Tornado toll rises across eight states during Memorial Day weekend
Memorial Day storms from Oklahoma to Florida left at least 38 dead and hundreds injured. Tornadoes and heavy rain damaged or destroyed thousands of homes across the Midwest and South, with seven deaths in Alabama and multiple fatalities in Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Florida. Mayhem struck small communities, including Brent Oklahoma and Laurel Mississippi, as families endured collapsed homes and lost kin.
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Gasoline Shortage Triggers Violent Incident and Widespread Rationing
Amid a Memorial Day fuel crunch motorists faced gas station closures and rationing from Ohio to the West Coast. A California attendant was killed after a dispute over gas in Oakland, while Sohio tightened limits and price spikes appeared across Oregon and California. Oregon stations cut hours, prices spiked at Klamath Falls, and a high school student siphoned and sold gas near El Dorado Hills.
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Senator says Nixon knew of cover up from papers
Senator Stuart Symington says secret documents marked copy to the President suggest President Nixon knew of White House staff efforts to cover up the Watergate burglary. Symington, chairman of the Senate Armed Services panel, noted the claim in a CBS interview and later to UPI, while declining to elaborate. He said it is hard to believe Nixon knew nothing of the cover up.
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Skylab crew begins 28 day medical tests in space
Three astronauts Charles Conrad Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz started a 28 day orbit medical test aboard Skylab. They drew blood samples and prepared breakfast in the wardroom as they settle into the eight chamber station and plan to move into private bedrooms. Flight directors had scheduled an in flight tele.
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Pete” Conrad
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Teen realtor and actor aims for president at 18
Sunnyvale teen Paul Haje, an early high school graduate, licensed realtor and actor, discusses ambitions to become U S president. Born in Tehran, fluent in Arabic, he designs clothes and once starred in a Warner Bros film. He led Mountain View High as a sophomore and studies at Foothill College while eyeing Stanford or UC.
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