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Pages past, July 20: Heavy rains flood region

On this date …

1972: Regional rainfall totals had ranged from 1 to 7 inches over the previous 24 hours.

Heaviest reports were between Floyd and Melrose.

Panny Bigler said she’d recorded 7 inches of moisture on her farm 3 miles west and 10 mil...