Heavy Rains Threaten Virginia Streams As Flood Warning Extends
Heavy rains triggered streams to threaten to spill banks across Virginia Saturday night. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for the James River drainage and the Shenandoah River headwaters, with 3 to 4 inches in 18 hours. Nelson County reported some floods from the 1969 disaster. state police noted flooded routes near Albemarle and Buckingham.
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Associated Press
Virginia
National Weather Service
James River
Shenandoah River
Nelson County
Stuarts Draft
Waynesboro
Rockingham County
McGaheysville
Shen
Nelson
Keene
Scottsville
U.S
Charlottesville
Albemarle County
Salem Division
Jackson River
Vanderpool
Highland County
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Fishersville
Augusta
Vivas
Jerico Road
Mel
Stam
Condon
Bahamas
Bennnett
Bennett
New York
Wilmington
Noel
Silo Upgrades Prompt Wide US Debate on Soviet ICBMs
Senate Republicans cite CIA findings that two thirds of sites hold smaller SS31 missiles, while the Pentagon notes silos reinforced for two separate ICBM systems. Defense officials privately expect updates to include MRVs with Soviet parity anticipated by 1972, amid charges of scare tactics by critics.
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Central Intelligence Agency
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Laird
Jackson
Pentagon
Sullivan
Bennett
Thelio Shannon
Ireland
United States
Whantalathane Wenceth
Minuteman
Weather Service Warns Flood Risk in Virginia Lowlands
The weather service issued gale warnings for the Virginia coast and a flood warning aimed at lowlands along small streams while advising caution for larger streams as heavy rains continue. Rain is expected to persist through the night with possible heavy bursts, especially in the Shenandoah Valley and eastern mountain slopes, driven by a low pressure system moving northeastward along the North Carolina coast.
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Weather Service
Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Service
Middle Atlantic
North Carolina
Murders drive search for graves as dig progress continues
Sheriff reports 23 of 33 dug holes yielded bodies as investigators press to Monday. Corona, 37, a farm labor contractor, was charged after initial 10 remains were found. Officers, accompanied by two relatives, removed a filing cabinet and suspected work clothes from Corona’s tract home. Witnesses photographed interior. Corona’s wife and daughters left for relatives.
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Corona
Gloria
Five Die on North Carolina Roads Over Memorial Weekend
Traffic deaths in North Carolina rose as the Memorial Day weekend began with at least five deaths reported. Victims included Bobby Gene Smith and Frankie L. Faison in Clinton, Gary Lee Whitener and Jerry McKinley Abbott in Hickory, and John McDougald in Leesville Wake County. The holiday period spans 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday, with totals expected to rise as reporting continues.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
North Carolina State Motor Club
Clinton
Bobby Gene Smith
Frankie L. Faison
Rt. 3
Hickory
Gary Lee Whitener
Jerry McKinley Abbott
Rt. 2
John McDougald
Durham
Leesville
Wake County
Visitation policy sparks campus unrest at Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech University Council action mandating open dorm doors for opposite sex visitors provoked student protests and safety concerns. President Hahn blamed a small hard core for disturbances while praising the majority of students for responsible behavior and noting security measures and the damaged building were not fatal.
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Tech
Hahn
Aay
Virginia Tech
Nixon Speech Links Peace to Mutual Force Reduction at Army Ceremony
President Nixon warned that unilateral force by the United States raises war risk unless both sides cut back. He cited Army discipline and drug abuse problems as challenges, and announced amnesty for 900 cadets punished for minor infractions, greeted by cheers at Knowlton’s house and the cadet mess hall.
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Knowlton
Ducot
Rocket attack kills civilians in Da Nang area
Saigon dispatch reports 12 Vietnamese civilians killed and 11 wounded when 13 Soviet made rockets hit Da Nang port and nearby refugee areas. Five houses destroyed. U.S. air base shows no casualties. Other clashes around Saigon include Viet Cong mortar and rocket attacks with light to no casualties, and damage to a Mekong River barge.
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da Nang
U.S
Ca Oe
U.S. Americal
Cambodia
Mekong
Coma
Bu Dop
High
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