Midwest flood forces hundreds from homes as rivers rise
The Mississippi and Missouri rivers overflowed banks driving hundreds from farms and communities in Missouri and Illinois. Guardsmen aided rescue efforts while shelters housed evacuees. In Memphis the river peaked at its highest since 1937 as sandbags lined Riverside Drive and levees broke near Old Monroe and West Alton, displacing thousands along the Meramec and Missouri. Colorado ranchers faced heavy losses as crews airlifted hay to feed stranded cattle amid eight foot drifts, and Albuquerque shut most offices and universities..Local officials reported major disruption across the region with towns reassessing calf crops and livestock losses as floodwaters surged.
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Mississippi
Missouri
Illinois
Memphis
Tenn
Riverside Drive
Albuquerque
N.M
Las Vegas
Kirtland Air Force Base
Colorado
Lorado
Twinois
Daniel Walker
Grafton
Ill
Old Monroe
West Alton
Wounded Knee talks at critical stage near settlement
In Pine Ridge South Dakota negotiators for the Federal government and AIM leaders meet for a third straight day as the 34 day old standoff at Wounded Knee enters a critical phase. Both sides report progress on several demands including tribal self government and treaty rights while indictments hang over AIM leaders.
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S.D
UPI
Wounded Knee
American Indian Movement
AIM
Kent Frizzell
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
Ramon Roubideaux
Frizzell
Roubideaux
Rapid City
Trading Post
U.S. Cavalry
FBI
Dick Wilson
Wilson
Federal
Rates for Home Delivery and Newsstand Copies
Rates show home delivered by carrier at 90 cents weekly and newsstand single daily copy at 15 cents with Sunday Record at 30 cents. Class postage paid at Middletown indicates mailing entitlement.
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Middletown
Egypt Continues Peace Talks With U.S. Amid Eroding Efforts
Cairo officials said Egypt would press ahead with dialogue with the United States on a possible Middle East peace settlement despite waning diplomacy and rising talk of military action. Israel, meanwhile, reported receiving an undisclosed number of U S helicopters to augment its strike capability, with Washington indicating no explanation was needed.
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UPI
Egypt
United States
Middle East
Israel
U.S
Suspected IRA Trainees Questioned in Belfast
Police questioned 28 suspected IRA members in Belfast after raids tied to arrests on suspicions they traveled to camps in the Irish Republic for training in new weapons. The moves followed a claim by Protestant leader William Craig that Provisional IRA members were being trained south of the border.
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Belfast
UPI
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Irish Republic
William Craig
Siege and surrender of hill post in Seoul by two GIs
Two heavily armed American soldiers seized a hilltop police post in Seoul and held officers for more than nine hours before peacefully surrendering to U S authorities. The men Michael McDonald and Terry Hergert remain in military custody pending investigation. No motive released.
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UPI
U.S
Spec
Michael McDonald
Oakland
Calif
Pic
Terry Hergert
St. John
Wash
Army
Britain Enacts Phase II Price Ceilings VAT Introduced
Britain ends total wage and price freeze and imposes a second stage of price ceilings to curb inflation while dock workers and hospital staff strike in protest. A national VAT replaces the sales tax system amid confusion on day one as the middleman adds 10 percent to prices. The dollar strengthens in European markets. gold dips below 90 dollars. The pound trades near 2.4757 dollars before the bell with mixed euro rates.
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UPI
Britain
Paris
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