Nine men buried in Canyonville mudslide during Northwest floods
Rescuers with heavy equipment search for nine men trapped in a Canyonville mudslide while statewide floods ease. Two children swept away in California, others missing along Rogue River and in a Northern California pond. Weather service warns of another storm from Alaska. Damage totals rise across Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and California. Local officials report river evacuations and continuing cleanup as warnings persist.
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Canyonville, Ore
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Myers Flat
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Cachuma Lake
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Oregon
Lincoln County
Montana
Ashington
Idaho
James Boyd
Residents to discuss Miguelito Channel fencing tonight
A 7:30 p.m. PTA meeting at Miguelito School in Lompoc will discuss fencing the 2.9 mile Miguelito Channel. City Councilman Sol Lefkowitz and flood control chief James Stubbhner are expected to attend amid safety concerns after a 12 year old boy was injured last December.
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Vaughn Proctor
Sam Ledgerwood
Lompoc
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Miguelito Channel
Miguelito School
Olive Ave
Sol Lefkowitz
James Stubbhner
Lefkowitz
Stubbhner
FBI probes erasure on Nixon Watergate tape
The FBI opened an inquiry into erasure of a key section from a Nixon Watergate tape while the White House pledged full cooperation. Deputy Press Secretary Warren said the president may not be interviewed and expressed confidence in Rose Mary Woods amid reports from unnamed sources.
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Washington
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FBI
Nixon
White House
Gerald L. Warren
Nixon to deliver State of the Union address in January
President Nixon will address Congress on January 29 with the annual State of the Union. White House officials describe a message showing strong leadership amid Watergate, outlining 1974 legislative aims including an expanded health insurance plan and measures for poor income maintenance, plus foreign policy notes.
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Washington
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Nixon
Congress
White House
Joy ride crash ends with injuries in Oxnard
A 13 year old borrowed a car to take his sisters aged 7 and 6 on a joy ride in Oxnard. The trio, seen at 9:30 p.m. on Laurel Avenue at speeds up to 50 mph, lost control at Y Street and Laurel, hitting a tree. They suffered minor injuries and were turned over to juvenile authorities.
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Oxnard
Y Street
Laurel Avenue
Israel Egypt Reach Suez Withdrawal Accord
President Nixon announced that Henry Kissinger secured a disengagement agreement between Israel and Egypt along the Suez Canal front. The cease-fire is to be signed at Kilometer 101 on the Cairo Suez road, with ratification expected in Jerusalem Cairo and Washington.
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United Press International
Nixon
Henry A Kissinger
Israel
Egypt
Suez Canal
Geneva
Jerusalem
Washington
Cairo
Kissinger
Nile River
Aswan
Cairo-Suez
UPI
Jack Payton
United States
Soviet Union
Maurice Guindi
Cairo-Suez Road
Weil to retire from city post in Lompoc
David L. Weil will retire from his 11 year stint as Lompoc purchasing agent in March. Harvey E. Cargill, current Santa Maria purchasing agent, will assume the role on February 1. Weil plans travel with his wife and may pursue a quieter life after 65.
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Lompoc
David L. Weil
Harvey E. Cargill
Santa Maria
Cargill
Weil
Ontario
South C Street
Four charged in murder of TV star Akeman in Tennessee
Four men including three Brown brothers and a cousin were arrested on two counts each of murder for killing David Stringbean Akeman, a Grand Ole Opry and Hee Haw star, and his wife John A Brown and Marvin D Brown, while Charles and Roy Brown face additional charges as accessories and for stolen property. The suspects, raised in Greenbrier, were linked to the Akeman farm home where the shooting occurred on November 11 after Akeman returned from a night performance.
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Nashville, Tenn
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David ‘‘Stringbean
Akeman
Grand Ole Opry
Hee Haw
John A. Brown
Marvin Douglas Brown
Charles Brown
Roy Brown
John
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