Weather hits broad swath of nation with storms and drought
The Associated Press reports thunderstorms and rain across the Midwest and Southeast with an unseasonal chill in the Northeast. Tornado sightings and heavy rainfall caused power outages, flood fears, and property damage from Minnesota to Oklahoma, while drought persisted in the Southwest and Far West.
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Ill
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Mexico
St. Louis
Wisconsin
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Coalition Plans Republican Bill On Voting Rights
In the House efforts to back a Republican substitute for the voting rights bill continued. Rep. Howard Smith urged Southern colleagues to support the GOP measure, contrasting it with the administration proposal.
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John V. Lindsay
R-N.y
City of
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Howard Smith
D-Va
House Rules Committee
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Gerald R. Ford
William M. McCulloch
Rohio
Judiciary Committee
McCulloch
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
GOP
Lindsay
Southern Democratic Coalition
Santa Fe Trail Train Heads West
Ten miniature prairie schooners with 29 Rough Riders youths travel from Mission Kansas to Santa Fe marking the annual 850 mile trek guided by Roy Knapp. Stopovers include Olathe Council Grove Ft Larned Elkhart and Springer with plans to reach Santa Fe by August 7 and Taos for its 350th anniversary.
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Olathe
Rough Riders
Mission
Kan
Santa Fe
Councilgrove
Ft. Larned and Elkhart
Kansas
Springer, N. M
Taos
N. M
Springer
Roy Knapp
Interstate system opens half of 41,000 mile network
About 47 percent of the 41 000 mile interstate expressway network is open to traffic. Construction is underway on another 5600 miles as work continues nationwide on the new system.
State Legislatures Decide On Disability Law Amid 25th Amendment
Congress approved the 25th Amendment proposal and now state legislatures must ratify to add presidential disability rules. The Senate passed 68 to 5 with Gore Laushe McCarthy Mondale Tower opposed. House already approved. The amendment would alter Article II provisions and set a line of succession if the president is disabled.
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Washington
Congress
John Dickinson
Delaware
Senate
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Eugene J. McCarthy
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
John G. Tower
R-Tex
House
Johnson
Harvest In Kansas Nears End
Harvest in Kansas should finish by week end if dry weather holds. Wet fields slowed work over the holiday weekend with rainfall from Atwood eastward. Reports show 90 percent complete in Beloit area and 20 percent near Norton. Downpours flooded lowlands in Ellis County. Seasonal offices at Beloit Dighton and Scott City closed by the State Employment Service.
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Topeka
Kansas
Beloit
Norton
Atwood
Ellis County
State Employment Service
Dighton
Scott City
Franklin Can Still Fight Bulls
At 62 Sidney Franklin, famed American bullfighter from Brooklyn, says he can still fight bulls. He lives in Bay View Texas teaching Spaniards and mentoring bullfighters, recalling a last official fight at Reynosa four years ago despite his age.
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San Antonio
Tex
Sidney Franklin
Franklin
Brooklyn
America
Bay View
Rio Grande Valley
Spain
Jaime Ostos
Reynosa
Machinery Expo Draws 40 Builders in Salina
Equipment show in Salina Kansas expects more than 40 builders and distributors of farm machinery to participate in an automated farm equipment exposition set for October 26 and 27.
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Salina
Kan
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