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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1973
Page
1
Four youths from Elyria including Kathy and Lorie, both 15, and two young men left the city seeking a freer life with no deep parental issues. They traveled as far as Utah before returning home, aided by small amounts of cash and a snatched gasoline card.
A Navy munitions train with more than 7 000 bombs exploded in a Sacramento area yard injuring at least 52. Firefighters faced ongoing blasts as bombs continued to detonate, destroying Antelope homes and damaging Citrus Heights facilities. Aerial observers and National Guardsmen assisted while authorities evacuated nearby areas and halted rail traffic.
President Nixon secluded himself to decide next steps as reports say two White House aides Haldeman and Ehrlichman supervised a cover up of the Watergate bugging. John Dean III plans to testify he briefed them on the cover up as Dean implicates illegal activities dating back to 1969.
In Amarillo Texas 24000 people waited for the world’s largest bean dinner after a beef barbecue failed to cook leaving only beans. Oscar winner Ben Johnson Andy Devine Amarillo Slim Peterson and Rep. Bob Price attended the VIP table as the town laf celebrated Meat Appreciation Week with beef plans canceled.
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