Denver Evacuations Amid South Platte Flood Waters
Four inches of rain and heavy snow swelled the South Platte River, forcing evacuations of 3,500 to 7,000 people in the Denver metro area. Denver fire and police aid emergency basements as highways flood. warnings extend through the night across Denver Littleton Englewood Sheridan Jefferson County and Platte floodplain.
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Rockies
UPI
Denver
South Platte
Red Cross
Gaylord Colle
Colle
Littleton
Englewood
Sheridan
Jefferson County
Platte
Colorado State Patrol
Conifer
Colorado-Nebraska
Nebraska
Colorado
Congress moves to modernize committee jurisdictions
A 10 member House panel led by Rep. Richard Bolling seeks to realign committee jurisdictions to match modern issues. The project, funded with 1.5 million dollars, faces entrenched resistance but has broad support from House leadership and members including Rep. Culver.
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Washington
Congress
House
Richard Bolling
D-Mo
Bolling
Commerce Committee
Public Works Committee
Banking and Currency Committee
John C. Culver
Culver
Carl Albert
Gerald R. Ford
Angry wife drives man to death in supermarket parking lot
In Los Angeles a quarrel between Ismael Alcaraz and his wife Juanita escalated in a supermarket lot. Police say she backed her car with him clinging to the door, he struck a fire hydrant and was impaled, dying. Juanita Alcaraz, 30, was booked on suspicion of murder.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Ismael Alcaraz
Alcaraz
Skylab 3 Commander Plans Birthday in Orbit
Skylab 3 commander Charles Conrad will turn 43 on June 2 while orbiting 270 miles above Earth. He jokes that no birthday cake is in the food locker, but ice cream might be a dream if lucky.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla. (Ap
Charles Conrad
Earth
Lottery tops Ohio primary ballot issues
Ohio voters face six constitutional amendments including Issue 1 establishing a state lottery with potential to raise up to 35 million for the general fund. Also on the ballot are five other amendments plus 150 tax levies and 75 bond measures across 61 counties.
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Columbus
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Akron
Toledo
Ted W. Brown
Ohio
General Assembly
Michigan
Sohio signs China accord to supply acrylonitrile process
Sohio and China sign an agreement to use Sohio acrylonitrile production in a planned Chinese plant to produce 110 million pounds annually. A catalyst contract for Catalyst 41 supports the process as negotiations continue with China National Technical Import Corp.
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Cleveland
UPI
People’s Republic of China
Standard Oil Co. of Ohio
Sohio
Orion
Donald G. Stevens
Red China
China National Technical Import Corp
China
U.S
Sherman J. Kemmer
Stevens
Niigata Engineering Co. Ltd
Kemmer
Italy
India
West Germany
South Korea
Red Chinese
Senate gridlock looms as ethics bill faces budget hearings
The 110th General Assembly schedules a light week with budget hearings on the $9.9 billion appropriation and a House-approved ethics bill. Senate Finance will hear the budget. Massey proposes clerk fee hikes for temporary hunting and fishing licenses. Premier action centers on ethics, liquor law changes, and ERA reconsideration.
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Columbus
Judiciary Committee
Senate
William H. Massey
R-14
Batavia
Com*uion Pleas Court
HOUSE
Attorney General
Senate Finance Committee
Finance Office
Max H. Dennis
Wilmington
Dennis
Senate Elections Committee
ERA
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American Life Insurance CO
Karl W. Plocher, Inc
Philip B. Kaiser 802 Lorain CO
Paul G. Hovey
Cny
Leo Bullocks
Democrat
Council-At-Large
Leo
Mary
Lawrence St
Tennessee
Elyria
Harshaw Chemical Co
Lorain Co
Democratic Central
West Side
Jefferson Jr. High Parent Teachers Assoc
Sidonia Lodge
The
Second Baptist Church
Ted. Emerich
Middle Ave
Space
Skylab
Ohio Supreme Court Commission
Ohio Supreme Court
Midwest
Les Aspin
D-Wis
Aspin
Office of Emergency Preparedness
QEF
Lake Erie
South Bass Island
Put-In-Bay
Sohio Oris
Assembly
Fla
America
Alan B. Shepard
Shepard
Richard Guggenheim
Ryba
Rebt
Frederick
Dowd Rd
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