard testimony on state takeover of the Maine Turnpike Authority. Senators Marcotte and Berry led the session weighing toll adjustments for the Kittery to Augusta section amid debate on funding and bond financing for a state operation.
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Augusta
Maine
Maine Turnpike Authority
Guy Marcotte
Kittery
Ronald L. Kellam
Portland
Braley Warns Painters On Turnpike Bridge Work
Saco Mayor Berton K Braley reports verbal warnings to painters applying toxic red base zinc chromate on the Turnpike bridge over the Saco River. He says assurances exist the project nears completion and that precautions will prevent river spillage amid heavy rainfall.
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Saco
Berton K. Braley
Saco River
Braley
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