Storms lash Plains and Midwest with tornadoes and floods
Severe storms swept the Plains and Midwest with tornadoes funnel clouds and torrential rain. Eight funnel clouds were sighted in Cass County Michigan with counties in Indiana and Ohio also hit. Red Cloud Nebraska reported a tornado and Salina Kansas endured six inches of rain as Chicago area set a monthly rainfall record and flooding forced sewer diversions and street closures. A Greyhound bus overturned near Chicago injuring 13.
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United Press
Midwest
Plains
Cass County
Mich
Cass
St. Joseph
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Nebraska-Kansas
Red Cloud
Neb
Salina
Kan
Larry Mathews
Franklin County
Chicago
National Weather Service
Metropolitan Sanitary District
Lake Michigan
Greyhound
Juliet
U.S. 6
Seneca
Marseilles
Ill
Fire destroys LBP building in Dakota City Nebraska
A fire at the Iowa Beef Processors complex in Dakota City Neb destroyed a building near the sewage treatment plant. The blaze began late Thursday afternoon while workers cut plastic foam, which fed the flames. No injuries were reported as workmen cleared the gutted structure for storage use.
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Dakota City
Neb
UPI
Iowa Beef Processors
Uncertain bridge play and misdeal question spark clash
The letter discusses a four hearts contract with East and West missteps, detailing the diamond and club plays, trump handling, and a late misdeal scenario. It analyzes how a missing card presumed in one hand affects revokes and penalties. It notes Kentucky readers asking what happens when a card is found in another deck and an offender is charged.
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Oswald
James Jacoby
South
West
New West
East
Kentucky
Man Regains Sight After 18 Years in Iowa
James Allen, 68, who became legally blind in 1959 after a stubbing injury and infection, regained sight in his right eye after an Iowa City cornea transplant. He recalls first seeing doctors and his wife, and now enjoys trees and sunlit bluffs. Doctors estimate 80 to 90 percent potential recovery.
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Council Bluffs, Iowa
UPI
James Allen
Council Bluffs
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Allen
Fern
Oklahoma
Omaha
Neb
Exon Thwarts Possible Loss of Federal Funds
Governor J James Exon announced federal health and welfare officials agreed to his plan to preserve 2 million to 4 million dollars in cost sharing funds. He said HEW would proceed after corrective action by the next Nebraska Legislature, with remedial bills to be urged on the first day of the 1978 session.
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Lincoln
Neb
UPI
J. James Exon
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Jerome Warner
Waverly
Appropriations Committee
Exon
HEW
Kansas City
Horoscope snippets spark cautious guidance across signs
The column offers brief astro notes for Gemini Cancer Leo and a stray entry. It cautions Gemini against overthinking, warns Cancer about a friend’s tally risking money, and urges Leo to stick to honorable methods. A stray line appears at the end.
stuntman clings to flying plane in dangerous jumps
Stuntman Dar Robinson and pilot Mike Dewey must work as a team as Robinson twice leapt from a small plane without a parachute and grabbed the fuselage of a Stearman while the NBC Super Stunt special was filmed over the Mojave Desert.
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California City
Cali
UPI
Dar Robinson
Mike
Dewey
Robinson
Farm.p.i
Stearman
Mojave Desert
Oldest surviving theater ticket shown in Colosseum Rome
A metal disc admitting one person to a performance in the Colosseum in A D 90 is cited as the oldest known surviving theater ticket. The artifact highlights ancient Roman public entertainment and ticketing practices, underscoring early design and civic spectacle in Imperial Rome.
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United Press International
Rome
Colosseum
A.D
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