The Deadly Heat of 1980 Hits Kansas City and Missouri
The 1980 heat wave caused a large death toll in Missouri and Kansas with 310 heat deaths in Missouri and 134 in Kansas. Kansas City faced a record 135 heat deaths as officials mobilized National Guard units to deliver fans and aid, while nursing homes faced utility cutbacks and deadly neglect. Weather officials warned of a hot July and August, with drought lingering in parts of the Plains and rainfall above normal across Kansas.
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Bonita Peterson
Missouri
Joseph Teasdale
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Norman Caron
William Wall
Kansas Power and Light Co
Peres and Rabin unite against Begin in Israel election
In Tel Aviv, Labor leader Shimon Peres and rival Yitzhak Rabin announced a joint bid to defeat Prime Minister Menachem Begin. Rabin will become defense minister if Labor wins, with Haim Bar-Lev taking deputy prime minister. Begin and Peres clashed in a TV debate as polls showed Begin ahead.
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