June 23, 1972 (vol. 82, iss. 32) • Page Image 1
…Agnes la By The Associated Press At least 23 persons were reported dead and thousands of others homeless yesterday in the wake of Tropical Storm Agnes as it lashed the Northeast coast. In Pennsylvania, where high winds and seven inches of rain caused five deaths, Governor Milton Shapp declared a' state of "extreme emergency." Highways were blocked, communi- cations cut-off and thousands had to be evacu- ated from their homes in the battered st...…