Disaster Strikes as Storm Claims Lives and Aid Mobilizes
As floodwaters rise, 23 people die while families wait out the storm. Airlift missions from Dobbins Air Force Base moving 376000 pounds of food to Keesler Field, water supplies dispatched to Bay St. Louis, and Biloxi penned for relief. President Nixon declares coastal Mississippi a disaster area, unlocking federal aid.
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Allania
Dobbins Air Fore Base
Keesler Ayb
Biloxi
New Orleans
Bay St. Louis
Hurricane Betsy Rips Gulf Coast With Devastating Force
The post Civil War home of Confederate President Jefferson Davis remains standing as Gulfport and Biloxi bear the main brunt of Betsy. Coast towns including Pass Christian and Bay St. Louis report widespread destruction, flooding up to eight feet, and numerous casualties. Curfews, martial law in Plaquemines Parish, and evacuations strain limited power and water as authorities tally hundreds of homes lost and thousands damaged.
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Gulfport
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Camille
Port City
Pass Christian
Bayside
Ray St. Louis
Eather
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Biloxi
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Eure
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Bay St. Louis
Pascagoula
Alabama
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Johnson
Tn Biloxi
Broadwater Beach Hotel
Cannery Tay
Hurricane Camille Slams Mississippi Beach Traps Residents
Retired attorney Charles Crowley refused to leave his wife as Camille drove 20 foot waves over the Mississippi coast. They fled a trailer to a 21 foot high laundry room then to a Red Cross shelter as water rose and cars floated away. A Filipino resident in Gulfport and his wife faced flying glass and rising water while awaiting the birth of their child.
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Miss. St
Chares Crowley
Camille
Crowley
Mississippi Coast
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Lad
Mississippi City
Crawley
Red Cross
Vincent Obedienela
Philippines
Gulfport Hospital
Camills
Ronin
Roon
Ohecheneja
Mississippi Gily
Lil
US Forces Batters Reds In Vietnam Combat Report
U S infantry and Marines report heavy fighting in Vietnam's northern provinces near Da Nang and the DMZ. Nine Americans killed and about 70 wounded. 173 North Vietnamese killed. Reports describe two American companies surrounded near a patrol base while forces maneuver near Hiep Duc. Photographs and dispatches from AP correspondent Pyle note intense air and ground actions as bombers attack along the Cambodian border.
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South Vietnam
Northarpmost
da Nang
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Provences
Aorahant
Saigon
Pyle
Cecil M. Henry
Rome
Ray
Hiep Duc
Yeary
Sharon Tate Case Details and Polanski Birthday Note
The article reports on Sharon Tate and her director-husband denying an orgy at the murder scene while describing party habits and drug use. It includes Polanski noting his 26th birthday and remarks about guests, hosts, and associates. a separate item mentions a railroad collision near Wellington, Ohio, killing two men and injuring two others.
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Sharon Tate
Black Jr Named in Tax Evasion Suit Against Baker Partner
Fred B. Black Jr, once partner of Bobby Baker, is named as a defendant in a government suit seeking 142.14 dollars for allegedly unpaid income taxes. Black, who ran a vending machine business with Baker, has prior tax evasion convictions and both men have appealed.
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Washington
Fred B. Black Jr
Bobby Baker
Black
Waker
Senate
Baker
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