Tornado Kills Nine Injures 200 in Michigan
A violent tornado struck southeastern Michigan causing at least nine deaths and hundreds of injuries. The damage, estimated at 4 to 5 million dollars, devastated Chesterfield Township near Lake St Clair as Gov. Romney helped with rescue efforts. Two tornadoes likely hit the area, one from Pontiac to the outskirts of Mount Clemens and another near Monroe.
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LBJ Carries Poverty Appeal To New York
President Johnson travels from the Deep South to New York to press civil rights and anti poverty goals. He delivers a similar speech in Singer Bowl and plans further events at the World's Fair Venezuelan Pavilion and a Long Island visit. He urges extending the Fair Labor Standards Act and unemployment insurance benefits while courting labor and Democratic donors.
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Khrushchev Lands in Alexandria for Egyptian Visit
Khrushchev arrives in Alexandria aboard the Armenia for a 17 day state visit to the United Arab Republic. President Nasser greets the Soviet premier with a grand welcome as thousands cheer and Egyptian officials escort him into port. A 21 gun salute and dockside celebrations mark the start of the trip.
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Ottawa High Prom Tonight With Wonderland Theme
Ottawa High School hosts Junior Senior prom at 8 p.m. in the National Guard armory with an Alice in Wonderland theme. Warren Durrett leads a 15 piece orchestra. After midnight Elks Lodge hosts a breakfast party. invites require tickets or parental permission.
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Change In Plans Left Lady Waiting On LBJ
MAXEUS Ga A smiling Negro woman aged about 80 to 100 waited on an apple box on a shack porch hoping to see President Johnson. He abandoned plans for a visit after speaking in Gainesville about 80 miles away. Creasie Gresham said she is 87 and waited with several hundred others who traveled dusty roads in the heat. The crowd hoped to see the Johnson homestead site and a graveyard said to contain ancestors before news of the president’s departure from Gainesville ended the wait.
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FBI Ties Insured Passenger to Concord Air Crash
FBI traced a life policy over 50 000 to a passenger who sat on a gun found in wreckage of a Pacific Air Lines flight from Reno to San Francisco. The pilot was shot before the dive, killing all 44 aboard. Investigators also studied a voice on tape and a bone fragment found at the scene.
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Ottawa University Toilet Paper Tip Wins $5 Award
News tip winner Mrs. Jack Morrisey of 844 S Mulberry collects a $5 prize for her tip about toilet paper at Ottawa University. Other tipsters include Gracie Rose Alton Rumford Mrs W H Williams and Mrs R J Engles.
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Truman Launches New Career At 80
Washington AP Truman marks his 80th birthday with a high profile day including a Senate appearance and National Press Club talk. Checks totaling 80000 were given to fund a Westminster College Truman Chair of History in Fulton Missouri. Charles Patrick Clark hosted the birthday gathering.
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Exile Attacks on Cuba Reported by Cuban Groups
Exile sources in the United States predict imminent commando assaults on Communist Cuba before Cuba’s independence anniversary May 20. Exile groups in Florida and Washington report many young men missing, while U.S. officials say they know nothing of planned attacks. Exiles claim sabotage and guerrilla operations would target Castro’s regime from non-U.S. bases.
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Can Dinh Ngo Executed In Saigon Firing Squad
Ngo Dinh Can, younger brother of late President Ngo Dinh Diem, was executed by firing squad before 200 officials and newsmen in Saigon. He died blindfolded on a prison field, amid bloodstained garments, after conviction on murder and other crimes. Roman Catholic priests accompanied him as a spokesman cited his request to remove the blindfold was denied.
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Weather County Forecast Clear to Partly Cloudy Through Stine Day
Weather outlook: clear to partly cloudy through Stine day with westerly winds. Low tonight around 60, Sunday high near 80. Friday high near 80 and today’s low around 48. Year-ago highs 87, lows 68. Record high 89 in 1911 and 1916, record low 29 in 1908. Precipitation 0.03 inch in 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Temperatures rising by 8 a.m. today.
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