Kansas City Flood Toll Rises After Record 1969 Rain
Flash floods in Kansas City left 15 dead with several missing and hundreds homeless. The Brush Creek area flooded up to five feet in stores near the Plaza while the Blue River forced 500 mobile homes to evacuate at Heart of America Trailer Court. Police guarded shops as looters feared. power and phone outages spread, and 150 boats aided rescues.
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Kansas City
Brush Creek
Frank H. Spink, Jr
Country Club Plaza
Ward Parkway
Plaza
Spink
Blue River
Heart of America
General Motors Auto Assembly
Leeds
Scott Hooker
Understanding Hearings On Disputed Light Bills
A reader asks why a June light bill rose despite absence and a city official explains that running appliances affect usage. Re readings and meter checks may occur, but bills stand unless an adjustment is warranted. The piece also notes a metal chrome shop in Greensboro and a call for volunteers to Youth for Christ staff.
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C.P. A
General Electric Company
Dan Rominger
Youth For Christ
Addiction To Television Crime Blamed In Murder Trial
Miami defense attorney Ellis Rubin plans a novel defense of television intoxification for Ronald Zamora a 15 year old charged with killing an elderly woman. He argues prolonged exposure to crime shows contributed to the alleged act and could shape the September trial outcomes.
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Miami
Ellis Rubin
Ronald Zamora
Defense links teen suspect to crime shows in pretrial brief
Attorney Rubin argues Zamora’s exposure to TV crime dramas and a Manson film poisoned his mind and impaired behavior. Zamora and 14 year old Darrell Agrella are accused of breaking into Elinor Haggart’s Miami Beach home, shooting her, and stealing cash and a car on June 4. They will be tried separately as adults. Agrella’s trial is set for November 7.
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Rubin
Zamora
Kojak
E. Howard Hunt
Miami
Darrell Agrella
Miami Beach
Elinor Haggart
Gordon Liddy Enjoys Freedom Pacing With Son
Gordon Liddy says he adapts to freedom quickly and is very happy. He spends time racing his son, dining with his wife Frances, and avoiding reporters after release from Danbury prison. He remarks on his cryptic travel wish, East of the sun and west of the moon.
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Washington
G. Gordon Liddy
Frances
Liddy
New York
Danbury
Conn
Gordon
Stokowski Dies at 95 in Hampshire Village
Leopold Stokowski one of the world’s great conductors died at age 95 in Nether Wallop Hampshire after a virus infection triggered a heart attack. The naturalized American citizen, born in London, had signed a contract to work until 100 and led orchestras across Cincinnati Philadelphia Los Angeles San Francisco New York and more.
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London
Leopold Stokowski
Stokowski
Nether Wallop
Hampshire
Cincinnatti
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
San Francisco
New York
Houston
Lance Says He Will Not Resign Amid Senate Hearing
Bert Lance denied intends to quit as budget director and said he will continue at the Office of Management and Budget. Sen Gary Hart urged his departure, while Lance prepared for a Senate Government Affairs Committee session and a White House meeting on OMB matters.
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Washington
Bert Lance
Senate
Office of Management and Budget
Lance
Georgetown
Carter
Gary Hart
Colorado
Congress
Hart
White House
Alaska
Senate Government Affairs Committee
Charles H. Percy
Ill
Budget Post
Percy
John L. Moore
Associated Press
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