Death Toll Tops 200 In South Dakota Floods
The death count in the Black Hills flood reached 208 with many unaccounted for and billions in damages. Rapid City bore the worst flooding after Canyon Lake Dam failure while National Guardsmen and volunteers search debris as federal aid moves in.
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Rapid City
S.D
Black Hills
South Dakota
Mt. Rushmore National Memorial
Canyon Lake
Rapid Creek
National Guardsmen
Legislative Panel To Inspect Bishop Va Dam
A West Virginia legislative interim committee will meet Virginia officials and engineers within two weeks to review the Bishop area water impoundment owned by Pocahontas Fuel Division of Consolidation Coal. The tour will study gob piles and dams ahead of proposed action to curb dam construction after the Buffalo Creek disaster. Pocahontas Fuel President Joseph Richards said he is unaware of the visit but would welcome it. officials note prior inspections found no danger.
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West Virginia
Virginia Department of Mines
Twithin
Pocahontas Fuel Division
Consolidation Coal Company
West
Virginia-Virginia
Bishop
Buffalo Creek
Logan County
Virginia
Pocahontas Fuel
Joseph Richards
Bluefield
Arch A. Moore Jr
Charleston
Richards
U. S. Bureau of Mines
West Virginia Bureau of Mines
West Virginia Public Service Commission
Federal Civil Defense Agency. Company
U S Jets Destroy Major North Vietnam Power Plant
U S jets destroyed a hydroelectric plant capable of supplying 75 percent of North Vietnam's power needs. The spokesman said the plant was wrecked Saturday in the first attack of its kind reported.
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Saigon
U. S
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Red River Valley
China
Lang Dang
Tam Dan Highway
Vietnam
An Loc
da Nang
Air Force
Lang Chi
Washington
United States
Hanoi-Haiphong
Flooding Death Toll Tops 200 in Black Hills Region
National and local authorities labor to identify victims and clear debris after severe floods in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Thousands of dollars in damage reported with hundreds still missing as residents begin recovery efforts.
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Rapid Gity
S. D
Black Hills
South Dakota
Three Killed In Belfast Gunfight Sparks Renewed Violence
In Belfast Ardoyne area gun battles erupt as Protestant and Catholic districts clash after a youth's death in Old Park Road. Three civilians die and two soldiers are wounded amid heavy fire as Royal Regiment of Wales troops patrol the city. A Londonderry guard is later killed by sniper fire.
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Belfast
Ardoyne
Ardounne
Northern Ireland
Old Park Road
Royal Regiment of Wales
Londonderry
Kissinger Admits Mistake During Japan Talks
In Tokyo Kissinger acknowledged a U S misstep in last summer’s Japan policy and pledged no more Nixon shocks. He urged closer consultation with Japan on China moves and economic steps, while discussing the security treaty and bilateral friction with Nakasone’s push for 1975 revisions.
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Tokyo
Henry A. Kissinger
United States
Japan
Nixon
Kissinger
Fukuda
China
Asia
Liberal-Democratic Party
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Nakasone
Socialist Party
Pacific
Peking
Moscow
Diseases Pose New Threat In Wake Of Flood
Rapid City health officials calm fears after floods as survivors line up for typhoid and tetanus shots. Darel Mowry explains shots are needed based on water exposure and recent tetanus history. Sam Chase recalls being swept under water and needing care for wounds and throat soreness.
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Rapid City
S.D
Pennington County
Rapid Creek
Darel Mowry
Stars Join Wallace Stumping At Woodstock Rally
Tammy Wynette Del Reeves and other stars performed at Wallace’s Woodstock in Lakeland Florida for 10 000 attendees. George Wallace Jr failed to sing as advertised while George Jones and Ferlin Husky kept the message voting for Wallace alive. Young Wallace said he would not sing until his father recovers from gunshot injuries. George reported the governor receives 90 minutes daily physical therapy for paralyzed legs.
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Lakeland
Fla
Tammy Wynette
del Reeves
George Wallace Jr
Wallace
Woodstock
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Reeves
Miss Wynette
George Jones
Ferlin Husky
Old Plantation Music Park
Young Wallace
Maryland
George
Flags lowered for West Virginia high court judge
Flags fly at half staff across West Virginia to honor State Supreme Court Judge Frank Haymond who died of an apparent heart attack in Charleston. Haymond served 26 years on the court, a state record.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Supreme Court
Frank Haymond
Haymond
Hardhats Scouts Plan To Thwart Protesters
Hundreds of hardhats Boy Scouts and high school students seek camps on public facilities to house about 100 000 protesters for the Democratic and Republican conventions in Miami Beach Dade County officials consider tent cities away from the site Operation Backbone leader Ellis Rubin argues for early access to Flamingo Park Miami Beach Senior High and other sites while opponents collect 2000 signatures against using tax money for the campsites
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Miami Beach
Fla
Ellis Rubin
Dade County
Rubin
Florida
Joseph Wanick
Operation Backbone
Flamingo Park
Mami Beach
Nautilus Junior High
Libya Plans To Back IRA Against British Forces
Libyan leader Col Kadafi pledged support including arms money and volunteers for the Irish Republican Army against Britain in Northern Ireland. The speech in Tripoli drew walkouts by Peter Tripp and Ambassador Palmer as Kadafi accused Britain of Zionist collusion and U S backing for Israel.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Libya
Muammar Kadafi
Irish Republican Army
Northern
Ireland
United States
Britain
U. S
Tripoli
U.S
Egypt
Middle East
Peter Tripp
Kadafi
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
The
Pennington County Health Department
Richard Kneip
George McGovern
Ellsworth Air Force Base
Donald Barnett
State Legislative
Bishop, Va
Dam
Takeo Fukuda
National Zoo
Sam Chase
Mowry
Chase
al Grayson
Boyd W. Cox
Knoxville
Tenn
Holy Cross Hospital
George Wallace
Hamilton County
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