Cannon Dam Power OK'd for Clarence Cannon dam
Final clearance from the Army Corps of Engineers authorizes power production at Clarence Cannon dam in northeast Missouri. Southwestern Power Administration confirms turbines will be marketable and cover costs. Symington announces dedication address for Audrain County saddle horse museum exhibit and show horses, inviting public.
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Paris
Army Corps of Engineers
Clarence Cannon Dam
Missouri
Start
Symington
Senate
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
William Hungate
Southwestern Power Administration
Sen
Saddle Horse Museum
The
Audrain County Historical Society
Young Marine Convicted Of Murdering Villagers
In Vietnam a Marine was found guilty by a mixed civilian and military panel of murdering 15 South Vietnamese villagers in Son Thang, Que Son Valley, February 19. Pic. Samuel G. Green Jr. received five years, a dishonorable discharge, loss of pay, and reduction to private. He faced potential life sentence and claimed innocence as others await trial.
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DA Nang
Vietnam
Here
Pic
Samuel G. Green Jr
Cleveland
Ohio
Green
Marine Corps
Pfc
Michael 5. Krichten
Hanover
Thomas R. Boyd
Evansville
Schwarz
Son Thang
Que Son
Krichten
Dune Buggy Tragedy Claims Two in Family
In Belleview Missouri two Eureka residents were killed when a dune buggy crashed on Highway 32 about 70 miles south of St. Louis. Jane H Covert 25 and her daughter Melissa 9 died when Robert Covert lost control and struck a concrete abutment leaving another family member injured.
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Belleview
Eureka
St. Louis
Missouri Highway Patrol
Jane H. Covert
Melissa
Robert Covert
Two More Gas Train Rabbits Born Near Sunny Point
Two more rabbits born to the group that accompanied nerve gas shipments from Army depots in Alabama and Kentucky have survived the trip and reproduced. The rabbits, used to detect leaks aboard trains and ships, will later travel with an aged Liberty ship and then be moved to a tug ahead of obsolete gas transport.
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Sunny Point
N.C
Alabama
Kentucky
Atlantic Ocean
Belony Russell Briggs
Blight Spreads Threat to Corn
An epidemic of southern leaf blight is spreading across the United States and could destroy half or more of the 1970 corn crop. Scientists at the University of Georgia and seed producers report the disease already reached the corn belt, with activity in Des Moines Iowa and Terre Haute Indiana and 60 Illinois counties. Washington officials cite losses in Mississippi and other Southern areas. Experts warn there is no cure once infection starts. only new resistant seeds offer hope.
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Athens
United States
University of Georgia
Des Moines
Iowa
Terre Haute
Ind
Agriculture Department
Washington
Harlan Smith
U.S. Extension Service
Smith
South Vietnamese Win Big Raid Against Viet Cong Base Areas
South Vietnamese militiamen aided by Viet Cong defectors raided 80 Viet Cong bases south of Da Nang, claiming a major victory with 125 enemy killed in two days. Government losses were four killed and 11 wounded. US advisers cited high Viet Cong casualties including a lieutenant colonel and other senior officers. Air and artillery strikes targeted North Vietnamese bases to hinder reinforcements to O Reilly.
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Saigon
da Nang
U.S
M.G. Stafford
Eagle Pass
Tex
O'Reilly
South Vietnam
Associated Press
Willis Johnson
O’reilly
Cambodia
Nixon Promises Even Handed Desegregation Approach
President Nixon told Southern leaders in New Orleans he will enforce the desegregation law in a nonpunitive way and use leadership to prevent unrest. He emphasized unity in carrying out the law, warned against disruption, and urged peaceful, progressive desegregation with cooperation from seven-state advisory panels. In Tokyo, Emperor Hirohito led a nationwide prayer for peace on the 25th anniversary of Japan’s WWII end, with bells tolling and a minute of silent remembrance for the war toll.
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Washington
Nixon
New Orleans
Deep South
South
Citizens’ Panel
Louisiana
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
South Carolina
North Carolina
Arkansas
French Quarter
Tokyo
Hirohito
Japan
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Flaming Fuel Splashes Town in Kansas Train Crash
In Melvern Kansas two derailed tank cars carrying liquefied petroleum gas exploded, sending flames 2000 feet into the air and igniting dozens of fires. Twelve residents were injured and 27 train cars piled up nearby as investigators seek the derailment cause. Mayor Bill Kastens estimated losses at 200000 with the Methodist Church sustaining about 60000 in damage.
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Melvern
Kan
Kansas
Francis Jones
Sesell
Bill Kastens
Santa Fe
Wendell Allison
Allison
Max Jennings
Methodist Church
Moon In Eclipse Visible Across Americas Tomorrow Night
A partial lunar eclipse begins Sunday night with visibility across most of North and South America. The moon enters Earth’s shadow at 9:07 p.m. EDT Sunday, according to a Hayden Planetarium official.
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New York
North
South America
Hayden Planetarium
Mexico
Lawrences Move To New Home In Orchard Heights
Mr and Mrs E C Lawrence Jr and their nine children move from West Street to a newly built home in Orchard Heights by Gallaher Smith Feutz Realty off Cunningham Road south of Mexico. They sell the West Street residence to the Clark Mefford family, who relocates from Independence. Mefford will teach in the COE program at Mexico High School. A roadside gag station features a hippie bus covered with daisies and a clerk asks the driver if they want gasoline or water for flowers.
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E.C. Lawrence Jr
West Street
Orchard Heights
Gallaher-Smith-Feutz Realty Co
Cunningham Road
Mexico
Lawrence
West St
Clark Mefford
Independence
Mefford
Cooperative Education Program
COE
Mexico High School
Missouri sues for federal road money
Jefferson City AP Missouri Highway Commission sued in federal court to compel release of $26.2 million in federal highway funds halted by Transportation Secretary Volpe as part of ainflation cooling policy. The suit seeks set aside of the order as unlawful and discriminatory, with potential action by other states.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Highway Commission
Federal District Court
Missouri
Transportation
John Volpe
Massachusetts
Robert L. Hyder
Commission
National Governors’ Conference
Hyder
Volpe
Shoot-out Charges on Angela Davis
Warrants charge Communist philosopher Angela Davis with murder and kidnapping in the Marin County courthouse shootout on August 7 that left four dead including a judge. The warrants, issued by Superior Court Judge Peter Allen Smith, were used in a San Francisco raid on a Potrero Hill house. Davis, 26, was not at the house. her sister Fania Jackson was questioned and released.
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San Rafael
Calif
Angela Davis
Marin County
Sheriff's Office
Superior Court
Peter Allen Smith
San Francisco
Potrero Hill
Miss Davis
Fania Jackson
Los Angeles
University of California At Los Angeles
Los Angeles Herald- Examiner
Judge Haley
UCLA
University of California Regents
University
Missouri St
Soledad Brothers Defense Committee
Jackson
George
Soledad Brothers
Soledad State Prison
Young Jackson
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Evelyn Schultze
Lawrences
Pitcit Lakeview Park
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