Hurricane David Brushes By Islands
Hurricane David skirted Barbados and headed toward Martinique and Dominica, about 350 miles southeast of Puerto Rico. Winds near 140 mph, moving northwest at 14 mph, with forecasts of landfall on Martinique’s northern tip or the nearby channel to Dominica. No casualties reported as Barbados endured gale winds and heavy rain.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
David
Barbados
Martinique
Dominica
U.S. National Weather Service
Lesser Antilles
Kansas Tornado Outbreak Spotted Over Western Counties
A spectacular tornado surge hit western Kansas Tuesday evening with five sighted in the region. The largest funnel, about a mile wide, appeared in southern Gove County near Colby, observed for over 40 minutes. No damage reported as crews head to the area. temperatures reached 89 with 0.23 inches of rain.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Phil Shideler
National Weather Service
Gove County
Colby
Goodland Weather Service
Roy Freiburger
Goodland
Freiburger
Dodge City
Rail Strikers Gain Support For Rock Island Walkout
Thousands of brakemen firemen and conductors prepared to join a strike against the Rock Island Line at 6 a.m. today UTU locals were authorized to strike. Clerks had already struck over retroactive pay totaling 14 million dollars. The action spans 7200 miles across 13 states threatening grain and industrial shipments.
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Chicago
Rock Island
United Transporation Union
Lakewood
Ohio
UTU
Brotherhood of Railway and
Colorado Springs
Minneapolis
Houston
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
The Dehn brothers of Williamsburg are remembered
Harris Rayl profile of Hobart and Arthur Dehn, lifelong Williamsburg shopkeepers who ran the town's last general store for six decades. Born there, the brothers lived above the store with bucket water and an outhouse, never marrying, their roots and dreams anchored in the Burg. Both now in Cedar House Nursing Home, Ottawa, they still speak of home and a hoped return for brief visits.
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Dehns
Williamsburg
Hobart
Arthur
Cedar House
Ottawa
Burg
Dehn Brothers
Soviet Ballet Star Defection Prompts Soviet Claims
Literaturnaya Gazeta reports Soviet provocateurs offered Godunov mountains of gold and whiskey to quit the Bolshoi and wife Ludmilla Vlasova. Godunov vanished from a New York tour, later saying he acted for artistic reasons while seeking asylum in the United States.
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Moscow
U.S
Provocateurs
Bolshoi Ballet
Alexander Godunov
Literaturnaya Gazeta
Bolshoi
New York
United States
Ludmilla Viasova
Iona Andronov
Godunov
Tass
Vlasova
Kennedy Airport
Ludmilla Vlasova
Soviet Union
Economic Signs Break Down July Leading Indicators Report
The Commerce Department said the Leading Indicators index fell 0.4 percent in July marking the third drop in four months. Declines in contracts for plant and equipment and building permits contributed while work week and stock prices showed slight gains. The 139.3 reading remains below its October peak, signaling possible recession concerns.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Adren Cooper
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Virgin Islands
Guadeloupe
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Thatcher
Harris Rayl
Arthur Dehn
Washburn University
Ft. Riley
Ted
Hobart Dehn
Aeroflot
Miss Vlasova
Charles Brannan
S. Cherry
Midnight
Hawthorne
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