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Newspaper
Sunday Dominion Post
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1973
Page
1
A sequence of explosions ripped through railroad boxcars near Roseville California injuring dozens and prompting an evacuation of up to fifty thousand residents as fires spread and clouds of smoke filled the sky with ammunition cars burning and bombs detonating.
In Vienna 18 Soviet Jews, including Laser Krais, depart for Moscow after failing to adapt to Israel. They join 96 others awaiting return visas as Moscow grants a goodwill visa gesture for May Day. Across California, a Sacramento region disaster unfolds at the Southern Pacific yard when a train explosion injures dozens but reports no fatalities. Firefighters face hours of blasts as bombers drop retardant on the fires northeast of Sacramento.
The Mississippi River neared a record crest at St Louis threatening new destruction downstream as residents reinforced levees. A towboat crewmember was feared drowned after a tow rammed a pier at Greenville Mississippi. Flood depths and backwater rises extended across Missouri Illinois and Mississippi with hundreds of thousands displaced and farmland under water north of Vicksburg.
United Press International reports mostly fair weather across West Virginia led to cancellation of flash flood watches and river crest projections. the National Weather Service rescinded high water warnings for eastern counties. Crests were expected at three feet over flood stage on the Little Kanawha River, but water stopped rising by Saturday morning. Minor flooding occurred with U.S. 52 at Moses Fork in Wayne County the only road closed. Rock and mud slides from pre weekend rain caused most highway trouble.
Ottawa reports the "baby bonus" is making a comeback after plans to nearly triple the family allowance. Public support spans parties, and provincial welfare ministers gather in favor at a recent conference.
James R Hoffa told reporters at his watergate era press conference that Nixon was likely an unwitting victim of circumstances and that Teamsters funds were not used to support bugging He noted long ties at the Teamster national headquarters and discussed parole limits and a potential run for union leadership in Detroit Hoffa questioned reports of pension fund diverting money and suggested tampering with public perception through ongoing union politics
President Nixon spent a weekend at Camp David Md in virtual seclusion weighing the Watergate crisis. Top aides Haldeman and Ehrlichman were absent as reports spread of moves to remove them. Senator Dole urged resignations while critics within the campaign questioned loyalty as Watergate’s 1972 bugging and spying allegations reach new heights.
A $3 million quake rattled Hawaii island like a rug, strongest in 22 years. Mayor Kimura asked Nixon to declare a disaster area as Acting Gov Ariyoshi and lawmakers visit the hardest hit zones. Senators Inouye and Mink arrived to assess the damage while Washington aides tied to Watergate resign or face scrutiny, and calls for Ruckelshaus to take over as FBI chief surface amid investigations.
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