Tornado Toll Tops Seventy Across Nine States
A massive tornado outbreak across nine states leaves more than 70 dead and hundreds injured. Jonesboro Arkansas bears the brunt with 33 dead, 350-plus injured, as storms sweep Illinois Missouri Indiana Iowa and Kansas. National Guard deployed as aid arrives to stricken towns and floods complicate rescues.
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Arkansas
Iowa
Illinois
Missouri
Indiana
Arkansas University
Jonesboro
Minneapolis
Kansas
Joplin
Explosion collapses London apartment building
Part of a new 23 story East End block collapsed after a blast at 6 am. BBC reported 15 killed while police withhold casualty count. About 80 families were displaced as rescuers searched debris and Fire Brigade battled flames with 18 engines and 150 firefighters on site.
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London
East End
British Broadcasting Corp
Scotland Yard
Poplar Hospital
Charles Castell
Harry Heal
Ronan Point
London Fire Brigade
Six Miners Survive Ten Day Mine Ordeal in West Virginia
Six coal miners trapped two miles underground for about ten days were rescued near Hominy Falls West Virginia and are in good shape at Sacred Heart hospital in Richwood. Four other miners trapped since May 6 were found dead, bodies to be retrieved later today. The survivors crawled 800 yards through a 36 inch tunnel to reach a battery car and ride to the surface.
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Hominy Falls
W.va
Lee B. Todd
Sacred Heart Hospital
Richwood
Okie Galford
Baltimore
John Moore, Jr
S Moore
Joe B E. Fitzwater
Rupert
Jennings H. Lilly
Mt. Nebo
Edward F. Scarbro
Gene H. Martin
Clintonville
Larry Lynch
Fitzwater
Ernest Fitzwater
U S Proposes Asian Police Force for Viet Peace
Paris AP reports the United States is drafting a plan to back any Viet Nam settlement with a peacekeeping system run by neutral Asian nations. Harriman outlined stronger international supervision, suggesting Burma India and Indonesia could police any agreement while denying involvement for Communist China.
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Paris
U.S
North Vietnam
United States
Vietnam
Indochina Control Commission
India
Poland
Canada
W. Averell Harriman
Xuan
Thuy
Burma
Indonesia
Harriman
Geneva
France
Indochina
Asia
China
Fuller enters Dancer's Image in Tremendous Stakes race
Peter Fuller entered Dancer's Image, the Kentucky Derby winner disqualified earlier, in the $150000 added Tremendous Stakes at Belmont. The gray son of Native Dancer was entered at 9 44 a.m. EDT, just before the Saturday deadline, following a telephone consultation with suspended trainer Lou Cavalaris.
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Baltimore
Peter Fuller
Fuller
Saturay
Lou Cavalaris
Weather forecast for Southwest Ohio and Miami Valley
The forecast for Southwest Ohio and the Miami Valley area calls for partially clearing skies and cooler temperatures for tonight. Lows will be in the 40s and 50s. Friday will be partly sunny and cooler.
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Ohio
Miami Valley
Vietnam War Week Sees Record U.S. Toll Near Saigon
North Vietnamese forces attacked north of Saigon and in the Central Highlands as U S commanders reported 562 American deaths the highest weekly toll of the war and 5 552 enemy killed the week of Feb 11 17. Allied forces fought near Kontum Khe Sanh and a patrol base near Kontum City with heavy shelling and air support from AC47s.
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Saigon
Central Highlands
U.S
Mekong
Kontum City
Quake and tsunami strike Japan leaving 25 dead
Two powerful earthquakes, 10 hours apart, rocked Japan's eastern seaboard from Honshu to Hokkaido. Police reported 25 dead, eight missing, and at least 50 injured as tides up to six feet were warned by the Central Meteorological Agency.
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Tokyo
Pacific
Japan
Central Meteorological Agency
Honshu
Hokkaido
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Gauley Coal and Coke Co
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