River flood relief and local village ground breaking noted
Mel Fager learned his sister Mrs. D R Klassy and her family survived a Rapid City flood after crossing a washed out bridge. In Garden City the Garden Valley Retirement Village Inc project broke ground, while local optimist fishing derby spectators enjoyed minnows, a large bullfrog, and a garter snake tale during a breezy community day.
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Mel Fager
Finney County
Rapid City
S.D. Fager
Fager
Nickerson
D. R. Klassy
Klassy
This Family Journal
Warren Renick
Senate panel eyes largest Social Security expansion yet
Washington AP notes the Senate Finance Committee drafted the biggest expansion of Social Security and welfare programs yet but has not decided funding. Members reconvene to resolve the last obstacle before final committee approval for floor debate. The panel said the annual cost would reach 17.6 billion dollars, with full effect in 1974.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Garden Sass and Radar Quip Spur City Debate
Garden City notes rising speeding arrests and jokes that radar spelled backward is radar. The quip suggests enforcement boomerangs on drivers while highlighting local traffic concerns.
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Gas Garden
Nixon Pushes ABM Treaties for Senate Approval
President Nixon urged Congress to approve the ABM treaty limiting anti ballistic missiles to two sites per country and to back a companion executive agreement freezing total land and sea based defenses at current levels. He warned of potential withdrawal from the pact if tighter offensive caps fail within five years. Support from key Senate chairmen signals early favorable action.
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Washington
Nixon
Soviet Union
Congress
Senate
United States
Ments
Soviet
Cargo Door Rips Open On DC10 Flight 145 Survives
DETROIT AP A cargo door ripped open on a Los Angeles to New York DC10 shortly after takeoff from Detroit. 67 aboard survived with no serious injuries as the plane returned to Detroit Metropolitan Airport. FBI ruled out explosives as cause. Pilot Capt Bryce McCormick described loss of rudder control and engine trouble during emergency landing. Investigators cited faulty door and in flight decompression.
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Detroit
Buffallo
N.Y
Loretta Kaminsky
Buffalo
Allen
American Airlines
Los Angeles
New York
FBI
Bryce FE. McCormick
McCormick
Wayne County
Political Forum Planned for July 4 Independence Day Events
A political forum will be staged in Stevens Park at 1 30 PM with gubernatorial candidates and local office seekers invited to participate in the parade at 11 11 AM. In the afternoon forum candidates will speak by party for 5 7 minutes, mingling after the last speech. Organizers request confirmations by June 27 via Box 303 Garden City. Other activities include a band concert, baseball game, beauty contest and fireworks.
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Stevens Park
Mack Linn
Linn
Box 303
Garden City
Heinemann Files Reelection Bid In Garden City District
State Rep. David J. Heinemann, R Garden City, filed today in Topeka for reelection to the 12th district which covers all of Garden City. He had earlier announced plans to seek a third term.
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David J. Heineman
Garden City
Topeka
Heinemann
Israel says five Egyptian MIGs shot down in Mediterranean dogfight
Israeli air force fighters downed five Soviet built Egyptian MIG21 jets over the Mediterranean near the Sinai as pilots parachuted into the sea about 25 miles off the coast. The clash, the first since the August 1970 cease-fire, left two Egyptian planes previously downed by ground fire last September.
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Tel Aviv
Mediterranean
Sinai
Middle East
Sinai Desert
Israel
Tulsa Woman Rescued After 32 Hours Locked in Closet
A 72 year old Tulsa woman Mrs Carroll B Johnston survived 32 hours trapped in a locked closet in her home. She slipped while searching a shelf and the closet shut with no inside knob. Fire crews freed her. she stayed calm, drank little, worried no one would come, and was treated with oxygen.
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Tulsa
Okba
Carroll B. Johnston
Mrs. Johnston
Rapid City flood survivors search as burials begin
Rapid City begins burial of flood victims across three cemeteries while survivors scour for the dead. Identified bodies total 161 with 31 unidentified. toll expected to rise beyond 200 though early tallies vary. Authorities report rapid-murge funerals, community curfews, and ongoing search by guardsmen and volunteers.
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Rapid Creek
Black Hills
Fism
Igh
Civil Defense
Neva Omaha
Neb
World Reward
S & Tone
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South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
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