Floods Sweep Six States as Storms Kill and Wreak Damage
Surviving residents survey wreckage across six states after a storm with 100 mph winds injures seven in Missouri suburb Ruskin Heights near Kansas City. Death toll reaches 20, with hundreds of homes damaged, tens of thousands evacuated, and property losses estimated from hundreds of thousands to millions.
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Cardington
James A. Rhodes
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Great Bend
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National
Roseville
Minn
James Zelinsky
Bodies of Hutch couple recovered at Pedernales Falls
The bodies of George Cooper and his wife Wilma, both about 50, were recovered after they were swept from a rocky ledge above the Pedernales Falls. A Blanco County search team found a third body. a fourth victim remained missing as rain-swollen waters impeded rescue efforts.
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George Cooper
Hutchinson
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Fires ravage Southern California as winds fan 6000 acres
Arsonists and children playing with fireworks ignite several fires that scorch 6000 acres across Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, Ventura, San Bernardino and San Diego counties. At least 23 homes destroyed or damaged. hundreds of firefighters contend with 102 degree heat and Santa Ana winds. Major blazes threaten mobile homes and luxury units while evacuations are underway in Riverside and surrounding areas. No serious injuries reported.
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Roy Talbot
wrongful death suit testimony under way
Testimony began Monday in a $7 million wrongful death lawsuit filed by Gloria Landon on behalf of her two children and her deceased husband Daniel Landon. The case targets Gigot Irrigation for an electrocution death near Lakin during irrigation system installation. The trial, presided by Bert Vance, could go to the jury late this week.
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Gigot
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Daniel
Nebraska
Gloria Landon
Landons
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Gigot Irrigation
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Bill Bolin
Wichita
Gene Jones
Bob Roth
Chuck Owens
Great Bend
Lee Turner
Bert Vance
Vance
Carlin to Block to Seek Disaster Designations for Wheat
Gov. John Carlin planned to hand deliver a request to U S Agriculture Secretary John Block in Washington seeking disaster area designations for western Kansas counties hit by last month frost. If approved, farmers could access low interest Farmers Home Administration loans and aid.
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John Carlin
U.S. Agriculture
John Block
Washington
Kansas
Farmers Home Administration
Carlin
Department of Agriculture
Bill Hoch
Block
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Noon Markets: Dow Drops to 1010.65 on Heinold Quotations
The Dow Jones average declined by 1.33 points to end at 1010.65 based on Noon Markets stock quotations from Heinold Commodities with no further market context.
Dodge City Livestock Market Report
Western Kansas feedlot sales in Dodge City with 3,800 head traded. Slaughter steers steady early, later 50 to 1.00 higher. heifers also steady to higher. 2,500 slaughter steers and 1,300 slaughter heifers confirmed. week to date 6,500 head. Prices: Choice steers 1025-1125 lb mostly 70.50-71.00. 1025-1200 lb end good 70.00-70.50. some 1200 lb Holsteins 63.50.
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Dodge City
Kan
Western Kansas
New York Lawyer Must Return Durer Paintings to East German Museum
Edward Elicofon, a 77 year old New York lawyer and art collector, must return two Albrecht Durer paintings stolen from Schwarzberg Castle after World War II to the Kunstsammlungen zu Weimar. U.S. District Judge Jacob Mishler ruled the Durers were stolen and the East German museum is entitled to possession. The decision, issued as a summary judgment after decades of litigation, leaves open the possibility of an appeal and a potential trial path.
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New York
Edward Elicofon
Elicofon
Albrecht Durer
Kunstsammlungen Zu
Walter Liedtke
Metropolitan Museum of Art
U.S
Jacob Mishler
Brooklyn
Weimar
Mishler
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