Osage County Storm Damages Total Up To 100000
Osage County officials estimate damages between 75000 and 100000 mainly at North Shore Marina Lake Pomona where docks boats and a pontoon were overturned or sunk. Sheriff Robert Masters notes several campers overturned and heavy rainfall with 12 mile wide storm moving NW to SE. National Weather Service lacked twister confirmation though winds up to 50 mph and hail marbles were reported.
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Jay Bemis
Ottawa
Osage County
North Shore
Lake Pomona
Richard Stout
Robert Masters
Stout
John
Kansas Highway Patrol
Wint Winter
Masters
Michigan Valley
Osage
Franklin
Miami County
Chuck Light
Osage City
Phil Shideler
National Weather Service
Topeka
Marina
Shideler
Franklin County
Here
Fred Vogler
Kansas Department of Transportation
South Poplar
Lake Cove
Oren Skiles
Department of Public Safety
Tornado Toll and Turmoil Hit Grand Island
In Grand Island Nebraska police and some 260 National Guard troops patrolled tornado wreckage sites after four arrests for looting. Four killed in the twisters two died during cleanup. About 200 injured forty hospitalized with one critical. Officials report 70+ unaccounted for as house to house searches continue.
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Grand Island
Neb
National Guard
Bill Shreffler
Shreffler
Khomeini Attacks Carter as Hostage Crisis Deepens
In Tehran Ayatollah Khomeini calls President Carter a roughneck and urges trial for attempting hostages' release as 53 Americans mark day 215 in captivity. U.S. jailers insist hostages be tried as spies if the deposed shah is not sent back. Meanwhile Ramsey Clark pushes a U.S. commission to document alleged American crimes against Iran. In Washington mortgage rates edge down from 16.59 percent in April to 15.72 percent in May.
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Associated Press
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Carter
U.S
Shah
Ramsey Clark
Iran
Abolhassan Bani Sadr
Tehran
Clark
Khomeini
Washington
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Savings and Loan Associations
The Housing Pinch Part IV The Silver Lining Ottawa
In Ottawa mobile and modular homes remain the housing beacon as factory built homes cost about $20 per square foot less than stick built, lowering loans and payments. Les Graham and Don Leadbetter report strong sales despite high rates, with single wides gaining as double wides and modulars lag behind until rates stabilize.
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Ottawa
Diane Yermans
Les Graham
Baxter Mobile Homes
Don Leadbetter
Todd Homes
Leadbetter
Graham
Baxter
UBC
Ottawa City Planning Commission
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Andre Daniels
Wichita
S. Cedar
Carl Conner
Steve Teeter
Fred Solis
KCC
Robert Kriz
City of
Phate
Diane Yaamans