Floods Strain States Trigger Massive Loss and Rescue Efforts
Authorities report 23 flood related deaths across several states with thousands displaced. Presidents, disaster officials, and FEMA assessed damage while West Virginia and Alabama sought federal relief. Power outages left victims with scarce food medicine and water as helicopters surveyed flood zones from Williamson to Kentucky.
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Walter Kalaur
Carter
Federal Disaster Assistance Administration
West Virginia
Alabama
Ven
Tennessee
Southern Airlines
Georgia
Williamson
W.va
Ford criticizes SALT talks citing over-optimism and miscalculation
Former President Ford, speaking at the University of Michigan, warned that U.S. officials may have gone to Moscow too optimistic, risking a rift in U.S.-Soviet relations. He urged caution and questioned administration rhetoric ahead of SALT discussions.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
UPI
Ford
University of Michigan
Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Slovik Widow Presses Plea for Life Insurance
Antoinette Slovik, 62, widow of World War II deserter Edward Slovik, pressed her claim for life insurance payments. She met with two Pentagon officials seeking action possibly by the Army secretary, Defense secretary, or the President. Edward Slovik was executed in France on January 31, 1945, the only Army deserter executed in modern times.
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Washington
Carter
Secretary of the Army
Secretary of Defense
Stanley Doyka
Antoinette Slovik
Pentagon
New Blood Cell Harvest Method Could Aid Cancer Patients
Dr. Isaac Djerassi of Mercy Catholic Medical Center described a donor blood separation technique that isolates white cells for cancer patients. The process uses centrifugation and hydroxyethyl starch, achieving over 80 percent efficiency and enabling smaller blood banks to help create supplies, though it remains limited to a fraction of patient needs.
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Sarasota
Fia
UPI
Isaac Djerassi
Mercy Catholic Medical Center
Darby
Djerassi
Iran Earthquakes Cause Ongoing Death Toll
A string of Iran tremors rocked a wide area with reports of 172 dead from Radio English and unconfirmed by the Ministry of Information. In West Germany a gunman on a motorcycle killed federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback as two assailants fired at his car near Karlsruhe.
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Tehran
Iran
UPI
Wes
Radio English
Ministry of Information
Karlsruhe
West Germany
Siegfried Buback
T Ee
Tiger
Oil Tanker and Freighter Collide in Inland Sea
In rainy weather a Panamanian registered oil tanker and a Japanese freighter collided about 500 miles southwest of Tokyo. Both ships caught fire and spread thousands of barrels of burning crude over the Inland Sea area. No injuries were reported.
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Tokyo
UPI
Japan
Rhodesia launches protected village program in crackdown
Salisbury Rhodesia. The white minority government expands a large scale protected village plan to deny guerrillas intelligence and support. A senior security forces spokesman called it a costly effort requiring substantial manpower.
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
UPI
Vietnam
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