Rapid City Flood Death Toll Climbs to 208
The nations worst flood in 44 years pushes the death toll to 208 with about 500 missing and 3,000 homeless in Rapid City South Dakota. National Guardsmen search debris while a curfew limits night operations. McGovern and Kneip visit the damaged area as water remains unavailable citywide.
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F. Richard Ciccone
Associated Press
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S.D
Black Hills
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Canyon Lake
George McGovern
Richard Kneip
McGovern
Congress
Rapid City High School
Pennington County Health Department
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Ellsworth Air Force Base
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Small Business Administration
Office of Economic Opportunity
Flood Dead Include Great Cross-Section In Hope Arkansas
Disaster list shows Rapid City flood victims spanning professions from doctor to housewife. Among the dead were Father Francis Collins, Maj. William Medley, Marvin Pepper, William Rough, Raymond Fox, Lowell Dieter, and Billie Crane Smith, with victims linked to Ellsworth AFB and local institutions. Rescue efforts used cranes and private equipment as search teams scoured two blocks of Rapid Creek for bodies and to aid campers trapped along U.S. 79 near the dog trap.
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David M. Goldberg
Associated Press
Rapid City
S.D
South Dakota
U.S
Johnstown
Florida
David Heraty
Rapid Creek
Jackson Boulevard
Omaha Street
U.S. 79
Raymond Fox
Lowell Dieter
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Maj. Medley
Salvation Army
William Magner
Billie Crane Smith
Joyce Christensen
Kissinger Invites Hirohito to Visit United States
President Nixon invited Emperor Hirohito to visit the United States, conveyed by Henry Kissinger after a weekend of talks with Japan. Prime Minister Sato indicated an appropriate time would be arranged through normal channels, marking a historic potential trip as Japan and the U.S. reassess China policy and economic ties. Kissinger emphasized a bilateral approach to future friction and affirmed Japan’s role in regional and global economic affairs.
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John Roderic
Associated Press
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API
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Hirohito
United States
Henry A. Kissinger
Japan
Kissinger
Eisaku Sato
Sato
Alaska
Europe
Anchorage
Takeo Fukuda
Washington
China
Fukuda
Asia
Salvation Army Major Dies Helping Flood Victims
Joy Medley, widow of Salvation Army Major Bill Medley, describes his death while aiding rescue efforts during Rapid City flood. He disappeared after moving a camper to aid others near Story Book Island as more than 200 people died. She continues relief work and recalls their 24 years in the service and deep local roots.
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James Wilson
Associated Press
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S.D
Joy Medley
Bill
Salvation Army
Story Book Island
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Bill Medley
Columbia City
Ind
Indiana
Fergus Falls
Fairmont
Minn
Williston
N.C
Arkansas Weather Outlook Tomorrow Warmer With Showers West
Weather report for 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Monday notes a high of 84 and low of 65. Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and a warmer trend with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers, most numerous in the western portion. Night lows mid 60s to low 70s. Tuesday highs mid 80s to low 90s.
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Arkansas
West
Obituary notices and career highlights from AP reports
The day’s obituaries include John Paul Vann a 47 year old civilian adviser killed in a helicopter crash in the Central Highlands. F M Lindsay 92 longtime Lindsay Schaub Newspapers leader. Evelyn A McClelland 79 member of the Duncan Sisters. and George R Edwards 82 long time Missouri Tigers basketball coach.
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South Vietnam
Central Highlands
Vann
Decatur
Ill
F.M. Lindsay
Lindsay-Schaub Newspapers
Lindsay
Decatur Newspapers Inc
Lindsay-Sechaub
Illinois
Florida
Michigan
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Los Angeles
Duncan Sisters
George RK. Edwards
Columbia
George R. Edwards
University of Missouri
Edwards
Tigers
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Bos
Yo Oand
Gospel Meeting Survives Crash on I-20 Near Sweetwater
Five Whittier College students bound for Explo 72 suffered injuries after a cattle truck crashed on Interstate 20 east of Sweetwater Texas. Three students were seriously hurt and hospitalised while uninjured riders handed out gospel literature and prayed. The group planned to proceed to Dallas for the evangelistic events despite the wreck.
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Joe Gordon
Sweetwater
Tex
California
Dallas
Whittier College
West Coast
Christ
Whittier
West Side Baptist Church
Rick Yorty
Euphrates
N.Y
Yorty
Lord
Cathy Berris
U S Marines move into Thailand near Nam Phong base
News reports say a secret U S Marines influx has reached Nam Phong Air Base near Khon Kaen Thailand to prepare fighter bomber operations. Thai officials oppose the arrival while U S strength in Thailand rises to about 40 000 with 7 500 more since the North Vietnamese offensive began.
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Thailand
Khon Kaen
Nam Phong
Bangkok
Marine Corps
Ashington
South Vietnam
More Showers Ahead With Tornado and Hail Strikes
Scattered thunderstorms hit the central United States including the Dakotas with a tornado near Bismarck North Dakota and heavy hail in Dickinson. Miami logged over an inch and a half of rain in six hours while temperatures fell to the 30s and 40s in the Northeast and Northwest with frost expected by dawn.
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Associated Press
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Gulf Coast
Bismarck
N.D
Dickinson
Miami
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