Mississippi Flood Crest Reaches Historic High Points
The Mississippi River surged to its highest level in over two centuries threatening dikes and farmland across seven states. The flood inundated 11 million acres, left tens of thousands homeless, and swelled damage estimates beyond 500 million dollars as Missouri reports 17,000 displaced residents.
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Bomb blasts devastate Roseville damaging dozens of homes
Sheriff deputies and National Guardsmen scour Roseville and Antelope Calif for unexploded bombs after a six hour series of blasts on a Southern Pacific ammunition train. The explosions injured under fifty people, leveled buildings within a quarter mile of the site, and scattered explosive fragments posing danger to returning residents.
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Congress Faces Midnight Decision on Wage Price Authority
Congress returns from Easter recess and must act by midnight to extend or let Nixon's wage price control authority expire. A compromise bill would extend to April 30, 1974, but Republicans oppose four amendments including requiring cost disclosures by big firms and allowances for petroleum rationing.
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Kissinger to Fly to Moscow for Talks This Week
Henry Kissinger will depart Washington Thursday for talks in Moscow with Leonid Brezhnev. The discussions, likely four to five days, aim to lay groundwork for Brezhnev's planned late June visit to Washington and cover nuclear arms limits troop reductions in Europe and trade, amid broader U S Soviet relations.
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