Murder Trial Opens as Rothlauf Faces Conflicting Stories
In Page County, the prosecution depicts Eugene F. Rothlauf giving two divergent accounts of the April 24 shooting that killed 33-year-old Lewis Franklin Taylor at Rothlauf’s Shenandoah area cabin. Witnesses quote Rothlauf claiming a first shot when Taylor tried to enter, a second shot as Taylor rose and grabbed a rifle, and statements about leaving the scene to examine the body. Autopsy shows two gunshot wounds to head and chest. medical examiner cannot determine first shot.
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Rothlauf
Taylor
Frank Simmons
Land of Shenandoah
Simmons
S.o.b
James C. Byers
Alexandria
Shenandoah
Avis A. Pence
Page County
Burial Tasks Begin For Flood Victims
Rapid City, S D AP says burial duties for flood victims began as survivors started clearing debris and resuming life. Death toll lowered to 198 with 700 homes destroyed and 1,000 more damaged. 2,500 National Guardsmen and army dogs aided recovery.
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Rapid City
S.D
Black Hills
Civil Defense
Anton ‘‘Vernie’’ Ziegimeir
Fountain View
Mount Calvary
Black Hills National
Army Corps of Engineers
Rapid Creek
National
Cheyenne River
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Jets Raid Near China For Second Straight Day
SAIGON AP reports U S air forces used laser guided bombs to knock out two bridges on Hanoi’s northeast rail line to China and damaged eight more along with two fuel depots elsewhere in North Vietnam. B52s pounded supply dumps near Dong Hoi as ground actions remain light in South Vietnam amid the An Loc siege.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
China
Peking
Air Force
Marine
Navy
Vinh
Haiphong
Dong Hoi
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
An Loc
Nixon To Seek 250 Million for Workfare Plan
The Nixon administration will ask Congress for about 250 million dollars to fund a workfare law requiring 1.5 million welfare recipients to enroll in job training or lose benefits. The request, below the designers’ recommended level, targets adding to the 205 million already budgeted for the WIN program aimed at removing able-bodied adults from welfare rolls. Critics from Congress and the AFL-CIO argue the plan overemphasizes placement over training amid unemployment concerns. The program starts July 1, aiming to place 75,000 people in jobs, create 8,000 public service posts, and add 24,500 on the job training slots. Details on Page 12.
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Washington
Nixon Administration
Congress
Senate Appropriations Committee
Herman Talmadge
Dga
Clint Fair
Afl-Cio
Senate Finance Panel Finishes Social Security Plan
Senate Finance Committee completed work on a $17.6 billion bill to raise Social Security benefits by 10 percent for retirement survivor and disability programs retroactive to June 1 and to tighten work requirements for welfare recipients. The plan would fund the boost with higher payroll taxes and extends Medicare coverage to drug costs for chronically ill older adults and about 1.5 million disabled persons. It also expands benefits for widows and the disabled, tightens rules for the largest welfare program, and shifts financing to save states about $2.6 billion.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Israel and Egypt claim dogfight win in Mediterranean clash
Tel Aviv said its fighters shot down two Egyptian MIG21s over the Mediterranean during a noon air battle. Cairo claimed two Israeli Mirages were downed near Ras el Bar, 35 miles west of the Suez Canal, while Israeli forces denied Egyptian losses or air-space incursions.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Egypt
Middle East
Mediterranean
Sinai Desert
Cairo
Ras el Bar
Suez Canal
Nile River
Nixon Submits Nuclear Pact to Congress and Promotes Debate
President Nixon submitted the nuclear arms pacts with the Soviet Union to Congress and announced an unusual White House briefing with congressional leaders. Kissinger will brief, Rogers and Smith will testify, as lawmakers prepare to vote on ratification this year. Nixon framed the accords as essential to U.S. security and strategic balance.
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Washington
Nixon
Soviet Union
Congress
White House
Senate
House
Moscow
Ronald L. Ziegler
Henry A. Kissinger
Ziegler
Zieger
Kissinger
William P. Rogers
Gerard Smith
Capitol Hill
Rogers
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
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William Antisdell
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Richard S. Kneip
South Dakota School of Mines
Richard Schleusener
Institute of Atmospheric Sciences
Schleusener
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Vietnam
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Jamie William Ryman
Rt. 2
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