Checkerboard Of Damage And Death After Joplin Storm
JOPLIN Mo AP reports a deadly pre-dawn storm near Chanute Kansas migrating toward Joplin, wrecking mobile homes and killing at least three people including 20 year old Brandley Long. Dozens injured, hospitals overwhelmed, and a checkerboard pattern of destruction noted across Joplin and surrounding towns.
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Joplin
Yancey Shipman
Shipmans
Roy Gilpin
Westside
Mobile Ome Park
John Shipman
Shipman
Brandley Long
Kansas
Arkansas
Robert Metzsinger
Carl Graves
Mobile Home Park
Iva Mae Sinko
Miller Manufacturing Co
Interstate 44
U.S. 71
Tanya Long
St. John’s Hospital
Oklahoma
Missouri
Chanute
Kan
Erie
St. Paul
Girard
McCune
Weir
Scammon
Columbus
Crestline
Galena
Diamond
William Karr
Kansas Highway Patrol
Salena
203Rd Engineer Battalion
Missouri National Guard
Christopher Bond
William Phelps
Gen Taylor
R-Mo
Lea Kungle
Civil Defense
Parkwood High School
U.S
Jan Tupper
Allan Pearson
National
Kansas City
Ray Nelson
Springfield
Mothers Day Long Distance Calls Seen Rising
Mexico's long distance volume is expected to rise about 40 percent on Mother's Day. Southwestern Bell will have 26 operators on duty and handle around 4 500 long distance calls, with at least 38 000 customer dialed calls. Heaviest periods are 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m. Miss Sutton urged callers to use Saturday to avoid Sunday rush and ensure connections. You may be talking to someone's mother.
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Mexico
Southwestern Bell
Miss Wilma
Sutton
William Woods honors Elsa Williamson with LLD degree
Mrs Elsa Wade Williamson receives the Litterarum Doctor honoris causa at William Woods College commencement. Judge Hugh P Williamson’s wife retires after 33 years teaching, recalling the 1933 campus with 200 students and 24 faculty, the paper salary era, and the college’s growth to a four year institution.
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William Woods
Williamson
Recall echoes at Jackson Day in Missouri
Missouri officials joined Democrats at Jackson Day as they blasted Republicans over Nixon era recall talk. Senator Thomas Eagleton drew laughs from the crowd when GOP hopefuls and lawyers teased potential rivals like Jack Danforth. Kirkpatrick quipped about Watergate, saying voters might recall Nixon if ballots were cars.
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Springfield
Missouri
James C. Kirkpatrick
Thomas Eagleton
Tom Eagleton
Jack Danforth
Danforth
Eagleton
Kirkpatrick
Detroit
Nixon
Miss Dunlop accused in $750000 slander suit
Helen Dunlop, longtime secretary and companion of the late Senator Edward Long, sues Frank L Miller of Hannibal for slander. The petition, mailed to the Hannibal Court of Common Pleas, alleges Miller questioned her handling of the Long estate and forged conduct, affecting Florence Long and causing Alienation of Affection suit.
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Hannibal, Mo
Edward Long
Long
The
Globe-Democrat
Helen Dunlop
Frank L Miller
Hannibal
Miss Dunlop
Jerome Seigfreid
Mexico
Globe
Seigfreid
Court of Common Pleas
Miller
Florence Long
Ann Miller
Elizabeth
Haile Selassie To Visit Washington For Two Day Visit
Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie will make a two day official visit to Washington starting Monday arriving in the capital for meetings with President Nixon Vice President Agnew and State and Defense officials The Tuesday session with Nixon marks the third meeting between the two leaders since 1969.
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Washington
Haile Selassie
State Department
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
State
Defense Departments
Eagleton predicts a Democrat will win in 1976
Missouri senator Thomas Eagleton tells a Jackson Day dinner that a Democrat will win the White House in 1976 with Ted Kennedy among likely contenders. He cites Birch Bayh and Hubert Humphrey as possible candidates, notes Mondale as guest speaker, and urges party rebuilding while defending press freedoms and criticizing the Administration’s policies.
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Springfield
White House
Thomas Eagleton
D-Mo
Ted Kennedy
Massachusetts
Eagleton
Springfeld Press Club
Missouri
George McGovern
Kennedy
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Hubert
McGovern
South Dakota Democrat
Walter Mondale
Dminn
Phyllis McGuire
U.S
Cambodia
St. Louis
New England
Midwest
Washington
Mrs Kelley to Receive Nursing Master's Degree
Patricia Ann Kelley will earn a master of science in nursing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill at Sunday graduation. Daughter-in-law of Stanley M. and is connected to the Kellies of Mexico. Husband works as a senior planner in Durham, and the couple plan to reside there with their son Keith.
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Gerald
Patricia Ann) Kelley
University of North Carolina At Chapel
Kelleys
Keith
Missouri Auditor Finds Bundy Overcharged Travel Costs
A Missouri state audit reports Jack N. Bundy, supervisor, charged about 6500 in travel expenses to the state while claiming Jefferson City address though he lived in Kansas City. The period reviewed was July 1, 1969, to June 30, 1972, and the audit documents additional misuses and weak control over division funds and receipts. Bundy submitted resignation to Gov. Bond April 25 with termination set for July 1 as he moved to private industry.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Division of Savings and Loan Supervision
Jack N. Bundy
John Ashcroft
Bundy
Kansas City
Christopher
Bond
Savings and Loan
Paul G. Koontz
Clemens W. Dulle
William A. R Dalton
Henry C. Salveter
Sheldon H. Stock
John N. Bauer
Dulle
Bauer
Audit Finds Higher Travel Costs and Bond Gaps in State Examiner Fees
The audit urged an investigation of Bundy’s travel expenses. It noted the commission billed savings and loan associations $70 per day for each examiner, though true state costs were $80 per day. It found no required surety bonds of $10,000 to the secretary of state and $5,000 per examiner, as mandated by state law.
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Bundy
Savings and Loan
Secretary of State
Oswald Widow to Collect $17 729
Marina Oswald Porter, widow of Lee Harvey Oswald, won a $17 729 settlement from the government for property once owned by Oswald. U.S. District Court Judge Joe E Estes signed the judgment Friday. The Warren Commission linked Oswald to the Kennedy assassination on November 22, 1963 in Dallas.
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Dallas
Tex
Marina Oswald Porter
Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
U.S. District Court
Joe E. Estes
Warren Commission
Oswald
Dean Krueger Elevated To Dean Of Instruction At Northeast Missouri
Darrell W. Krueger, 30, assistant professor, promoted to dean of instruction at Northeast Missouri State University, effective July 1, after joining the faculty two years ago and earning a Ph.D. from the University of Arizona. He will oversee 14 academic divisions, succeeding retiring Dr. Earl Ludlow. Also elected board president is Mary Alice Bunney, with Wil liam O'Donnell Lee named vice-president. new trustees sworn in: Albert Rendlen Samuel Burk and William Quinn.
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Kirksville
Northeast Missouri State University
Darrell W. Krueger
University of Arizona At
Tucson
Salt Lake City
Mary Alice Bunney
Shelbyville
Moberly
William O'Donnell Lee
Hannibal
Albert Rendlen
Samuel Burk
William Quinn
Lewis County
Krueger
Earl Ludlow
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Asic
Wells
Mrs. Kelley
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National Nursing Home
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