Floods Hit Four States as Rivers Burst Their Banks
Twisters lash four states while flood waters roll across Nebraska Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota Missouri and the Dakotas. Nebraska declares disaster areas in eastern counties as the Platte and other rivers flood towns near Omaha Columbus and Fremont. Helicopters rescue trapped residents. highways and trains rerouted. weather worsens across the upper Midwest.
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Nebraska
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Wisconsin
Minnis
Dakotas
Iowa
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National Guard
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Fla
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Ilinois
Chicago
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Illinois
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South Dakota-Ne
Braska
Indi
Lawa
Wabash River
Michigan
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Dar River
Missis
Jury Votes Life Term for Locigno
A Los Angeles jury sentences 33 year old Sam Frank Locigno to life imprisonment for the murder of bookmaker Jack Whater at a Sherman Oaks restaurant. Locigno plans to seek a new trial and a hearing is set for April 4.
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Los Angeles
Sam Frank Locigno
Jack Whater
Locigno
Mickey Cohen
Lucigno
Whalen
Sherman Oaks
Kimpton Quits Chicago University Post As Chancellor
Dr Lawrence A Kimpton aged 49 and serving as the University of Chicago chancellor since 1951 resigned on Tuesday He states he does not plan to head another university He says his departure follows fulfillment of his goals and that university welfare requires periodic change He will remain chancellor until a successor is chosen.
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Kimpton
Chicago Post Chicago
Lawrence A. Kimpton
University of Chicago
Robert Maynard Nutchins
FBI Nabs Four in Los Angeles Garment Racketeering Case
Four Los Angeles area men and a West Covina woman were arrested as a federal grand jury indicts eight people in a multi million dollar garment industry case. The 18 count indictment accuses conspiracies to file false statements with the Labor Department IRS and Social Security Administration. Names include Sam Kitzler Camille Rubino Gene Galbo and Edward Visco. two suspects unnamed pending custody.
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Los Angeles
FBI
Rubino
Spea
Aos Empany
Southern California
Department of Labor
Internal Revenue Service
Social Securiity Administration
Sam Kitzler
Camille Rubino
West Covina
Gene Paul Galbo
Sunland
Edward Vis 0
Tujunga
False alarm rattles St. Petersburg sirens
In St Petersburg Florida an air raid siren network malfunction caused all city sirens to blare for 10 minutes on Tuesday. A telephone company official blamed crossed wires and apologized. The incident disrupted a downtown park concert prompting the band conductor to contact city hall to stop the noise.
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SY. Petersburg
Fla
City Hall
Gold coin cache unearthed in Mount Prospect garden
CHICAGO UPI reports about a possible $100,000 gold coin stash buried under two plum trees in a Mount Prospect backyard. The coins, saved since the 1930s by Stanley R. Pierce, were found by Continental Miller National Bank as executor. Pierce, a University of Chicago football star, left most of his fortune to the university. He burned some coins before death last Christmas Day.
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The
Daily News
Continental Mllnais National Bank and Trust Co
Pierce
Merger of Erie and Lackawanna Railroads Favored
An Interstate Commerce Commission examiner recommended approval of merging the Erie Railroad with the Delaware Lackawanna and Western. The new Erie Lackawanna would be headquartered in Cleveland and operate about 2.96 million railroad miles across New York New Jersey Pennsylvania and Ohio.
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