Tornadoes Kill 58 as Jackson Floods Hit Mississippi
Rescue workers comb rural areas east of Jackson as death toll rises to 58 with 464 injured in Mississippi tornadoes. One death reported in Alabama. In Jackson, 12 killed at Candlestick Park shopping center and Woodville Heights Church damaged as search continues for victims.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Highway Patrol
Alabama
Larry Parks
Wqft-Fm
Forest
Scott County
Bob Fasano
Air Force Reserve
Mobile Red Cross
Mobile
Ala
Candlestick Park
Hinds
Great Blizzard paralyzes the Dakotas and Midwest
A massive blizzard cripples the Dakotas Minnesota and seven nearby states with record snowfalls drifts up to seven feet and zero visibility. Roads trains and towns are isolated as continued winds 30 to 60 mph bring more snow and near zero visibility.
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Dakotas
Minnesota
Midwest
Weather Bureau
North
South Dakota
Bismarck
N.D
North Dakota
Grass Fire Threatens Farm Home Near Earlton
A grass fire burned the Lewis Taylor farmyard two miles east of Earlton damaging a brick chicken house and the home. Chanute firefighters aided by locals and an oil lease crew battled the blaze for about two hours starting at 1 40 p.m. The fire scorched an outside wall and damaged a door casing while the cause remained undetermined.
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Lewis Taylor
Earlton
Chanute
C. W. Brennan
Brennan
Taylor Place
Kansas Area Sees Wide Temperature Swing and Snow Flurries
The Kansas region reports a dramatic temperature drop from yesterday’s 65 to today’s 32 at central points, with light snow and sunshine. Forecasters expect continued cold with 15 to 20 degree lows tonight and mid 30s highs tomorrow, as wind shifts northwest and skies clear.
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Kansas
Hill City
Goodland
Pittsburg
Senate panel blocks broad Viet Nam war restraint moves
Washington AP reports Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led by J W Fulbright, halted action on anti escalation amendments and postponed them to Monday. The panel also beat back two attempts to trim a $415 million emergency foreign aid bill, largely for Southeast Asia, amid strong opposition.
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Washington
Congress
Viet Nam
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J.W. Fulbright
Southeast Asia
Pleasanton Man Charged of Cruelty
A rural Pleasanton man, Jack Harding, faced trial in county court on a misdemeanor cruelty to animals charge. Sheriff’s notes said 30 dogs 2 horses 30 guinea pigs about 100 pigeons and other animals were confined without water and appeared hungry at the Harding residence after a Wayside Waifs investigator tipped authorities. The penalty upon conviction could be a $250 fine or up to one year in jail or both.
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Mound City
Kan
Pleasanton
Jack Harding
Rt. 2
Harding
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha March Message
An intercepted missive addressed to Cha notes the certainty of March and signs off with a casual closing from Nute. The brief item evokes a historical wartime correspondence flavor without revealing broader context.
High winds in Norton cause widespread damage
High winds swept Norton Kansas causing damage after a semitrailer was blown from a Rock Island freight train two miles west of town. A tire shop roof was blown off and many television antennas toppled. Gusts reached 70 mph at the airport before a wing gauge was blown down.
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Norton
Kan
Rock Island
Here
Elderly Man Found Dead Near Lecompton
An 80 year old man identified as Henry A Hansen of Los Angeles was found dead near the Santa Fe tracks half a mile west of Lecompton Kansas. Sheriff said he had been aboard a passenger train and left it unknown how. A door on a car was found open when the train reached Lawrence. A freight train conductor spotted the body about an hour after the eastbound passenger train passed Lecompton.
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Lawrence
Kan
Lecompton
Henry A. Hansen
Los Angeles
Bay City
Mich
Private Pilot in Trouble Rescued by FAA and Controllers
A private pilot, William A. Collet of Kansas City, was stranded at 17 000 feet above an overcast near Quincy Illinois without oxygen. FAA flight crews in Kansas City and Chicago, aided by DC3 crew Ivan F. Evans and Robert Brown from Fairfax Kansas, guided him down to Davenport Moline field where he landed safely.
