Nixon seeks single agency to consolidate disaster aid
President Nixon urged Congress to create a Disaster Preparedness and Assistance Act to centralize relief in HUD. The plan would standardize benefits, curb misuse, and boost state and local roles with a $250 000 first year grant to each state. It targets a 1972 flood and cyclone damage relief overhaul.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Agnes
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Office of Emergency Preparedness
OEP
Small Business Administration
SBA
Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Office of Management and Budget
OMB
Department of Transportation
DOT
Army Engineers
Seabees
Cotton land under water as plant deadline nears
Federal officials warn new rainfall in the flooded Mississippi Valley could ruin cotton crops in Mississippi and Louisiana. The National Weather Service says three inch rains may force farmers to shift toward soybeans as the May 15 planting deadline nears. Floodwaters edge supplies. levees are being raised across the region. Total flood damage is estimated at 407 million dollars across eight states. Nearly 13 million acres remain underwater from Missouri to the Gulf.
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Craig Ammerman
Associated Press
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi
Louisiana
National Weather Service
Weather Service
Mississippi River
Fred Anderson
Mississippi River Commission
St. Louis
Illinois
Gulf of Mexico
Colorado
Gulf
Hannibal
Anderson
Missouri
Kentucky
Tennessee
Arkansas
Army Corps of Engineers
Weather Outlook Through Thursday
Clear and cooler Tuesday night with a low near 45. Sunny and warmer Wednesday with a high near 70 and a 10 percent precipitation risk as winds shift from north to southwesterly. Thursday brings partly cloudy and mild conditions with a low around 45.
Kidnapped Consul General Leonhardy Freed in Mexico
The article notes U S Consul General Terrance G Leonhardy was kidnapped by a guerrilla band in Guadalajara on Friday and freed by Monday night He expresses relief at being free and reunited with his family The report also references Washington Post staff reaction to winning the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Watergate coverage.
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U.S
Terrance G. Leonhardy
Guadalajara
Mexico
Washington Post
Robert Woodward
Senator Henry Jackson probes Soviet grain deals
Columnist Paul Scott reports an investigating committee led by Senator Henry Jackson is examining last year’s large grain sales to the Soviet Union. The deals allegedly aided the Kremlin and harmed U.S. interests.
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Henry Jackson
Soviet Union
Kremlin
U.S
Paul Scott
Vote Margin Indicates More Central Wrangling
Central site zoning in La Crosse was approved by the Common Council Committee-of-the-Whole on a 12 to 8 vote with one abstention. The decision leaves at least 10 more months of wrangling as a two-thirds bond vote will be required next spring to finance buying the site from the school district. Opponents aim to block the bond while proponents claim enough votes to force any plan including old Central.
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Common Council Committee-of-the
la Crosse Area
Old Central
George Hickey
Ferdinand Sontag
Loren Wardwell
Joseph Addis
Frank Kaufmann
Donald Medinger
Harold Swanson
James Shoger
Reginald Gassen
Richard Egan
S. 15Th St
Lincoln Junior High School
Adolf Gundersen
R. 2
Lincoln
Ronald Johnson
S. 21St St
Central
Carlin Dahler
S. 16Th St
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Dahler
Swanson
Jeanne
Paul
James Hemker
Joseph Gohres
16Th St
Howard Dahl
17Th St
James Michael
Senate Watergate Probe Opens May 17
Senate panel led by Sen Sam J Ervin will begin public hearings May 17 and may grant limited immunity to John W Dean III to compel testimony on the Nixon White House cover up. Immunity would protect Dean only from self incrimination for his testimony and not from possible prosecution based on other evidence. The hearing schedule includes three days weekly and requires Justice Department and Judge John J Sirica approval for any immunity grant.
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Washington
Sam J. Ervin
D-N.c
Watergate Investigating Committee
White House
John W. Dean III
Ervin
Dean
Nixon
Democratic National
Senate
Justice Department
U.S. Dist
John J. Sirica
Lebanese Air War Rages Near Beirut Airport
Lebanese air force jets pounded Palestinian guerrilla positions near Beirut as fighting surged overnight. President Franjieh and Yasir Arafat reportedly agreed to a one hour cease fire, but clashes continued with air strikes, shelling, and casualties among guerrillas and civilians. Premier Hafez resigned amid the crisis as the government declared a state of emergency and airport closure.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Suleiman Franjieh
Yasir Arafat
Arafat
Middle East
Amin Hafez
Franjieh
Bir Hassan
Beirut Radio
Hafez
Ilkhander Ghanem
Israel
Sower Artwork Progress Hits Eight-Year Mark At St Marys
Fond du Lac students at St Marys Springs High School work on a seed mosaic titled The Sower and His Seed. Sister Agnesse places another seed as the project nears completion with more than 200 seed varieties to be used. Kim Kuether Alice OBrien Linda Goebel observe during AP Wirephoto feature.
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St. Mary’s Springs High School
Fond du Lac
Agnesse
Kim Kuether
Alice O'Brien
Linda Goebel
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Mark Twain
Becky ‘Thatcher
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Joe
Donald W. Affolter
Tribune
28Th and
Jackson
Old Central Site
Ann Landers
Bourj el Barajneh
Shatila
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