Shenandoah Floods Roar Through Region Since 1955
Widespread rainfall caused the Shenandoah to crest at Front Royal 17.8 feet and Riverton 23 24 feet, with Harpers Ferry at 14 feet as floodwaters rise then recede. Potomac to crest near Washington tonight. Evacuations near Front Royal and Clarke County report extensive riverbottom damage and two injuries. Fire at High's Ice Cream Store destroys contents though building remains intact.
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Corps of Engineers
Bali
Ork
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Riverton
Waynesboro
Harpers Ferry
W.va
National Parks
Potomac
Washington
Winchester Research Laboratory
Roy Downey
Strasburg
Cedar Creek
Shenandoah Farms
Avalon Shores
Riverview
Gary T. Keyser
Riverbottom
Opequon
Brucetown
High’s
Berryville Ave
Stuart Dyke
Hijacked Pan Am Jet Held in Cuba Amid Arrests
A Pan American jet with 69 aboard remains detained in Havana as four Cuban fishing boat captains face trial in Key West for illegal waters fishing. Havana radio says more boats are en route. Pan Am questions the delay as Castro's official outlet cites a Venezuelan youth as diverting the Caracas to Miami flight.
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Miami
Fla
Pan American World Airways
Havana
Key West
Havana Radio
Florida Keys
Pan Am
Robert Bohne
U.S. Coast Guard
Cuba
Keys
Najeeb Halaby
Fidel Castro
Caracas
Western Union Strike Closes Offices Nationwide
Two unions representing about 20 100 employees walked off at 12 01 a m closing public offices and halting domestic telegrams money orders and overseas cables across the United States The UTW and CWA demanded a 31 percent two year raise rejecting a 20 percent offer.
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New York
Western Union
United Telegraph Workers
Communications _Workers of America
Aflcio
Earl D. Hilburn
Memorial Day Weekend Traffic Toll Across Nation
The National Safety Council reports 532 deaths from traffic accidents over the three day Memorial Day weekend. Estimates had ranged 450 to 550, with the high three day toll reaching 597 in 1969.
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National Safety Council
Hostage Freed In Gun Battle In Istanbul
Police stormed the apartment where two young terrorists held a 14 year old girl hostage. In the three minute gun battle, one kidnapper died and the other was critically wounded while the girl was rescued uninjured and being treated for shock.
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Istanbul
Sibel Erkan
Huseyin Cevahir
Mahir Cayan
Ephraim Elrom
Arr
Cavan
Cevahir
Elrom
Turkish People’s Liberation Army
Cayan
Nixon to brief public in live 8:30 news conference
President Nixon will appear live on four networks at 8:30 p.m. EDT with no preliminary announcements. Press Secretary Ziegler said the session will start with questions and answers, following Nixon's last conference on May 1 in San Clemente, broadcast by radio only.
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Washington
Nixon
Ronald L. Ziegler
San Clemente
Calif
Audie Murphy Killed In Virginia Plane Crash
Wreckage of a chartered Aero Commander carrying Audie Murphy and five others found on Brushy Mountain near Roanoke Virginia. Pathologists work to identify the six victims as rescue teams reach the site after three days of bad weather and no flight plan.
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Audie Murphy
Roanoke
Roanoke Community Hospital
Audie
Lincoln Carle
Murphy
Martinsville
Here
Atlanta
Brushy
Virginia Officials Seek Course Out of Reapportionment Dilemma
In Richmond the House Privileges and Elections Committee and the State Attorney General met with Justice Department lawyers to resolve Virginia reapportionment issues. They have yet to agree on whether to switch to single member districts in five cities or overhaul the House plan. A June 15 deadline looms following a federal court order.
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Richmond
House Privileges and Elections Committee
Andrew P. Miller
Justice Department
Virginia
Miller
U.S. Supreme Court
Indiana
Senate
Norfolk
Adelard L. Brault
Fairfax
Brault
Fairfax City
Anthony Troy
U. S
Hustice Department
Challenges and Peace Themes Highlight Memorial Day Talks
Speakers at Winchester National Cemetery and Shenandoah Memorial Park framed Memorial Day around national challenges and peace. Col. Arvin S. Williams of Randolph-Macon Academy urged commitment to democracy and peaceful freedom, while Rev. W. A. Moyer Jr. emphasized patriotism and the cost of war. A wreath ceremony followed with the VFW firing squad honors.
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Winchester National Cemetery
Arvin S. Williams
Randolph - Macon Academy
Front Royal
America
Shenandoah Memorial Park
W.A. Moyer
Williams
Col. Williams
National Cemetery
John T. Dowd
Leslie Fries
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Weather Bright and Sunny in Virginia Today
Two high pressure areas over the eastern United States produced mostly sunny skies across Virginia. The notice includes a drug hotline offer with the phone number 667-0145 for help with substance concerns.
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Richmond
Virginia
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Rt. 606
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Cihan Alptekin
People’s Liberation Army
Adiyaman
Liberation Army
Sinan Cemgil
U.S
Muzaffer Caglar
Gerald Jones
Robert Rush
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