Tornado Outbreak Hits Missouri and Kansas Turned The State Inside Out
Relief crews began repairs after 18 tornadoes tore through eastern Missouri and western Kansas causing about 5 million dollars in damage. Three people were killed and dozens injured as hundreds of homes were destroyed or damaged, leaving over 1,500 homeless in Sedalia and Pleasant Hill. Governor Teasdale asked for federal disaster aid for Cass Lafayette and Pettis counties.
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Kansas City
UPI
Missouri
Kansas
Joseph P. Teasdale
Higginsville
Sedalia
Pleasant Hill
President Carter
Cass
Lafayette
Pettis Counties
Louisburg
Kan
Teasdale
Allen Pearson
National
Ruskin Heights
Topeka
Douglas County
Johnson County
Marvin Henry
Bennett objects to desegregation plan for metro districts
Gov. Robert F. Bennett denounces a Kansas City area desegregation plan linking 17 districts including five in Johnson and Wyandotte counties. He calls the exchange of students ludicrous and vows to resist. He also criticizes Legislature for not funding a medium security prison amid growing inmate numbers.
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Overland Park
UPI
Kansas
Kansas City, Mo
Robert F. Bennett
Metroplitan
Johnson and Wyandotte
Bennett
Inmate stabbed to death at Leavenworth prison
UPI reports a second inmate death at Leavenworth in two days. William Redman Jr., 38, of Topeka, was found dead from a homemade knife in his cell after serving narcotics and failure to appear sentences. FBI probes also focus on a prior death of Johnnie C. McDowell, 59, of Hot Springs, Ark., stabbed nine times with a blunt object.
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Leavenworth
UPI
Federal Penitentiary
William Redman Jr
Topeka
Redman
FBI
Johnnie C. McDowell
Hot Springs
Ark
McDowell
Marion Lacy
Longet seeks early release from jail in Colorado
Claudine Longet requests a 10 day early release from a 30 day sentence for a fatal shooting. Judge James Carter, replacing George Lohr, will hear the motion at Glenwood Springs. Longet aims to spend Mother's Day weekend with Andy Williams and her three children.
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Aspen
Colo
UPI
Claudine Longet
Andy Williams
James Carter
Glenwood Springs
Longet
Colorado Supreme Court
Carter
George Lohr
Miss Longet
Lohr
Ron Austin
Richard Kienast
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Chanute Insulators Inc
Crockery
Hans Poute
S. Central
Nary
Chanute, Kansas
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