Severe Kansas flash flood and tornado deaths reported
A brutal northeastern Kansas storm pummeled Atchison and Topeka with hurricane winds and heavy rain, triggering a flash flood that killed a 12 year old girl in Atchison and two adults in Atchison. At least one tornado touched down near Topeka. Dozens of homes and businesses flooded, with water up to five to six feet downtown and widespread property damage. National Guardsmen and Red Cross crews mobilized as utilities and streets suffered outages.
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Atchison, Kan
Kansas
Atchison
Topeka
Helen East
Hanna
Bill Foster
John Buckley
Buckley
Missouri River
Tonsign’s
Hilligoss Shoe
Robertson’s
National
Red Cross
Atchison Globe
Globe
Rockwell Mfg. Co
Locomotive Finished Materials Co
Rockwell
St. Benedicts Abbey
St. Benedict’s College
Mt. St. Scholastics
Emporia
Civil Air Patrol
Roads Closed By High Water
Kansas towns faced widespread wind and flood damage as high water closed multiple highways and knocked out power lines. Emporia suffered 98 mph winds, trees and damaged roofs. Topeka saw looting after the storm. Shunganunga Creek overflowed, prompting evacuations in Garden Park as more rain was forecast. Helen East disappeared in the flood and was later found dead downstream.
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Kansas Highway Patrol
Kansas
Emporia
Atchison
U. S. 73
U.S. 159
Muscotah
Reserve
Olpe
KTOP
WREN
WIBW
Americus
S. R. Purdue
Weather Bureau
Garden Park
East Topeka
Helen East
Helen
Eugene
Butcher Creek
Gordon East
Ottawa Teens Offer Blood Despite Contempt Talk
Ottawa youths aged 17 and 18 from the Night Angel hot rod club volunteer to donate blood. The hospital states 17-year-olds need parental consent, while 18 and older may donate without permission. In Washington, Bernard Goldfine faced a subpoena raising possible contempt of Congress after arriving for fifth day of testimony.
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Ottawa
Night Angel Hot Rod Club
Washington
Harris
Bernard Goldfine
Marshall
Boston
Goldfine
Atty
Samuel Sears
Sherman Adams
County Forecast: Partly cloudy with showers this weekend
Partly cloudy this afternoon through Saturday with scattered showers and storms diminishing tonight. Not quite as warm today with highs 80 to 85. Lows in the 60s. Saturday highs reach the 80s.
Tony Accardo Refuses to Answer at Rackets Hearings
In Washington AP Chicago gangster Tony Accardo pleaded the Fifth Amendment at Senate rackets hearings and failed to stop televising his testimony. He argued answering questions about his business could incriminate him while Sam Battaglia refused to confirm if he served as executioner for the Capone gang and declined to discuss 1943 killings.
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Chicago
Tony Accardo
Senate
Vice
Accardo
West Side
Sam Battaglia
Capone
Battaglia
Estelle Carey
Abraham Teitelbaum
al Capone
Famed Oak in Council Grove Blown Down by Wind
The Council Oak, a Kansas landmark and site of the 1825 treaty with the Osage, broke off in high winds today. Only a five foot stump remains after the tree toppled onto the nearby residence of Miss Maggie Crimm, who was not injured.
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Council Grove
Kas
Council Oak
Kansas
Maggie Crimm
Weather forecast for southeast Kansas and adjacent Missouri
The weather bureau issued a revised forecast for southeast and south central Kansas. Scattered severe thunderstorms and possible tornadoes are expected from noon to 8 PM in Lyon, Chase, Butler, Greenwood and Chautauqua counties eastward into Missouri. Otherwise, mostly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms through Saturday. Highs in the middle 80s, tonight's lows 65 to 70, Saturday highs upper 80s.
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Weather Bureau
Kansas
Lyon
Chase
Butler
Greenwood
Chautauqua
Missouri
Minor flood potential hits Ottawa area on anniversary of 1951 flood
Rain drenched the region with heavy totals in upper Douglas County pushing the Marais des Cygnes toward flood stage. Ottawa rainfall reached 2.47 inches while Osawatomie and LaCygne reported crest projections of 37 to 38 feet and 29 to 30 feet respectively, with Osawatomie near 31 feet and LaCygne at 28 feet.
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Marais Des Cygnes
Ottawa
Worden
Douglas County
Richard Garrett
Topeka
The
Weather Bureau
Garrett
Osawatomie
LaCygne
Quenemo
Lyndon
Osage City
Reading
Waverly
Pomona
Paola
Bull Creek
Ottawa Tornado Shocks City With High Winds And Floods
Ottawa suffered power and phone outages as winds up to 75 mph, heavy rain and hail pummeled the town. A tornado was sighted northeast of Ottawa and moved toward Missouri but was not reported to touch down. Rain totals reached 2.62 inches since Thursday morning amid agricultural delays and halted harvest activities.
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Ottawa
Marais Des Cygnes
Herald
State Highway Patrol
Missouri
John Kelsey
Capture Man Killed Two Children in New Mexico Hermit S
Regina New Mexico State Police wounded and captured Nelson A. Foose 47 a recluse after he killed two children Thursday at a camp near Regina Sandoval County. Six officers led by Sgt Milton Matteson closed in at dawn with a warning shot fired before Foose surrendered with a rifle still in hand. Regina lies about 100 miles north of Albuquerque.
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Regina
N.M
New Mexico
Cluse
Nelson A. Foose
Idaho
Milton Matteson
Santa Fe
Matteson
Seven Die In A Collision Near Hannibal Missouri
Seven people died in a head on crash between a car and a tractor-trailer on U S Route 36 five miles west of Hannibal Missouri. Authorities said three adults and four children perished. Thomas Short, 26, of Brighton Illinois, the tractor trailer driver, was not injured. The victims were believed to be from Parsons Kansas.
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Hannibal, Mo
VU. S. 36
Here
No Ball Game Canceled in Olathe Tonight
The Legion ball game scheduled for tonight at Olathe has been canceled, according to an official announcement. The decision affects local fans and players awaiting the contest.
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Legion
Olathe
Episco pal Thrift Shop Price Sale Saturday Through July
Episcopal thrift shop announces a price sale each Saturday through July at 214 So Main. Hours are 9 to 1. Adv note: shop offers bargain clothing and household items.
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Episcopal Thrift Shop
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