Mississippi Tornado Toll Grows Across Jackson Area
Rescue workers search sparsely populated rural districts east of Jackson for more tornado victims as the toll climbs to about 60 dead and 497 injured. In Jackson 12 died at the Candlestick Park shopping center and a 12-year-old boy died in Rankin County.
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Air Force Reserve
Mobile Red Cross
Mobile
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Gartin
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58 Die As Canadian Pacific DC8 Crashes In Tokyo
A DC8 from Hong Kong to Vancouver struck approach lights at Tokyo International Airport in fog and crashed into a wall. Police said 58 of 71 aboard were killed, with four missing and nine survivors. Names and destinations include Jesse Zousmer and his wife among the dead. Flight 402 carried 62 passengers and nine crew. Rescue teams battled flames and debris, with lights broken across Tokyo Bay.
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Bank of Fordland Robbed of 5000 in Missouri Train?
Bank of Fordland was robbed of an estimated 5000 today as three men armed with pistols stole cash and fled west on U S 60 in a green and white car. Trooper Norman Taylor exchanged gunfire with the suspects, and a second car was later found abandoned with blood at the scene.
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Kindall
Norman Taylor
Taylor
Penn Gets In Tournament
The University of Pennsylvania was declared eligible for the NCAA basketball tournament after the decision was communicated by NCAA committee chairman Bernie Shively and executive secretary Walter Byers in Kansas City.
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University of Pennsylvania
Bernie Shively
NCAA
Walter Byers
Kansas City
Blinding Blizzard Paralyzes Dakotas and Minnesota
A Great Blizzard grips the Dakotas and western Minnesota for a third day with record snowfalls. The storm disrupts travel, maroons trains, and closes towns while winds 30 to 60 mph drive drifts. Mississippi and Alabama suffer 58 dead and 422 injured from killer tornadoes the night before.
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High Winds Cause Widespread Damage in Norton Kansas
A westbound Rock Island freight train's semi trailer was blown off the track two miles west of Norton. A tire shop roof collapsed and many television antennas toppled as gusts reached 70 mph at the airport. Local damage reported overnight and today. Gene Doane advertises as an insurance agent.
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Mossler Jury Deliberating in 1964 Miami Slaying Case
Twelve jurors resume deliberations in the Key Biscayne murder of 69 year old financier by his wife Myrtle Mossler and her nephew Melvin Powers. The pair faced charges of premeditated design with a fatal 39 stab wounds and beating incident. The case, heard in Dade County Circuit Court before Judge George Schulz, involved incest claims and a $33 million fortune.
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Dade County
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Biscayne
Lawrence Annexation Push Grows With City Services
City planner Ken Thompson notes Lawrence can annex more land as utilities and services expand. From January to now, 880 acres are planned or recently annexed including 300 acres from KU Endowment and 443 acres from Haskell Institute, with 58 acres added this year.
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Kansas University Endowment Assn
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Ray Wells
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Winter Returns To Lawrence Weather Brings Cold Snap
Blustery conditions drop temperatures sharply in Lawrence with a morning low of 19 degrees and a daytime high near 65 earlier in the week. Light snow flurries occurred at dawn but left only a trace, as westerly winds of 45 mph gusted at the Lawrence Airport and the Topeka forecast noted possible 50 mph gusts.
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Pancake Day Opens at 7 A.M. In Community Building
The American Legion hosts pancake day from 7 a.m. Saturday at the Community Building, 11th and Vt. Streets, with over 3,000 expected to pass through the lines. Proceeds go toward the summer Legion baseball program dedicated to the late George Starkey, a longtime civic and Legion leader who died Feb. 6.
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Service at Home or Away Rumsey Juneral Home
Rumsey Juneral Home announces service options with contact at VI 3-51111 and Adv, guiding families on at home or away arrangements.
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Rumsey
Norwood Hurt In Auto Wreck Near Lawrence
Wesley Norwood of 2203 Vt. Street, former Douglas County Attorney, was hospitalized about 12 25 a m after a two car collision three miles east of Lawrence on K 10. He suffered head and facial injuries and was listed in fair condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Four people in the other car were treated and released. Rudolph Neugebauer 33 of 1800 Miller Drive drove the second car and passengers were Gary Stanwix 20 of 742 Ark Street and Daryl Stewart.
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Vt. St
Douglas County
Lawrence
Norwood
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
LMH
Rudolph Neugebauer
Miller Dr
Gary A. Stanwix
Ark. St
Daryl R. Stewart
Weather Roundup Northeast Kansas Cold With Snow Flurries
The forecast notes cloudy cold conditions for northeast Kansas with occasional snow flurries tonight. Saturday will be mostly fair and milder. Low tonight 10 to 15, high Saturday 35 to 40 with detailed readings and temperature traces included.
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