Flood damage hits $193 million across flood zones
Floodwaters have inundated 10.4 million acres across the nation and flood impacts reach from Missouri levees near St. Louis to Gulf of Mexico communities. The DES ban aims to avoid meat-price spikes while labeling alternative growth drugs as potential carcinogens. Estimates vary with beef price projections and farm-damage assessments, as residents evacuate mobile homes and endure widespread disruption.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Food and Drug Administration
U.S
FDA
Sherwin Gardner
USDA
Ernest J. Umberger
Division of Drug Biology
Umberger
Earl L. Butz
American National Cattlemen’s Association
Missouri
St. Louis
Boshetown
Gulf of Mexico
Great Lakes
First female professional on London Stock Exchange breaks 170 year limit
Mrs Muriel Wood 55 becomes the first woman to work on the floor of the London Stock Exchange after decades of effort. Flooding across several states causes at least 10 deaths and widespread damage. In Missouri and Illinois rivers flood, while Arkansas and Louisiana face millions in crop losses. Oil and gas production halted as floodwaters inundate fields and wells.
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Muriel Wood
London Stock Exchange
Louisiana Conservation Department
Missouri
National Weather Service
Delta
St. Louis
Electronics used to inspect bridges
Surveillance of steel bridges for possibly dangerous structures is reported from San Antonio Texas. The AP notes that electronic devices are employed to assess integrity and detect flaws in critical spans.
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San Antonio, Tex
Silver Bridge
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Southwest Research Institute
Federal Highway Administration
Joint
Federal Southwest Research Team
Southwest
Cambodian insurgents seize land along Mekong near Phnom Penh
Refugees report insurgents control a long east bank stretch opposite the capital as more than 20 rockets hit the airport area 2 1/2 miles west killing 19 and wounding 62. An officer and seven soldiers were among the wounded at the airfield entrance. The attack marks the closest strike to Phnom Penh since Viet Cong raids.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Mekong River
Ers
West Bank
U.S
Thailand
East Bank
Royal Palace
Prek Luong
Surburban Pochentong
Skylab prelaunch tests begin as Salyut troubles loom
At Cape Kennedy AP reports Skylab final checkout underway ahead of unmanned May 14 launch aboard Saturn 5 with Skylab 1 crew later aboard a Saturn 1B for four weeks. Salyut 2 trouble and possible Intel on a joint Apollo Soyuz 1975 mission loom as Western observers note debris harm and radio silence.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Russia
Salyut 2 Space Station
America
Skylab
Charles Conrad Jr
Paul J. Weitz
Joseph P. Kerwin
U.S
Space Agency
Earth
Salyut
Grain flows as Soviet grain buys strain U.S. rail system
A Soviet buy of American grain presses U S transport facilities as rail lines scramble to repurpose coal and other cars. Grain pours from a funnel into open coal cars with plastic sheets for weather protection as Vysotsk loads at Longview Washington and Burlington Northern ships replenish multimillion bushel reserves.
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U.S
Midwest
Plains
Great Lakes
Gulf and Pacific
Vysotsk
Longview
Wash
Burlington Northern
Kentucky Installs First Public Defender Under New Law
Anthony Wilhoit of Versailles becomes Kentucky's first public defender in Frankfort under a new system aimed at handling about 6,000 cases annually as it fully rolls out.
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Kentucky
Frankfort
Anthony Wilhoit
Versailles
Dean Martin Weds 25-Year-Old Model for Third Time
Dean Martin, 55, married Catherine Mae Hawn in Beverly Hills with Frank Sinatra as best man. The ceremony at Martin's Bel-Air home drew about 85 guests and a lavish reception at the Beverly Hills Hotel. The bride, previously married, wore a peach champagne gown. 22 cages of doves were released as lilies and lilacs from Paris adorned the venue.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Dean Martin
Martin and Lewis
Catherine Mae Hawn
Frank Sinatra
Miss Hawn
Sasha
Martin
Jeanne Riegger
Bel-Air
Paris
Iran
Japan Labor Strikes Threaten Rail and Postal Services
Japan faces a coordinated spring labor offensive with longshoremen and railway workers walking out, threatening to paralyze rail, shipping, postal, telephone, and some television services for up to 72 hours. About 90,000 police stood alert as 250,000 national railway employees prepare to strike.
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Tokyo
Japan
Kakuei Tanaka
National Railway Union
Salt and Tobacco
Mint
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