Kansas City Tornado Toll Grows Across Region
A Kansas City area tornado caused extensive damage as it moved northeast, destroying about 100 homes and damaging hundreds more along a six to eight block path. Rescue efforts by police, National Guard, Army, Air Force, civilian defense agencies, and Red Cross were underway. 7,000 Southwestern Bell phones were out and some residents sheltered in basements. Emergency crews cleared rubble while officials monitored movement of displaced residents and pursued temporary housing.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Bill Beaver
Arthur Buchanan
Ottawa
Spring Hill
Kansas City
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
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Tulsa
Stillwater
Oklahoma A&m College
Coyle
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Toll of Tornado Deaths Across Kansas City Area
Red Cross lists the fatalities from the Kansas City area tornado. The dead include Catherine Mae Armon Ruskin Heights and Tamara Davis Spring Hill, with ages from infants to 95. Unidentified women and several named residents appear from Hickman Mills, Hickman, Grandview, Martin City, Ottawa, and Belton. Funeral homes report multiple victims across Jackson and nearby counties.
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Red Cross
Heres
Catherine Mae Armon
Ruskin Heights
Linds
Boyd
Hickman King
Dinns Boyd
Hickman
Isham Davis
Spelog Hill
Berbars Dayik
Paroola Davis
Spring Hunl
Tamara Davis
Spring Hill
Henry Gabert
Seary
Gobert
Hickman Mills
Henton
Grandview
Oral Glenn Hower
John Hower
Hickman Mils
Charles L. Johnston
Charles C. Johnson
Kansas City
Keith Leopold
Georges Funeral Home
Belton
James Marsh
Ottawa
Mia
Jia
Linda Sue Stewart
Macatey Funeral Home
Women Win Two Top Writer Awards in California
The Commonwealth Club announced two top writer awards in California today. Yazabeth Lightington of Glendale won the fiction prize for The Long Watch, while Kathryn Hulme of Los Angeles took the non fiction prize for The Nun's Story.
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Commonwealth Club
California
Yazabeth Lineington
Glendale
Kathryn Hulme
Los Angelies
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