Mississippi floodwaters drain at snail's pace slows damages rise
The Mississippi River system drainage continued at a snail's pace, with floodwaters still inundating 12.6 million acres and total damages estimated at 420.5 million dollars. Illinois floods cover 1.06 million acres with 52.9 million in damage as Yazoo backwater creates inland lake near Vicksburg. USACE employs 2,500 workers, evacuated 28,900 residents, and issued over 10 million sandbags. Housing officials report 35 percent of eligible temporary rent relief recipients housed. River above flood stage for sixth day at St Louis. traffic bans easing but remaining closures along embankments.
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Associated Press
Mississippi River Commission
Yazoo River
Gore
Mississippi
Vicksburg
Miss
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Aoe
Urban Development Department
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Weather Outlook With Mild Temps Returns
Today partly sunny with a high in the mid to upper 70s. Tonight fair and a bit cooler with a low in the lower 60s. Monday mostly sunny and warmer with highs in the upper 70s to lower 80s and a 10 percent precipitation chance both today and tonight.
Pension bill may face tough White House fight
Sen. Adlai Stevenson II told retired railroad workers the pension benefits bill likely to pass the House but face a difficult hurdle in the White House. He warned the president may not be sympathetic to such legislation, noting the proposed 15 percent increase in railroad pension contributions.
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Centreta
Adlai B. Stevenson II
DTI
White House
Sne
Stevenson
National Association of Retired and Veteran Railroad
House
Double agent Weatherman alleged FBI provocateur
Seymour Hersh reports that Larry D. Grantwohl a Cincinnati born Weatherman member acted as an FBI informant and provocateur during 1969 70. He allegedly coordinated with Justice Department prosecutor Guy L. Goodwin while embedded in underground groups and helped incite violence and destruction. Grantwohl 25 trained in demolition served four years in the Army and has testified in Grand Jury sessions.
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Seymour Hersh
New York Times
Washington
Radlical Weathermen
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Larry D. Grantwohl
Cincinnati
Grantwohl
Guy L. Goodwin
Justice Department
Robert Burlingham
Ramparts Magazine
Berkeley
Calif
Larry
Burlingham
New York City
Weathermen
Robert C. Mardin
Internal Security Division
FBI
Poisonous gases threaten Skylab shade task in orbit
NASA officials battled a Skylab danger as urethene insulation heated to 110 degrees released potentially lethal gases including carbon monoxide and formaldehyde. Astronauts Conrad Kerwin and Weitz trained in a simulator and planned sun shade installation while preparing to test atmospheres with new breathing gear and sensors aboard an emergency repair mission.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Space Station
TDI
Royce Hawkins
Life Sciences
Johnson Space Center
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Skylab
Mission Control
Hawkins
Charles Lewis
Conrad
Kerwin
Weitz
Space
Weit2
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
Saigon and Viet Cong trade blame over peace pact
Both sides accuse the other of stalling major provisions of the Vietnam peace agreement as truce machinery slows. Saigon cites 14 000 cease fire violations since January 28 with casualties totaling 20 106 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed 5 141 Saigon forces killed 24 742 wounded 3 324 missing 863 civilians killed 2 901 wounded.
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Saigon
Vietnam
Paris
Hanoi
le Dic Tho
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Casey denies role in scandals amid Vesco probe
Undersecretary of State William J. Casey fights speculation he will join the Nixon era scandal fallout. He faces renewed inquiries over Vesco fraud ties and a reported meeting with Vesco's lawyer after a $200000 donation to the Nixon campaign. Casey denies resigning as he travels in South America.
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William J. Casey
Nixon
Vesco
Casey
House
New York City
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Robert L. Vesco
S.E.C
Shopping spree at 90 miles an hour for Care House
A woman shopper spends five minutes and $80 on groceries for the Care House, with Joanne Wood as secretary, noted on page 22. The Southern Times highlights the flood fate and disaster loan applications, milk and food price rises, and mentions Secretariat winning the Preakness along with Vernon district track champion on respective pages.
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Joanne Wood
Secretariat
Vernon District
GAO links Kalmbach to Nixon campaign bribe payments
The GAO reported that President Nixon's personal lawyer Kalmbach received at least 210000 through intermediaries for Watergate figures. Stans LaRue and Jones funded the payments, some intended to silence defendants, with Kalmbach noting 75700 from Stans and 50000 from Jones. McCord testified of cash after the conspiracy arrests and Hunt funds. The GAO said the money was raised for the Presidents reelection and should have been reported.
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Washington
Nixon
Herbert W. Kalmbach
Watergate
Maurice Stans
Frederick C. LaRue
General Accounting Office
Thomas V. Jones
Northrop
GAO
Stans
Kalmbach
Jones
LaRue
Robert L. Vasco
Strachan
Senate Watergate probes may reveal government taps to Nixon remake
Senate investigators expect explosive testimony on how government wiretap information reached the Nixon reelection effort. James W. McCord testified he received daily reports from the internal security division and distributed memoranda to senior Nixon campaign staffers including Joan Mitchell Maurice Stans Hugh Sloan G Gordon Liddy and others.
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FBI
White House
Senate
Senate Watergate Committee
Robert C. Mardian
Justice Department
Internal Security Division
Marcian
Hemings
Watergate
James W. McCord
Nixon
McCord
Lowell P. Weicker
R-Conn
John Martin
Martin
Joel Lisker
Eee Uspalissene Regart
Cox Faces Senate Probe Over Independence In Watergate Case
Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox, named by President Nixon, faces intense Senate scrutiny on independence as Elliot Richardson plans to appear before the Judiciary Committee with Cox. Senators demand broad authority, possible Senate approval of dismissal, and concern over Cox’s trial experience and ties to the Nixon administration.
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Washington
Archibald Cox
Senate
Nixon
Elliot L. Richardson
Senate Judiciary Committee
Cox
Harvard Law School
Kennnedy
Kennedy
Edward J. Gurney
R. Fla
Richardson
Committee On Judiciary
Peters
Joseph A. Califano
Democratic National Committee
Califano
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Joseph Arimond
Any Landers
Committee For
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Nixon Campaign
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