Palm Sunday tornado toll tops 248 dead in six states
AP reports the Palm Sunday tornadoes killed at least 248, with Indiana hardest hit at 141 dead. Minnesota and Wisconsin floods added more victims, while damage estimates reach hundreds of millions. Searchers comb debris, roads blocked, power and water shortages plague relief efforts.
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Tornado Toll Rises Across Ohio with 53 Dead
Thousands in Northern Ohio begin rebuilding after a swarm of tornadoes. Damage estimated at at least 50 million across 22 counties. Gov. Rhodes declares disaster areas and mobilizes the National Guard. Toledo bears the heaviest losses with 13 dead and 90 hospitalized. a Lorain County village with 17 fatalities is wiped out. Red Cross aid and emergency relief mobilize.
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Hocking River Flood Crest Rise Near Athens
The Hocking River crest rose near 16.17 feet by 7 am as logan and Nelsonville reported minor flooding. Athens officials warned students to move cars from basement garages as rain eased and fears of higher flood levels faded. Nationally, Minnesota and Mississippi River ice jams broke up crumbling floodwaters, with St Paul seeing rapid rises.
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Unarmed American Prisoner Murdered by Viet Cong
Joseph W. Grainger, 39, of Sumter South Carolina an Air Force veteran and U S economic aid mission representative in Phu Yen Province was captured Aug 8 and killed Jan 12 after seven days escape attempts Eyewitnesses confirmed the death The U S mission denounced the murder and hunger weakened civilian Grainger was captured with a Filipino assistant and a Vietnamese manager of a sugar cane project in Phu Yen Province Thanh Yen bridge in North Vietnam was bombed by seven Vietnamese air force Skyraiders in a joint strike with U S planes Britain s peace envoy Patrick Gordon Walker said China and North Vietnam refused permission to visit capitals while Harold Wilson prepared to visit the United States to discuss Viet Nam policy and money.
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Gallipolis Boy Dies After Illness Return
A 15 year old Gallipolis boy died after a car struck him on Eastern Avenue near Central Avenue. Robert M. Ball died on arrival at Holzer Hospital at 5 15 p m. The driver Larry Joe Supple 18 of Henderson West Virginia was not charged as police continue the investigation.
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House Debates Succession Amendment Ahead of Easter Recess
Washington D A proposed constitutional amendment to ensure two presidents and a vice president can carry on duties advances before the House Easter recess. If approved by both chambers and ratified by 38 states it would join the Constitution. Coroner Warhime awaits autopsy results on Gallipolis student Ball who died after a September accident. witnesses say he jumped into a car’s path on East ern Ave.
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Sloppiness No Vice After All Is The Shoe Fits
Dr Herman A Hickel at the American Academy of General Practice says chronic anxiety affects people who are physically and mentally able. He notes anxious patients feel miserable yet appear sound, driven, and tense, often affecting colleagues and prompting more tests.
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Steel Union Election Threatens May Steel Talks
Washington officials fear a May 1 contract deadline in steel industry negotiations could be tangled by a potential new union election. President McDonald may push for a new vote if he loses to I. W. Abel, with the winner to take office June 1. Labor officials monitor the count but see no move toward a recount.
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Lawmakers Kill Measure On Highways
In Columbus the Ohio Senate killed an $888 million highway and highway safety appropriations bill for two years. The evenly divided chamber blamed the other side as Democrats claim the GOP rushed the vital funding, forcing lawmakers to start over.
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State Board rejects loyalty oath plan for teachers
In Columbus the State Board of Education rejected a proposal requiring teachers to sign loyalty oaths to receive teaching certificates. Washington dispatches report Robert Taft Jr. is considered a Republican candidate in 1866 against Democrat John J. Gilligan in Ohio's first district.
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USSR calls UN meet to discuss disarmament
United Nations secretary general Thant summoned all 114 UN members to a Disarmament Committee session on April 21 in New York. The Soviet Union requested the meeting March 31. Eighty one world airlines vote to ban movies on international flights due to rising costs and will discontinue in flight film service gradually.
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Russians Claim Possible Space Civilization Signals
Soviet Tass reports Moscow astronomers from the Sternberg Institute say signals from CTA102 may originate from intelligent beings but caution the origin is premature. Western scientists urge further study while noting quasars and varying signals require verification before any life claim.
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