Alma Slams Florida Panhandle After Killing 45 in Three Nations
Hurricane Alma carved a 250 mile trail from Key West to Tampa Bay with top winds near 100 mph. It left at least 45 dead across three nations as it neared Florida’s Panhandle prompting evacuations and warnings of possible tornadoes. Forecasters expected rapid weakening over land with Tallahassee spared from the worst winds.
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Alma
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Panhandle
Apalachicola
Cuba
Alabama
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Tallahassee
Weather Bureau
Apalachee Bay
Fort Walton Beach
Georgia
Communist Party
Honduras
Key West
Tampa Bay
Wold Named La Crosse Police Chief Designate
Ronald C. Wold aged 32 of St Louis Mo begins a month long orientation with La Crosse police. He will succeed Chief George Long who retires July 1. Wold plans to study the department before changes and has met officers on all shifts. He is a Eau Claire native with a degree from Michigan State University and joined St Louis PD in 1962 as a research assistant. He is married with three children. his family will move here once housing is found.
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la Crosse
Ronald C. Wold
St. Louis
George Long
Wold
Eau Claire
Eau Claire State University
Michigan State University
Lansing
Mich
Topeka Tornado Leaves Wide Destruction and Death
A killer tornado four blocks wide carved a 15 mile path through Topeka causing extensive damage from a luxury district to the airport and Washburn University. Officials estimate at least 14 dead, about 450 injured, and 2,000 homes destroyed or damaged with 2,000 people left homeless. Weather officials noted warning sirens and a late clock halt during the event.
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Topeka
Kan
Charles W. Wright Jr
Washburn University
East Topeka
Santa Fe Hospital
Richard Garrett
Collision probes into XB70A and F104 crash death
A 30 member board begins a detailed inquiry into the collision between the XB70A bomber and an F104 chase plane, which killed X15 pilot Joseph A. Walker and the bomber's co pilot amid extensive tornado damage across Kansas, including Topeka and Washburn University.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Joseph A. Walker
Wind Ravages Manhattan And Fort Riley Areas In Kansas
A destructive storm crippled the National Reserve Life building in downtown, toppled the Capital Journal entrance, wrecked a truck terminal, and damaged the Jardine Harris student housing at K State. At Ft. Riley tents of the 69th Infantry Brigade were torn, six soldiers hospitalized, and Maj Carl Cross and XB70A pilot Al White died in the incident. Walker, the chase plane pilot, survived with minor injuries after the crash.
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Manhattan
Jardine- Harris
K-State University
CATV
Blue Valley
69Th Infantry Brigade
Ft. Riley
National Guard
Army Post
Junction City
Irwin Army Hospital
al White
Maj
Carl Cross
White
Air Force
Walker
Sparta Center to Close Annex After Job Losses
Sparta Wis workers at the Sparta Child Center Annex will lose about 100 jobs as the annex closes. New facilities at Chippewa Falls and Madison will absorb staff, with transfers planned to begin in October and complete by February 1967. Seniority and retirement benefits should be preserved, and workers urged to transfer now.
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Gerg
la Crosse “Tribune
Sparta
Wis
Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin
Madison
Sparta Opera
Spartattion
Arthur L
Annex
Cole Gerg
Nies
Board of Public Welfare
Sparns
State Department of Public Welfare
Wilbur Schmidt
Department of Public Welfare
Robert Ganser
Division of
Pay Hike Sparks Wisconsin Editorial Backlash
Wisconsin legislators rushed a pay raise from 5400 to 9600 dollars a year with 17 leaders at 12050, triggering editorials and taxpayer ire. Editorial boards from Waukesha to Green Bay condemned the move as sneaky and questioned the process, urging Gov. Knowles to veto.
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Fred Snyder
Madison
Wisconsin
Paul Hassett
Warren P. Knowles
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National Reserve Life Insurance Co
Fred Feaker
Barstow
By Nora Magelee
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New York
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Waukesha Freeman
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Warren Knowles
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