City Hall Notes Basements Can Be Protected from Rain
Cedar Rapids faced widespread basement flooding after the Aug 4 rain, with water entering basements via floor drains and sewer backups. Public Services Director Richard Jensen outlines remedies including inflatable balloons in cleanouts, various valves, sandbags, and standpipes, plus improved window well drainage and changing ground slope to direct water away.
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Cedar Rapids
Public Services
Richard Jensen
Jensen
Tom
Talcott double ballot shocks California voters in 12th district
Rep. Burt L. Talcott wins both Republican and Democratic nominations in California's 12th district primary, prompting questions on how his name will appear on the November ballot and whether he will be labeled Republican or Democrat. Meanwhile anecdotes from Washington cover freshman life and Lynda Johnson Robb jogging for health during her husband’s Vietnam service.
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Washington
NEA
Nixon
Humphrey
Miami Beach
Chicago
Burt L. Talcott
Talcott
California
Lynda Johnson Robb
White House South Lawn
Capt
Charles Robb
Vietnam
Four Climbers Start Only Woman Returns from Jungfrau
West German climbers reach Jungfrau summit before tragedy unfolds. One man falls 60 feet to his death and the other two perish from cold and exhaustion as Anna Kramer survives, staggering into a local restaurant to recount the ordeal.
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Lauterbrunnen
Switzerland
UPI
Jungfrau
Anna Kramer
Anna
Inaccurate Maps Blamed for West Virginia Mine Disaster
The Bureau of Mines linked the Hominy Falls calamity to outdated maps with errors that left workers unaware of a nearby flooded mine. May 6 saw 15 men trapped for five days while six others were rescued after a week and a half underground. 4 died and 21 remained trapped.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
Hominy Falls
W. Va
Bureau
Jungle Spraying Rises in South Vietnam Mission Rise
The U S air force doubles jungle spraying missions in South Vietnam from four to eight and plans up to 11 as defoliation aids infiltration tracking. Pilots of the Ranch Hands endure dangerous flights over hostile terrain with 1,000 gallon herbicide loads and low altitude runs.
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DA Nang
Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnam
Phillip Larsen
Denver
Colo
12Th Special Operations Squadron
North Vietnam
South
Air Force
Bien Hoa
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Jerry Elsen
Gazette City Hall
E Avenue NW
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Washington Notebook
Noel Grove
Congress
John F. Kennedy
Capitol Grounds
Ben Siebel
Old
Mexico
Smulekoff's
Flander
la Mancha
Smulekoff
Larsen
Mekong Delta
B. W. Joseph
Optometrist
1St Ave
Bigelow
DuPont
T.M
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