Wasteful bills loom as trucks crack interstate highways
The General Accounting Office warns that U.S. interstates suffer from design flaws and heavy truck weight. Despite millions spent to build the system, deterioration accelerates, risking far larger repair costs. Proposals to route heavier traffic onto non primary highways face a bungled, politically charged path. Crowley Daily Signal reports from Louisiana.
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General Accounting Office
Congress
Crowley
Daily Signal
Eleven Die In Minneapolis Blaze At East Hennepin
A three story building on East Hennepin Avenue in downtown Minneapolis burned early today killing eleven men, many elderly. Four people were hospitalized in critical condition and nine escaped, one via rope from the top floor. The fire started in a wooden exterior stairway. interior floors two and three were destroyed while the first floor fared better. Preliminary loss was about 150000. The building housed three businesses on the first floor and 33 rooms and apartments on the upper floors.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Minneapolis
Lee J. Schoephoerster
Fire Department
Hennepin Avenue
Mississippi River
More Liberal Unemployment Insurance Passed in Senate Vote
President Nixon would extend unemployment insurance to 4.7 million more workers and lengthen benefit periods during high jobless times. The Senate approved the measure 56-19 after House action of 388-3 earlier, with conferees seeking to restore a farm workers provision left out in the compromise.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate
House
Senate House
200 Mile War On Border Of Laos
The United States and South Vietnam wage a wide air and ground offensive along 200 miles of the Laotian border to block North Vietnamese troops and war supplies headed for South Vietnam and Cambodia. South Vietnamese units, including 1st and 2nd infantry divisions and a marine brigade, conduct operations as U.S. B52s drop bombs at night along the Ho Chi Minh trail toward the Cambodian border. Casualties and damage are reported at Kham Duc where North Vietnamese sappers attacked, leaving several dead and wounded.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
United States
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Demilitarized Zone
da Nang
Laotian Panhandle
Laos
Pathet Lao
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Vietnam
U.S
196Th Light Infantry Brigade
Kham Duc
Superjet Key to Civil Air Supremacy
Federal official urges the United States to build a complete aircraft family including long-range SSTs and small airliners to retain market share as foreign competitors loom. A new environmental report on SSTs confirms earlier concerns, highlighting billions at stake.
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Vern Haugland
AP Aerospace
Washington
United States
William M. Magruder
Department of ‘Transportation
Magruder
Williams College
Transportation Department
Arkansas Weather Outlook Shows Heat and Humidity
The Associated Press reports continued hot and humid conditions across Arkansas with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Additional light rain was expected, and Harrison recorded 14.2 inches of rain in under an hour with gusts reaching 40 mph.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Harrison
Robinson tapped to head Sebastian County campaign
Ray Thornton of Sheridan announced that Clay Robinson of Fort Smith was named to head campaign activities in Sebastian County. Robinson, a Little Rock native, is an attorney.
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Little Rock
Ray Thornton
Sheridan
Clay Robinson
Fort Smith
Sebastian County
Robinson
Manson's Attorney Jailed Over Contempt
Los Angeles AP reports defense attorney Dave Shinn spent three nights in jail with Charles Manson after the clan leader briefly flashed a newspaper headline to the jury. The judge cited willful contempt for leaving the paper within reach at the counsel table. Shinn said the act was accidental and followed a denied mistrial motion surrounding Nixon's statement.
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Linda Deutsch
Associated Press
LOS Angeles
Charles M. Manson
Sharon Tate
Manson
Nixon
Dave Shinn
Shinn
Superior Court
Charles H. Older
Romney Leads Michigan GOP Senate Race Amid Tech Delays
Lenore Romney held a slim edge over State Sen. Robert Huber in Michigan's GOP Senate primary as computer problems delayed vote tabulation in Detroit. With 73 percent of precincts in, Romney led Huber 239,804 to 221,970. In other Tuesday primaries Missouri Kansas Idaho results showed Symington and Frizzell winning, with incumbents renominated.
