Memorial services honor Hood flood victims in Rapid City gym
In Rapid City South Dakota a large memorial in a 6200 seat high school gym honored 216 flood victims. Rev Burnell A Lund urged forward looking healing as Rabbi Stanford Adelstein spoke of reconstruction and hope. Mrs Nixon praised volunteers including Mike Brunick and Joy Medley as Relief efforts continued. A Carna tions wreath from the Salvation Army marked the ceremony. The article notes a historic railway completion date May 10 1869.
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Rapid City
S.D
Humble and the Mighty
Richard M. Nixon
America
Black Hills
Burnell A. Lund
Trinity Lutheran Church
Stanford Adelstein
Salvation Army
United States of America
Washington
Nixon
Mike Brunick
Joy Medley
Vietnamese battlefront and air campaign update
Near An Loc ten miles south the South Vietnamese Rangers faced shell fire and suffered casualties as they pulled back after orders. Marines met strong resistance along the Street Without Joy north of Hue while Air Force crews claimed major SAM and weapon cache losses in a wide strike pattern. Thieu spoke on Armed Forces Day of plans to reclaim territory as Paris peace talks loom and Hanoi faced heavy bombing below the 20th parallel.
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An Loc
U.S
Hue
Hanoi
Haiphong
North Vietnam
20Th Parallel
Podgorny
Calcutta
Vietnam
Paris
Thieu
Armed Forces Day
Global air strike grounds flights amid protest over piracy death
Airlines including Sabena El Al Air Canada Alitalia Lufthansa Swissair and Air New Zealand halted traffic for an hour to protest air piracy and honor a Czech pilot killed last week. Ground crews walked out in Vienna and Pan Am faced ramp blockages as 1 500 Eastern flights were forecast to lose revenue.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
South African Airways
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Oslo
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Air France
Haneda
Montreal
CP Air
Northeast Airlines
Welsh to Lead Screening Panel for Adams County Delegates
Welsh heads a screening panel with Frank Breckenridge and Harold R McClary assisting. Over 240 applications filed for 19 at large delegates. public hearing urged this afternoon. Committee to post approved list tonight. convention must approve Tuesday. District caucuses will choose 57 more national delegates this evening.
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Adams County
Democratic
Frank Breckenridge
Kokomo
Harold R McClary
Boonville
DeVoss
Merchant banker and insurer active in United Way network
The subject engages in United Way work and holds positions with Merchants National Bank and fraternal groups including Masonic Lodge No 573 Scottish Rite and Zorah Shrine. A Terre Haute resident since 1920 he built his insurance agency from a used desk and second-hand typewriter. He and Hazel live at 335 S 22nd St with two daughters Mary Lou Lukens and Martha Ann Gettinger, a son Wayne, and grandchildren.
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Masonic Lodge No
Scottish Rite
Columbia Club
Indiana Society of Chicago
Country Club of
Terre Haute
Hazel
S. 22Nd St
Mary Lou Lukens
Martha Ann Gettinger
Wayne
Judge Denies Dismissal in Hanrahan Case
In Chicago AP report Circuit Court Judge Philip Romiti rejects a motion to dismiss the indictment against Edward V. Hanrahan and 13 others over a raid that left Black Panther leaders Fred Hampton and Mark Clark dead. Trial set for July 5. charges allege conspiring to obstruct justice and falsifying evidence.
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Chicago
Edward V. Hanrahan
Cook County
Philip J. Romiti
Hanrahan
Special County Grand
Fred Hampton
Mark Clark
Break-in details tie security chief to committee
McCord a former CIA security chief at Langley who runs a Rockville security firm is linked to a committee break-in. Mitchell says McCord aided with security setup but not on their behalf. Finances show April May payments to McCord and associates. Dole notes limited prior work but disavows official involvement. Other named men are Sturgis, Martinez, Gonzales, and Barker.
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McCord
Central Intelligence Agency
Langley
Hungerford Drive
Rockville
Mitchell
Los Angeles
General Accounting Office
James McCord
McCord Associates
Frank Sturgis
Eugenio R. Martinez
Virgilio R. Gonzales
Bernard L. Barker
Hong Kong Rain Avalanche Destroys Multiple High-Rises
Torrential rains in Hong Kong triggered a ground collapse when an old two story structure slid onto a six story building below. The six story block, previously ordered evacuated, became the avalanche core and toppled a 12 story apartment, then struck a 14 story tower. Residents had been moved only partially before the disaster.
Briton crash recall marks third deadly week
The text recounts a 21 year old Avro Tudor crash that killed 81 Welsh football fans, noting it as the third deadly incident in five days. It contrasts with a Japan Airlines DC8 crash in India that killed 90 and a Cathay Pacific Convair crash in South Vietnam that killed 81.
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Britain
Japan Airlines
Fire Holds Back Shy Women as Firemen Beg Outside Window
In Edinburg Scotland Mrs Sheila Black 44 and her daughter Elizabeth refused to leave their apartment during a fire in a furniture factory below. A 40 foot ladder and urging from firefighters failed to draw them to safety while crowds gathered. Civil defense said others stayed put across the Venice area. In Florida dog island residents refused to evacuate as a ferry sailed past in heavy seas. One killed and about three dozen injured as twisters struck the state damaging buildings and mobile homes.
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Edinburg
Scotland
UPI
Sheila Black
Elizabeth
Farver
Panacea
John Trotman
Dog Island
Carrabelle
Severe weather grips Florida and Georgia with tornado deaths
Hurricane watches cover southern Georgia and northern Florida as tornadoes cause multiple fatalities. Five deaths blamed on Florida storms, two drownings in Franklin County near Apalachicola, and four killed with dozens injured in Okeechobee. Over 1,500 evacuated along the Gulf Coast.
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Florida
Franklin County
Apalachicola
Okeechobee
Gulf Coast
Here
Death Probed After Bean Blossom Campground Death
Autopsy results awaited for Guy Paul King Jr. 22 of Cincinnati found dead at Bean Blossom camping area during the Bean Blossom Bluegrass Music Festival. Police say King staggered into the area Saturday night and collapsed. two men who occupied the site left and returned Sunday morning to find him dead.
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Bean Blossom, Ind
Guy Paul King Jr
Cincinnati
Here
King
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