Bitter winter storm leaves thousands without power across Southeast
A longstanding January blizzard paralyses the Atlanta area with eight deaths and 75 000 outages. Emergency crews from Kentucky, Mississippi and Alabama assist Georgia Power as ice laden trees close schools and roads. Snow blankets several states and cold waves sweep the nation from Florida to Montana with gusts and travel advisories.
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United Press International
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Kentucky
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia Power Co
Georgia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
South Carolina
Police hunt for second sniper after New Orleans hotel siege
Police believe a second sniper may have escaped from the Howard Johnson Hotel as a 24 hour siege ended. A 50 block area was cleared, 300 rooms searched with no trace found. Six people died, including a Virginia couple, as officers and citizens faced fear and quiet streets.
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New Orleans
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Howard Johnson Hotel
Loyola Boulevard
Clarence Giarrusso
Acoss
City Hall
French Quarter
Russell Duke
Weather outlook with showers to clearing by tonight
Decreasing rain or showers today then clearing tonight with patchy fog. Wednesday brings increasing clouds and a chance of rain late. Highs in the 50s, lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s. Small craft advisory for southerly winds 15 to 30 mph. Tides: highs 4.4 ft at 1:49 am and 3.7 ft at 1:14 pm. lows 2 ft at 7:42 am and 1 ft at 7:34 pm.
Water pollution funds priorities set for 1972 73
The State Water Resources Control Board announced priorities for allocating 196 million in federal funds and 33 million in state funds for water pollution projects in 1972 73. Top priority targets cease and desist cases, second priority seeks facilities upgrades, with wider aims including regional sewer plans in Lompoc.
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State Water Resources Control Board
Water Quality Control Board
Gene Wahlers
Control Board
Kissinger Tho Talks Continue In Cold Paris Session
Six hour Vietnam peace talks in Paris open with no greetings or smiles as Kissinger and Tho maintain a chilly atmosphere at the villa outside Paris. Hanoi radio accuses US of new military moves while a Saigon source notes possible protective strikes north of the 20th parallel.
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Key West
Fla
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Paris
UPI
Henry Kissinger
le Duc Tho
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Saigon
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Haiphong
U.S
North Vietnam
Saint-Nam-la- Breteche
Beattie Named Chairman As New Board Members Sworn In
The Board of Supervisors sworn in two new members and reorganized with Francis H. Beattie of Lompoc named chairman for 1973. James Slater and Frank Frost joined from Goleta Valley and Santa Barbara, replacing retiring supervisors. New vice chairman is Charles F. Catterlin, with Tunnell and Beattie reshuffling other posts. New park and planning appointees include the first women on the park commission and several reassignments.
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Board of Supervisors
Francis H. Beattie
Lompoc
James Slater
Goleta Valley
Frank Frost
Santa Barbara
Daniel G. Grant
George H. Clyde
J.E. Lewis
Tunnell
Beattie
Charles F. Catterlin
County Water Agency
Catterlin
County Flood Control and Water Conservation District Board
County Planning Commission
Donald Sansum
Peter Bratt
James Barlett
Santa Ynez Valley
Slater
Harwood White, Jr
Montecito
Robert Looker
Summerland
John O'Keefe
Joyce K. Parkinson
Park Commission
Carpinteria Valley General Plan Advisory Committee
Phil Kilgore
Carpinteria
Frost
Kilgore
Planning Commission
Reagan nominates William P. Clark Jr. to California Supreme Court
Gov. Ronald Reagan names Appellate Court Justice William P. Clark Jr. as the new California Supreme Court justice to replace the late Raymond E. Peters. Clark, 41, has served as a trial judge and appellate justice and heads from the San Luis Obispo ranch community of Shandon after prior appointments by Reagan to the Court of Appeals and Superior Court. The nomination awaits confirmation by the Commission on Judicial Appointments amid past opposition from the San Luis Obispo County Bar Association.
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William P. Clark Jr
Reagan
Supreme Court
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Raymond E. Peters
Commission On Judicial Appointments
California
San Luis Obispo County
Shandon
State Court of Appeals
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Superior Court
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