Kansans rally to aid tornado victims in Andover
Residents in Andover pack the Methodist church with clothing and food to help the 1,500 homeless after a tornado that killed 14 in the Golden Spur Mobile Home Park. Volunteers sort 3,000 pounds of donations as survivors sing at a memorial service amid a broader storm death toll rising to 22 across Kansas and nearby areas.
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Andover
Steve Weldon
Andover Methodist
Washington
Bush
Renee Berggren
Sewage spill feared after Wichita plant outage
Tornado knocked out power to Wichita's sewage plant causing up to 40 million gallons of raw sewage to enter the Arkansas River daily for at least a week. Downriver areas were urged to avoid the river and refrain from fishing while crews restore electricity and restart treatment processes.
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Wichita
Arkansas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Water Department
David Warren
Warren
Advanced radar may not cut tornado death toll in Kansas
In Kansas and Oklahoma a dozen or more tornadoes killed 23 people, despite warnings. Ostby said warnings were issued and Doppler radar could help, but many residents ignored alerts or were complacent in Andover mobile home park where 14 died.
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Bud
Alta Kafton
Kafton
Oklahoma
Andover
Charles W. Hale
Hale
Kansas City
Kansas
Fred Ostby
National
Kan
Ostby
Norman
Oklo
Wichita
New York Times
Wayne Duggan
Names of storm victims released in Wichita area tornadoes
Authorities have identified storm victims across Kansas after tornadoes struck Friday night. At Golden Spur Mobile Home Park in Andover the deceased include Joseph O Crawford, Ruby Kanavy, Ronald Sr Kanavy, Ronald Jr Kanavy, Elsie Kemper, Gladys Manes, Robert Marks, Joe Meiniger, Robert Montgomery, Charlene Peterson, Denise B Sanders, Betty L Sargent, Kathleen Temple and Betsy Bessie Temple. In Cowley County Marilyn Decker and in Elk County Lucille Jacobs are named. In Wichita Junia Bebout, Susan Cravens, and her sister Ann Marie Cravens are listed among the dead.
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Andover
Wichita
Golden Spur Mobile Home Park
Bobbitt
Joseph O. Crawford
Ruby
Kanavy
Ronald Sr
Ron
Ronald Jr
Ronny
Kemper
Elsie
Manes
Gladys
Robert
Marks
Joe
Meiniger
Montgomery
Charlene
Peterson
Denise B
Sanders
Betty L
Sargent
Kathleen
Temple
Betsy
Bessie
Cowley County
Decker
Marilyn
Elk County
Jacobs
Lucille
Bebout
Junia
Susan Cravens
Sister Ann Marie Cravens
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