Corpus Christi area floods after Celia with widespread damage
The Rio Grande and Nueces regions faced flood warnings as up to 30 inches of rain from Celia drenched the coast. President Nixon declared Corpus Christi a major disaster area unlocking federal relief, while Gov. Preston Smith and others urged swift aid. Hospitals were damaged, army units staffed Aransas Pass, and Red Cross noted about 65,000 families harmed with thousands of homes destroyed or damaged. Power outages lingered. restoration hoped within days in downtown Corpus Christi. Police raided City Park Youth Center for illegal alcohol and obscene film, filing warrants for 14 suspects after a tip of a noisy party.
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Rio Grande
Nueces River
Gulf
Nixon
Corpus Christi
Preston Smith
Houston
Aransas Pass
Hobstown
Here
Ingleside
Rockport
Port Aransas
Taft
Linton
Mathis
Robstown
Red Cross
E. Holand Harriman
George Hastings
Office of Emergency Planning
Celia
City Park
Willis
Floyd Turner
Nimrod Shaw
Muriel Moss
Arthur Phillips
Robert Phillips
Mattie Block
Bertha Dennis
George Smith III
Amanda Harris
Aaron Taylor
Jerry Hamilton
Thomas Flenery
Bobby Ray Prater
George Prater
John Shirley
James Purtle
Everett Edwards
Wallace Martin
Robert Neel
James H. Pilkinton
Arkansas Grants Go Ahead on 18 Voting Age Plan
The Arkansas Election Commission voted to proceed with implementing the federal law lowering the voting age to 18. Attorney General Joe Purcell said he would join related Supreme Court litigation. Governor Rockefeller called the meeting amid questions over Congress's power to lower the age by statute.
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Little Rock
State Election Commission
Arkansas
Oregon
Texas
U.S. Supreme Court
Joe Purcell
U.S
John N. Mitchell
Winthrop Rockefeller
Mitchell
Congress
U S Air Is Evident in Cambodia Near Skoun
Seven American warplanes supported Cambodian battalions in need of air power. An American trained Cambodian air controller directed the strikes with flawless radio technique. After the air strikes, Cambodian troops recaptured part of Skoun outskirts, with heavy fighting ahead. Skoun lies 40 miles north of Phnom Penh.
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Skom
Cambodia
U.S
Skoun
Phnom Penh
Rockefeller backs Kelly for Arkansas GOP chair
Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller endorses William T. Kelly of Little Rock for the Republican state chairmanship. Also in the race are Charles Bernard of Earle and Everett A. Ham of North Little Rock. Voting occurs after the November 3 general election by party officers and county officials from 75 counties.
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Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
William T. Kelly
Republican Party
Kelly
Charles Bernard
Earle
Everett A. Ham
North Little Rock
Pulaski County
GOP
Robert W. Faulkner
Israel Endorses U S Plan for Cease Fire and Talks
The Israeli Knesset backed the government’s acceptance of the American plan for a day cease fire and indirect peace negotiations with the Arabs by a vote of 66 to 28. Premier Gold Meir warned troops would stay in captured Arab lands until a peace agreement is reached, and settlement borders would be set in talks. Mortar fire near Metulla wounded five Israeli teens as fighting continued at Lebanon and Jordan borders.
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Associated Press
Tripoli
Lebanon
Israel
Gold Meir
U.N. Security Council
Old Jerusalem
Golan Heights
Syria
Gaza Strip
Egypt
Sinai
Strait of Tiran
Jordan River
Sinai Desert
Meir
Yigal Allen
Knesset
United States
Tel Aviv
Metulla
Obituary for Robert Otto McLaughlin in Hope
Funeral services for Robert Otto McLaughlin 59 of Hope and former North Dakota resident who died Tuesday in a local hospital will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. in the Herndon Chapel with Dr. S A Whitlow officiating Burial will follow in Rosehill Cemetery He is survived by his wife Buela one son Maj Robert C McLaughlin USAF Fort Worth three brothers William of Berkeley California George of Moorhead Minnesota Lester of Fargo North Dakota and five grandchildren
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Robert Otto McLaughlin
Hope
North Dakota
Herndon Chapel
S. A. Whitlow
Rosehill Cemetery
Buela
Maj
Robert C. McLaughlin
USAF
Fort Worth
William
Berkley
Calif
George
Moorehead
Minn
Lester
Fargo
N. D
Mixed Drink Bill Fails to Rally Votes in Arkansas
AP report from Little Rock notes the 1969 local option mixed drink law has only approved in Garland and Pulaski counties and Little Rock and Eureka Springs, with Texarkana West Memphis Blytheville and Fort Smith voting it down. ABC Director Joe Gaspard says there was little election activity this year and cites Chamber of Commerce interest as a key factor.
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Tommy Yates
Associated Press
Little Rock
Artkansas
Garland
Pulaski
Eureka Springs
Texarkana
West Memphis
Blytheville
Fort Smith
Joe Gaspard
Gaspard
Memphis
Chamber of Commerce
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Irda Cn
Martin, Purtle and
Neel
Youth Center
Hope Ark
Gene Allen
Board
Rockefeller
Wm T. Kelley
Manson
Denver
Paul Fitzgerald
Patricia Krenwinkel
Miss Tate
Older
Shinn
Susan Atkins
Ronald Hughes
Leslie van Houten
Irving Kanarek
Linda Kasabian
Los Angeles Times
Aaron Stovitz
John N. Ellis
Hughes
ABC
Bett
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