Flooding and fires devastate Rapid City after torrential rain
Torrential rainfall in the Black Hills region drenched Rapid City and surrounding areas. At least 36 people were confirmed killed with many injured as floods, explosions, and fires disrupted the city, leaving hundreds homeless. National Guardsmen and emergency crews evacuated and secured gas lines as fires raged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid City
S.D
Pennington County Sheriff's Office
Dale Bruce
Sheriff's Office
Black Hills
Glen Best
National
South Dakota
Harold Higgins
Rapid City Journal
Copter Crash Takes Veteran American Advisor in Vietnam
John Paul Vann, 47, longtime American adviser and West Point alumnus, died when his helicopter crashed near Kontum in the highlands. A bold, controversial figure, Vann championed Vietnamese leadership of the fight and warned that U S advisers should guide rather than command. His death marks a significant loss for the Vietnam effort and South Vietnam’s future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press Writers Saigon
America
Vietnam
John Paul Vann
Vann
Kontum
South Vietnam
Indochina
West Point
Clandestine Plane Downed Near Saigon
A chartered Nationalist Chinese transport plane carrying U S and South Vietnamese troops crashed into a central highlands mountain a week earlier. Fourteen Americans eleven Vietnamese and six Chinese crew are missing. Bad weather hampers the search. The C46 was on a courier flight and those aboard were not on a secret operation. Specific crash site not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
U.S
Central Highlands
Northern Ireland Hit By Gun Battles Again
Gun battles erupted in Belfast and Londonderry as Protestant militants barricaded enclaves to protest British peace efforts. A 16 year old girl was killed in Belfast, part of a 36 hour death toll of six, with four gunmen engaged by troops and five civilians wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Debt Ceiling Cut A Political Football
Washington lawmakers debate trimming the federal debt ceiling to 450 billion through October instead of 465 billion through next February as White House requests. Rep. Wilbur Mills and the Ways and Means Committee maneuver to pressure fiscal scrutiny while facing an election in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
White House
Nixon
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Meanshead
Mills
World News In Brief and Short Items
The brief items report bombing strikes in North Vietnam with casualties in South Vietnam. California boards urge tax litigation against local school funding. Calaveras Jumping Frog Jubilee warns of closure without state funds. Tito’s Moscow visit ends with claims of peaceful coexistence as a guiding principle. China calls for U.N. enviro condemnation of US actions in Indochina. Hijacking suspects indicted in Sweden with no bail for one suspect and a large bail for the other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Tito
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Mariner 9 Sends New Martian Images Alive and Well
AP reports Mariner 9, the Mars orbiter, is alive and well after two months on storage power. It returned more than two dozen pictures including a closeup of the north pole and earlier data showing a water ice cap at the south pole and layered formations suggesting long term processes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
Mariner 9
Mars
North Pole
Polar
South Pole
Ted Pounder
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Tehama County Band Opens Season At City Park
Tehama County Band launches summer concert series in the city park on Monday with traditional second Monday of June opening. If rain, concerts shift to the following Monday. The 8 p.m. start lasts one hour followed by a 9 p.m. rehearsal open to the audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehama County
Mike Compton
Compton
Youth Job Service Set to Open Monday in Bluff
Bluff Teen Club's Red Bluff Youth Employment Service resumes this summer at Elms Street office from 8 a.m. to 12 noon, accepting job applications for youths and requests from residents needing help on farms or around homes. The program, led by secretary Vicki Dodd, aims to match capable youths with clerical, babysitting, house cleaning and farm tasks, supported by the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluff Teen Club
Elms St
Teen Club
Vicki Dodd
Red Bluff
County Supervisors Hear Woodson Bridge Monday Hearing
