Mississippi flood battle ends as Island defenders prevail
Residents of Kaskaskia Island and nearby counties battled Mississippi floodwaters all weekend aided by the Corps of Engineers and Civil Defense. About 560 registered workers and volunteers helped shield the island with sand bags and snow fencing. River crested near Chester at 35.2 feet while flood stage stands at 27. East St. Louis officials reported a state of emergency as pumps failed but repairs reduced flood risk.
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Kaskaskia Island
Randolph County
Chester
Ralph Bollinger
Missouri
Menard Penitentiary
Civil Defense
Bill Bush
Corps of Engineers
Bollinger
Bush
Kaskaskia Levee
du Quoin
Steeleville
Kaskaskia
Illinois
Murphysboro
East
Madison
St. Clair
Nixon seeks end to insanity defense for federal crimes
President Nixon plans to ask Congress to abolish insanity as a defense in murder and related federal crimes. The proposed bill would remove not guilty by reason of insanity as a plea, and require only a serious showing of intent proof at trial. If acquitted for lack of intent, a further hearing would decide commitment to a mental hospital.
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Warren Weaver Jr
New York Times
Washington
Nixon
Congress
White House
Young explorer found after night lost near Tamms
Sharon Kay Graves nine, of the rural area near Tamms in Alexander County, went exploring Saturday and vanished. Fifteen hours later she was found frightened but in good condition at home, after spending the night with her dog Brownie and four neighbor dogs in a wooded area. Her father Kenneth Graves, principal of Egyptian High School, reported the disappearance to the Alexander sheriff's department around 6 p.m. Saturday.
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Wanda Barras
Sharon Kay Graves
Tamms
Alexander County
Brownie
Kay
Kenneth Graves
Egyptian High School
Alexander
Terry Pearman
Olive Branch
Derailment probe continues in Ohio train crash
The Ohio Public Utilities Commission advances its investigation into a heavy snow derailed Amtrak Broadway Limited near East Palestine killing one and injuring 20. Five cars left the Penn Central line as rescue crews searched through the wreckage while officials assess causes.
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East Palestine
Ohio
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
PUCO
Amtrak
Broadway Limited
Youngstown
Penn Central
Supreme Court declines hearing newsman's grand jury plea
The court refused to hear Peter Bridge's appeal over grand juries questioning newsmen, upholding contempt citation after 21 days in Newark housing authority probe. The order dismissed without dissent amid other actions on veterans preference, loyalty oaths, and first amendment limits.
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Vernon A. Guidry Jr
Washington
Supreme Court Today
Peter Bridge
Bridge
Newark, N.J
High Court
Essex County Grand Jury
Minnesota
Communist Party of Indiana
Con
Senate panel urges big rise in food aid programs
The Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs calls for an 860 million increase in federal food programs, about 20 percent more than Nixon administration figures. The panel cites needs for school meals, rural and urban feeding facilities, and higher breakfast reimbursements while debating wage price controls.
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Senate Select Committee On Nutrition and Human Needs
George S. McGovern
D-S.c
Nixon
America
Charles H. Percy
Revised school aid plan urged by Nixon administration
HEW Secretary Caspar Weinberger proposed a radical revenue sharing system to replace many specific school aid programs. Critics led by House subcommittee chair Carl Perkins warned the plan could disrupt state funding, while Weinberger argued for flexibility amid population shifts and economic changes.
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Nixon
Congress
Health, Education and Welfare
Caspar W. Weinberger
House
Carl D. Perkins
Dky
South
Weinberger
HEW
Politically sensitive ITT papers under House panel review
A House Commerce Committee subpanel weighs releasing a secret SEC summary from ITT probe after weekend claims by Jack Anderson that Nixon aides are named. The panel voted to publish the confidential memo unless the Justice Department and SEC oppose disclosure in writing.
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Carl C. Craft
Washington
House
Securities and Exchange Commission
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Jack Anderson
SEC
ITT
House Commerce Committee
Special Investigations Subcommittee
Justice Department
Anderson
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Senate Judiciary Committee
Mitchell
Commerce
Maurice Stans
Peter Peterson
Richard Kleindienst
Asst
Richard McLaren
Harold Geneen
Senate
Kleindienst
Dita D. Beard
San Diego
GOP
Miami Beach
Hartford Fire Insurance Co
U.S
Harley O. Staggers
D-W. Va
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Staggers Subcommittee
William J. Casey
John W. Dean III
Justice
Casey
Charles
Whitman
Obstruction of Justice
Geneen
Weather Outlook: Rain Likely Tonight and Through Midweek
A 70 percent chance of rain tonight with lows in the 30s. Tuesday brings clouds and a morning shower risk, highs only in the 50s. Wednesday to Friday looks fair to partly cloudy and warmer with a chance of rain on Wednesday.
Supreme Court limits university free speech restrictions
The Supreme Court ruled 6 3 that universities may not impose stricter free speech limits than the First Amendment on students. The ruling reversed a lower court decision upholding the University of Missouri's expulsion of Barbara Papish after she distributed a campus newspaper deemed indecent. The decision centers on whether campus rules may regulate constitutionally protected material.
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Missouri
Washington
Supreme Court
High Court
University of Missouri
Miss Papish
Free Press Underground
Dozens of Vehicles Involved in Barrie Pileup
A blizzard caused a 30 vehicle crash on a Barrie Ontario highway. Nine bodies recovered with at least six more believed trapped. Emergency crews pried wrecks apart as doctors warned death toll could rise for over 40 injured and 15 in hospitals.
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Barrie, Ont
Here
Barrie
William Farrington
Carbondale Airman Keeps Jet Safe After Thunderbird Collision
Air Force Maj. Roger K. Parrish of Carbondale piloted one of two jets in a Thunderbird formation that collided at Holloman Air Force Base New Mexico. Parrish and the other pilot survived with no injuries. One pilot parachuted from his craft while Parrish brought his plane to a controlled landing. Parrish, leader of the Thunderbirds, is the son of Kenneth Parrish of Carterville.
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Air Force
Roger K. Parrish
Carbondale
Holloman Air Force Base
N. M
Parrish
Edna Parrish
Maj. Parrish
Air Force Thunderbirds
Kenneth Parrish
Carterville
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