Storms Stalk Atlantic Coast Amid Tropical Activity
Tropical Storm Heidi nears the Northeast with heavy rains as Edith drifts toward Mexico and Ginger menaces shipping at sea. Fern weakens after soaking Texas and Mexico, with Beeville reporting 8.5 inches and Alice 6.9 inches in 24 hours. 9 hostages, 28 convicts killed.
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Miami
Fla
Heidi
Atlantic
Edith
Mexico
Bermuda
Ginger
Fern
Barbados
Honduras
National Hurricane Center
Tampico
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Texas
Beeville
Tex
Alice
Weekend Rainfall Totals 3.75 Inches Areawide
Weekend showers dumped 3.75 inches across the region causing basement flooding and overflow of small streams. In Washington suburbs rainfall reached up to nine inches over two days with no reported floods there. Clarke County resident Klingensmith said the Shenandoah is near spring normal and warned four more inches could trigger trouble if ground remains waterlogged.
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Ashington
Marshall J. Klingensmith
New Bridge
Rt. 7
Clarke County
Shenandoah
Klingensmith
Ordinance on Wreckers to Get More Study
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors tabled the second reading of a wrecker and towing services ordinance for further study. An informal hearing with all interested wrecker operators is set for Sept. 27 at 7 30 p.m. Protesters argue against rigid rules and prefer the nearest wrecker be called by police.
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Audrey Coleman Star
Frederick County
Board of Supervisors
Chain of Crashes Kills Three on M-6 in Fog
In THELWALL England a massive chain collision on the M-6 near the Mersey River leaves at least nine dead and about 61 injured. Nearly 200 vehicles including cars tankers and trucks were involved as foggy conditions and excessive speed reduced visibility.
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Thelwall
England
Cheshire
Mersey
M-6
Khrushchev Buried Quietly in Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev lay in a private hospital farewell before burial at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow. About 150 mourners, including his widow and family, attended a ceremony with no speeches, as Pravda carried a brief death notice.
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Moscow
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Petrovna
Central Committee
Cpsu Communist Party of the
Council of Ministers of
U.S.S.R
CPSU
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev
Soviet Communist Party
Communist Party
Joseph Stalin
Novodyevichy
Kremlin
Stalin
Industry Leaders Clash Over Post-Freeze Wage Controls
Davis supports continued wage and price restraints under the Cost of Living Council headed by John B Connally. He spoke on NBC Today before a White House conference on Phase II controls with President Nixon. Meany and AFL-CIO leaders oppose unilateral imposition and seek a three sided tribunal.
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Davis
Cost of Living Council
Secretary of the Treasury
John B Connally
NBC
Nixon
White House
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Meany
War Labor Board
Capitol Hill
U.S
Farm
Connally
Warren E. Hearns
Missouri
Agnew
Washington
Hearnes
Nils A. Roe
South Dakota
Agnew urges end to petty bickering in search for prosperity
Vice President Spiro Agnew urged governors to set aside petty bickering and support Nixon's new anti inflation program. He defended the balanced tax plan, touted profits as vital for the poor, and offered Agnew as liaison to Washington amid intergovernmental strains.
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San Juan
P.R
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
Agnew
Mt. Olympus
White House
U.S. Customs Court
Hearnes
Congress
Missouri Democrat
Puerto Rico
el San Juan Hotel
Attica Prison Rebellion Endgame Claims Prison Lives
Nine hostages and 28 convicts were killed as state police with helicopters tear gas stormed Attica State Prison ending a four day uprising by about 1,200 inmates. Hostages were freed. some deaths occurred among guards and inmates amid the confrontation.
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Attica
N.Y
Attica State Prison
State Correction Department
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Russell G. Oswald
Vincent R Mancusi
Bee Lalary
Oswald
Anes
National Guard
Wes
Comiant
Observer
Vincent R. Mancusi
Tom Wicker
The
New York Times
William Quinn
William Kunstler
Senate to consider draft-extension bill with pay raise
The Senate planned to take up a draft-extension bill that would extend the draft two years, authorize a $2.4 billion military pay raise, and urge President Nixon to set a deadline for U S withdrawal from Vietnam amid stiff partisan battles.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Vietnam
Nixon
Virginia skies brighten as system eases rain threat
A low pressure system centered over Pennsylvania moved slowly northward, easing the rain threat in Virginia. The weather outlook calls for partly cloudy skies with a lingering chance of showers.
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Richmond
Pennsylvania
Virginia
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Roger Alderman
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Delbert Frye
Martin Gavis
Joe Huffman
Split
Hiett
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