Flood Devastates Rapid City Dead and Missing Rise
Torrential Black Hills rains trigger once in a century floods in Rapid City South Dakota leaving 150 dead and 500 missing authorities impose a 9 pm curfew to curb looting and curiosity. Damaged infrastructure included collapsed dam landslides gas fires and widespread outages. Red Cross mobilizes supplies and hospitals report hundreds treated while shelters feed thousands.
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Rapid City
S.D
Black Hills
Red Cross
Minneapolis
South Dakota
Nixon
Canyon Creek
Don Warner
Ogden
Utah
Standard Examiner
Wallace to attend convention despite back bullet injury
Gov. George C. Wallace may travel to the Democratic National Convention in Miami Beach next month with a bullet still lodged in his back. Doctors at Holy Cross Hospital will decide soon where and when to remove the bullet, but Dr. Joseph F. Schanno says Wallace could attend the convention with or without the bullet.
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Harold M. Schmeck JR
New York Times News Service
Washington
George C. Wallace
Maimi Beach
Joseph F. Schanno
Alabama
Holy Cross Hospital
Silver Spring
Wallace
Schanno
McGovern Sees Gains in Virginia Delegates
Virginia chose 41 of its 53 delegates at a state convention weekend with McGovern leading among the selections. Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas Democrats backed uncommitted delegates, while Minnesota prepared to finish its delegation. National totals showed McGovern with 937 committed delegates, Humphrey 335, Wallace 328, and Muskie value unclear.
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Associated Press
George S. McGovern
Virginia
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
South Dakota
Minnesota
McGovern
Humphrey
Muskie
North Carolina
Terry Sanford
NAACP
Julie Price
U.S. Senate
Hartselle to add four lane Main Street and overpass
State Highway Department approves a 2.4 mile four lane Main Street corridor in Hartselle with an overpass to bypass the downtown renewal area. Plan calls for trimming a row of trees despite opposing efforts. Decision preceded by unclear timing and may face Federal Highway Administration review before funding. Local opponents vow continued fight to save trees along Main Street.
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Montgomery
State Highway Department
Main St
Hartselle
Decatur Daily
Ray Bass
U.S. 31
Hickory St
Hammitt St
Alabama
Federal Highway Administration
Did Two Fire At Wallace
New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison says at least two gunmen fired during Alabama Governor George Wallace’s shooting in Hattiesburg Mississippi. He links the Wallace case to Kennedy’s 1963 Dallas assassination, citing inconsistent wound patterns and Bremer’s firearm. Garrison made remarks during a visit to his Laurel mother, noting Bremer’s role in the Wallace incident.
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Hattiesburg, Miss
New Orleans
Jim Garrison
Alabama
George Wallace
Garrison
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
Bremer
Gov. Wallace
Laurel
Miss
Arthur Bremer
Gov
Wallace
Maryland
Governor Wallace Allows Negroes to Register at Alabama
On this date in 1963 Governor George Wallace stepped aside to permit Black students to register at the University of Alabama as federalized National Guard stood by. The notice appears in the newspaper’s calendar and classified section with weather and contact details for ads. Local weather predicts fair, cooler conditions with highs near 80 and no rain, while river and map pages are on A-3. It closes with a Tennessee Valley motto about living there.
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Richard Kneip
Corning
Black Hills
Lead
Deadwood
Sturgis
Kansas City
National Weather Service
Rapid City
Keystone
Mt.Rushmore National Me
George Wallace
University of Alabama
National Guard
Hartselle Resident Sells Golf Clubs
A Hartselle resident advertises the sale of golf clubs and equipment from 212 Carol St. Henry Speegle lists contact numbers for interested buyers as 413-4524 and 353-4612 with related promotions and asks buyers to place want ads to sell unused gear. The notice mentions clubs marked by brands and includes several phone numbers.
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Henry Speegle
Carol St Hartselle
Catur Daily
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James P. Smartt Jr
Muscle Shoals
Lake Wilson
Bobby Herbert
Women's World of Today
Warner
Omaha
Army Corps of Engineers
Glenn Best
Duane L. Corning
State Adjutant General
Don Barnett
West Side
Ronald Messer
Frigidaire Sales & Service
Robinson Furniture
Second Avenue
Decatur
Ady
Pato
Department
Guerry Pruitt
Bass
Athens
Tennessee Valley
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