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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1969
Page
13
Showers and thunderstorms are forecast for tonight with cooler, partly cloudy conditions through Tuesday. East to northeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Rain chances at 70 percent tonight and 20 percent Tuesday. Highs will be in the 80s with tonight in the 60s.
A tornado touched down at Crest Haven Mobile Park south of Kirksville Missouri injuring at least six. Rescue teams pulled dazed residents from overturned trailers as one home near Kirksville lost its roof. The storm also damaged trees and lines citywide before moving east at about 40 mph.
In Vung Tau Vietnam a USO recreation day featured a greased pig chase and Becky Thatcher contest amid rain and heat. Seabee Robert Nelson and soldier Thomas Comstock captured the pig while Army nurse Heidi Abel won the Becky Thatcher prize. A Bevy of wounded veterans watched and laughed as Anthony Banardo earned the Tom Sawyer fence painting award and a Hannibal trip for his 10-year-old cousin.
Six officers from Brazil's National Department of Mineral Resources visit Kansas University staying through Saturday. They tour the Kansas Geological Survey KU Computation Center and Center for Research in Engineering Sciences and will attend The Male Animal tonight. They reside in Oliver Hall and plan overflights and a field trip to Kansas City. The visitors are Ruy Italo Tessari Joaquin Cid de Moraes Eros Farias Gavronski Francisco das Chagas Pinto Coelho Geraldo Barbosa Mamede and Louis Antonio Gravata Balvao.
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