Look Back at Nation's Costliest Flood 20 Years On
A 1951 Kansas City flood, the nation s costliest by dollars, devastated the Kaw river basin from Hays to the stockyards. About 87 000 people evacuated and nearly 3 000 homes were destroyed as tanks and oil fires raged. Officials debate whether another such flood can occur amid flood control projects.
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Margaret P. Richards
Kansas City, Mo
UPI
Kansas City
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Kansas
Kaw
Big Creek
Hays
Kan
Topeka
Harry S Truman
Lewis Pick
United States Senate
Little Westend
River Bottoms
Jay Dillingham
Kansas City Stockyards Co
DAILY CROSSWORD CLUES AND A CRYPTOQUOTE
The column lists crossword clues from accede to sense and a meta puzzle with code letters. A sample cryptoquote features the quote There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have by Don Herold.
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Don Herold
No Alarm Clock Debates Enduring Roles In Marriage
Dear Abby columns discuss adult children living at home and the duty of parents to enforce house rules. A mother laments a 19-year-old daughter with a baby who stays out all night, while Abby advises against being an alarm clock and urges firm boundaries. The note touches on independence and family dynamics within households.
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Abby
TV Schedule Listing For Evening Programming
A dense guide lists film showings and daytime and prime time programs across stations, including titles such as The Old Man Who Cried Wolf and Boy Did I Get a Wrong Number as well as soaps, game shows, news, and music programs featuring stars like Edward G. Robinson Bob Hope and Lucille Ball with start times and channel references. The lineup covers cartoons sports talk and various dramas and comedies from afternoon through late night across CBS and other networks.
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Martin Balsam
Bob Hope
Elke Sommer
Maurice Chevalier
Francois Perier
Carry ON
Bob Monkhouse
Kenneth Conner
Norwalk residents vote on muny sale and opposing backlash
James F. Zuber argues that despite a July 3 vote to keep the muny electric system, officials vilified supporters and later admitted past errors. He notes a new petition to put the sale on the November ballot and predicts renewed accusations and distortions from city leaders.
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Norwalk
Ohio Edison Company
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