Flash Floods Ravage Kansas City Area
A series of flash floods drenched the Kansas City region causing deaths and widespread property damage. Thirteen bodies were recovered with victims in Kansas City Missouri Leawood Independence and Blue Springs. The disaster damaged power and communication lines, forced evacuations and closed major areas including the Country Club Plaza.
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Kansas City, Mo
UPI
Kansas City
Leawood
Independence
Blue Springs
Missouri-Kansas
Missouri
Country Club Plaza
Kansas
State Line
Floods, Fires Scramble Kansas City Area Disaster Response
In Topeka the disaster aid office coordinates relief as floods flood northeast Kansas and causes fires. Authorities warn of potential more explosions as gas lines are severed and 25 000 customers lose power. Evacuations occur around Wolcott and Fun Valley Dam while bridges roads and basements flood across Jackson Jefferson and Leavenworth counties.
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Don Landes
Kansas City Power and Light Co
Kansas River
Kansas City
Kaw
Edwardsville
Easton
Leavenworth County
Civil Defense
Red Cross
Stranger Creek
Tonganoxie
Delaware River
Muscotah
Atchison County
Delaware
Valley Falls
Half Mound
Cedar Creek
Crooked Creek
Little Blue River
Big Blue River
Lance overdraft disclosures raise Carter nomination concerns
Senate records reveal Bert Lance overdrafts of 450000 tied to Calhoun First National Bank known in January but not shared with President Carter. Examiners criticized Lance as weak administrator and worried he yielded to outside pressures harming banking procedures.
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Washington
UPI
Bert Lance
Carter
Senate
Lance
Donald Tarleton
Atlanta
White House
Jody Powell
Calhoun First National Bank
Georgia
Bloom
Ribicoff
Comptroller of the Currency’s Office
Clearing and cooler tonight with near 80s in sight
Weather area forecast notes clearing skies and cooler temperatures tonight with lows in the upper 50s Northerly winds 10 to 20 mph diminishing tonight Sunny Wednesday with highs near 80 and light to moderate winds expected to persist through the day.
Overlay road project on Shaw Road faces $37,000 delay
Neosho County commissioners instructed county engineer Charles Ingle to add 2,500 tons to the Beachner Construction Co. contract for a hot mix overlay on 11 miles of Shaw Road. Two miles short after nine miles, holes deepened and material shortfalls require 2,300 more tons at $16,0107 per ton. A weight limit proposal and dust abatement update accompany the plan.
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Shaw Road
Neosho County
Charles Ingle
Beachner Construction Co
St. Paul
Ingle
Beachner
Photo clouds Curt Schneider gubernatorial bid in Topeka
Attorney General Curt Schneider faces a potential end to his Democratic campaign after photos circulated showing him near a motel with a young woman who left shortly after. He questioned the intent of the photographers and noted rumors had already spread across the state.
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Joplin-Pittsburg
Topeka
Schneider
Democratic Party
Norbert Dreiling
Dreiling
Harris News Service
Dresling
Vern Grassie
Crawford County
Grassie
Wichita
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Blue River
Bill Henry
National Weather Service
Brush Creek
Owen Turrentine
Division of Emergency Preparedness
Robert Bennett
Turrentine
Jackson
Jefferson
Kan
Tom Lally
Wolcott
James Rozine
Rozine
Bonner Springs
Fun Valley Dam
Fun Valley Lake
Argentine
Walcot
Leeds
Robert Bloom
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
By Andrea Groves
Chanute
21St Street
Plummer Street
Mile Ingle
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