Saragosa Buries Its Dead in Tornado Toll Toll Story
Thousands attend funeral rites for 17 of the 29 killed as Saragosa, Texas, confronts destruction. Bishop Pena vows faith will underpin rebuilding while seeking state and federal aid for survivors. Residents, many Mexican American, face poverty and scant insurance as governors consider disaster declarations and loans.
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Saragosa, Texas
Little Saragosa
Raymond Pena
el Paso
Pena
Saragosa
Balmorhea
Reeves County
Ishmael Dutchover
Santa Rosa Catholic
Pecos
Ralph Barringer
Bill Clements
Shaw
Memorial Day traffic toll falls short of NSC forecast
Authorities report 356 traffic fatalities by 7 am over the Memorial Day weekend, lower than the National Safety Council's 400 to 500 estimate and below last year's three day total of 435 deaths despite higher speed limits on some interstates.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Richmond Diner Featured in Kansas History Exhibit
A replica Valentine Company diner from Richmond will star in an interactive video exhibit at the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka. A film crew from Boston shot the piece at Holmes Diner, with locals and KU theater professor Bill Kulhke appearing, while food scenes were filmed in Ottawa to match nutrition data.
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Melissa Bauman Richmond
Franklin County
Kansas Museum of History
Kansas State Historical Society
Topeka
Katie Armitage
The
Historical Society
Valentine Company
Wichita
Dale Holmes
Richmond
Armitage
Dale
Valentine
Holmes
Boston
Pam Thiene
Bill Kulhke
University of Kansas
Millions Refuse IRS Offer to Waive Penalty for Early W-4 Filing
Washington AP reports millions are delaying or avoiding the IRS early wage withholding relief. The 1987 W-4 deadline is Oct. 1 with a June 1 signaled grace. under-withholding risks penalties if 90 percent of the year’s tax isnality is not met. The IRS notes many are slow, especially elderly and lower-income West, amid major tax reform effects.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Roper
West
Wilson Fadely
Ruling Backs Bail Denial in Supreme Court Decision
The Supreme Court by a 6-3 vote upheld a federal preventive detention law allowing pre-trial detention of defendants deemed dangerous. In the Mafia case, the ruling supports government safety interests over some defendants rights to be free pending trial. Chief Justice Rehnquist said the provisions were not punishment for dangerous individuals.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Reagan Administration
William H. Rehnquist
Congress
Memorial Day 1987 Observances Across Nation
Memorial Day ceremonies span Arlington Fort Campbell Philadelphia as veterans and officials honor fallen service members. A 101st Airborne monument is dedicated at Fort Campbell for 248 soldiers who died in a 1965 Newfoundland crash while returning from a Mideast mission. Vice President Bush and former Chief Justice Burger attend bicentennial observances in Philadelphia.
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Port Bei
Fort Campbell
101St Airborne Division
Gander
Newfoundland
Teddy Allen
George Bush
Warren Burger
Philadelphia
Bush
Liberty Bell Pavilion
Ti Manoa
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Hope Cemetery
West Second Street
Stilson
Ohio Infantry
Steve Zuk
Ateo
Mra
Arlington National! ‘Cemetery. Ly
Stark
Mary Vadaletta
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