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Newspaper
Oswego Palladium Times
Location
Oswego, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1972
Page
1
Martha Mitchell says she loves her husband but will leave him until he quits his posts with President Nixon's reelection organization. She disclosed the decision in a tearful Sunday telephone call to Helen Thomas of United Press International.
Floodwaters receded across Chemung Allegheny and Genesee valleys leaving massive sanitation food and housing challenges. Death toll rose to 23 with 16 in Corning Painted Post area. A helicopter crash on a surveying mission added three to the dead. Thousands evacuated in Auburn and nearby towns. dam repairs and safety fears prompted continued precautions. Almond faces continued flood danger from Agnes.
North Vietnam said new forces have joined its transportation effort to counter heavy U S bombing. Radio Hanoi described continuous repairs over bridges and roads as troops and local workers work to keep movement going despite destruction. The claim contrasts with U S assessments of disrupted supplies to units in South Vietnam.
Senator McGovern claims blacks will back him on the first ballot at the Democratic National Convention after pledges from delegates in 12 states and the District of Columbia. Rep. Fauntroy and Rep. Stokes said the bloc totals 96 to 98 percent of uncommitted delegates, with promises of proportional federal appointments.
The Frank E. Gannett Foundation donated an initial 100000 for Elmira flood victims. Paul Miller urged regional and national donors to support immediate needs through the Star Gazette Lend A Hand Fund at Marine Midland Bank Elmira. Edward W Brooke receives acclamation nomination for a second US Senate term at the Republican State Convention in Boston.
Three inmates fled Rockland County Jail during a water-pipe break on the second floor and were being sought in five states. Two others who escaped with them Sunday were recaptured hours later near Route 304 in Bardonia wearing prison dungarees. Buddy Davis, 22, of the Bronx, and Joseph Freyermuth, 17, of Highland Falls, returned to custody Sunday night.
Two young women in the White House Summer Intern Program join the staff of First Lady Pat Nixon's press secretary. Barbara Malluk from Brooklyn and Charlotte Ziegler from Prospect Park are Republicans and will gain White House experience.
Governor George C. Wallace is recovering with new sensory signs in his thighs after an operation to remove a spine bullet. Doctors reported definite neurological improvement and expect limited movement with braces and crutches within months.
Flooding from Agnes has killed 117 as tens of thousands remain homeless across Pennsylvania New York Virginia and Maryland. Relief efforts begin while governors and Red Cross coordinate a 10 million disaster fund as shelters shelter 112 000 displaced. Rivers recede and residents return home to clear silt amid ongoing flood watches in Virginia and New York.
In Corning New York hundreds return to flood wrecked homes to begin cleanup after the Chemung River flood left 16 dead across the area and damaged or destroyed about 2300 residences. Residents salvage belongings as Army helicopters fly in supplies and power remains out.
U S pilots targeted North Vietnam during a week end raid campaign. They knocked out the country’s only steel plant and damaged a power facility and two bridges. The Viet Tri plant near Hanoi was reported destroyed with laser guided bombs.
New York AP report notes more than 1 billion in losses from Agnes may fall to owners as flood insurance covers only a minuscule fraction. Federal figures show 27 000 flood policies in nine storm hit states mostly in unaffected areas. nationwide under 92 000 policies represent under 2 percent of property values. Pennsylvania officials cite low uptake with Wilkes-Barre hardest hit. New Jersey reports 9 259 policies, mainly along shore areas.
The 1972 Democratic platform draft calls for immediate and complete withdrawal of all U S forces in Indochina. It criticizes Nixon’s peace record and Vietnamization, while outlining planks on taxes, Social Security, education funding, health care, auto insurance, and consumer rights.
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