Tornado Claims 3 Lives In Shawnee Oklahoma
A autumn tornado ripped through Shawnee Oklahoma killing three people and injuring more than 40. Damage estimates range from 3.5 to 4 million dollars with many businesses and residences hit. The same storm hit nearby Prague and looting was reported as officials evacuated City Hall and a police dispatcher described windows blowing in and power outages. Governor Bartlett visited the scene and reported 55 injured with Red Cross estimating 40 and hospital canvasses indicating 80.
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Shawnee
Okla
Oklahoma
Pierre Taron
Prague
Resthe City
Cue
Ralph Coats
Roy Lee
Tai Coats
Osr
Allen Dences
de‘Roberts
Charles
Knox
Ing
Dewey Bartlett
Red Cross
City and school board back bus leasing plan
La Crosse aldermen and the La Crosse Area Public School District Board approve expanded school bus leasing to support La Crosse Transit Co. and avert service stoppage into June. Cost estimates rise from 8100 to 10164 for late 1970, with eight months to decide longer terms.
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la Crosse Tribune
la Crosse
la Crosse Area Public School District Board of Education
la Crosse Transit Co
Common Council
Carl Matthusen
L. Peter Groves
13Th Ward
Finance Committee
la Crosse Transit
British Trade Envoy Kidnapped In Canada
Montreal police halted the manhunt for FLQ kidnappers who seized Britain's senior trade commissioner James Richard Cross from his home. A ransom demand sought $500,000 in gold and prisoners aboard a plane to Cuba or Algeria, with no police action to avoid alarming terrorists. Foreign and provincial officials pledged extra protection for foreign diplomats as Cross’s family faced an uncertain fate.
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Montreal
Canada
Quebec
Britain
James Richard Cross
Front de Liberation Quebecois
FLQ
Jerome Choquette
Cuba
Algeria
Mitchell Sharp
Ottawa
Cross
Sadat Named as Nasser Successor by ASU
Egypt's Arab Socialist Union nominated Anwar Sadat to succeed the late Gamal Abdel Nasser, with assembly endorsement and a nationwide referendum planned. Sadat, 52, has led as provisional president since Nasser's death, while the party sought unity against hostile forces and pledged continued Soviet ties amid regional tensions.
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Cairo
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Gamal Abdel Nasser
National Assembly
The
Arab Socialist Union
Sadat
Nasser
Mohamed Fawzi
ASU
Would Succeed Hall Reihl Named AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Candidate
La Crosse native Jack Reihl is the only announced candidate to replace George W. Hall as secretary treasurer of the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO. Hall retires after 19 years in the post, having served since 1958 after the merger. Reihl, 40, CIO staffer in Milwaukee since 1969, former La Crosse Carpenters Local president and six years on the La Crosse Common Council, part of a career spanning construction and labor leadership.
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la Crosse
Jack Reihl
George W. Hall
Wisconsin
Afl-Cio
Mary Sawyer
Hall
Wisconsin Federation of Labor
Tribune
Edward M. Huebner
George Hall
London Faces Rat, Maggot Plague Amid Garbage Strike
London endures sanitation workers strike with 100 million gallons of untreated sewage dumped into rivers daily. Rats, maggots, and flies swamp streets as 50 thousand municipal workers join the walkout. Health officials warn of worsening conditions, while authorities say water remains drinkable and army help may be called for sewage plants. An Avon River contamination and riverine damage threaten future fish populations for years to come.
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Andrew Torchia
London
English
Bristol
Luton
Lea River
Thames
Ers
England
National AFL-CIO Official Criticizes Nixon, Congress
Andrew J. Biemiller, national director of legislation for the AFL-CIO, told more than 600 delegates at the Wisconsin state convention in La Crosse that Congress is poor for labor and criticized Nixon administration appointments. He urged a push to raise the minimum wage, warned of anti labor bills, and noted a tax proposal and health care measures under consideration.
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la Crosse
Afl-Cio
Andrew J. Biemiller
Mary E. Sawyer
Biemiller
Nixon
Labor
Harold Carswell
Clement Haynsworth
Supreme Court
Congress
Labor Relations Board
Bio- Labor
Nambller
House of Representatives
Senate
William Proxmire
Glenn Davis
Vernon Thomson
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Ralph Marsh
GKLA
Oklahoma City
By Donald W. Affolter and
Grant Blum
Matthusen
Groves
Robert Johns Jr
Fiscal Control
Clarence Krupp
Arthur Christensen
Krupp
Christensen
William Murphy
Elizabeth Staley
Johns
Central High School
Central
By C. C. Minicler
Israel
Tel Aviv
U.N. Commission
Suez Canal
Ali Sabry
Zakaria Mohieddin
Free Officers Group
Farouk
Hussein el Shafei
Naseser
Reihl
Afl-Cio Post
STATE
Aflcio
North London
Ronald Toms
National
Consin Labor Movement
John W. Schmitt
Atwaukes
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