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Associated Peas
Lenore Romney
Senate
Michigan
Detroit
Romney
Robert Huber
George Romney
Housing and Urban Development
Nixon
Huber
Missouri
Stuart Symington
Atty
John Danforth
Kansas
Kent Frizwell
Robert Docking
Docking
House
Idaho
Don Samuelson
Yhp
Dick Smith
Rexburg
Cécil Dr. Andrus
Samuelson
Mrs. Romney
Missing Man Huckabee Found Near Spring Hill Battlefield Loop
Bavern Huckabee, 82, who had been missing since Monday night in the Battlefield Loop area near Spring Hill, was found alive in a small clearing shortly before 9 this morning. He reported good health and was taken to Memorial Hospital for a checkup. The search involved the sheriff's department Hempstead County Rescue Unit and volunteers.
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Bavern Huckabee
Battlefield Loop
Spring Hill
If We Practiced What We Preached There'd Be No Preaching
HAL BOYLE notes that practicing what we preach would erase preaching as money lies in old letters and civic joys. He jokes about fashion, relationships, and social mores while urging self reliance and humor in daily life. The piece uses playful observations on manners, sexuality, and consumer choices.
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Hal Boyle
New York
America
Miss Spaak Seeks Custody of 7 Year Old Sabrina
Belgian-born actress Catherine Spaak has asked a Rome court to grant custody of her 7 year old daughter Sabrina born to her and Italian dressmaker Roberto Capucci. The couple separated six years ago and Sabrina has lived with Capucci's mother Ida Capogrossi who Spaak says is too old to care for her. The court will consider the request next month. Capogrossi's age was not disclosed.
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Rome
Catherine
Roberto Capucci
Sabrina
Capucci
Ida Capogrossi
Fulton Road Is Up for Bidding
The Arkansas Highway Commission will open bids August 26 on 14 projects totaling about 5.2 million dollars. Projects include a north approach to the I 430 Arkansas River Bridge at an estimated 1.89 million and resurfacing and drainage work across numerous counties from Ashley to White, with several state highways and bridge relocations slated.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Highway Commission
Arkansas River
Ashley
Bayou Bartholomew
Arkansas
CLARK
Caddo River
I-30
Cleburne
Windley
Little Red River
Chicot
Drew County
Crittenden
Franklin
Crawford County
Altus
Hempstead
Fulton
Cross Roads
Hot Spring
Garland
Bonnerdale
Lake Hamilton
Logan
Franklin County
Paris
Miller
Arkansas 1
Mississippi
Arkansas 77
Arkansas 118
Arkansas 14
Phillips
Arkansas 45
Arkansas 49
Walnut Corner
Arkansas 44
JCs Meet to Reactivate Do Something Program
The Hope JCs plan to reactivate and reorganize their program with a first project to determine manpower needs and recruit volunteers. A meeting will be held Thursday night at 7:30 at the Chamber of Commerce with several state JC officials to explain the program. All young men aged 21 to 35 are urged to attend and bring their wives.
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Justin Caldwell
Jimmy Whitten
Rispsetold
Hope
University of Arkansas
Jimmy
University Medical Center
Little Rock
N. R. Whitten
Texarkana
Roosevelt Ellis
Bill Stewart
Hope Transfer
KXAR
Hope High School
First Baptist Church Sunday School and Training Union
Star Carrier
Hope Star
Earl Downs
Chamber of Commerce
32 Dead and 200 Million Loss in Celia Storm
Corpus Christi and nearby areas face widespread destruction from Hurricane Celia with 32 deaths, heavy property and crop losses approaching 300 million and 960 million respectively. Winds to 160 mph battered Texas coast before Celia weakened inland across Mexico.
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Paul Recer
Associated Press
Corpus Christi
Tex
Teas
Bend
Colin
Texas
Celia
Mexico
Cuba
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Weather Bureau
Corpus Christi Bay
Embassy Fears For Safety Of 2 Kidnapped Officials
The U S Embassy fears for the safety of two kidnapped foreign officials, including an American, as Uruguay refuses to negotiate with Tupamaro rebels holding Daniel Mitrione and Aloysio Gomide Dias. A government communique calls captives criminals, while a Foreign Ministry official weighs whether to negotiate by Wednesday. Security raids net arrests but fail to free the captives.
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Anibal Arguello
Montevideo
Uruguay
U.S
Interior Ministry
Daniel A. Mitrione
Aloysio Mares Dias Gomide
Carlos Giambruno
Foreign Ministry
Mexico
Peru
Algeria
Mitrione
Dias Gomide
U.S. State Department
Department
Cour
Daniel Pereira Manelli
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