Flood Devastates Black Hills. Death Toll Near 200
In Rapid City South Dakota and surrounding areas flood deaths neared 200 as officials warned the final total could rise. About 500 remained unaccounted for while federal aid and a potential $100 million in damages were anticipated. Governor Kneip and Senator McGovern toured the disaster zone as rescue and cleanup continued.
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Rapid City
S.D
Black Hills
South Dakota
Mt. Rushmore National Memorial
Canyon Lake
Rapid Creek
George McGovern
Flooding Strands Families Along Big Hole River Near Melrose
About 12 families along Trapper Creek Road southwest of Melrose were stranded as the Big Hole River flooded a bridge and submerged the road. Horses and hipboots helped cross a knee-deep, fast flow while the river peaked around 8 feet Saturday, then fell to 7.6 feet Sunday. flood stage is 6.5 feet. Residents worked to divert overflow as ditches flooded homes and a county road near Melrose to Twin Bridges was closed. One family near the pavilion faced evacuation amid rising water near Twin Bridges.
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Trapper Creek
Melrose
Big Hole
Lars Kalsta
Glen
National Weather Service
Twin Bridges
Pavillion
Jefferson
Protesters demand camping rights at Miami Beach facilities
Hundreds of hardhats Boy Scouts and high school students press for permission to camp on public facilities to house up to 100000 protesters for the Democratic and Republican conventions. Rubin head of Operation Backbone cites plans to secure tent sites in Flamingo Park and other city spaces.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Ellis Rubin
Dade County
Rubin
Boy Scout
Florida
Joseph Wanick
Operation Backbone
Flamingo Park
Nautilus
Ublic
U.S
South Vietnam
Vietnam Veterans Against
Uts
Mills predicts McGovern loss and Kennedy draft
Rep. Wilbur Mills said McGovern will likely fail to clinch the Democratic nomination and that a deadlocked convention could turn to Sen. Edward Kennedy. Mills also said he would consider a Kennedy Mills ticket if drafted and noted he does not aspire to the vice presidency.
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New York
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
George McGovern
D-S.d
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Sen. McGovern
Mills
Sen. Kennedy
McGovern
Nixon
NBC
Meet the Press
Ted Kennedy
Jack Kennedy
Congress
Tornadoes Rake Montana Amid Uncommon Storm Burst
The Associated Press reports several rare Montana tornado sightings across Opheim Glentana Redstone Lambert Peerless and Bridger area towns. Officials note brief high winds and driving rain as funnel clouds dissipated, with no lasting damage beyond a grain bin lift near Glentana.
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Associated Press
Montana
Opheim
Canadian
LeRoy Stein
Glentana
National Weather Service
Quintuplets Born to American and German Wife in Frankfurt
In Frankfurt a hospital spokesman announced the birth of quintuplets to Brigitte Bean and her husband Harry C. Bean an American engineer with the AFN. The four girls and a boy were delivered by cesarean section and all are reported doing well.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Hans-Dieter Taubert
Harry C. Bean
Taubert
Bean
Eschersheim
American Forces Network
Armed Forces Radio and Television Network
Europe
Connecticut
Brigitte
Flood survivors face new threat and fear of typhoid
Sun day at the Pennington County Health Department survivors of the Rapid Creek flood stood in line for vaccines and tetanus shots. Health official Darel Mowry explained shot needs and asked neighbors about water safety as families with bruises and mud covered children waited for treatment.
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Rapid City
S.D
Pennington County
Rapid Creek
Darel Mowry
Sam Chase
Mowry
U S jets hit North Vietnam hydro plant and rail targets
U S forces destroyed a 112 500 kilowatt hydroelectric plant near Hanoi and broader air raids targeted Red River Valley rail lines and bridges. In the south two Americans were wounded and a adviser killed near An Loc while Hanoi reported three U S aircraft shot down.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Red River Valley
China
Vietnam
An Loc
da Nang
Air Force
Lang Chi
Washington
United States
Weather Outlook and Frost Chance Today
Variable cloudiness and cooler air move in with a risk of frost in lower valley areas. The forecast calls for daytime highs near 60 degrees and lows in the upper 20s to 30s. More details on Page 3.
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Detroit
Ore
Carey Miller
Salem
Humane Society
Oregon Game Commission
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Pennington County Health Department
Richard Kneip
Ellsworth Air Force Base
Big Hole River
Miami
Rep
Lanh Dang
Hanoi-Haiphong
Butte Weather
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