Drought Disaster Forecastes Scarce Rain Spark Price Fears
The worst drought since the 1930s continues with farmer losses mounting across Nebraska Kansas Texas Iowa Illinois Ohio and Oklahoma. Officials urge emergency loans and disaster declarations while Butz warns against panic and market distortion.
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United Press International
Oklahoma
David Hall
All
Ed Hardy
Earl Butz
Iowa
Robert Lounsberry
Lounsberry
Butz
Nebraska
J.J. Exon
Midlands
Exon
Ford discontinues impeach comment amid Nixon crisis
Vice President Gerald R. Ford said he would not discuss impeachment matters in public as President Nixon faces likely articles of impeachment and a Senate trial. He stressed the need for calm, constitutional process and will avoid comments while the trial proceeds.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
Ford
Congress
IBEW Strike Idles 56 000 at Western Electric Plants
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers strike pauses 56 000 workers at 10 Western Electric plants nationwide in its second day. Some 77 000 IBEW members stay at Bell System facilities under a tentative pact awaiting ratification. Unions also report GM Doraville plant walkout with 3 800 members over local contract terms.
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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Western Electric Co
Western Electric
IBEW
Bell Telephone System
Bell System
United Auto Workers
Doraville, Ga
UAW
Doraville
Lordstown
Ohio
St. Louis
Central
Bedford
Ind
Flournoy and Richardson urge Nixon resignation
In separate statements on Monday Republican candidates Houston S. Flournoy and H. L. Richardson called for President Nixon to resign. They argued Nixon deceived the House and public by withholding Watergate information and accused him of a high crime and impeachable offense. Brown countered that the move is a GOP strategy to delay disclosures.
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Sacramento
UPI
Houston S. Flournoy
GOP
U.S. Senate
H.L. Richardson
Nixon
Flournoy
Richardson
FBI
House Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Bitter remark from chaplain after prison siege ends
In Huntsville Texas Catholic chaplain Rev Joseph OBrien called Carrasco very sick and vicious as he died in the 11 day library siege. OBrien, one of four hostages bound to Carrasco and two others, said the world is better off without him. The siege, the longest in American penal history, ended as officers confronted the confederates on the library ramp.
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Huntsville
Tex
UPI
Fred Gomez Carrasco
Joseph O’brien
Carrasco
O’brien
State Penitentiary
Rudolpho Dominguez
Ignacio Cuevas
Red gunners hit Da Nang in escalate battle
Communist troops fired rockets at Da Nang and moved heavy Soviet tanks toward the city as a three week offensive continued. Reports say 120 rockets have struck the area with over 100 casualties, while Duc Duc and Thuong Duc fears of fall rise amid heavy shelling and advancing armor.
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Saigon
UPI
da Nang
South Vietnam
Lim Thanh van
Duc Duc
Thuong Duc
U.S
W. J. Lehmann
McCarthy Brown In Public Spat Over Chairmanship
In Sacramento Assembly Speaker Leo McCarthy and Assemblyman Willie Brown clash over a reported Health Committee chairmanship offer Brown denies. Brown says McCarthy seeks to marginalize him by moving him from Ways and Means and airing the dispute publicly.
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Sacramento
UPS
Assembly
Leoso McCarthy
Leo
Brown
McCarthy
Ways and Means Committee
Moretti
Newsmen
Senate Defeats Salary Increase for California Officials
The California Senate narrowly rejected SB1745 to raise governor and seven other constitutional officers pay by up to 20 percent. Supporter Sen. Dennis Carpenter noted current pay lags civil service levels, while opponents argued the public would object to higher salaries. The measure failed 18-15, with Carpenter allowed to seek reconsideration later.
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Sacramento
UPS
Senate
California
Milton Marks
San Francisco
Dennis E Carpenter
Newport Beach
Carpenter
Los Angeles
Walter W. Stiern
Bakersfield
Search continues for cave in victims in Miami building
Firemen search debris of a federal building after a rooftop parking deck collapsed killing four and leaving three more victims inside. Fifteen injured, all Federal Drug Enforcement Administration employees. Names of four women recovered and three agents inside the ruin listed.
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Miami
UPI
Fire Department
R.W. Fair
Federal Drug Enforcement Administration
FDEA
U. S
Caribbean
Anna J. Pope
Fort Lauderdale
Anna Y. Mounger
Martha Skeels
Mary Keehan
Carri Anne Fishing Vessel Rescued After 10 Day Search
The San Diego boat Carri Anne with owner Thomas H. Kendall and two others was found about 70 miles west of Santa Barbara after engine failure on July 26. The Resolute towed the vessel ashore as a large air sea search by Coast Guard Air Force and Navy logged 73 aircraft missions and 410 search hours across 235000 square miles.
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San Francisco
UPI
Coast Guard
Resolute
San Diego
Thomas H. Kendall
Santa Barbara
Air Force
Navy
Pacific
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