So Far We're Holding Flood Fight Faces Brief Relief
Floodwaters stabilize along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers giving thousands of volunteers a respite. Levees remain stressed as the river crests approach St. Louis with record levels. About seven million acres inundated across seven states. fatalities at five. $25 million in damages. 4,000 displaced in Missouri and Illinois.
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Ground war surges as Vietnam fighting flares again
Saigon reports the heaviest ground action since the January cease-fire with over 200 casualties. Communists probe four fronts near Hue Cambodian border 50 miles north of Saigon and in the Mekong Delta as government troops suffer losses around Cai Lay and Pleiku area.
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Prices Holding Despite Nationwide Meats Boycott
Prices remained steady at retail while the boycott forced meat sales to collapse. Grocers reported drops from 40 percent to 70 percent at packinghouses as butchers in Los Angeles warned business was down sharply and over the counter sales fell substantially.
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Los Angeles
Les Whisenhut
Hinds
Cleveland
Ralph Perk
South Dakota
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B.J. Hamm
Coil Packing Co
Columbus
Ed Wilke
Ohio Packing Co
James Rigola
Val Decker Packing Co
Piqua
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Frank Register
National Association of Retail Grocers
Ralph Sachs
W.M. Walker Inc
Chicago
Robert Miller
Union Packing Co
Miller
Moo Oink and Baa Forgot in Ohio Boycott Hits Fifth Day
A consumer meat boycott enters its fifth day amid protests over beef pork and lamb prices. The piece questions who remains engaged while noting the rural ambiance with animal sounds and farmer references.
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Ohio
Associated Press
Money cleaner than silverware shocks Memphis researchers
A year long study by Memphis and Shelby County health officials examined 150 restaurants and found dollar bills often cleaner than metal utensils. Director Don Caffron said the results contradicted microbiology expectations with $1 bills averaging 8686 organisms per half side, fewer than knives and forks.
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Memphis and
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Memphis
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Toledo sewage pipe rupture dumps millions into Maumee River
Four million gallons of raw sewage per hour were released into the Maumee River after a 48 inch sludge pipeline burst at Toledo's Bay View plant. City officials closed the plant and expect it to remain shut until at least Friday as inspectors check the facility.
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Toledo
Bay View
Pioneer 11 Set for 20 Month Jupiter Flight
Pioneer 11 is scheduled for liftoff from Cape Kennedy at 9 11 p m EST aboard an Atlas Centaur rocket on a 20 month voyage to Jupiter. The 570 pound probe will travel 620 million miles following the path of Pioneer 10.
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Weather outlook for Mid dletown area tonight into Friday
Clear skies and near 30 expected tonight in the Mid dletown area with partly cloudy conditions and upper 40s on Friday. Yesterday's high reached 43 and the overnight low 37 with 27 inches of rain recorded. details on page 27.
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