Flood Claims Broad Spectrum of Rapid City Victims
Rapid City flood kills people from many walks of life including doctors lawyers professors bank clerks and a housewife among the deceased. Notable names include Raymond Fox former city judge Dr Lowell Dieter SD Mines professor Maj William Medley Salvation Army head and Rev Francis Collins who died aiding Sioux at the Mother Butler Center.
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Raymond Fox
Lowell Dieter
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Maj. Medley
Salvation Army
William Magner
Billie Crane Smith
Joyce Christensen
Francis Collins
Rapid City
Father Collins
Mother Butler Center
Astronaut Turns Bug Breeder Insect Control Venture
Former astronaut M Scott Carpenter launches Integrated Biological Control Corp in an abandoned cow shed to breed and sell 2 billion trichogramma wasps by year end for agricultural pest control. He calls the plan a bold step beyond his space career.
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M. Scott Carpenter
Earth
Integrated Biological Control Corp
Carpenter
Salvation Army Majors Die as Rapid City Flood Claims Bill Medley
Joy Medley, widow of Salvation Army Maj. William G. Medley, 50, describes the flood death of her husband who rushed to Story Book Island to aid others. She remains assigned to relief work in Rapid City while the death toll surpassed 200 and rescue efforts continue.
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Rapid City
Joy Medley
Bill
Salvation Army
Story Book Island
William G
Bill” Medley
Indiana
Fergus Falls
Fairmont
Minn
Williston
N.C
Knievel Arrives by Ambulance at Lakewood Park
Evel Knievel arrived at Lakewood Park racetrack in an ambulance after a practice fall caused a compression fracture of his back and injuries to both hands. He told the crowd he would not jump the 18 cars as doctors advised.
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Atlanta
Evel Knievel
Lakewood Park Racetrack
Knievel
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Astro
Perry
America
ABC
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Hormel Cure
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SEITZ
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New Hampshire
TATA
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Pascal Celery
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Libby
Musselman's
Tang
Hartz Mountain Cat Litter
Can
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Strongheart Dog Food
Wayne Dog Food
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Arnie
Nold Morgison
Bill Mediey
Lawrence's
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Ford, Inc
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