Flood Devastates Big Thompson Canyon Killing Dozens
Survivors huddled on mountainsides as heavy rains stalled air rescues after a flash flood swept the Big Thompson Canyon. Officials put death toll near 60 with dozens more feared dead, while hundreds remained stranded or missing amid widespread destruction along a 30 mile stretch from Estes Park to Loveland. Federal disaster aid was sought as helicopters and ground teams coordinated rescue and relief under steady rains.
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Loveland
Colo
Big Thompson River
Big Thompson Canyon
Dave Feldman
Fort Collins
National
Ford
Washington
Rocky Mountain National Park
Big Thompson
Word origins and state trooper tips in The Enterprise
A reader asks about cole slaw origins and cabbage terms with Latin roots. Officials explain trooper and city police entry requirements, including high school diploma, age 20 minimum, and testing. A reader asks about abortion legality and clinics with guidance to local physicians and social services.
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Cole
Huw
Anon
Civil Service Commission
City Switchboard
Diners Screaming as Restaurant Plunges Into River
Survivors recount a 12 foot wall of water in Big Thompson Canyon that swept a riverfront restaurant into the river near Loveland Colorado. At least 58 people were killed and hundreds were rescued by helicopter or carried out as search efforts continued.
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Rocky Mountain National Park
Estes Park
Denver
Big Thompson Canyon
Loveland
Watson
Seewall
Colo. (Ap
Douglas Magill
Mishawaka
Ind
Phyfs
Thompson
Here
Magills
Big Thompson
AT&T long distance rates ruled reasonable by judge
Washington The Rural Communications Commission judge ruled AT&T long distance rates reasonable relative to its return and rejected staff calls to split Western Electric from AT&T. The decision ends a 103 day hearing spanning May 1974 to July 1975, with findings pending further commission action.
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Washington
Rural Communications Commission
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
David I. Kraushaar
FCC
Commission
Congress
At&t
Western Electric Co
Kraushaar
Eleven Die After Legion Convention Illness Scare
Harrisburg AP Eleven people who attended a Pennsylvania American Legion convention in Philadelphia July 21 24 have died from similar symptoms. Edward Hoak state adjutant said many attendees were hospitalized statewide with chest pains and high fevers 104 to 107 degrees. Names of the deceased include Elmer Hafer Jimmy Dolan J.P. Ralph William Byrd Louis Byerly Frank Harvey Frank Aveni Julius Gaggiania Charles Chamberlain Abe Ruben and Andy Warnek. Health officials reported an investigation and planned specimen collection to identify an etiologic agent.
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Harrisburg
American Legion
Philadelphia
Legion
Edward T. Hoak
Hoak
Williamsport
Elmer Hafer
Lewisburg
Jimmy Dolan
J.P. Ralph
Williamstown
William Byrd
Bloomsburg
Louis Byerly
Jeannette
Frank Harvey
McKeesport
Frank Aveni
Clearfield
Julius Gaggiania
Republic
Charles Chamberlain
Chambersburg
Abe Ruben
Donora
Andy Warnek
Fayette County
William Parkin
Pennsylvania Health Department
Parkin
Americans and Vietnamese with US passports flee Vietnam toward Bangkok
About 20 Americans and Vietnamese with American passports remain in Vietnam as 49 Americans and dependents depart to Bangkok. Frederick Gulden, an architect from Chicago, reports Vietnamese moved to new agricultural areas are dying from disease and lack of care. Some evacuees say the Communist government wants to remove all foreigners. remaining Americans include Richard Hughes, Teresa Arf Reed, John H. Gay, and Tucker Gugelman.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Vietnam
Saigon
Frederick Gulden
Chicago
Richard Hughes
Teresa Arf Reed
Hanoi
John H. Gay
Tucker Gugelman
Hughes
Miss Reed
Gay
Gugelman
Central Intelligence Agency
State Department
Washington
U.S
Herman A. McDonald
San Rafael
Calif
Mekong Delta
Yee Leong Ching
Gerald Posner
Brooklyn
N.Y
Tu Thi Nhan
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Larimer
Robert Watson
N.C. Baptist Hospital
Forsyth
Winston- Salem
Guilford County
Magill
Shen
Jerry Alanko
Legion Convention
Wilkes-Barre
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