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Kansas City
Federal Aviation Agency
Chicago
William A. Collet
W. 48Rd
Air Traffic Control Center
Olathe
Kan
Quincy
Control Center
Chicago Control Center
Chicago Center
Collet
Ivan F. Evans
Robert Brown
Fairfax
Moline
Evans
Davenport
Tokyo Jetliner Crash Kills At Least 56 Of 71 Aboard
A Canadian Pacific Flight 402 DC8 from Hong Kong to Vancouver crashed on landing in fog at Tokyo International Airport. Police confirm 56 dead, six missing presumed dead, and nine survivors. The wreck ripped a wall section, scorched the runway area, and scattered debris along the approach.
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Tokyo
Canadian Pacific Airline
Tokyo International
Jesse Zousmer
American Broadcasting Co
Hong Kong
Vancouver
South America
Canadian Pacific
Tokyo Bay
Mexico City
Lima
Santiago
Buenos Aires
U S Planes Strike Hanoi Railway Link
U S pilots resumed attacks on the Hanoi to Red China railway line as part of a broader air offensive in North and South Viet Nam. Marines engaging Viet Cong near Quang Ngai faced heavy fire while air power expanded, with 55 missions flown deep into North Viet Nam beyond Hanoi for the first time since the pause ended.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
Hanoi
Red China
Quang Ngai
Red River Valley
China
North
Air
Red River Line
Red
Parking Penalties In February Jump
February police summary shows calls for service with 2 felony and 30 misdemeanor arrests. Crimes include three breaking and entering incidents and multiple traffic offenses. February fines totaled 205 dollars, with 189 entering cases, 5 petty larcenies, and one stolen car not recovered.
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Police Department
Traffic Fatalities Log Shows March 1966 Count
Topeka dispatch reports 24 hour period ending Friday 9 am lists one traffic death. The March 1966 tally stands at three, while the 1965 comparable period records ninety seven fatalities.
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Topeka
Kansas
Attempt to Prolong Life
Two former athletes with osteogenic sarcoma undergo a pioneering tissue transplant at Roswell Park Memorial Institute. Robert F. Allen and Harry T. Griffith receive malignant tissue grafts to try to stimulate immune resistance and halt cancer spread. Both men face limited survival times.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Robert F. Allen
Tucson
Ariz
Harry T. Griffith
Flourtown
Griffith
Roswell Park Memorial Institute
Allen
Crash Fatal To Topeka Youth Near Iola
Billy Sill, 21, of Topeka died when the car he rode in hit a concrete bridge on K57 northwest of Colony. Two other Topeka residents, Gerald Owens, 17, and Raymond Glanz, 19, were seriously injured and transported to Allen County Hospital in Iola.
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Iola
Kan
Billy Sill
Topeka
K57
Colony
Home Ransacked as Cash Stolen from Greer Residence
Police reported a break in at 206 N. Malcolm the Clifford Greer home where $57 in cash was taken. The residence was ransacked with overturned furniture and the mattress removed. The Greers left around 5 30 p m and found the house unlocked on return.
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Clifford Greer
N. Malcolm
Injuries Fatal To Leoti Man Near Dighton
A 21 year old Leoti resident Larry D Downs died from injuries after a one car crash 17 miles south of Dighton Kansas. His brother Darrell Downs 32 and Morris G Appl 29 from Scots remain hospitalized in Garden City Kansas Town.
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Garden City
Kan
Leoti
Dighton
Larry D. Downs
Darrell
Darrell Downs
Morris G. Appl
Cranial Painting by Pat Paulsen On Display
Glendale theater restaurant hosts an exhibition of Pat Paulsen 35 creating art with his beard nose and hair. He uses hanging ropes and upside down motions to apply pigment from his head then spins and swoops to finish a canvas. A reviewer notes he is not a great painter but a good paint brush.
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Paulsen
Glendale
Pat Paulsen
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Bullock
Agriculture and Industrial Board
Forkville
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Yours
S. Highland
Alcorn Combustion Company
Russell Stewart
Tribune
Russ Corbitt
Gene van Winkle
Ron Nicholson
Alcorn
Berdell
City Humane Society
Sigmond H. Nadler
Clate Chief Cancer Research
Geon
Roswell Park
Cancer Research and Treatment
Calif
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