Flood Devastation Spreads Across Oklahoma and Kansas
Severe weather and record rains pound Oklahoma and Kansas with tornadoes floods and drownings raising death tolls to 27 across Texas Oklahoma and Kansas. The Cimarron River threatens northern Oklahoma while flood warnings extend into eastern Kansas and the Little Arkansas river watershed brims near Wichita. Colorado Wyoming report heavy snow followed by rapid melt increasing slide risk.
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Oklahoma
Kansas
Plains States
Texas
Missisippi Valley
Cimarron
Forthern Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Little Arkansasiver
Sedgwick
Wichita
Nebraska
South Dakota
Missouri
Colorado
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Wyo
Floods Ravage Oklahoma Cimarron Basin Amid Rising Toll
Heavy rains unleashed very serious floods along the Cimarron River in Oklahoma. Crests at Perkins and widespread flooding threaten lowland areas from Dover to Tulsa with multiple deaths and hundreds homeless as towns like Dover and Erick face washed bridges, road closures, and relief efforts.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Perkins
Arkansas River
Dover
Macmillan Wins House Suez Vote
London reports the House of Commons backed the Conservative government 308 to 259 on Suez policies after a two day debate. Labour derided the invasion as reckless and dangerous, while Macmillan said Britain faced a setback but remains aligned with the United States and seeks a new UN Security Council debate on Egypt and the canal.
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London
House of Commons
Suez
Egypt
Britain
Aneurin Bevan
Macmillan
Selwyn Lloyd
United States
Lloyd
Commons
France
U. N. Security Council
Council
Trapped Boy Ben Hooper Jr. in Long Island Well
Rescue workers labored through the night and into morning as 18 hours of effort sought to reach 7 kg Benjamin Hooper Jr. trapped at the bottom of a three foot diameter dry well in Manorville New York. A parallel shaft and a culvert pipe tunnel were built to reach the boy while oxygen was pumped to him. The father shouted encouragement and kept asking Ben to move his fingers as hundreds of rescuers from Brookhaven Eastport Manorville and Riverhead joined the effort amid floodlights and tense conditions. The boy’s mother, Betty Hooper, learned of the incident and became hysterical. the outcome remained uncertain as officials warned it was possible he might not survive.
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N.Y
Benjamin Hooper Jr
Edward Bridge
Brookhaven
J.H. Warner
Eastport
Warner
Benjamin Hooper
J. H. Kris
Long Island
Menorville
Center Meliches
Riverhead
Betty
New York Telephone Co
Benny
Felae
George Gudish
Ben
Gydiese
Michael Stirtz
Hooper
Hoopers
Wendy
Open Sky Plan Gains New Favor
Washington sources report renewed backing for the Open Skies inspection plan as Secretary Dulles, Harold Stassen, and others weigh a test zone in Alaska, Northern Canada or Siberia. Next NSC decisions may shape U S positions before disarmament talks in London and a UN subcommittee review May 27.
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Harold E. ‘Stassen
U. S
United States
State Dulles
Tuessday
Arctic
Alaska
Canada
Siberia
Europe
Stassen
Dulles
Eisenhower
National Security Council
London
United Nations
Stassen i
It Was A Happy Family Torn Apart By Tornado
In Silerton Texas a tornado killed 19 people including Rance Stephens and his wife and three children. Barney Stephens recalls the family as religious and close while County Judge J W Lyon says Rance was a hard working tenant farmer. The storm left 22 homes destroyed and $750000 in damage. The elder Stephens finds clues that Rance stayed up reading the Bible.
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Silverton
Tex
Barney Stephens
Rance
Dick Williams
Church of Christ
Mr. Williams
J. W. Lyon Jr
Lyon
Rance Stephens
Texas
Stephens
L.V
Vaughn
Vaughns
Bruce
Allen
Rhonda Kay
Nervous Witness Gessert Refuses to Answer on Teamsters Cash
Norman Gessert, cousin of Dave Beck's wife, invoked the Fifth Amendment 71 times in 21 minutes before the Senate Rackets Investigating Committee, declining to answer questions about more than 100000 dollars tied to the Teamsters Union. Kennedy said Gessert received over 50000 in salary and expenses from April 1954 to March 1957 and about 51000 in profits from Union Merchandising Co., with the panel noting the Beck compound and urging the union to probe Beck's fitness for leadership.
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Washington
Norman Gessert
Teamsters Union
Dave Beck
Gessert
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate
Kennedy
Beck
Retail Clerks Union
Teamsters
Seattle
Clerks
Union Merchandising Co
Senators
McClellan
D-Ark
Edward L. Carey
Teamsterr Union
There’s nothing like marriage to break up a good romance
A playful adage hints that marriage can disrupt a budding romance, contrasting expectations with social norms about lasting affection and commitment. The line suggests the stabilizing or complicating effects of marriage on relationships.
Senate Debates Commerce Dept Money Bill Amid Cuts
In Washington the Senate debates a 613.6 million Commerce Department appropriation for fiscal 1958. The panel reduces new funds by 25.9 million from Eisenhower’s request while allowing 25 million more in spending than the House, aided by a bookkeeping shift. The debate follows action on Treasury Post Office and State Justice bills, with net declines below presidential requests but funded from past appropriations.
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Washington
Senate
Commerce Department
Senate Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Senate Committee
Hous
House
Treasury Post Office
State Justice
White House
Congress
War Shipping Administration
New Polio Cases Rise in Week Ending May
Washington reports 71 polio cases last week, up 31 from the prior week and near the 1956 levels. A Public Health Service spokesman cautioned about seasonal increases and noted a year ago showed a slight decrease. The week ended May 4 had 40 cases versus 91 in the same week of 1956.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Witch Doctors Murder Case Tied to Ritual Killing in Africa
South African detectives traced a murder to the Bakghatla tribe as 12 people of witch doctors were linked to a ritual killing of 65 year old Ramakeri. Witnesses described offerings of flesh used in medicines to aid crops and longevity.
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Rustenberg
South Africa
Ramakeri
Pte
Pheto
Cool weekend forecast with showers possible in Miami Valley
A low pressure system moving toward the Miami Valley may bring a few showers. The forecast: mainly cloudy today and tonight with a high near 65 and low around 45. Saturday stays mostly cloudy with possible showers and a high near 70. Sunday appears partly cloudy and cooler with yesterdays official high at 58 and the morning low at 47.
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Miami Valley
Child 6 Killed by Car on Lincoln Highway
Massillon Ohio report says Michel Keller six was struck and killed by a vehicle Thursday night while returning home from a store along the Lincoln Highway.
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Massillon
Ohio
Michel Keller
Lincoln Highway
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