Area towns plan ahead for flood efforts
In Fredonia Neodesha and Parsons residents and officials say last summer's floods left lessons. Police and National Guard boosted readiness this year with more warning power trucks and coordinated evacuations while water levels receded.
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Liz Leech
Fredonia
Neodesha
Parsons
Tom Prunier
National Guard
Prunier
Bobbie Knowles
Knowles
National
Abby Lassen
Intercepted letter reports rain in Kansas counties
An intercepted letter notes weather in Allen Neosho Wilson and Woodson counties with a terse verdict Just raining. The report records today’s area accidents and a unanimous assessment of the weather情况.
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Allen
Neosho
Wilson
Woodson
Faded wedding photos tied to Camp Scott killings
Authorities in Locust Grove seek a link from wedding pictures found near the Camp Scott site to the June 13 1977 sex slayings. Three Girl Scouts Lori Farmer Doris Milner and Michelle Guse were killed. investigators know the photographer and the identities of the women in the photos but withheld names. All individuals are from southwestern Oklahoma.
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Locust Grove
Jeff Laird
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
Camp Scott
Lori Lee Farmer
Doris Denise Milner
Tulsa
Michelle Guse
Broken Arrow
Laird
UPI
Oklahoma
Navy fights illiteracy among recruits in San Diego
Vice Admiral James D. Watkins warns that 37 percent of 23 000 recruits at a San Diego base cannot read to a 10th grade level. An engineman damaged a diesel engine for 250000 due to reading failure while officers expand reading programs and rewrite manuals to aid poor readers.
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San Diego
UPS
Navy
Adm
James D. Watkins
Naval
Watkins
Naval Base
Chamber of Commerce
Weather Summary for Tonight and Friday
Area forecast calls for thunderstorms likely tonight with a chance of more storms Friday. Highs Friday around the mid 80s, lows tonight in the upper 60s to low 70s. Winds southerly 5 to 15 mph. Precipitation probability around 60 percent tonight and Friday.
Amin Enjoys Honeymoon Amid Absurd Disappearance Claims
Uganda radio announced President Idi Amin was on a delayed honeymoon with his fourth wife Sarah, denouncing reports of his death or disappearance as malicious propaganda. The broadcast defended Amin and criticized Kenya and Britain while confirming he was alive and resting.
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Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
Uganda
Radio
Idi Amin
Amin
Radio Uganda
Kampala
Sarah
Snoopy the dog halts Rockville mail delivery on Rice Court
Rockville postman Wayne Hill cannot deliver to a block on Rice Court because a five pound dog named Snoopy barks and nips at him when he enters the street. The dog’s owner says Snoopy is protective. Residents drive a mile to fetch mail. Police propose two animal wardens to assist. Hill will not deliver to Delores Thompson’s home.
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Rockville, Md
UPI
Wayne Hill
Snoopy Hill
Rockville
Snoopy
Hill
EF. Gamble
Postal Service
Rice Court
Delores Thompson
Thompson
Neodesha Town Faces Seasonal Verdigris Flood
Neodesha endures rising Verdigris River as floods reach farms streets and homes. Residents like 18 year old Rodney Hare describe yearly floods triggered by heavy rain while police and fire officials note minimal damage and focus on child safety and flooded areas.
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Rodney Hare
Rod
Neodesha
Fall River
J.D. Moffatt
J.D
Harry Lee
Ohio
First
Lee
Moffatt
Tom Prunier
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Terry Johnson
Johnson
Lassen
John Redmond
Neosho River
Fred Ashmore
Kansas Area
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Ashmore
Cha
Audrey Jane Taylor
Postman
John Brooks
Clarence McDonald
Kelley Kittrell
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