Toll Rises in Audrey Disaster Across Southwest Louisiana
In Lake Charles area survivors pour in as the official death toll sits at 120 with estimates of up to 150. Maj. Gen. Hufft warns figures may climb as rescue teams search Cameron Parish and shattered coastal towns. Helicopters, Red Cross relief, and offshore oil damage underline the scope of the crisis.
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Lake Charles
Sidney Gray
Audrey
Louisiana
Raymond Hufft
Hufft
Cameron
Gulf Coast
The
Red Cross
Jack Moss
Abbeville
Pecan Island
Holly Beach
Bill Mortana
American Press
Worst Hurricane in U S Took 6000 Lives at Galveston
The report lists historic U S hurricanes with death tolls and damages. Galveston Texas suffered the worst in 1990 with about 6000 deaths, followed by 1928 Lake Okeechobee toll of 2500, and other major storms in Florida New England and Canada across years including Carol and Hazel.
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Pecan Island
U.S
Galveston
Associated Press
Tex
Lake Okeechobee
Palm Beach
Florida
Caribbean
Long Island
New England
United States
Canada
Carol
Hazel
Cameron N La After Audrey Destruction Hovers Over Survivors
Survivors in Cameron search debris and makeshift morgues for missing relatives after Hurricane Audrey. Residents recount deaths and loss as 3,000 residents faced ruin, with Coast Guard and Weather Bureau blamed for warnings. Courthouse briefly survived while bodies filled a temporary morgue. Many victims carried to the Gulf by retreating tides.
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Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Audrey
Coast Guard
Weather Bureau
Cameron
Wheaton Man Dies In Highway Crash Near Breckenridge
Erwin Fabel 42 of Wheaton died when his car left Highway 75 seven miles south of Breckenridge and struck trees. He died at the scene from a skull fracture. The 1957 Minnesota traffic toll reached 280, up from 215 at this time last year.
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Breckenridge
Minn
Erwin Fabel
Wheaton
State Highway Patrol
Minnesota
Eisenhower Keeps in Touch With Rescue Efforts in Southwest Louisiana
President Eisenhower ordered aides to stay in close contact with rescue and relief operations in hurricane ravaged southwest Louisiana. He directs federal facilities be used for aid and sent Val Peterson to survey damage and estimate relief money needs. Army units supplied resources and aided civil defense and cleanup as a major disaster declaration looms.
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Eisenhower
Val Peterson
Civil Defense
Peterson
Gettysburg
Louisiana
Washington
Army
Carnival Worker Captured After Stolen Car Child Rescue
A car stolen with a 3 month old girl aboard sparked a 41 mile pursuit ending in Carrington. Roland L. Holman of Rock Falls Illinois was arrested after blocking barricades. The baby was unharmed and reunited with Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Fossen in Carrington.
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N.D. W
Jamestown Street
Wayne Fossen
Garrison
N.D
Aitkin
Minn
Theresa
Vic Hanson
Lavern Belinski
Carrington
Lee Dodge
Stutsman County
Roland L. Holman
Rock Falls
Ill
Holman
Dodge
County Girl Crowned Region Dairy Princess in Rochester
Marlys Dammann of Elkton was named Region 10 princess to advance to the Princess Kay contest. She is to attend St Olaf College, majors in home economics, and was chosen with attendants Shirley Passehl and Anita Rank.
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Minn
Mower County
Kay
Marlys Dammann
Adams
Ernest Dammann
Elkton
Marlys
Minnesota
Barbara Bossius
Brainerd
Kahler Hotel
Connie Swedberg
Olmsted County
Elkton High School
St. Olaf College
John Shepler
Austin
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Shirley Passehl
Winona County
Anita Rank
Goodhue County
Shirley
Winona High School
Winona Daily News
Anita
Ken
Hurricane Audrey Triggers Widespread Storms Across States
Hurricane Audrey weakens over the northeast bringing severe thunderstorms and high winds. Friday storms lash South Carolina Alabama and rain drenches the Midwest. Illinois Indiana report flooding with ten inches in Paris and at least four deaths attributed to rains. Tornadoes injure 10 in central Alabama as 60 mph winds hit Aiken DC Columbia and Buffalo Lake Erie rises about 3 feet. Generally fair conditions expected in the Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes region with scattered showers elsewhere.
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Diana
Paris
Illinois
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Alabama
Aiken
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Columbia
New York
New England
Stony Fort
Canton
Buffalo
N.Y
Lake Erie
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Gulf Coast
Plains States
Rockies
Central Plateau
Pacific Coast
Great Lakes States
Peat Study Group Heads to Soviet Peat Centers
A Minnesota peat study group begins a trip visiting nine peat experimental centers in the Soviet Union. They travel via Washington and Frankfurt, arrive Moscow July 10, then explore facilities in Leningrad before returning August 2. Rep. John Blatnik helped arrange the visit.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Germany
Russia
Washington
D.C
State Department
Frankfort
Moscow
John Blatnik
D-Minn
Weather readings show clear day with mild temperatures
At 8:30 this morning the temperature is 66 degrees. Previous 24 hours recorded a low of 45 and a high of 85 with clear conditions.
Mississippi River Near Crest at St Paul
The Mississippi River stood 0.4 feet below the predicted crest at St Paul with a crest forecast at 8 p.m. The river measured 16.6 feet this morning after a rise of about 2 feet since midnight. The Red Cross aided exactly 100 families to evacuate, while others fled independently and the total without aid could not be estimated.
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Mississippi River
St. Paul
Red Cross
Flooded Highway 41 Impacts Twin Cities Area
Road reports show Highway 41 between 212 and 169 through Chaska flooded while surrounding routes remain open. Red Cross says residents with 17 foot crest have evacuated. Army amphibious vehicle aids Hastings farm stock and local cattle drive. Gas turned off in flood zones. Red Cross provides hot plates for meals as power and rail concerns persist.
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Chaska
Highway Department
Twin Cities
Hastings
Ed Wascik
Red Cross
Mississip
Mendota
Minnesota River
Mississippi
Lood
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