Mississippi diverts floodwater to relieve New Orleans scene
Lake Pontchartrain receives river flow via Bonnet Carre Spillway as 4,000 spectators watch Senator Russell Long open 350 dam sections. Officials expect 1.4 million cfs diversion, lowering New Orleans crest projections and stabilizing levels at Slidell, while scientists debate ecological impacts of fresh water influx on oyster and shrimp habitats.
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Butz Blames Congress for Inflation and Meat Prices
Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz says Congress and its spending drive inflation and high meat costs. He opposes broad food price controls and predicts meat prices will ease by late summer as supplies rise. Union officials demand Nixon fire Butz for pitting farmers against workers amid job losses from falling meat demand.
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Meet the Press
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Cost of Living Council
Storm claims cattleman near Santa Rosa New Mexico
Manuel Chavez, 52, an Albuquerque resident and Guadalupe County native, rode out Saturday’s calm to check cattle and was found dead Sunday amid snow about two miles from the Margarita Madrid Ranch twelve miles west of Santa Rosa. A blizzard dumped heavy snow across the region, closing Interstate 40 Saturday night.
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Margarita Madrid Ranch
Guadalupe County
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Moriarty
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Engineer calls oil quota cut a stopgap measure
T M Geffen of Amoco Production Co Tulsa Okla labeled the elimination of oil import quotas a stopgap for the energy crisis. He urged pursuing new technology to recover oil in existing fields and accelerated exploration for new reserves.
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Amoco Production Co
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American Petroleum Institute Production Division
Romans Built Early Water Supply Across 60 Miles
The Romans developed a water delivery system extending over sixty miles. They constructed aqueducts ranging fifty to one hundred feet in height. The first known system was built by the Phoenicians.
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Security State Bank Consolidated Report of Condition 1973
The report details the condition of the Security State Bank at the close of business March 20, 1973. It is a state banking institution organized under state laws and a member of the Federal Reserve System. The document is published in compliance with a call by state banking authorities and the Federal Reserve Bank of this district.
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POW offers to send Fonda to North Vietnam
Former POW Capt. William R. Schwertferger told about 600 people in Caldwell Kansas that if Jane Fonda likes North Vietnam he will buy her a ticket there. He defended POWs held by Hanoi and urged prayers for missing in action families and the servicemen who gave their lives for their beliefs.
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