Tornadoes Strike Multiple States Across the Midwest
A tornado killed Mrs. Sherline Frost in Manila and a 19 year old drowned in Sugar Creek near Springdale. Eight injured as twisters hit Whiteville Bax ter County Pindall Oil Trough Corning and Fork Mo. Separate tornadoes damaged areas near Kansas City and crossed into Texas Oklahoma and Kentucky. Rivers rose across several states with Missouri River near flood stage in Missouri.
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Midway
Sherline Frost
Manila
Harold Evans
Springdale
Sugar Creek
Whiteville
Clarkridge
Baxter County
Pindall
Searcy County
Independence County
Corning
Clay County
Fork
Arkansas
Kansas
Missouri
Kansas City
Stamford
Westcentral
Texas
Oklahoma
Madisonville
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Storms and floods devastate Arkansas in wide area disaster
In Arkansas a string of storms brought tornadoes and flash floods across six communities. In Harrison heavy rains and river flooding left at least seven dead and up to ten million dollars in damage. Two drownings and two missing occurred in a Harrison flood while martial law and mass typhoid inoculations were reported.
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Marais Des Cygnes
Ottawa
Kan
Main St
Harrison
Ark
Arkansas
Springdale
White River
Orval E. Faubus
Storms, floods kill and wound across mid-continent
Violent storms and flash floods across eight states kill at least 29 people and injure nearly 100. Red Cross prepared food, clothing, medical care, and shelter for about 1,000 families in Arkansas Missouri Oklahoma Illinois and Kansas. Major damage reported in Harrison and several Arkansas communities as tornadoes struck. martial law was declared in Harrison and damages estimated at 5 to 10 million dollars.
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Associated Press
Mid-Continent
American Red Cross
St. Louis
Arkansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Illinois
Kansas
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Harrison
Boy saved from sea by angler and diver rescuer
In Brighton a 13 year old, David Hubzard, was swept offshore but caught a float line cast by an angler from a mole. The boy held on until 38 year old Arthur Shimmans swam out and pulled him to safety. The rescuer declined to give his name.
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Brighton
England
David Hubzard
David
Arthur Shimmans
Rusk Vows US to Stay in West Berlin Amid Berlin Talks
U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk told NATO foreign ministers that the United States will maintain its presence in West Berlin even if a separate peace is signed with East Germany. He warned Khrushchev not to doubt U S resolve and predicted the Berlin issue would reemerge soon.
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Oslo
Norway
Dean Rusk
United States
West Berlin
East Germany
NATO
Khrushchev
Berlin
Rusk
U.S
Dirk A. Stikker
Stikker
Soviet Union
Sugar in plants and the special role of cane and beets
Plants produce sugar in various forms but only cane and beets accumulate it in large enough quantities for profitable refining. The statement notes that onions and other plants synthesize sugars, yet commercial sugar production relies on the high yields found in sugar cane and sugar beets.
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Harrison, Ark
Dene D. Hester
Missouri Line
Sherman Smith
Troy Paul
C. J. McCutcheon
Yellville
J. W. Hoyle
Nellie Wood
Summit
Summitt
Oil Trough
Crooked Creek
Dene O. Hester
Global Briefs
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Nepal
Nnewspaper Daily
V.B
Madras
India
Hyderabad
Bombay
Taipei
Formosa
Latin America
Africa
Taipei Formosa
Ho Cheng-chun
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Hupheh
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Frederick E. Nolting Jr
the Tribune
General Auto and Truck Repairp
Benson
Bill
General Electric
B.T.U
Iola
Chanute
Petunias
Hans F
Ed Caldwell
Caldwell
Philco
Tures
Pioneer
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