Windstorm Pounds Chicago Suburbs
Violent winds and heavy rain swept northwest of Chicago causing one death and extensive damage in Glenview Arlington Heights Mount Prospect Wheeling Palatine and nearby communities. A 3 year old girl died in a trailer collapse near Wheeling and a 256 foot radio tower collapsed at Arlington Heights. Trees fell power lines snapped and structures were damaged across the area. The Weather Bureau logged heavy rain and possible tornado activity near the Eisenhower Expressway.
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Arlington Heights
Chicago
Glenview
Mount Prospect
Wheeling
Palatine
Arlington Park Race Track
Darlene Helfogt
Gene
WNWC
Pal-Waukee
Rolling Meadows
Waukegan
Weather Bureau
Dry Warm Weather Forecast for Iowa Weekend
The Associated Press reports heavy rains easing by tonight with a warming trend by Friday. Temperatures stay in the 40s and weekend highs should approach June-like warmth as rainfall amounts reach several inches in Keystone War Horne Guthrie Center Dubuque Spencer and other Iowa communities.
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Iowa
Benton County
Keystone
War Horne
Guthrie Center
Haverhill
Kelly
Toledo
Clutter
Perry
Newhall
Rockwell City
Sac City
Gilman
Dubuque and
Spencer
Council Bluffs
Burlington
Damage in Millions Tornado Ravages Topeka City
A Topeka tornado left at least 14 dead and hundreds injured. Defense authorities expect more bodies in rubble as about 450 people were hurt and 50 remain hospitalized. Two thousand were left homeless by the disaster.
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Topeka
Givi! Defense
Tornado Ravages Topeka and Surrounding Kansas Areas
A powerful tornado outbreak damaged Topeka and nearby towns in Kansas, injuring about 65 people. The storm wrecked Washburn University campus, hit the downtown district, damaged the statehouse and printing plant, and affected Manhattan near Kansas State University, with homes and apartment buildings destroyed in the southwest Topeka area. Major Gen. Joe Nickell and Gov. William Avery coordinated guard and base assistance as the disaster unfolded.
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Washburn University
East Topeka
Santa Fe Hospital
Manhattan
Kansas State University
Topeka
Wolcott
Jardale
Basehor
Lansing
Joe Nickell
Kansas National Guard
Burnett's Mound
William Avery
National Guard
Forbes Air Force Base
Embassy
Huntington
Statehouse
Capital Dome
State Printing ‘Plant
State‘house
National Reserve Life [Insurance Co
ILA
Fred Feaker
Jardine Harris
K-State University
Alma Hurricane Alma's toll mounts with 45 dead
The Florida Panhandle endured a near miss as Hurricane Alma tracked across the Gulf, leaving at least 45 dead along its wake. Reports from St. Petersburg and Apalachicola describe high tides, downed bridges, and widespread damage from Key West to Tampa Bay, with Cuba and Honduras also reporting fatalities.
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ST. Petersburg
Fila
Alma
Florida Panhandle
Panhandle
Apalachicola
Gulf of Mexico
Tallahassee
Florida
Weather Bureau
Apalachee’ Bay
Fort Walton Beach
Georgia
Cuba
Communist Party
Honduras
Key West
Tampa Bay
St.Petersburg
Tamipa
Community Problems Get Federal Aid for University Help
The government approved the first state plans under a federal program to solve community problems with college and university talent. North Carolina, Texas, New York, and Iowa will spend over $1.7 million, with $1.2 million in federal funds. Iowa’s program totals 224,377 with 56,094 state funds.
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Washington
Office of Education
North Carolina
Texas
New York
Iowa
State Extension Council
Towa State Board of Regents
Big Suit Follows Wapello Crash
Mrs. Wesley Roth filed a $504,000 damage suit in District Court in Burlington after a November Wapello crash that killed two men including her husband. Dr. Donald E. Bedell Jr. of Burlington also died in the wreck and the suit charges Bedell’s estate with reckless driving.
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Burlington
Wesley Roth
Wapello
Donald E. Bedell, Jr
Bedell
Weather clears and cools with warmer weekend ahead
The forecast calls for clearing skies and cooler air tonight with temperatures in the upper forties. Friday will be mostly fair and warmer with highs in the upper sixties to lower seventies. The high Wednesday reached 65, with lows around 48 and today’s noon at 52. Rainfall measured 1.12 inches and the river stage stood at 1 foot.
Meredith Stirs New Protest Across Cities
James Meredith's Mississippi march sparked a related Memphis protest as he pledged to return armed if needed. After a 67 mile trek and a 27 mile segment, Meredith walked on foot and then was shot, while many Black demonstrators held a three mile walk from a Memphis church Wednesday night.
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James H. Meredith
Mary Jane
Claude Sterrett
LaGuardia
New York
Meredith
Mississippi
Memphis
Footsore
Miles
Ute
Early influx of illegal fireworks into Iowa reported
DES MOINES AP State Fire Marshal Wilbur Johnson noted an early inflow of illegal fireworks from the Dakotas, saying the situation does not usually start this early. DES MOINES AP Robert W M Reese 59 retires as Storm Lake highway patrol captain and is named Statehouse security chief to begin June 20 at 7500 dollars a year. WATERLOO AP Common ground to ease racial tensions emerges after four hour Negro leaders meeting with Mayor Turner and City Council. WASHINGTON AP Sen Jack Miller proposes a presidential commission to overhaul the draft law, seeking a 27 member panel to study the system and report by year end.
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Des Moines
Wilbur Johnson
Iowa
Dakotas
Robert W. M. Reese
Storm Lake
Statehouse
Iowa Executive Council
Reese
Waterloo
Lloyd Turner
Washington
Jack Miller
R-Tows
Peace March Resumes in Mississippi Led by Dr King
About 300 civil rights marchers resumed the James Meredith route in Mississippi led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The organizers urged volunteers to stay peaceful as nightly encampments are planned en route to Jackson.
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Senatorsa
Miss
James H. Meredith
Mississippi
Jackson
Martin Luether King Jr
Mississippi marchers join forces with civil rights leaders
Meredith, recovering from a blood loss, warned he may arm himself if whites continue killings of Black people. James Farmer joined Martin Luther King Jr., Hea McKissick, and Stokely Carmichael as march leaders. Two white men were arrested near Coldwater on a routine check with a stifle found in their truck. no charges filed.
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Meredith
South
U.S. 51
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
Martin Luther King Jr
Hea McKissick
Stokely Carmichael
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
McKissick
CORE
Carmines
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Coldwater
Mississippi
Charles Snodgrass
Plain Clothes
State Highway Patrol
Buddhist Foes Declare Retreat From Neutralism In Saigon
In Saigon a Unified Buddhist Church proclamation marks a retreat from neutralism and argues peace talks would yield surrender to the Viet Cong. Amid the turmoil, Allied forces report 244 U.S. and allied deaths last week, with Viet Cong losses around 902 killed. The church urges backing Ky and warns negotiations only after strength is built.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Premiser
Nguyen Cao Ky
Unified
Buddhist Church
Buddhist Institute
Thich Tamn Chau
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Hue
TLS
Viet Cong
Tam Chau
Lodge
Onas
Tute
Institute
Church
Viet Nam
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Joseph A. Walker
al White
Maj
Gari Cross
White
Mra
Maya Moore
Finande
Tampa
Fla
la Crosse
Dam No
N.C. McGregor
Dubuque
Davenport
Keokuk
Big Suit
Johnson
Statehouse Security
Waterloo Racial
Sen. Miller
Bowld Hospital
Thich Tri Quang
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