Flood Toll 61 Known Dead in Buffalo Creek Disaster
National guardsmen and hundreds of volunteers search the Buffalo Creek hollow for about 400 missing after a dam break unleashed floodwaters from an 18 acre lake. Officials report 61 dead and widespread destruction as 14 Appalachian coal camps are treed by the surge.
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Man
W. Va
Buffalo Creek Hollow
Ben Tudor
Buffalo Mining Co
Coal Company
Tudor
National
Arch A. Moore Jr
Buffalo Creek
Nixon
Moore
China
Mild Weather Lingers With Clouds Tonight
A mild spell continues with tonight and tomorrow expected to be cloudy. Lows reach the upper 30s and highs rise to the 60s. Yesterday's high 48 and this morning's low 32 mark the recent temps.
Chuckle Man at Airline Ticket Counter
A passenger at a ticket counter quips he will take two chances on the next flight to Miami. The remark injects humor into a routine travel scene at the airline counter.
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Miami
Nixon Returns From China Amid Bipartisan Trade Pledge
President Nixon landed at Elmendorf Air Force Base Anchorage after a historic week in China where he pledged to withdraw Taiwan forces someday and expand bilateral trade and exchanges. The trip kept Vietnam policy unchanged. Nixon and Mrs. Nixon rest in Alaska before heading to Washington.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Nixon
China
U.S
Taiwan
Vietnam
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Washington
Peking
Two Governments Pledge Broad People to People Exchanges
They commit to facilitate exchanges in science technology culture sports and journalism and to promote trade. The agreement calls for ongoing contact through various channels including a senior U S representative visiting Peking for consultations to advance normalization and share views on common issues.
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U.S
Peking
Nixon to Return Tonight with Major Network Coverage
All three networks announce live coverage of President Nixon’s return from China. Arrival at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington is tentatively set for 9 p.m. EST.
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New York
Nixon
China
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington
Israelis Press Lebanon Fight As UN Demands Withdrawal
Israeli troops and tanks continued fighting Palestinian guerrillas in southeast Lebanon for a fourth day despite a UN Security Council demand to withdraw. Reports said clashes surged around Hebbariye and Rachaya Foukhar with Israeli air support and ground actions. Palestinian fighters claimed anti aircraft fire and mined exit routes while 36 Israeli armored vehicles were seen near Hebariye.
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Associated Press
Palestine
Lebanon
U.N. Security Council
Hebbariye
Rachaya Foukhar
Arkoub
Tel Aviv
Golan Heights
Syria
Security Council
Jupiter Shot Set Tonight at Cape Kennedy
NASA reschedules Pioneer 10 launch to Jupiter for 8:45 p m EST after an electrical power loss and high winds forced a Sunday scrub. A circuit breaker failure and high altitude winds prompted the delay as the Atlas Centaur rocket prepares for a 22 month voyage.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Space Agency
Jupiter
Campaigners Return For Vote On Busing
Five Democratic presidential candidates hold key votes on a Senate passed antibusing provision tied to higher education funding. Many were absent for the initial vote. leaders plan to attend the rescheduled vote to decide whether to strip federal courts of power to order busing and to bar federal coercion over district desegregation.
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Washington
Senate
Robert P. Griffin
Rmich
Dential
Birch Bayh
John V. Tunney
William B. Saxbe
Harrison A. Williams Jr
Robert Packwood
R-Cve
Daniel Inouye
Hawaii
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Logan
Otto Matters
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Pittson Co
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Dasovich
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Stowe
Davis
Wallace Adkins
Robinette
Adkins
Miner
Jerry Collings
Cramero
Ohio
County Geen
Virginia
Luftale Creek
Charleston
Welch
Myllens
Miles
Chou Enlai
Shanghai
Chou
William P. Rogers
Chi-Peng-Fei
Henry Kissinger
Marshall Green
Indochina
Japan
Korea
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ann Landers
Eae
Pteeee
Griffin
Russell Long
John L McClellan
John Sparkman
Robert Taft Jr
Jack Miller
Karl E. Mundt
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Mundt
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