Isleton Flood Breaks Levee In Vast Inundation
Isleton reeled as a levee break flooded most of the town with three to five feet of water, forcing 4,300 residents to flee. Volunteers and crews, aided by Army Corps and National Guard, hauled 40,000 cubic yards of dirt and filled 35,000 sandbags to stem the breach.
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Paul Ciaramitaro
Ciaramitaro
Robert ‘Lee
Lee
National Guard
Hat Dalal
Jonlig
Stile Department OF Conservation
Persormel
Ecology Corps
Agnes flood toll rises as streets flood along East Coast
The killer Agnes flood oases mounting deaths across Pennsylvania New York and Virginia with Wilkes Barre and Aston evacuations and Olean river breaches. Washington D C reservoirs halve supplies as 400 000 lose water while 75 000 in Prince William County lack clean water. National Guards guard looters as pumping stations struggle to restore safety. Destruction runs into the millions with cities along the Allegheny and James rivers affected.
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New York
Richmond
Lce
Washington,d.c
James River
Wilkes Barre
Aston
Pennslyvania
Alleghany River
Olean
Laaal
Agnes
É Ding
Beathy
Prince William County
American National Redress
Washington
Waal
Kingwick
Carolinas
York
Page
Cal
Price Commission weighing end of meat price freeze
Washington sources say the Price Commission may suspend the temporary retail meat price freeze as beef and pork costs rise. Chairman Grayson Jr. surveyed the panel by telephone ahead of a possible weekend meeting. Nixon, advised by top economists, may move to lift restrictions on foreign meat imports and signals a broader review of controls.
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UPI
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Price Commission
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Nixon
Peice Group
C. Jackson Grayson Jr
Sonor
Pole in Garin Avenue Center of Road Causes Widening
In Hayward a power pole sits at Garin Avenue center with red tape wrapped around it. Zaballos & Hons, building area development, widened the road around the pole after PG&E could not move it. City permit delays due to land ownership and private property issues hindered actions.
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Hayward
West Natty
Garin Avenue
Miesion W Bouwlevard
Garin Regional Park
R. Zaballos & Hons, Inc
Zabellos
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Nixon signs 19 billion education bill into law
President Nixon signed a 19 billion education aid bill while blasting Congress for not solving the court ordered school busing crisis. He said the three year higher education aid plan and a temporary moratorium on enforcement of desegregation orders delay action and mislead the public.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Con.gress
White Mouse
92Nd Congres
Summer Weather Details From Storefront Radar
Overcast and cool conditions persist with drizzle expected. Temperatures tonight and tomorrow rise only into the upper thirties to near forty. Full forecast and advisory notes appear on page four.
Pleasanton Grass Fire Rages Four Hours Across 35 Acres
Wind whipped a grass fire near Pleasanton for over four hours burning about 35 acres two miles north of Castlewood Country Club. Firefighters estimated origin from motorcycles or riders seen nearby. no homes were endangered, but a nearby development and stables faced evacuation precautions and road closures were enforced.
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Pleasanton
Central
Keasanton
Castlewood Country Club
Foothill Road
Slenger
Foothi Road
Teallh
Ternal Avenue
C.V. school chief gains higher pay amid budget dispute
Castro Valley Casini Valley School District trustees approved Supt Haruki De Pas’s additional $1,490 salary for 1972 to 1975 amid audience member Cy Fritz and Trustee Paul Rhodes opposing. The board also adopted a salary agreement for non teaching staff tied to district funds with a 50 50 70 split toward reserves and pay increases, and directed a contingency plan to build a $50,000 undistributed reserve.
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Castro Valley
Casini Valley
Haruki de Pas
Cy Fritz Ard
Paul Rhodes
Moray
Respondi
Harold Mefford
J’ Sorety
Rhortes
Dumbarton span bill advances in Assembly committee
A pared down Dumbarton Bridge bill won 9-1 in the Assembly Transportation Committee. Critics killed open-ended improvements to other bridges. The measure would require Metropolitan Transportation Commission review, with decisions due by January 1974, else bridge work could begin.
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Sacramento
Jain Halindahl
Dunbarton Bridge
Assembly Transportation
Cate
Holmdahl
Doakland
Hayward-San Mario
Metropolitan Transportation Commission
Dumbarton
Courty Commission
Fia Commission
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Pacific Gas & Bleelyfe Cy
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