Morganza Spillway Opens To Divert Mississippi Floodwaters
The Morganza Spillway near Baton Rouge opened to channel about 60 000 cubic feet of water per second into the Atchafalaya basin as engineers monitor effects on the Old River Dam and await weather developments. About 42 of 125 gates were opened amid fresh rainfall forecasts and ongoing flood threats.
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Mississippi River
Atchafalaya Basin
New Orleans
Bonnet Carre
Lake Pontchartrain
Morganza
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Old River
Mississippi
Atchafalaya
Gulf of Mexico
Charles S. Noble
Mississippi River Commission
Edwin Edwards
Clarence Vicroy
National Weather Service
Mississippi Valley
Vicroy
India Bangladesh seek prisoner exchange pact over POWs
In New Delhi and Dacca a three way plan for repatriating about 90,000 Pakistani POWs held by India for 16 months was announced. The deal requires Pakistan to accept over 250,000 non Bengalis from Bangladesh and more Bengalis in Pakistan, with the exchange to be simultaneous and without prior recognition of the Dacca government.
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New Delhi
India
Bangladesh
Pakistan
Dacca
Kamal Hossain
Mujibur Rahman
Sheik Mujib
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Indian Subcontinent
Testimony Heard In Slaying Case In Fountain Valley Killing
Meral Smith testified on opening day of a suppression hearing in a mass slaying case at Fountain Valley Country Club. He and four other defendants, all black, face first degree murder charges for the Sept. 6 attack that killed eight people.
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Christiansted, V.1
Meral Smith
Smith
Fountain Valley
Scouting Post 166 to Sponsor Talent Show and Dance
Explorer Post No. 166 will sponsor a talent show and dance from 7 to 11 p.m. on April 24 at Patterson Center. Admission is 75 cents or $1 per couple. The best three acts win prizes. Post members raise funds for a field trip later this year. Post 166 is sponsored by Barnett Chapel AME Church and post advisor Herman Travers. Donations for post activities may be sent to Travers at 2603 H.
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Explorer
Post No. 166
Patterson Center
Post
Barnett Chapel
AME Church
Herman Travers
Travers
Reward Offered In Police Slaying
The Kansas Peace Officers Association posted a $1000 reward for information in the slaying of Larry Gene Beery a 29 year old police captain from Kingman Kansas. Beery was shot to death early Sunday while reportedly interrupting a burglary at a medical clinic.
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Hutchinson, Kan
Kansas Peace Officers Association
Larry Gene Beery
Kingman
Kan
Robert Adams
Hutchinson
Diet For Cows Might Reduce Milk Fat Level
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center researchers report a dairy cow diet that lowers milk saturated fats while doubling polyunsaturated fats. The method uses soy flour and water to enrich milk fat with linoleic acid, boosting polyunsaturated to saturated fat ratios and increasing oleic acid in milk.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
Ohio
U.S
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Donald L. Palmquist
Wilson R. Mattos
Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology
Jersey
Sooner Picked For Oil Position
W. L. Smith of Tulsa was elected president of the Kansas-Oklahoma division of the Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association. Smith succeeds Roy M. Mays who moved to Denver.
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Tulsa
Okla
W. L. Smith
Sun Oil Co
Monday
Kansas-Oklahoma
Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
Smith
Roy M. Mays
Denver
Trio Charged After Escape Attempt Ends
Three men who escaped a Muskogee county jail and were recaptured in Arkansas face escape and kidnapping charges in Oklahoma. The trio also faces assault with intent to kill in Arkansas after a high speed chase where shots were fired at an Arkansas State Police trooper.
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Muskogee
Okla
Arkansas
Dist
Jim Conrad
Bentonville
Ark
Stanley Lyles
Michael Goodman
Oklahoma
Arkanas
Lyles
Goodman
Orange County
California
Buena Park
Nail
Reception Set For Garrison in Oklahoma City
Friends of Denzil Garrison former state senator from Bartlesville will host a non partisan reception in Oklahoma City for him as a possible Republican gubernatorial candidate. Rep. Jan Turner and Lana Tyree promoted the event to be held at Faculty House 601 NE 14 Wednesday at 6 PM with guests including Stafford Weatherford astronaut also mentioned as a possible state candidate. The text also notes shipwrecks near Vancouver Island.
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Oklahoma City
Denzil Garrison
Bartlesville
Garrison
Jan Turner
R-Edmond
Lana Tyree
Faculty House
Stafford
Weatherford
Three Former Texas Football Players Among Drug Suspects
Thirteen defendants including three former Texas Christian University players face a federal indictment for operating a Mexico U S drug ring that distributed about 66 pounds of cocaine in Texas and Kansas. The former players are Larry Speake Richard N Ray and Richard L Garnett.
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Texas
Fort Worth
Buried Robbery Loot Recovered In Florida Island Find
Tulsa officers and private detective recover fifteen thousand dollars from a plastic bag buried about a foot deep on a Florida island. The money was from a March 26 Casa Bonita Restaurant burglary by three Tulsa men led by assistant manager Thomas H. Caffey.
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Tulsa
Okla
Florida
Casa Bonita
Richard Boling
Jack Carlson
Boling
Carlson
Caffey
Glant
Morris
Fire Rips Through Near-Complete Pauls Valley Motel
Wind fed by exploding paint cans destroys the manager’s living quarters and 12 motel units of the Four Sands West, near I-35 in Pauls Valley. Loss estimated at 250000. restaurant wing only smoked damaged. No injuries. fire origin undetermined as crews fight flames without nearby hydrants.
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Wilford Sanders
Pauls Valley
Four Sands West
Sanders
Market grain prices and Vancouver Island climate note
Grain prices show wheat at 2.23 and oats near. Prairie hay ranges 45.00 to 50.00 with alfalfa hay at 60.00 to 65.00. Vancouver Island experiences a maritime climate with heavy precipitation, persistent cloudiness and small temperature variation.
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Vancouver Island
Castleberry Given 100 Year Term In Knife Slay Case
Kenneth Ray Castleberry was sentenced to 100 years in prison on each of three counts for the knife slaying of his wife and two children. The term was set by Associate District Court Judge Jay Dalton after a March 22 jury verdict. A hearing on a possible new trial is scheduled for April 30 in Tulsa County.
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Tulsa
Okla
Kenneth Ray Castleberry
Associate District Court
Jay Dalton
Castleberry
Tulsa County
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