Tehama County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on Woodson Bridge at 2 p.m. in the courthouse chambers. At Tuesday’s meeting Jim Norvelle of the Department of Housing and Community Development will lead a housing authority discussion at 10:30 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehama County Board of Supervisors
Woodson Bridge
Board of Supervisor
Jim Norvelle
Department of Housing and Community Development
Housing Authority
County Residents Elected To Top Legion District Offices
Corning and Red Bluff residents were elected to District 4 American Legion posts at Paradise meeting. Calvin Coffman became commander. Peggy Haling president. Robert A. Peterson first vice commander. James Phillips second vice commander. David A. Fonseca third vice commander. Paula Haynes finance officer. Auxiliary picks Letty Williams and Edna Weber as vice presidents. Installations set for July 15 in Red Bluff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Corning
Red Bluff
American Legion
Veterans’ Memorial Hall
Paradise
Calvin Coffman
Mount Lassen
Peggy Haling
Lassen
Robert A. Peterson
Raisner
James Phillips
Sutter
Yuba City
David A. Fonseca
Vernon Jewell Danley
Maxwell
Paula Haynes
Linda Post
Letty Williams
Jefferson L. Winn
Princeton
Edna Weber
Marysville
Shirley Arnold
Eda Woods
Berniece Winship
Harold Arnold
Frances Davis
Malvenia Beck
Parley
Veterans’ Affairs and Rehabilitation
Poppy
Children and Youth
Muskie Delays Endorsement as Tunney Shifts to McGovern
Senator Muskie announced he will stay in the race toward the Democratic Convention in Miami, while Senator John Tunney of California opted to back front-runner George McGovern. Muskie warned party unity cannot be secured by any single leader and said he would not pretend to unite the party for McGovern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edmund S. Muskie
Miami
California
John V. Tunney
Maine
George McGovern
South Dakota
United Party
Muskie
McGovern
California Democrats map vacancies for DNC delegation
Los Angeles AP California delegates begin meeting to fill 33 vacancies with a focus on electing more black delegates. Assemblyman Willie L Brown says some big names may be left out as districts with available openings are limited. He expects Warren Widener and Thomas Bradley to be delegates, and supports UCLA student Lamar Lyons and Stanford’s Dan McHenry. Brown forecasts possible co chairmanship with John Burton and a yet unnamed woman delegate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
California
Willie L. Brown
Brown
Cochairman
Pat Brown
Jerry Brown
Edmund Brown Jr
Alan Cranston
Warren Beatty
Sen. Cranston
Berkeley
Warren
Widener
Thomas Bradley
Lamar Lyons
UCLA
Dan McHenry
Stanford
John Burton
San Francisco
Weather Outlook With Showers Then Clearing Cool Conditions
Partly cloudy today with scattered showers, clearing tomorrow and cooler temperatures in the 50s to 70s. Highs near 77, lows in the 50s. South winds 5 to 15 mph. Monday looks fair. Tonight 30 percent, tomorrow 10 percent precipitation. River levels: Lake Red Bluff 14.8, Bend Bridge 21.1, Tehama Bridge 202.7, Woodson Bridge 168.5 feet. Sunset 8 38, sunrise 5 39 PDT.
California Supreme Court Voids Pacific Telephone Rate Increases
The California Supreme Court voided 211.9 million in Pacific Telephone rate increases granted by the Public Utilities Commission. It ordered refunds on a 143 million annual increase from July 23 1971 and voided 68.9 million from May 27 to offset higher wages and costs. The ruling raises residential rates in California metropolitan areas served by Pacific by about one dollar per month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
California Supreme Court
Pacific Telephone Co
State Public Utilities Commission
PAC
California
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rapid Creek
Higgins
London
Irish Republican Army
South - of - the Border
S. Main
Riverside Plaza
World News
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Haiphong
State Board of Education
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
Calaveras County
Stockholm
China
U.N. Conference On
Western Air Lines
Algeria
U.S. District Court
Albert C. Wollemberg
Willie R. Holder
Katherine Kerkow
World
National Press Club
Paradise Unit
Department
San Jose
Raisner Post and Unit
Mmes
Dorothy Craig
Anne Brimblecom
Fordyce Bacon
Tunney
Burton
Sen
OK Beauty Shop
BPW
Crosby
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!