Topeka Tornado Leaves Town in Smoldering Ruin
A massive tornado four blocks wide plowed through Topeka Kansas causing extensive destruction from the southwest to northeast. At least 14 dead and about 450 injured with 2000 left homeless. Major damage across Washburn University campus the statehouse airport and residential districts. Governor Avery mobilized National Guard and rescue teams rushed to the scene.
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Topeka
Kan
Charles W. Wright Jr
Washburn University
Santa Fe
Manhattan
Kansas State University
Walcott
Jarbalo
Basehor
Lansing
Joe Nickell
Kansas National Guard
Burnett’s Mound
William Avery
National Guard
Forbes Air Force Base
Embassy
Huntington
Statehouse
Capital Dome
State Printing Plant
Alma Keeps Roaring Through Florida Panhandle
Hurricane Alma, blamed for at least 45 deaths in three nations, moved toward Florida panhandle landfall. The eye wall with 90 mph winds crossed near Apalachicola as Tallahassee avoided the strongest winds, following a statewide evacuation of Panhandle beaches.
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ST. Petersburg
Fila
Alma
Florida Panhandle
Apalachicola
Tallahassee
Panhandle
Storm Watch Signals Vigil Across Chanute Area
Last night Chanute and nearby areas remained under intensive storm watch as a thunderstorm moved through, following damage in Topeka and Manhattan. Observation cars and Erie sheriff's office vehicles were seen around town and county sites while citizen band radio operators aided law enforcement, fire department, and civil defense in monitoring advancing clouds. The storm brought brief rain and light hail rather than severe impacts.
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Chanute
Topeka
Manhattan
Erie Sheriff's Office
Fire Department
City Civil Defense
City Planning OKs Main Street traffic lights and street plan
The city planning commission approved installing traffic signals at Forest Steuben and Garfield on Main in that order to ease congestion and improve safety near Royster Junior High. It endorsed a general street-improvement plan around the future junior college and authorized preparing a public distribution summary of the 701 studies.
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Forest
Steuben
Garfield
Main
Royster Junior High School
First National Bank
Royster
Buford Fisher
Neosho Junior College
Break-in At Kennedy Liquor Store In St Paul Stolen $700
A break-in at the Kennedy liquor store in St Paul yielded $650 to $700 in liquor. Sheriff George Neely reported entry through a weather boarded wall on the southeast corner and said the theft occurred after 9 pm and was found around 8 am. The store had prior burglaries but not recently.
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St. Paul
Kennedy
George Neely
Neosho County
Neely
Full-Scale Buddhist Faction Declares Retreat From Ky Regime
In Saigon Buddhist factions broke with neutralism and rejected peace talks, urging continued war stance. They claimed counterattacks killed 250 Viet Cong after repelling a Communist ambush 48 miles north of Saigon, while allied casualties totaled 244 with 109 Americans dead. Thich Tam Chau called on the U S ambassador as Thich Tri Quang entered a second hunger strike.
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South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Buddhist Institute
Thich Tam Chau
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Hue
Thich Tri Quang
Weather summary for today and forecast
Temperatures at 1 p.m. show 62 high and 54 low with a trace precipitation today. Relative humidity at 1 p.m. 75 percent, barometer 29.06 inches. Area forecast calls for fair and colder tonight then a bit warmer Friday with lows near 50 and Friday highs from 73 to 80.
Tornadic damage hits Kansas State housing and trailers
Tornadic winds in Manhattan injure and hospitalize residents in the Jardine-Harris married student housing and Blue Valley trailer court. Roofs ripped, trailers rolled, power and phone service cut. Agricultural facilities at the K State Experiment Station sustain near total losses to buildings and livestock areas.
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Jardine- Harris
K-State University
CATV
Blue Valley
Kan
Jardine-Harris
Kansas State University
Blue Valley Court
William Richter
Kansas State
Loren Blake Sr
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station
Glen Beck
Chanute Residents Learn Relatives Safe After Topeka Tornado
Area residents express concern as word spreads about Topeka tornado and other storm damage. Communications slow but later updates confirm several Chanute connections reported safe, with damaged homes including the Bross and Brisbin properties and affected families in Topeka and Leavenworth County.
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Topeka
Chanute
P. O. Bross
Kate
Burnett Mound
Brosses
Bross
D. A. Finney
S. Plummer
Lyle Brisbin
Guard Unit Here In Topeka to Aid Disaster Area
National Guard unit in Topeka dispatched to aid tornado disaster area. About 60 men in two convoys early today. total may reach around 80 with a third and fourth convoy planned. Capt. Leon Hazen led the first group. Red Cross appeals fund donations for Topeka and Manhattan disaster areas.
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Topeka
National Guard
Leon Hazen
Ing
Chanute
Virginia Embry
Neosho County
Red Cross
the Tribune
National Red Cross
Manhattan
Embry
Tornado Drops Topeka Bills in St. Joseph Streets
Topeka residents may be late paying bills as gas and store receipts from College Hill and Don's filling station turn up in St. Joseph. Affected items include a gas bill addressed to a Topeka resident found in a St. Joseph street. Tornadic winds cut a path of destruction through Topeka, about 90 miles away.
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ST. Joseph
Topeka
Kan
Tony Danbach
College Hill
Don’s
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