Big Loss In West Flood Toll Tops $100 Million Across Northwest
Rain and wind battered California Oregon Washington Idaho and western Montana causing at least 16 deaths and vast damage. Floods forced hundreds from homes along rivers including the Tualatin in Oregon while emergency declarations spread across seven counties. Authorities pursued federal relief as communities cleaned up and counted losses.
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Associated Press
Northwest
Pacific Coast
California
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Idaho Panhandle
Tualatin
Portland
National Weather Service
Washington, D.C
Ed Reinecke
Nixon
Reinecke
John Bertolini
Ukiah
Harvey Latham
Emergency Services
Tom McCall
Panhandle
Andrus
Pinehurst
Coeur d’Alene
Nixon Reports Progress On Energy Crisis
President Nixon said the nation is making solid progress addressing the energy crisis and urged continued public cooperation to avoid hardships this winter and rationing in spring. He pushed for quick congressional action on energy legislation while the Arab oil embargo nears full effectivity despite whispers of an end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Washington
Congress
Administration
Mideast
Senate
Hugh Scott
John Rhodes
House
Scott
Oval Office
Rhodes
Federal Energy Office
United States
FEO
Guard And Convict Die In Atmore Prison Riot
A riot at Atmore State Prison Farm left guard Luell Barrow dead after a stabbing and inmate George Dobbins killed by gunfire as officers moved to aid Barrow and rescue a hostage. An additional guard injured and two convicts hospitalized. Prison Commissioner Sullivan cited revolutionary types as the cause.
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Atmore
Ala
M. D. Harding
Atmore State Prison Farm
Luell W. Barrow
Ambulance Restored at Audrain Medical Center
Audrain Medical Center announces its emergency ambulance is back in service after a period out of operation since January 3 due to a faulty right front bearing. Richard Nye credits Arnold and Precht-Pickering ambulances for covering calls, thanks the community for patience, and notes 24 hour operation with contact 581-9131.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audrain Medical ‘Center
Richard Nye
Nye
Arnold and Precht-Pickering
Grand Jury To Examine Watergate Tapes Mystery
Judge Sirica referred the Watergate tape matter to a grand jury amid questions on erasures and gaps. White House officials defended the process, while Jaworski vowed an exhaustive investigation with FBI involvement into all possible angles. Rose Mary Woods testified about the recording gap, with technical experts disputing her account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John J. Sirica
White House
Sirica
Federal Grand Jury
James D. St. Clair
Boston
Tadbet Gy Venana
Nixon
Atty
John N. Mitchell
John W. Dean III
Mitchell
H. R. Haldeman
Democratic National Committee
Rose Mary Woods
Miss Woods
Vest
Over 400 Share Honors In 4 H Recognition
More than 400 Audrain County 4 H members were honored at Recognition Night at the 4 H Center south of Mexico. Beth Smithey and Bob Stanford led as emcee and host, with awards including the I Dare You top boy and girl going to David Duff and Paula Haverstick.
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Audrain County
Mexico
Beth Smithey
Be-Bo Bouncers
David Duff
F & L Hustlers Club
Paula Haverstick
Hisey Hoppers
Dee Goedeke
Justin Woolfolk
Mila Smithey
Michael W. Dean
Paula Harshbarger
Susan Kroeger
Bruce Bryson
Marcy Jean Creel
Jim Powell
Eddie Mongler
Cheryl McBride
Larry Dale McBride
Connie Arnold
Jeanne Duff
Sherry Sanders
Jill Woolfolk
Gini Lee Holsheiser
Kathy Love
Jo Ellen Sweitzer
Foley Foods
Royal Axman, Inc
Southwestern Bell’ Telephone
Brenda Mudd
Ray Travis
Consolidated Electric Cooperative
Jeff Rudasil
MFEC
Alan Fisher
Donald Cleeton
Reginald Householder
Martinsburg
Tim Jesse
Liz Cook
Dena Smithey
Stamper Mill
Sara Householder
Roy Mongler
4-H Council
Saigon Claims Chinese Boat Sunk In Paracels Clash
Saigon reports its destroyer Tran Khanh Du sunk a Chinese patrol boat near the Paracels with a Chinese missile allegedly sinking a South Vietnamese patrol craft. The fight involved 11 Chinese vessels and about 600 soldiers on Duncan Island with no confirmed casualty figures yet. Saigon says one South Vietnamese boat was possibly lost and two commandos killed. both sides disengaged around noon as efforts to locate missing sailors continued.
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Saigon
Saigon Command
South China Sea
Paracels
Hainan
Duncan Island
le Trung Hien
Tran Khanh du
Duncan
Pattle
Robert
Money
Hien
South Vietnam
Prison Terms For Stealing Cigar Butt
In Miami two men Ott and Morgan were convicted of assault with intent to rob a wheelchair bound man, Jerry Peterson, after a July 13 attack near a downtown Miami church. A police patrolman testified the pair rifle through Petersons clothes and seized only a cigar butt. Judge Satin sentenced Ott to five years and Morgan to one year in the stockade.
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Miami, Fla
John K. Ott
Raymond F. Morgan
Jerry Peterson
Peterson
Miami
John Gerant
Gerant
Ott
Morgan
Dan Satin
Discipline fades as tools replace old limits
A Belleville Wisconsin Recorder reminiscence recalls how modern conveniences like safety razors furnaces and hair loss replaced the old wooden woodshed and razor strap. The writer argues that such changes have left children more unruly and fathers with fewer weapons in their disciplinary toolkit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
Belleville
Wis
Recorder
The Tireless Dancing Doll on Museum Show
Mrs. Butler Armstrong will present The Tireless Dancing Doll and Other Historic Dolls for the Audrain County Historical Society at 6 p.m. Monday on See-Tv Channel 12. The program features a wooden joi ned dancing doll from southwest Missouri, with Armstrong in period costume and introduced by Miss Bette Garner. a noon Tuesday re run is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler Armstrong
Audrain County Historical Society
See-Tv Channel 12
Hardy Family Welcomes Daughter at Audrain Medical
Mr and Mrs Gerald Hardy of 902 N Western welcomed their third child a daughter born Friday at 8 56 pm at Audrain Medical Center weighing nine pounds one ounce The couple already has two daughters Kathy 3 and Lynn 24% Grandparents are Mr and Mrs J J Hardy of Shelbina and Mrs John Leach of Mt Union ba
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Gerald Hardy
N. Western Sr
Audrain Medical Center
Kathy
Lynn
J. J. Hardy
Shelbina
John Leach
Mt. Union
Hardy
School Bus Boy Acts In Emergency
Grants Pass. A 10 year old pupil took control when the driver died of a heart attack on Interstate 5. The bus with 45 students slowed from 45 mph after Ruth Lillian Bond of Wolf Creek collapsed. Fifth grader Jack Wytherley aided by shifting to park and turning off the engine.
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Grants Pass
Ore
Ruth Lillian Bond
Wolf Creek
Tran
Jack Wytherley
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Sherri Mitts
Dale Mudd
Janet Azdel
Angela Arens
Douglas Mirts
Ledger
Richard Vance
Chih
Eme
Great Central Lumber Co
Richard Gastineau
Jefferson
Anderson Street
Gastineau
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Pootyea Wieden Ty Mba Tit Yes Ag
Hardys
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