Weather Havoc Strikes Midwest as Floods Roar and Storms Worsen
Rivers neared record levels flooding homes and highways across the Midwest while a late winter storm battered other areas with high winds and snow. A tornado hit Backusburg Kentucky injuring several. six killed and four missing in storm accidents. Civil Defense crews warned of record flooding along the Illinois River as 2,000 people fled. East Peoria and Peoria saw major damage and shoppers reported water four feet deep in places. Two teenage sisters, Stacy Marie Roeder and Kelly Roeder, died in Minnesota as a car slid on ice near Marshall. In Colorado a three day blizzard dropped feet of snow as authorities sought a missing plane from Aspen to Taos and a downed Navy jet with a missing crew member.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Backusburg
Paducah
St. Louis
Birmingham
Ala
Ilinois River
East Peoria
Peoria
Red Cross
Marilyn Warlow
Minnesota
Minnesota 68
Marshall
Stacy Marie Roeder
Kelly Roeder
Colorado
Sangre de Cristo Mountains
Aspen
Taos
N.M
Navy
Ottawa Public Hearing on Maple Street Improvement 1979
Ottawa Kansas governs for Maple Street upgrades from Eleventh to Gleason's Addition. hearing set April 4, 1979 at City Hall to decide advisability and funding via special assessments.
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Elm Street
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Atchison
Ottawa
Franklin County
Kansas
Cijawe
U.S.0
City of
City Hell
City Commission Room
Franklin
Cavity
Wa'cock A.m
Kansan
Maple Street
Gleason
Eleventh Street
City Hall
N.W
N. E
Atchison’s
Alec
Kansas. S
Lucy V. Crites
Wallace Rule
Pansy
Juey
Seventh Street
Elgnin Street
Otawa
Eighth Street
Elanth Street
S.W
Nazarene
Goodhart
Hemlock Street
Blackhawk Street
Wilson Street
Offaws
Country Club Heights
Crews
Targe
Cypress Street
Smith Subdivision
Dundee Street
Hickory Street
Mulberry Street
Dundee Place
Lons
Ottawa Steel
Aso
Ottawa Steel Addition
Poplard Street
Duncee Street
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Altos
Orlin W. Smith
State OF Kansas
Ath Judicial District
County
OF Franklin
Harold Gene Kennington
Shirley Kennington
Dept. of Social & Rehabiltitation Services
Defenda
HY Ridge
Pomona
Rex A. Bowling
Franklinco
Kan
Blake & Blake, Atty
Far Plainntt
New Brotherhood Bidg
Kansas City
Panay
Rule
E. Gleason
Chet
Profil
Bida
Clark
Altes
Steve Anderson
K.S.A
South
Walnut St
Maras
Greeley
Greeley, Kansas
Cushed
Westview Addition
Ts Orlin W. Smith
Benet
City-at-lerpe
Oriin
W. Smilin
Werd
Lodge
Franklin County Shrine Club
Mon
L & M Buffet
Harold R. Kressin
W. R. Pettus
Pres
J. E. Todd
Secy
Personals
Alcoholics Anonymous
Jim Cook
South Conoco
Pomona Methodist Church
South Main
East 7Th
Burroughs
West 15Th Street
Henry
Bruce
Veda
Vassar Junction
Olan Mills
Jan Hadsall
Royal Manor
Blue Cross
Rigid Form, Inc
Kolloch
Richmond
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Herald
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Edgerton
Leeds
General Motors Corp
Stadium Drive
Equal Opportunity
New Water Plant
Shorty Hughes
Peace
EOE
Howard Johnson
Parker
Oak Haven Nursing Center
Bulmer Grain Co
Michigan Valley
Reto Jet
LPN
Peterson Nursing Home
Holiday
Osage City
Butler, Hanes Florist
S30 West 15Th Street
Ottawa University
Bonner Springs
P.O
Contour Packaging, Inc
Plattner Building
Mr. Bradley
Guaranteed Foods, Inc
Rose Hill Road
Lenexa
General Services
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Kenneth Dodds
Singer
Call
Phares Construction Company
Aurcott
West 19Th
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North King
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Bikon
Taylor Construction
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Budge
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Taylor
Wade Mace
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Ania
Dundee Fabrics
Linda Richardson
John Shields
Paola
Cecil Beatty Auction Service
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Pho
Jack Nelson
Overbrook
ALK
Watts and Son
Keith-Alan Auction Service
Wavat
Harold — Sutton
Walnut
Dwight
Cecil Detwiter
Secomer
Claude Myers Auction Service
Centropolis
RFD
John Hoffman
Missouri St. Lawrence
15Th St
Parr
Nor's
Geo. Shuler
S. Willow
South Malin
Isc
Shaklee Distributors
Williamson and Company
North Poplar
Pfor
Rigid Forms Inc
Rolls & Rolls OF
Avalair
E. M. Boyce
Arrowhead Hills
Ozark
Gammon Piano Service
Action Appliance
Harvest Gold
Alter Pr
Parmelee Products
King
South Peace Food Center
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