Flood toll rises in Rapid City disaster
The Rapid City flood disaster now tallies 208 dead with about 500 missing and 3,000 homeless. National Guardsmen and volunteers worked to recover bodies as curfews limited night searches. Sen. McGovern and Gov. Kneip visited the area amid typhoid and tetanus inoculations and water distribution challenges.
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Black Hills
Duane L
Duke
Corning
Canyon Lake
George McGovern
Richard Kneip
McGovern
Congress
Rapid City High School
Pennington County Health Department
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Ellsworth Air Force Base
Two MIGs Downed As U S Adds Rail-Line Attacks
U S forces report shooting down two more MIG jets 26 miles south of Hanoi as large fires flare along a 10 mile North Vietnam rail segment toward China. Navy Phantoms also down a pair of interceptors while a Navy A6 is reported missing with two crewmen.
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Saigon
USS
North Vietnam
China
U.S. Command
Hanoi
Coral Sea
U.S
Air Force
Lang Chi Pliant
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
Boys State Organizing Two Political Parties
Indiana Hoosier Boys State delegates at Indiana State University form two political parties for upcoming elections. Ninety hundred high school seniors plan eight day government training as Ron Richardson leads Nationalists and Bill Stearman heads Federalists. FBI agent Paul A. Zolbe addresses delegates on law enforcement duties and Civil Rights Act era crimes.
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Hoosier Boys’ State
Indiana Department of the American Legion
Indiana State University
FBI
Humphrey Cites McGovern Close to Quitting Wisconsin Race
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey says Sen. George McGovern was near dropping out of the White House race before the Wisconsin primary April 4. He noted their mutual awareness of back stage moves as he spoke during a weekend off.
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Waverly
Minn
Hubert H. Humphrey
George McGovern
White House
Wisconsin
Humphrey
St. Francis Dam Collapse Death Toll Reported
United Press International reports an estimated 450 people died when the St. Francis Dam failed near Santa Paula California on March 13 1928.
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St. Francis, Dam
Santa Paula
Calif
Heavy Fighting Erupts in Northern Ireland Cities
In Belfast and Londonderry heavy gun battles erupted as Civilian clashes between Catholics and Protestants intensified. A soldier died and several civilians were killed as gunfire prompted the evacuation of women and children from Belfast Old Park Road amid the IRA referendum in Catholic districts.
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UPI
Londonderry
Old Park Road
Provisional
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Tim O Leary Terre Haute Street Commissioner Dies at 87
Timothy Francis O Leary longtime Terre Haute street commissioner died Monday at St Anthony Hospital after an extended illness He was 87 and lived at 2159 Poplar St He served under Mayor Ralph Tucker from 1948 to 1968 credited with major street improvements including Walnut Street opening He was honored by the state street commissioners association Services set for Wednesday at Callahan Funeral Home Mass at St Patrick s Church burial in Calvary Cemetery Rosary recited Tuesday evening and viewing after 3 pm Tuesday
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Terre Haute
St. Anthony Hospital
Tim
Poplar St
Ralph Tucker
Tucker
O'Leary
Walnut St
O’leary
State Street Commissioner's Association
Callahan Funeral Home
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Calvary Cemetery
Callahan
Konkle outlines statewide police advances at chiefs meeting
Indiana State Police aims to unify communications automate fingerprints data and standardize photographs as part of a major reorganizing of districts. ISP Superintendent Robert J. Konkle told chiefs at the Holiday Inn that these developments will aid all law enforcement agencies and protect taxpayers’ dollars and rights.
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Indiana State Police
ISP
Robert J. Konkle
Indiana Association of Police Chiefs
Holiday Inn
Konkle
Indiana
Weather Map Notes Terre Haute Illinois Indiana Forecast
National Weather Service map shows river stage 4.4 ft and a 56 degree 6 am reading with 77 yesterday high and 51 low. Forecast calls for partly cloudy, warmer conditions with a 20 percent tonight and 50 percent Tuesday for Indiana and Illinois showers and thunderstorms possible into Tuesday.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
R E Conrad Heads United Way Commerce Unit
Richard E. Conrad appointed chairman of the Commerce and Industry Unit for the 1972 Wabash Valley United Way campaign. Conrad, Terre Haute First National Bank vice president and cashier, serves on multiple boards and outlined early planning and deadlines for corporate gifts and payroll deductions.
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Richard E. Conrad
Terre Haute First National Bank
Commerce and
Wabash Valley
United Way
Alan C. Rankin
Conrad
Unit II
Beacon School of the Valley
Wabash Valley Council
Boy Scouts of Amerca
United Way Agencies
Terre Haute Area Chamber of Commerce
Senate Debates $1.7 Billion Foreign Aid Bill
The Senate opens debate on a 1.7 billion foreign military aid bill that would cut off funds for U S troops in Vietnam after August 31. The plan includes an end the war amendment for unconditional withdrawal and conditional air and naval operations termination.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Vietnam
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mike Mansfield
Dmont
Indochina
John C. Stennis
D Miss
Senate Armed Services Committee
State Department
Two Youngsters Die in Weekend Indiana Water Accidents
Two youths died in weekend water incidents in Indiana. Larry Lataman Deer, 10, of East Prairie Missouri, drowned after falling from a bridge into Lewis Creek near Shelbyville while visiting relatives. Christopher J. Hanson, about one year old, of LaPorte drowned in a home swimming pool. he was pulled from the water and died at a hospital.
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Indiana
Larry Latamandeer
East Prairie
Lewis Creek
Raymond Lyster
Rt. 5
Shelbyville
Joe Allen
Christopher J. Hanson
John Hanson
Rt. 3
LaPorte
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Tim O'Leary
Timothy Francis O’leary
Carolyn Toops
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