Ohio River flood crest recedes as debris mud clogs banks
The Ohio River crest reached 46.6 feet at Wheeling and was forecast to rise to 37.5 feet at Parkersburg before easing. Evacuations continued across Hancock, Brooke, and nearby counties with about 2,000 people moved. Governors from four states offered aid to Pennsylvania after Tropical Storm Agnes damage.
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Wheeling
W. Va
West Virginia
Panhandle
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Parkersburg
Wheeling Island
Civil Defense
Here
Pittsburgh
Arch A. Moore Jr
Hancock
Brooke Counties
New Cumberland
Wellsburg
Brooke County Civil Defense
Douglas Harvey
Harvey
Steubenville
Weirton
Punta del Fuego
Radio City
Feds
Soraya
Rome
France Indovina
Palermo
Israel
Rumania
Las Vegas
Dell Coleman
Sheldon Tannen
Hampton’s
Sheldon
Duke of Kent
Coppins
London
Vic Lownes
Julliard School of Music
Julliard
Manhattan
Nevele
Ozzie & Harriet Nelson
Flo
Leslie Stevens
Playboy
Nelsons
Sally Kellerman
6Th Ave
63Rd St
Alice
Duke Ellington
deMedici
Stokowski
New York Flood Toll Reaches Twenty as Deaths Mount
SW New York flood toll rises to 20 with 13 bodies found as waters recede. Civil Defense sends food and medicine to Elmira, Corning Painted Post, and Olean while evacuations continue in Auburn and Port Byron. Rescue crews, National Guard, and helicopters toil amid widespread destruction.
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New York
Elmira
N.Y
Corning
Painted Post
Hornell
Salamanca
Auburn
Oswasco
Port Byron
Civil Defense
Corning- Painted Post
Olean
Chemung
National Guardsmen
North Carolina Floods Reach Kerr Lake Record Level
Runoff from Agnes raises Kerr Lake to 313 feet on Sunday near the NC Virginia line. Flooding extends along the Cape Fear and Neuse rivers with minimal damage, while Dan River towns Madison and Mayodan report raw sewage pumping and flood-related evacuations. Mayodan hopeful for quick repairs. Madison anticipates monthlong restoration. Flood relief drives launched by local churches in Madison Eden and Mayodan.
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Henderson
N.C
Agnes
Kerr Lake
North Carolina-Virginia
National Weather Service
North Carolina
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Roanoke River
Williamston
Roanoke
Cape Fear
Weather Service
Elizabethtown
Neuse
Raleigh
Dan River
Madison
Mayodan
John B. Sealy Jr
James Collins
Eden
Fire crews quell basement blaze at Princeton residence
Firemen from Princeton central station and East Side sub station answered at 6 40 a m Sunday to 101 Vickinley Avenue. Two pumper apparatus fought a basement fire believed caused by an overheated gas stove. Several boards behind the stove ignited. Firefighters contained the blaze with only minor property damage.
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Princeton
Central Station
East Side
Vickinley Avenue
Clayton Jones
Journalists Strike Shuts Italian Newspapers
Rome AP reports the Italian Association of Newspaper Publishers ordered a publication shutdown during a journalists strike. The strike targets the Monday morning edition and costs concerns, affecting all production staff while offering unemployment aid to those laid off.
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Rome
Italian Association of Newspaper Publishers
Publishers’ Association
Journalists Union
Weather Break Aids Maryland Flood Cleanup
Weather and river levels receded after Tropical Storm Agnes as cleanup began across Maryland. Gov. Mandel met in Harrisburg to assess aid, while federal officials proposed immediate disaster assistance for nine counties and low‑rate SBA loans.
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Associated Press
Susquehanna
Potomac
Marvin Mandel
Harrisburg
Mid-Atlantic Governors Conference
Francis X. Charney
Office of
Mid-Atlantic
Washington
Charney
Baltimore
Anne Arundel
Howard
Harford
Cecil
Carroll
Frederick
Prince Georges
Montgomery
Small Business Administration
Nixon
Maryland
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co
Conowingo
Susquehanna River
Susquehanna Basin
Midwest Governors Laud State Federal Flood Cooperation
North Dakota Governor William Guy and Kansas Governor Robert Docking praised generally strong state federal collaboration on disasters. They noted gaps in recognizing small floods and snow as disasters, with talks at the Midwest Governors Conference addressing emergency networks and energy policy.
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Midwest
William Guy
North Dakota
Robert Docking
Kansas
Rapid City
S.C
Docking
Guy
Federal Office of Emergency Preparedness
OEP
Jerris Leonard
Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Broadway Talk and Jazz Stars Lace New York Scene
A cluttered New York page highlights The Marx Brothers revival at Little Carnegie on June 23 and Lee Wiley at Carnegie Hall for the Newport Festival with Bobby Hackett Teddy Wilson and others. It notes Eddie Condon’s band and a closing World’s Greatest Jazz Band lineup with famed players. United Artists Reader’s Digest push for family films, Rheingold's Mets tie ins, Yogi Berra’s ventures, and Reforma era showbiz chatter fill the reel with varied celebrity moves and mischief.
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New York
KFL
Casablanca
Little Carnegie
Groucho
Elvis
Lee Wiley
Carnegie Hall
Bobby Hackett
Teddy Wilson
Bucky Pizzarelli
George Duvivier
Don Lamond
Eddie Condon
Barney Bigard
Albany Bigard
Wild Bill Davison
Max Kaminsky
Willie the Lion Smith
Joe Thomas
Benny Morton
Dick Hyman
J. C. Higginbotham
Billy Butterfield
Bud Freeman
Bobby Haggart
Vic Dickenson
Yank Lawson
Ralph Sutton
United Artists
Walt Disney
Reader’s Digest
Hobart Lewis
David Picker
Gad
Rheingold Breweries
N. Y. Mets
Yogi Berra
Magnificent
Mets
Dep't Rheingold
Puerto Rico
Caribbean
Yoo-Hoo
Yogi
Willie Mays
Seaver
Agee
Bob Hope
Garden State Arts Center
New Jersey
Atlantic Seaboard
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Wilkes Barre
Milton Shapp
Ohio River
Linwood Holton
Virginia
Russell Peterson
Delaware
William Cahill
Milton J. Shapp
Shapp
Chester
Mandel
Cahill
John Erlichman
Nelson Rockefeller
Flinira
Athens
Wellsville
Genesee
Almond
Mount Morris
Rochester
Lake Ontario
Army
Havre de Grace
Perryville
Port Deposit
Potomac River
Washington Area
Chesapeake Bay
Annapolis Harbor
U.S. Weather Bureau
Jim Nelson JR
Vida Blue
NCAA
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Contell Lecel Fe
New England
Montana
Florida
Nebraska
Bismarck
N.D
Dain
Jack O'Brian
the Voice of Broadway
Mercer
Tonite
Lavon
Rillington Place
Conomuniru
Batts
Clint Eastwood
Universal Mal Paso Company
Pcture Teommcolor
Shirley
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