Tornado Toll Rises Across Eleven States
United Press International reports a historic tornado outbreak with 67 funnel clouds across 11 states killing at least 72 and injuring thousands. Arkansas suffered 44 deaths including many children. Jonesboro and Charles City faced severe destruction with hundreds of homes lost. Officials seek federal aid as damage mounts to private property and public facilities.
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Arkansas
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Missouri
Ohio
Tennessee
Mississippi
Jonesboro
Ilinois
Oelwein
Charles City
Harold Hughes
Johnson
Hughes
Wapella
Freeburg
Urbana
Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
United+ Press International
UPI
Vermont
U.S
Stern Discipline Kept Trapped Miners Alive
Hominy Falls West Virginia six coal miners among a group of 25 trapped May 6 when a wall of water flooded their tunnel were rescued after ten days of survival on brackish mine water. Fifteen others escaped earlier. four drowned in the initial flood.
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Hominy Falls
W. Va
UPD
Edward Scarbo
Joseph Fitzwater
Nixon Bandwagon Gains New Momentum
Former Vice President Richard Nixon gains momentum after Sen. Howard Baker endorses him. Baker said he spoke only for himself and noted the endorsement could sway the 28-vote Tennessee delegation. Nixon seeks early ballot gains by breaking loose convention votes held by other favorite sons in key states.
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Richard M. Nixon
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Nixon
Washington
Nebraska
Baker
GOP
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Everett Dirksen
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Texas
Michigan
42 Killed In Earthquake Ravages Tokyo Area
In Toyosaki Japan the recent 8.25 magnitude quake claimed 42 lives with eight missing and 246 injured. At Misawa Air Base damage reached 10 million, 29 airmen and dependents reported minor injuries. Rescue tales emerged from miners in a collapsed mine where survivors credited discipline and faith for a days long ordeal.
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Toyosaki
Japan
Cherry Blossom Valley
Honshu
Tokyo
Hokkaido Island
U.S. Air Force Base
Misawa
Young Scotsman Undergoes Lung Transplant Operation
A 15 year old poisoning victim in Scotland underwent a historic lung transplant, the fourth ever attempted. The unnamed donor was an 18 year old girl who died shortly before the operation at Royal Infirmary Edinburgh. Surgeons led by Andrew Logan and Michael Woodruff faced tissue rejection risks, with recovery expected to take about a week.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
UPS
Alex Smith
United States
Japan
Royal Infirmary
Stornoway
Isle of Lewis
Hebrides
Andrew Logan
Michael Woodruff
Woodruff
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