Tornado, Hail Hit Colby Kansas Area In Storm
A violent wind swept Colby Kansas and nearby areas with hail stones the size of golf balls and heavy rain. Seven 100 foot television towers were blown down and power lines snapped. A tornado was sighted near McDonald Kansas about 30 miles northwest of Colby. No injuries were reported and one longtime Kansas State College accounting professor Harry Stewart died days after a long illness.
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Bill Gordon
Colby Power Co
Cooper Grain Co
McDonald
Kas
Colby
Stewart
State Gets Flood And Tornado Funds
President Eisenhower allocated 105 500 for flood and tornado relief in Phillips Norton and Smith counties in Kansas. The three counties were declared major disaster areas after floods and tornadoes struck June 12 to 17, according to the White House.
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R. I
Eisenhower
Kansas
Phillips
Norton
Smith
White House
Tragic Landslide Buries Five in Verrun Savoia
A 600-foot hillside in Verrun Savoia near Turin collapsed burying a small hotel and five members of the hotel keeper family. All were feared dead as rescue efforts began amid rubble and dust.
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Turin
Italy
Verrun ‘Savoia
Flu Vaccine Allocated By Population Basis
The Public Health Service announced the Asian flu vaccine will be allocated to states by population. Six licensed manufacturers agreed to a voluntary distribution system effective immediately. Advisory committees may decide priority groups such as doctors nurses policemen and firemen. Production is expected to reach 80 to 85 million doses by January 1.
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Public Health Service
The
Health Service
Leroy
E. Burney
Burneys
Locomotive Engineers Win Pay Raise With 6 to 49 Cent Increases
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen announced last night that pay raises ranging from 6 to 49 cents daily have been negotiated with 65 railroads for locomotive engineers. H. E. Gilbert, the president, said the agreement signed yesterday supplements a three year contract signed last Nov. 20. Engineers receive across the board increases of $2.12 daily and five day a week employees $2.40 under the contract terms.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive
H. E. Gilbert
Brotherhood
California Couple Killed in Train Crossing Crash
An elderly California couple died when their car collided with a Rock Island train at a crossing on U.S. 36 near Cuba yesterday. The deceased were William Bennett, 67, and his wife Frances Bennett, about 65, both residents of Concord, California.
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Cuba
Kas
Rock Island
U. S
William Bennett
Frances, E. Bennett
Concord
Calif
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