Flood stalls Chicago trading and blacks out downtown
Water surged into underground tunnels after a river-side breach, flooding basements and uprooting power in a 12 block area. The Mer cantile Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade halted all trading as officials evacuated thousands, including City Hall staff. No injuries reported.
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Somie
Wall Street Mixed as Dow Gains. Tech Downbeat
Wall Street opened with narrow gains for the Dow Jones at 3,259.17 amid profit taking in the broader market. The NYSE saw 721 issues rise against 748 falling, 604 unchanged. volume was 69.66 million shares at noon, as Tokyo stocks slid about 3.45 percent weighing on U.S. sentiment. Ford rose to 40 percent on a plan to invest $3 billion in North America over three years. Hewlett-Packard gained 2 to 76 percent after an analyst's recommendation.
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AFL-CIO to back Clinton for president endorsement
AFL-CIO leaders recommended that the federation endorse Bill Clinton at the May 5 executive council meeting. The 34 members, with no dissent, signaled unity as Clinton builds a delegate lead and prepares to challenge Bush in the general election with state federations mobilizing for turnout.
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Jerry Brown
Bush
Elderly couple survives crash after tractor trailer overturns
An elderly couple survived a wreck when a 40 foot tractor trailer overturned onto their Lincoln Continental and dragged it 200 feet east of Leaburg on Oregon 126. George Miller 84 and Marie Miller 88 were treated. Miller in serious condition with internal injuries and fractures. The truck driver Henry Glisson 43 and passenger Andrew Biggs 40 received minor injuries.
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Gypsum Valley Bank Robbery Stuns Small Kansas Town
Gypsum Kansas, AP — An armed robber wearing a nylon stocking robbed Gypsum Valley Bank around 9:20 am taking an undetermined cash amount. No shots were fired. suspect fled in a vehicle. Bank president Steven P. Stein confirmed. The town of about 350, 15 miles southeast of Salina, reports it as its first bank robbery in memory. Law enforcement from Latine County Sheriff's Department and the FBI are investigating.
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Steven P. Stein
Salina
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Public Hearing Set on Special Use Permit in Wellsville KS
The city of Wellsville will hold a public hearing on May 6 at 7:00 PM in the Wellsville Water Department Building 411 Main Street Wellsville Kansas for a Special Use Permit. The applicant Wellagle Senior Group seeks zoning for 707 Locust Street to place the Wellsville Community Center and Nutrition Site in a residential area chaired by LuLu Nixon.
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