Northeast Kansas Winter Weather Advisory Update
Light freezing rain this afternoon shifts to mainly light snow tonight and Sunday. Temperatures stay in the low 30s with a high near 32. Easterly winds 15 to 20 mph, 60 percent precipitation this afternoon, little snow accumulation expected. Official readings show yesterday's high 32, low 20. morning low 27. Year ago today highs were 30 and lows 12.
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Three Yule traffic deaths hit Kansas state wide
Three holiday traffic deaths are reported in Kansas since the Christmas count began. Mrs. Wilda Cox, 37, of Pomona, died when her car overturned Friday night on Kansas 68 west of Ottawa. The driver and two other passengers were injured. Ruth Nettingham, 46, of Hoisington, died in a crash north of Great Bend. Noreen Hawkins, 20, of Topeka, died when her car struck a bridge in Topeka Thursday.
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Flu Strain Forces London Hospitals to Full Emergency Status
London area hospitals, crowded by influenza, switch to full emergency status with only urgent non flu admissions allowed. 186 flu and bronchitis admissions on Christmas Eve and 107 on Christmas Day. yellow alert since December 16, now red warning.
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Bluff City Woman Dies in Home Fire
Lois Drehmer 47 perished in a Friday night blaze that destroyed her three room Bluff City home. A neighbor alerted rescuers and the coroner listed asphyxiation as the apparent cause. Bluff City, Harper County, near the Oklahoma line, has about 150 residents.
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Christmas Fire Destroys Eureka Farm Home
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Gryder and three children of Eureka were visiting when their Eureka farm home burned to the ground. Barns and livestock survived. Eureka firefighters are unsure of the cause. The Gryders’ son returned to Eureka for business. Mrs. Gryder and the children remained in Lawrence awaiting plans.
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Fire Kills Four Near St. Louis
Four persons died in a Maplewood apartment fire late Friday night in the St. Louis suburb. A woman, 80 year old Mrs. Clare Middicombe, was identified among the four. others were later recovered as fire officials worked through the heavily damaged three story brick building. Seven residents were carried from the blaze and about twelve families were evacuated from the building and nearby apartments.
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Burglary Reports Stereo Theft From Lawrence Apartment
Dave Clasen reports a stereo tape deck 15 tapes and a transistor radio stolen from his Lawrence apartment between 4 p m Wednesday and 3 30 p m Friday. Entry via pried door with estimated loss 210. Two guns also taken from an unlocked car trunk between Tuesday and Friday a 12 gauge Remington 89 and a .22 Winchester 75 owned by James Scott.
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Arabesco Air Freight Aims Higher with Black Owned Freight
Arabesco Airlines in Oakland bills itself as the nation’s only black owned carrier. It flies sourdough bread from San Francisco to Los Angeles nightly with two C45 cargo planes. The return trips are empty as no backhaul bread deal has materialized.
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Japan votes in light turnout for national election
Tokyo AP reports a low voter turnout in Japan's national election where Prime Minister Eisaku Sato's Liberal Democratic Party is favored to win a majority in the 486 seat House of Representatives. Polls show 270 to 280 seats possible with 244 needed to control. The party currently held 272 seats after dissolving the House on Dec 2 following Sato's Washington talks with President Nixon. Sato announced Okinawa would return to Japanese rule in 1972 and U.S. nuclear weapons would be removed then.
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Abernathy Ends Memphis Hospital Strike in 12 Weeks
Union leaders announce the end of a 12 week strike at St Joseph Hospital in Memphis. Protest actions included jail for four ministers including Rev Ralph Abernathy. Negotiations sought to define nonprofessional roles and school board reforms following biracial mediation efforts.
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Five Million Bottlecaps Bury Oakland School Basemen
In Royal Oak Michigan five million bottle caps pile in the Oakland elementary school basement after a student project by math teacher Peter Fine. The effort drew national interest as caps arrived from California and Nevada. Principal Julie Sajo notes the weight risks and plans to move caps after vacation.
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