Agnes Brings Flash Floods To Virginia
Tropical storm Agnes drenched the northeast with up to a foot of rain forcing thousands to flee homes as floods surged. At least eight people drowned, six in Virginia, with counties from Covington to central regions hit hard. Washington metro and Big Meadows saw heavy totals while threats of more floods prompted evacuations and shelter use across Maryland and the area. The disaster left bridges and roads damaged, with estimates around one million dollars, as crews worked amid rescues and missing persons alerts.
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UPI
Agnes
United States
Virginia
Florida
Cuba
Seaboard
Big Meadows
Metropolitan
Washington
North Carolina
New York
Civil Defense Office
Higdmond
Red Cross
Maryland
Covington
National
Virginia Highway Department
Knoxville area to host national cancer research center
A 117,885 planning grant from the National Cancer Institute funds the first year of a two year study to locate a cancer research center in the Knoxville Oak Ridge region. The joint project involves the University of Tennessee UT Memorial Research Center and Hospital Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Oak Ridge Associated Universities. If located there the center could bring up to million annually in federal funds according to co directors Dr Amoz I Chernoff and Dr Charles C Congdon. The Memphis area reports note a zoo protest and a downtown blackout caused by a squirrel at an electric substation affecting stoplights elevators and WHER radio WMC TV.
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Knoxville
UPT
Knoxville-Oak Ridge
National Cancer Institute
University of Tennessee
UT Memorial Research Center
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge Associated Universities
Amoz I. Chernoff
Charles C. Congdon
Memphis
UPI
Wmc-Tv
Former Tennessee Governor Browning Injured in Fall at Home
Former Tennessee governor Gordon Browning, 82, is in fair condition in the ICU at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital after breaking his left hip in a fall at his Huntingdon home on Tuesday. Browning previously broke his right hip three years ago.
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Gordon Browning
Browning
Huntingdon
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital
Two Men Charged In Daisy Deaths
Two men were arrested in Chattanooga and charged with three counts of murder in the Daisy store killings. Doyle Jones and David L. Smith held without bond after being taken from Smith’s residence. Victims included Parker, Reynolds, and Davis. a light green 1957 Chevrolet was linked to the crime scene.
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Daisy
Chattanooga
Hamilton County
Hill County
Davia
Amhrae
Chattannoga
Judge To Decide Must Delegates Back Wallace On First Ballot
Memphis chancellor will rule on a motion to compel five Democratic delegates to back George Wallace for president through two ballots. The Wallace campaign alleges state primary law requires support for the first two ballots, while delegates challenge the law as unconstitutional. The case also questions whether nonmembers voted in the Tennessee primary.
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Wallace
Memphis
UPI
Wil V. Doran
George Wallace
Doran
Robert L. Taylor
Tennessee
H. Ralph Jackson
Maine Smith
Margaret Dicanio
Allen Fuson
Janice Payne
William Caldwell
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
Caldwell
Ewing
Dorn
Miami
Mine Officials Challenge Jury Rights in Yablonski Slayings
Washington County Judge Charles G. Sweet may dismiss challenges from Albert Pass and William Prater, UMW officials facing murder trials in the Yablonski killings. Motions contest grand jury selection and extradition, with a July 11 hearing set. Pass and Prater are among seven defendants in the Clarksville, Pennsylvania case.
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Washington, Pva
UPI
Charles G. Sweet
Washington County
United Mine Workers
Yablonski
Albert Pass
Middlesboro
William Prater
LaFollette
Tenn
Pass
Prater
Sweet
U. S. Court of the Eastern District of Tennessee
UMW
UMW District 19
Joseph A
Jock” Yablonski
Clarksville, Pa
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Overton Park Zoo
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Tennessee Higher Education Commission
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Kentucky
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Kingsport
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