Red Cross Military Activities Grow Aid for Servicemen Families
Red Cross chapters maintain active military family programs with volunteers handling nearly 700 cases and 600 referrals last year. Lois Dietzenbach heads the Grant Wood area program as it aids families, handles emergency communications, and assists with military benefits and VA applications.
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Year of Floods: Buffalo Creek and Rapid City Devastations
The 1972 floods killed 125 at Buffalo Creek West Virginia and 237 in Rapid City South Dakota, with Mississippi-wide damage and 4,000 left homeless. Hurricane Agnes caused widespread Mid Atlantic flooding, totaling over 160 million in damage. Geological Survey warns no region is immune to floods.
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Supreme Court upholds coal strike contempt convictions
Thirty years ago the Supreme Court affirmed contempt convictions against John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers for defying a court order aimed at preventing the November 1946 soft coal strike.
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