Swollen River Still High Near Hannibal
The Mississippi River remained at record flood levels in the Hannibal Missouri to Quincy Illinois region with more rain yet to come. It neared 24.8 feet at one point before easing to 23.5 feet and caused extensive damage and levee strain while flooding 20 000 acres in Fort Madison Iowa.
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Quincy
Minnesota
St. Louis
Chester
Cairo
Ill
Weather Bureau
Clinton
Iowa
Hannibal-Quincy
Illinois
Fort Madison
Youth Admits Stabbing Sister in Kansas Home
13 year old Roger Mikulecky admitted stabbing his 10 year old sister Alice Lynn Mikulecky to death during a fight over a hide and seek game at their Wilson Kansas home. He told KBI agents he drove a steak knife into her back after the clash in the garage. The case goes to juvenile court for handling.
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Wilson
Kan
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Roger Mikulecky
Alice Lynn Mikulecky
Ellsworth County
C. R. Miller
Raymond Mikulecky
Gary
Linda
Veterans Hospital
Wilson Library
KBI
Roger
Alice
Rights Project Protection Cost Set at $510 000
The Defense Department spent 510 000 to guard the Selma to Montgomery civil rights marchers. The total cost of federal troops and federalized National Guardsmen in five major civil rights crises since 1957 nears 13 million dollars.
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Defense Department
Pentagon
Little Rock
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Arkansas Air and Army
Orval E. Faubus
Central High School
John F. Kennedy
Mississippi
Uni
Pentagon tallies pay for Alabama Guardsmen in voting rights era
The Pentagon records 510000 covering pay and allowances for 1860 Alabama National Guardsmen called into federal duty plus transportation and related costs tied to protecting a late March voting rights march. It excludes regular Army MPs payments and Justice Department marshals expenses.
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Pentagon
Alabama
Army
Justice Department
Alabama National Guard
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