Memorial Day weekend storms cause dozens of deaths across 10 states
Severe storms and tornadoes swept the South and Midwest over Memorial Day weekend, killing at least 70 people in Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Kansas Mississippi Missouri North Carolina Oklahoma and Tennessee. Alabama reported eight deaths, Kansas seven, Missouri seven, and Tennessee seven among others, with towns like Brent Greensboro Wilsonville and Center Point hit hard. In Center Point a man protected his two children while perishing with them. Wilsonville residents watched a tornado strike their neighbors' home killing his mother and injuring his father. Jonesboro Arkansas faced a familiar devastation pattern from a storm echoing a 1968 twister that killed 34. Cleanup proceeded amid debris and community resolve to rebuild.
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Speedway Closes After Flaming Start
Herald sports recounts the Indianapolis 500 disaster four hours after the 11 a.m. start as a massive early wreck, fire, and rain halted the race. Walther suffered a broken wrist and burns, three drivers were injured, and nine spectators were hospitalized. the field regrouped after a dangerous flip and chain reaction involving 10 cars.
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Madison County to form health department under county control
A special city council meeting will consider creating a county health department and dissolving the city health department. The plan ties to an Indiana statute and sets a seven member board with staggered terms across Anderson Elwood and county seats, effective Jan 1, 1974.
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Inside Story Herald Preview and Pioneer Days Update
A digest from the Herald highlights Anderson College Tri-5 program on Page 3 and honors Day at Anderson High School on Page 5. It notes upcoming Pioneer Craft Days June 9 and 10 near Indianapolis Page 8 and reports the Indianapolis 500 crash on Page 10. Madison County baseball sectionals begin today at Memorial Field on Page 11 with cool afternoon highs.
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Cabinet Capers by Stanley Johnson
A sweeping look at 19th century British cabinet scandals, from Wellington and Argyle to Byron and Melbourne, detailing affairs, trials, and public reaction. The piece notes calls for resignations and court verdicts, ending with Disraeli’s quip about Palmerston’s notoriety and other political liaisons.
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