Rampaging River Floods Loveland Area Dead and Missing
The Big Thompson flood left at least 58 dead with about 40 missing and 250 injured after a 12 foot wall of water swept through campsites and motels along a 30 mile canyon. Hundreds were stranded on high ground as National Guardsmen and rescue teams airlifted supplies and evacuated survivors.
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Loveland
Colo
Rocky Mountain
Big Thompson
Richard Lamm
Ford
Rocky Mountain National Park
Estes Park
Denver
Big Thompson Canyon
Watson
Evacuated Americans say Vietnam exodus continues
Bangkok reports show about 20 Americans and Vietnamese with American passports believed still in Vietnam after 49 Americans and dependents arrived from Saigon. Frederick Gulden, a 54-year-old Chicago architect, says people moved to new agricultural zones are dying from disease and poor care. Some evacuees accuse the Communist government of trying to remove foreign presence. officials expect remaining Vietnamese Americans to depart eventually.
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Thailand
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Saigon
Frederick Gulden
Chicago
Ill
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Ann Reed
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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
Richard Mortis Mielke
Sherman H. Bennett
Denver
Kerry Huebeck
Ocala
Fla
Fred Hahn Rivera
Ford W. Thomason
San Mateo
William G. Cooper
William 3. Smith
Detroit
Maurice J. Bauhahn
Grand Rapids
Mich
Paul Louis Horton
Wilton
Corin
Major quake warning as Tangshan aftershocks rise
Foreign residents flee Peking and Tientsin while Chinese seismologists warn of a new major quake after 110 aftershocks in Tangshan area. Initial quakes registered 8.2 and 7.9 on the Richter scale. tens of thousands believed dead. Rescue workers swarm Tangshan as authorities report many miners safely surfaced.
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Tokyo
Peking
Tientsin
Tangshan
Peking Zoo
David Dean
U.S
San Francisco
Hsinhua
West Virginia miners face stubborn wildcat standstill
Pickets from Consolidation Coal Co and Eastern Associated Coal Co halted shifts at 11 mines with 3,700 workers, while 60,000 California canners reopened after a harvest strike. air controllers paused outbound flights and rubber workers' 104 day walkout continues. UMW head Miller urged a return to work, but southern miners vowed to press the strike. Local 1759’s 213 members joined the push, challenging the judge’s fines offer.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Consolidation Coal Co
Astern Associated Coal Co
Grant Town
California
Ers
United Mine Workers’ District 31
Local 1759
Hayes Holstein
UMW
Arnold Miller
Charleston
W.va
Money the Solution at Fairview State Hospital
Readers are told that all the problems at Fairview State Hospital for the criminally insane are tied to costs, with the public wary of footing the bill. The note directs readers to page three for the full story.
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Fairview State Hospital
Billy
James J. Long
Barnesboro
Edward L. Salsgiver
McDowell Cemetery
Obituaries Across Several Local Communities
Death notices from page 34 announce Clarence J. Irwin 83 of Clymer RD 2 Deann Katherine Long 15 of RD 2 Cherry Tree Gloria Ann Peel 47 Cleveland formerly Hellwood Clark F. Pollock 28 New Kensington Lula Stiles 73 Mentele Homer C. 76 St Cloud Florida formerly Avonmore Mrs Caroling 4 Alverda.
Strong Quake Strikes Near Hebrides
A strong earthquake shook the New Hebrides Islands in the South Pacific early today. It registered 6.9 on the Richter scale per National Earthquake Information Center. No severe damage was reported. The islands lie about 500 miles west of Fiji.
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Canton
Hong Kong
Tokyo
Peking
Foreign Ministry
Information Bureau
Alaska
Tangshan
Tientsin
China
Golden
Colo
New Hebrides
South Pacific
National Earthquake Information Center
Marvin Carlson
Carson
Fiji
Cherry Tree Area Girl Abducted Slain
State police investigate the homicide of 15-year-old Deann Long whose body was found near Union town on Route 580. Autopsy shows a single back-of-head bullet wound. sexual assault tests pending. Her sister Lola provided an abductor description as investigators seek leads.
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Cherry Tree RD 2
Dean Katherine Long
Uniontown
Route 580
Green Township
Indiana
Thomas Streams
Deann
Lola
Daniel Raymond
Pete" Long
Purchase Line High School
Calvin Long
Emery Cowan
Leonard
Patricia
Rose
Chief Weather Outlook Sees Partly Cloudy Skies
Chief Tommy Hawk reports Gazetteland weather with partly cloudy and cool tonight. Overnight lows mid 50s. Tuesday brings more partly cloudy skies with highs in the 70s. A ten percent chance of rain tonight and Tuesday.
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Tommy Hawk
Battle for GOP delegates in run to convention
As the Republican National Convention nears, Ford and Reagan fight for delegates. Independent tallies show neither has 1,130 needed, with Ford ahead and inches closer. Schweiker's liberal pick stirs conservative displeasure, yet Sears claims no loss of delegates. Reagan and Schweiker to appear before Mississippi delegates in Jackson.
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Mord
Ronald Reagan
Kansas City
Ford
Reagan
Richard Schweiker
Pensylvania
California
John Sears
Sears
ABC
Schweiker
Northeast
Mississippi
Jackson
NBC
Pennsylvania
Hugh Scott
Scott
Associated Press
Time Magazine
Newsweek
Jimmy Carter
Oxygen signals spark Mars life hunt aboard Viking
In Pasadena AP reports Viking 1 data show an unexpected 15 fold rise in oxygen in a life seeking probe, prompting cautious hope for Martian life. Scientists warn chemical processes like peroxide or other agents could explain the readings, with several experiments under review and more data due this week.
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Casif
Mars
Viking 1
Viking
Gerald Soffen
Harold Klein
Earth
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Daniel Raymond Sow
Cherry Tree RD
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FBI
Yockey, Homer C
St. Cloud, Fla
Avonmore
Caroling
Alverda
Hebrides
Cherry Tree Area
Deann Katherine Long
Police
GOP
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