Burial of Flood Victims Begins in Rapid City
Rapid City faces a mounting death toll after a flood from Rapid Creek. Graveside services start in three cemeteries for identified victims as survivors search for the dead and aid pours in from federal agencies and state authorities.
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Rapid City
S.D
Rapid Creek
Black Hills
Civil Defense
Omaha
Institute of Atmospheric Sciences
South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
Arnett Dennis
Duane L. Corning
South Dakota National Guard
Donald Barnett
Barnett
Army Corps of Engineers
Sturgis
Nixon seeks quick Senate approval for ABM and arms accords
President Nixon urged Congress to approve a two site ABM treaty and a companion executive agreement to freeze total offensive ballistic missiles at present levels. He warned of possible withdrawal if tighter limits are not reached in five years and noted NATO submarines remain a sticking point with the Soviet Union. Senate leaders favor approval, timing uncertain.
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Washington
Nixon
Soviet Union
Congress
Senate
United States
U.S
NATO
Arkansas Runoff Primary Draws Massive Voter Turnout
Up to 495,000 voters were expected to turn out today for the Democratic runoff between Sen. John L. McClellan and Rep. David Pryor in Arkansas. The race tests McClellan despite a 30 year Senate career.
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Little Rock
John L. McClellan
David Pryor
McClellan
Senate
McGovern Says Center Movement Helps His Campaign
New York AP George McGovern claims the political center is moving toward him as he campaigns in the Bronx for the Democratic presidential primary. He urges immediate withdrawal from Vietnam, domestic welfare reform, and defense spending focused on domestic needs while resisting compromise on core proposals.
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New York
George McGovern
South Dakota
McGovern
Bronx
U.S
South Vietnam
Houston
Tex
Frederick County Supervisors Hear Rezoning Proposals and Funds Plan
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors will meet at 1 p.m. to consider three rezoning requests from Fredericktowne Co Schenck Foods Co and W H Emmart and Son plus a 24000 funding alteration and a county fair appropriation. Public hearings on five subdivision plats water and sewer permits and three community appointments follow.
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Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Board of Supervisors
Frederick County Administration
Court Square
Fredericktowne Company
Schenck Foods Co., Inc
W.H. Emmart and Son, Inc
Fredericktowne Co
Va. Rt
Schenck Foods
U.S. Rt. 11
Kernstown
W.H. Emmart
Rt. 11
Residential Limited
Two Rail Bridges Hit Near Chinese Border in Vietnam
AP reports US pilots destroyed two 2,000 pound laser bombed railroad bridges on the northeast line toward China within 25 miles of the Chinese border. The strikes came as China protested American air raids along its southern frontier and US commands logged hundreds of strikes in North Vietnam.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Peking
China
Hanoi
U.S
Chinese Foreign Ministry
Virginia Attorney General calls for public defender system after Supreme Court ruling
Atty Gen Miller says the high court decision requiring counsel for indigent misdemeanor defendants underscores Virginia's need for a statewide public defender system. He urges rapid action by the 1972 commission, notes lack of misdemeanor counsel funding, and suggests involving the State Bar and local bars to resolve costs and implementation.
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Richmond
Andrew P. Miller
U. S. Supreme Court
Virginia
Miller
Virginia General Assembly
High Court
General Assembly
Virginia State Bar
Commonwealth
Virginia Beach
Israeli Planes Down 2 Soviet-Built MIGs Over Mediterranean
TEL AVIV AP Israeli air force fighters shot down two Soviet-built Egyptian MIG21 jets in a midday dogfight over the Mediterranean near the Sinai. Pilots parachuted into the sea about 25 miles off Sinai. Israeli losses not disclosed.
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Tel Aviv
Mediterranean
Sinai
Sinai Desert
Israel
Middle East
Pentagon cancels wolf fur parka hood order
Washington AP The Pentagon scrapped an order for 277 502 parka hoods lined with wolf fur to protect North America’s endangered timber wolves The move follows a push by Rep William Whitehurst RVa who noted the plan would slaughter about 25 000 wolves A synthetic substitute is to be developed to match frost resistance and cut costs by about four dollars per hood saving roughly 1 1 million
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Washington
Pentagon
North America
National Wildlife Federation
Federation
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OEP
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Nix
Finch
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Small Business Administration
Farm Home Administration
Raymond Gardner
O’fallon
Gardner
Moscow
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
John Stennis
Dmiss
Senate Armed Services Committee
Arkansas
Middle Road
Demilitarized Zone
Hue
An Loc
Associated Press
Richard Blystone
Highway 13
Blystone
Tan Kahi
Prack
Powhatan
B’ville
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