Mississippi River Valley Flooding Reaches 10.4 Million Acres
Floodwaters inundate 10.4 million acres across seven states with $193 million in crop and business losses. Levees fail near St. Louis forcing 600 mobile homes residents to evacuate and two more deaths raise toll to at least 10. Louisiana and Arkansas hold most acreage under water. oil wells shut, crops in peril.
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Nice Tatro
Associated Press
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St. Louis
Boshetown
Ilinois
Larry Wolfe
Havana
Illinois River
Charles Noble
Mississippi River Commission
Vicksburg
Miss
Louisiana
Arkansas
North
Little Rock
Robert L. Rosamond
Baton Rouge
Louisana Farm Bureau Federation
Delta
Louisiana Conservation Department
Rebels seize Mekong river front near Phnom Penh
Cambodian insurgents overran government positions across the Mekong from Phnom Penh and control a long east bank stretch. rockets hit the airport area killing 19 and wounding 62. U.S. jets bombarded the east bank as refugees fled.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Mekong
West Bank
U.S
Thailand
East Bank
Prek
Frederick approves dog control ordinance for county
Frederick County Board of Supervisors passed a dog at large rule aimed at keeping dogs under “immediate control” in populated areas. The measure, not a leash law, carries fines of 5 to 25 dollars per violation after written notice. Public support was near unanimous with only one skeptic on legality.
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Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Court Square
Harold Whitacre
Whitacre
Bowman Named Prelate for Coronation
Reverend William Bowman named prelate for the Coronation of Queen Shenandoah XLVI. He is pastor of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church in Winchester and retires from NIH after 32 years. Bowman, born 1915 in Natchez, studied at Washington Baptist Seminary and Howard University, and will move to Winchester after graduation in 1974. The May 4 coronation takes place on Handley High School steps at 2 30 p.m. with Queen Edda Marie Sevilla Somoza Sacasa.
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William Bowman
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
Winchester
Thelma Clore
Shenandoah
New Church College
Cambridge
Mass
Howard University
Bowman
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda
U.S. Army
Washington
Winchester - Washington
Edda Marie Sevilla- Somoza Sacasa
Handley High School
Nixon campaign poll tied to mine Haiphong harbor
Workers for the Nixon re election committee mailed in more than a third of favorable responses in a local television poll on mining Haiphong harbor. Official DeVan L. Shumway said the effort was not rigging the poll justifiable as a common tactic in an election. He noted about 2 000 ballots were mailed by committee workers.
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Washington
Nixon
DeVan L. Shumway
Metromedia
WITG
Haiphong Harbor
WTTG
Shumway
Spiro T. Agnew
1973 Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival program on sale
The 1973 Official Program is now on sale. Winchester Rotary Club distributes it with Thomas T. Byrd as committee chairman. Distribution at 10 S. Loudoun St annex of Miller & Anderson, Inc. hours 2:30–4:30 p.m. daily next week and 9 a.m.–2 p.m. Saturday. Prospective salesmen who returned applications may pick up copies at the Retribution office after school today.
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Shenandoah
Winchester Rotary Club
Thomas T. Byrd
Rotary Committee
S. Loudoun St
Miller & Anderson, Inc
Trade Deficit Narrowed to 52.6 Million in March
Commerce Department reports March imports at 5.4 billion and exports at 5.3 billion, yielding a 52.6 million trade deficit the best month since 1971. Exports rose 315 million led by aircraft deliveries and agricultural products, while imports fell 109 million, chiefly in industrial supplies and consumer goods.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Mike Douglas to be grand marshal at Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival
In Philadelphia Mike Douglas relaxes after a two hour taping and looks forward to serving as grand marshal of Winchester Virginia's Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival on May 5. He will be knighted by Queen Shenandoah 46 Edda Seville-Somoza Sacasa. Douglas and wife Gen will attend with Festival officials who flew in to finalize arrangements. He also notes dogwood in bloom at home and his love of spring and golf.
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Philadelphia
Mike Douglas
Kyw
5Th and
E. Market Sts
Virginia
Winchester
Shenandoah
Quaker City
Edda Seville-Somoza Sacasa
Douglas
Genevieve
Gen
Clyde A
Chip) Johnson Jr
Chip Johnson
TV Star
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