Storms Swell Rivers and Death Toll Climbs
Tropical Storm Agnes and a new inland storm drenched central Pennsylvania and southwestern New York as the Ohio River at Pittsburgh rose above flood stage. The death toll reached 47 with many missing. evacuations swelled in western Pennsylvania and New York as rivers overflowed and dikes broke.
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Agnes
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio
Pittsburgh
New York State
National Weather Service
Monongahela
Allegheny Rivers
Allegheny
Monogahela
William Long
Weather Service
Elmira
Corning
N. Y
Olean
Salamanca
Patchwork Efforts Fail To Stop Flood
Isleton residents fled as the emergency levee breached allowing floodwaters to flood two thirds of the town. Army Corps of Engineers Col. James C. Donovan said one break doomed the effort as hundreds of workers were sent home. Officials reported thousands homeless, injuries minor and damage in the millions as water rose toward city hall. Isleton sits on Andrus Island in the delta feeding San Francisco Bay.
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Isleton
James C. Donovan
Army Corps of Engineers
Robert Lee
Iselton
City Hall
Donovan
Thor Koford
Rio Vista
Koford
San Joaquin
Andrus
Brannan Islands
Andrus Island
California
San Francisco Bay
Alex
Gala Fourth of July Plans in Tehama County
Tehama County communities Corning Los Molinos and Red Bluff advance July Fourth plans. Corning Jaycees clear Woodson Bridge area for the firework display and run booths for refreshments. Los Molinos hosts a parade with grand marshal Gene Owen and an honorary mayor race. Red Bluff features river raft races boat and skiing exhibitions and a fireworks show sponsored by local clubs.
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Tehama County
Corning
Los Molinos
Red Bluff
Woodson Bridge
Corning Jaycees
Larry Whitnack
Whitnack
Jaycees
Olive Pit
Solano Street
Gene Owen
Owen
Nancie Houser
Gerda van Rooyen
Glenn Cox
Harold T. Edwards
U.S. Marine Corps Honor Guard
Chico
Brenda Coryell
Everett Coryell
Maid of California
Sacramento
Red Bluff-Tehama County
Reagan trims California budget by 258 million dollars
Governor Reagan vetoes 258 million from an almost 8 billion dollar budget, signing a 7.7 billion plan. He boosts overall state aid to schools by 190 million while leaving 73 million for distribution to poor districts, and notes California remains fourth in total budgets behind the federal government and New York.
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Bill Stall
Sacramento
Reagan
New York
Sonoma
Verne Orr
California
New York City
New York State
Senate may delay revenue sharing bill until conventions
The Senate is likely to delay action on a $30 billion revenue sharing plan with states and localities until after the political conventions. The House approved the measure 274 to 122, retroactive to Jan 1, while an attempted July 1 effective date was defeated.
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Edmond Lebreton Washington
Senate
House
John W. Byrnes
Rwis
Russell B. Long
Dla
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Britain floats pound to find new rate amid dollar rally
The British government lets the pound float to curb a run on the currency. The move shocks European markets, boosts gold above 64 dollars an ounce, and prompts closures of London and Common Market exchanges. The Bank of England gains reserve freedom while a devaluation risk lingers.
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London
U. S
Common Market
Frankfurt
Switzerland
Zurich
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Paris
Nixon
Washington
Bank of England
London Stock Exchange
Nixon signs education bill amidst criticism of busing provisions
President Nixon signed the 21.3 billion education bill while denouncing its antibusing provisions as inadequate and unsatisfactory. He also floated temporary lifting of meat-import quotas to curb food prices, plus the option of tougher controls.
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Washington
Nixon
California frost damage to crops may not trigger disaster status
The Fresno Bee reports that thirteen California counties, including Tehama, with crop damages near 100 million dollars from a March frost, are unlikely to be declared a disaster area by President Nixon.
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Fresno
California
Nixon
Fresno Bee
Tehama
Miss California Preliminaries Conclude Tonight
Thirty contestants compete in the 49th Miss California Pageant after opening rounds. Cynthia Rose Henry, 18, of Glendora wins the swimsuit segment and Lillian Dianne Wagner, 20, of Daly City wins the talent group. Tonight the 15 in each group perform in the talent contest.
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Santa Cruz
Los Angeles
San Mateo County
Cynthia Rose Henry
Glendora
Weather Forecast With Cooler Temps and Winds
Variable cloudiness through Saturday and cooler conditions. Southerly winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph. Sunday outlook fair and warmer. Tonight and tomorrow 10 percent precipitation. High today 75, low tonight 52, high tomorrow 70. River levels listed at Bend Bridge 21.5, Lake Red Bluff 15.8, Tehama Bridge 204.0, Woodson Bridge 168.8 feet.
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Bend Bridge
Lake Red Bluff
Tehama Bridge
Woodson Bridge
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