U S Planes Bomb Phnom Penh Area in Cambodia
Bombers unleashed heavy strikes around Phnom Penh and Takeo with 30 tons of hazardous material. Cambodian forces claimed repelling many ground assaults while reporting casualties. Thailand pledged continued support and training for Cambodian forces amid rising Communist pressure.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Takeo
Bangkok
Thailand
Son Nol
Kriangsak Chamandand
Hanoi Radio
United States
Kriangsak
Vientiane
Laos
Thanom Kittikachorn
Nixon
Alexander Haig Jr
Lon Nol
Norodom Sihanouk
Navy
Three-State Area Swept By Twisters Injure 40
Tornadoes across Mississippi Arkansas and Texas injure more than 40 people. An elementary school in Sumner Mississippi reports 36 injuries, mostly children. Four Arkansas towns and Texarkana report five injuries. National Guard and volunteers bolster sandbagging as four days of heavy rain crest downstream.
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Irnadoes
Mississippi
Arkansas
Texas
Sumner
Miss
Texarkana
Tex
Mis
Sissippi
Missouri
Ohio
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Pacific
East
National Guard
Mississippi River
Illinois
Iowa
Rain-Making Bill Seeks Tight Rules and Federal Oversight
The Oklahoma legislature considers amendments to a weather modification bill to ban new private rainmaking programs and require federal monitoring. Sen. Herschal Crow will present the amendments at a Thursday Senate Appropriations Committee meeting after Sen. Al Terrill outlines the measure. Taliaferro says existing private efforts may continue under federal oversight.
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Herschal Crow
Altus
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Capitol Committee
al Terrill
Senate
Crow
Jim Taliaferro
Lawton
Taliaferro
Senate Appropriations Committee
Environmental Quality Committee
Mississippi May Crest At Record High
Floods threaten the Mississippi River with a crest near 43.5 feet in St. Louis, the highest on record as crews reinforce levees. Eight deaths reported from recent flooding include Barbara Stuart and Lori Stuart of South Roxana Illinois. The Coast Guard mobilized 150 reservists for flood control while the Corps urged evacuations where levees may fail.
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T. Louis
St. Louis
Coast Guard
Barbara
Lori Stuart
South Roxana
Indian Creek
Mississippi
Corps of Engineers
Corps
National Weather Service
65 Man Crew Rescued Safely
In the Philippine Sea the Scottish freighter Spraynes rescued all 65 crewmen of the minesweeper Force eight hours after it burned and sank. The crew was saved from lifeboats and rafts 820 miles west of Guam and are aboard the Spraynes en route to Okinawa.
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Honolulu
Philippine Sea
Navy
Guam
Mariana Islands
U.S. Pacific Fleet Command
Australia
Japan
Okinawa
Scorpion
Atlantic
Ellsworth Lake Floodgates Held Closed As Lake Rises
Ellsworth City Council orders floodgates kept shut while lake nears five feet below top, and directs a study of land acquisition costs for areas potentially flooded at full capacity. Public works head warns 150 acres could flood if levels reach five feet on gates.
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Ellsworth Lake
Lake Ellsworth
Cleo Craig
Ellsworth
Fallsworth
Paul Brune
City Public Works
Brune
Larry Fountaine
Craig
Lake Lawtonka
Public Service Co
Army study finds half of combat troops have damaged hearing
A Army Medical Research and Development Command survey shows about 50 percent of professional combat soldiers suffer permanent hearing loss. Army officials order base and unit leaders to enforce mandatory use of hearing protection and launch comprehensive hearing conservation programs.
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Ashington
Army
Medical Research and Development Command
Lakes Get More Runoff After Overnight Rains
Turbulent weather swept Southwest Oklahoma with tornado warnings and soaking rain. Measured rainfall topped an inch in several towns, with Walters reporting 1.50 inches and Lake Lawtonka rising over five inches since Saturday. Lake levels near the floodgates improved from 4.05 to 3.60 feet below, as runoff fed tributaries and watersheds.
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Oklahoma
Lawton
Lake Lawtonka
Lake Ellsworth
Meers
Lawtonka
Ellsworth
Faxon
Altus
Frederick
Waurika
Fletcher
Chattanooga
Randlett
Grandfield
Comanche
L. T. Harri
Son
Arraignment Set For Six Indians
Six Indians including an AIM board member face arraignment today on charges from drunkenness to a firearms violation. Police found rifles and ammunition in a camper truck after a toll evasion stop on the Muskogee Turnpike. A sketch showed a ranch near Yale where AIM members had camped.
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Wagoner, Okla
Muskogee
David Eugene O'Neil
National Board of Directors
AIM
Yale
Okla
Pawnee
Hank Howell
Four Corners
Supreme Court backs four installment credit rule
The Supreme Court rules federal Reserve Board may require disclosure of credit costs on items paid in more than four installments. The decision cites Truth-In-Lending Act authority and aims to protect consumers in a vast credit market. The ruling upholds the four installment disclosure requirement amid a related pep pill case.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Warren F. Burger
Washington State
Burger
William C. Douglas
Potter Stewart
William H. Rehnquist
Lewis F. Powell Jr
City approves funds for Schoolhouse Slough excavation
City Manager Larry Fountaine said the nearly finished Schoolhouse Slough project at Lake Lawtonka will total 26 575 dollars and two thirds complete. He noted private contractors would charge about 105 000 dollars and outlined costs for dragline rental 2 500 dollars road repairs 2 300 dollars and other items totaling the 26 575 final.
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Csr
Larry Fountaine
Lake Lawtonka
Fountaine
Lawtonka
Street Department
Fish and Game Department
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Viet Cong
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Hue
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Mekong
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Shannon Palmer
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Rockies
Central
Northern Plains
Gulf Coast
Appalachians
New England
Council
LA Times
Washington Post Service
Fort Sill
Public Information Office
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Col
Harry W. McCurdy
McCurdy
By Peggy Joormson
Public Works
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