Flood Toll in Rapid City Tops 211 with 300 Missing
Rapid City flood deaths reach 211 with about 300 still unaccounted for as search teams hunt wreckage for victims. Civil Defense says 3,000 homeless and damages exceed 100 million dollars amid efforts by 2,500 national guardsmen and thousands of volunteers. Officials note water and gas outages, but rest of city begins to recover with aid from McGovern and Kneip.
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Rapid City
Black Hills
Civil Defense
Duane L. “Duke
Corning
Litle
Mt. Rushmore
Donald Barnett
Canyon Lake
Four Truckloads Shipped From C R Money Is Needed
The American National Red Cross called for five million dollars in donations to support Rapid City disaster relief. Linn County Red Cross executive director Marie Clancy noted the local quota of five thousand sixty dollars and urged sending funds to the Red Cross office at 327 Granby Building. Four Cedar Rapids truckloads of relief supplies were gathered Sunday with local volunteers packing boxes of emergency items donated by citizens and firms. Two tractor-trailer loads with clothing blankets and canned goods departed for Rapid City, with plans to continue only upon specific requests. High school volunteers aided at two collection points and local merchants donated goods and space. Dozens of Cedar Rapids Amateur Radio Club members assisted by relaying calls for aid.
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American National Red Cross
Juy
Marie Clancy
Linn County
Red Cross
Rapid City
Cedar Rapids
Bill Bjorenson
Linn
Nicipal Civil Defense
Rapid
Brorenson
First Avenue
Plymouth
Biorenson
Flood calls urged to stay limited to emergencies
Sioux Falls S D UPI reports a Northwestern Bell spokesman urged flood area calls to Rapid City be reserved for emergencies and kept short. The piece recalls historic floods with deaths in 1889 and 1928 and details a Boonville New York incident where residents describe rushing water and a man clinging to a house as rescue efforts continue two blocks from Rapid Creek.
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Sioux Falls, S.D
UPI
Northwestern Bell Telephone Ca
Rapid City
S. D
David Heraty
Boonville
Wilson
Hill A Centa
Jackson Baule
U S Forces In Vietnam Accused Of Mass Civilian Deaths
Newsweek correspondent Kevin Buckley cites a 1968 pacification drive in the Mekong delta codenamed Speedy Express. He reports up to 100000 civilian deaths, 748 weapons recovered, and 3881 air strikes by U S forces, amid claims of farmers killed in rice fields and a helicopter unit sign reading Death Is our business. The U S Saigon command declined immediate comment.
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New York
Newsweek Magazine
U.S
My Lai
Kevin Buckley
Mekong
Buckley
Kien Hoa
U. S. Ninth Infantry Division
Newsweek
Raigan
Saigon
Australian PM McMahon Arrives for Kuala Lumpur Visit
Prime Minister William McMahon of Australia lands in Malaysia for an official visit to Kuala Lumpur. The stop underscores strengthening ties between Canberra and Kuala Lumpur amid regional talks.
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Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
William McMahan
Australia
South Viets Break Long An Loc Siege
South Vietnamese armored columns and supply convoys broke through to An Loc on Monday, lifting the siege of the provincial capital 60 miles north of Saigon. Most North Vietnamese attackers were reported to withdraw to Cambodia. remaining divisions were described as decimated. Air force phantom attacks on Lang Chi hydroelectric plant caused heavy damage.
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Saigon
An Loc
Cambodia
Air Force Phantoms
North Vietnam
Lang Chi
Itanoi
Dien Bien Phu
Indo-China
U.S
Bastogne
Hue
China
U.S. Command
Hanoii
Chinese Charge Blames U S Strikes for North Vietnam Turmoil
Communist China accused the United States of threatening its security with air strikes near the Chinese border. It called the actions aggressive war crimes and grave provocations. Reports described attacks on rail lines near Hanoi, bombers destroying fuel and ammunition shipments, while clashes near Hue yielded North Vietnamese casualties.
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Tokyo
China
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Utilities Salaries Surpass Governor's Pay, Iowa Official Says
DES MOINES AP A list of top officers salaries from Iowa private utilities shows figures up to 152 540 per year, far exceeding Governor Ray's 5.00 salary. ICC chairman Maurice Van Nostrand calls the disparity hard to justify noting customer rates cover such costs.
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Maurice van Nortrand
Commission
Ray
Stich
Lili
van Nostrand
Tne Tire
ICC
Ousted General Says Air Strike Reports Falsified
Former U S commander in Vietnam testifies to a House subcommittee that he ordered air strikes against North Vietnam for pilot safety and to halt a buildup near the demilitarized zone. Lavelle halted missions March 10 after learning three reports were falsified. he faced removal when 28 unauthorized strikes were cited by Gen. John Ryan.
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Washington
U.S
Vietnam
House
South Vietnam
Air Force
Dann Lavelle
John Ryan
Lavelle
Seventh Air Force
Indo-China
North Vietnam
Itoc
Court upholds private clubs rights to exclude blacks
Supreme Court ruling by Justice Rehnquist holds Leroy Irvis could not challenge Moose Lodge Harrisburg policy. Decision says state liquor license does not force all white membership. private services differ from state utilities. Also declines appeal in Rockwell slaying case and rules indigents need counsel for petty offenses. Page 3 continued.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William H. Rehnquist
Moose Lodge
Harrisburg
Rehnquist
Irvis
Lodge
John Patter
George Lincoln Rockwell
Coucl
Connecticut
Texas
New York
Kleindienst and Shultz Sworn In at White House Ceremony
President Nixon swore in three cabinet-rank officials at the East Room, including Richard Kleindienst for attorney general after a lengthy confirmation bid, with Chief Justice Burger administering oaths to Kleindienst George Shultz as secretary of the treasury and Caspar Weinberger as director of the Office of Management and Budget.
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Washington
UPT
Nixon
Richard Kleindienst
Senate
White House
Burger
Kleindienst
George Shultz
the Treasury
Caspar Weinberger
Office of Management
Chuckle Voday's Autos Tun Pretty Sminath
Local humor column hints at autos and cartoonish misprints in a playful, concise riff. The piece teases readers about clever wordplay and cartoonish characters, noting how clever phrasing could improve a lighthearted feature.
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Voday
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