Tornadoes Leave Damage Trail in Missouri and Kansas
Tornadoes and high winds lashed more than a score of locations in Missouri and Kansas Tuesday, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in property damage. Four people were injured at Leisure Shores Resort near Table Rock Lake. Flooding threatened major rivers with levels above bankful as the Missouri and Mississippi rivers rose, prompting flood watches and sandbagging efforts around St. Charles and Cape Girardeau.
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Associated Press
Missouri
Kansas
Plainville
Kan
Short Mobile Home Plant
Rooks County
Leisure Éshores
Table Rock Stake
Arkansas Linouth
Springfield
Stone
Fanta County
Columbia
Waverly
Nebraska City
Neb
Kansas City
Sibley
Jefferson City
St. Charles
Grand River
Sumner
Brunswick
Mississippi
St. Louis
Cape Girardeau
Riv
National Weather Service
Hannibal
Prisoner of war eye surgery done without drugs
Eugene Oregon AP reports Force Capt Lynn Guenther recounts eye surgery without sedation after being shot down December 26 1971 over Laos. He describes acupuncture like technique with seven stitches and fluid injection, a painful 20 minute procedure. An Asian guard urged quiet suffering as Guenther squeezed the guard's hand.
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Eugene
Ore
Lynn Geet
Ho Chi Minh
ePrail
Laos
Gumnther
Centralia seeks court ruling on annexation plan
Centralia hopes for a quick court decision on a 587 acre annexation of four tracts argued before Boone County Circuit Court. If approved, the measure would go to a special election for Centralia voters. Local officials claim benefits include lower utility costs for residents, improved police and fire protection, better drainage and traffic control, and expanded services. Opponents fear added taxes and reduced control over property.
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Centralia
Howard Burton
Burton
Trapped Men Escape Fire At A P Green Refractories
Two men were briefly trapped as flames swept the A P Green Refractories Co specialty department. Roy Seale and Virgil Thurston suffered mild smoke inhalation, were rescued by forklift egress, and returned to work after treatment. A newborn daughter arrived at 10:56 p m to Willard Monroe Jr and wife at Audrain Medical Center.
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A.P. Green Refractories Co
Roy Seale
Canteen Corp
Virgil Thurston
Green’s
Mexico
Bethels Welcome Son At Audrain Medical Center
Mr and Mrs Carl R Bethel Jr of 110 W 4th St Hermann welcomed a son born at Audrain Medical Center on Tuesday at 8 53 am weighing 6 pounds 13 ounces Mr Bethel works for Bethel Brothers Mining Co
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Bethels
Carl R. Bethel Jr
W. 4Th St
Hermann
Audrain Medical Center
Bethel
Bethel Brothers Mining Co
Return of POWs Sparks Tears at Clark Air Base
At Clark Air Base in the Philippines the fourth wave of POW releases began with 107military personnel and one civilian freed from Hanoi. Aboard the first C-141 flew a thanksgiving service led by Navy Captain Charles Gillespie Jr. and Navy Captain Leo Profiler spoke amid cheers. The second flight carried 400 POWs with Air Force Colonel John Flynn thanking supporters and President Nixon. The third plane included civilian Bobby Joe Keesee, who evaded capture, and was escorted with caution as authorities pursued possible hijack charges.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
Hanoi
Navy
Charles R. Gillespie Jr
Miramar
Calif
Leo T. Profiler
Palo Alto
Clark
United States of America
Air Force
John P. Flynn
Cmdr
John 8. McCainei
U.S
Pacific
Flynn
United States
McCain
Orange Park
Fla
Adm
Noel Gaylor
Pacific Command
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Bobby Joe Keesee
Army
Cuba
Arizona
Keesee
Operation Homecoming
State Department
Bangkok
Charter Company
Roberta. Stafford
Hugh A. Stafford
Aiken
S.C
Defense Department
Holts Summit Becomes Town After Incorporation Vote
Jefferson City Missouri AP reports Holts Summit residents vote 276 for 84 against to form a municipal government. The community covers about three by five miles in southeastern Callaway County, population over 1,800. Previous incorporation attempts failed on legal technicalities.
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Jefferson City
Holts’ Summit
Callaway County
Five Cars Hit Man On Freeway In Los Angeles
Five cars struck and killed an elderly man identified as Louis Williams 69 a transient as he attempted to cross the Santa Ana Freeway in downtown Los Angeles. Authorities said the man was struck by a first car which stopped then by three more vehicles and finally by a fifth car that ran him over. The patrol is seeking the last four drivers for hit and run while noting the initial driver did stop.
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Los Angeles
Santa Ana
Highway Patrol
Louis Williams
Viet Cong to free Americans as cease-fire nears
Report states communist forces will release two fliers from China straying into Vietnam while Viet Cong plans to execute 27 military and five civilians at Hanoi Gia Lam airport on Friday. The cease-fire frees 98 of 439 Americans with 146 still held, target set for March 28.
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United States
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A.P. Green
Refractories Co
Richard Vance
Jack Blaylock
Edward Bettenhausen
William D. Heaton
Bettenhausen
Robert Redford
Jeremiah Johnson
Breck
Discount Center
St. Joseph
Imum Spray Ideodorant
Alberto
Weadacre
Col Vale
N. Jefferson “Reserve
Mir
MR. Bubble
Contac
Monroes
Willard H. Monroe, Jr
N. Barr St
Monroe
Oliver Gulf Service
Pws
Holts Summit
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