Kansas Twister Leaves 34 Dead in 1957 Kansas City Storm
The season’s worst tornado struck near Kansas City causing 34 deaths and at least 200 injuries. Ruskin Heights suffered heavy damage including 50–60 houses, a shopping center, and a new high school. Emergency crews, ambulances, and generators mobilized as martial law was declared in nearby Missouri.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Ruskin Heights
J. M. Kaesner
Independence
Richards- Gebaur Air Force Base
Grandview
Ottawa
Kan
J. A. Marsh
Kansas Highway Patrol
Rantoul
Sil
Dam Bursts Over Stillwater Flooding Oklahoma Town
Stillwater Oklahoma flooded when a dam released water from Lake Sanborn causing 2000 residents to flee. No deaths or injuries reported though damage mounted as highways closed and the city was isolated. Rain totals exceeded 9.7 inches from last night into this morning.
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Stillwater
Okla
INS
Oklahoma A. & M. University
Lake Sanborn
Inside THE NEWS highlights and local arts preview
The News outlines success at farming restoring a blind man’s faith in Out of Darkness on page 8. Manatee Players stage The Happy Time with opening night review on page 9. Student sportswriter recounts his day on page 10. Post prom fund exceeds expectations, funding future parties on page 9.
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Manatee
Tornado Devastation Seen by INS Photographer in Ruskin Heights
International News Service photographer Harry L. Barth recounts racing to Ruskin Heights Kansas City after a tornado. He describes scenes of destruction near a ruined high school and a supermarket as ambulances, crowds, and rescuers contend with collapsed buildings and gas and power hazards.
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Harry L. Barth
International News Service
Ruskin Heights
Kansas City
X. A
Ruskin Heights High School
Sarasota Manatee junior college row shifts on House floor
Sarasota legislators push a three way strategy to block or redefine the site of a two county junior college. Rep. Bartholomew seeks to kill Pratt's compromise amendment which would place the college equidistant between Bradenton and Sarasota. If defeated the bill would return to Sarasota High School, or be opened to alternative site decisions by the State Board.
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Tallahassee
Sarasota
Sarasota- Manatee
Manatee
James E. Pratt
Henry
Bartholomew
Pratt
Bradenton
House Appropriations Committee
House
Sarasota High School
George E. Youngberg
State Board of Public Instruction
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Community College Council
Bartholmew
Manatee County
Eisenhower Warns Congress on Foreign Aid Policy
President Eisenhower urged a $3.865 billion foreign aid appropriation and warned that cutting or halting the program would be supreme folly. He outlined defense and technical aid totals, proposed a development loan fund run by ICA, and urged loans rather than grants for future economic aid.
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Washington
INS
Eisenhower
Congress
International Cooperation Administration
Middle East
Budget Cut to Congress for Military Programs Amid Russian Threat
The House appropriations panel sliced two billion six hundred million dollars from Eisenhower era defense plans, totaling 33.5 billion, while keeping key programs like the B 52 and ballistic missiles intact. It warns the Soviet threat remains while acknowledging unspent Pentagon funds and future-year spending. The panel cites Russian advantage in ships and overall size, while noting concerns over missile coordination and program obsolescence.
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Thomas J. Foley
Washington
INS
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Pentagon
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
House
U.S
America
Russia
Bowlees Creek Area Objects To Dredging
Bowlees Creek residents accuse North Isles of building a seawall in the channel without a US Army Corps permit. Developers deny dredging has occurred and say the project will deepen the channel to 10 feet. Officials claim navigation will improve and the plan includes a harbor on the West Coast.
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Bowlees Creek
Whitfield Estates
North Isles
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
M. B. Coarsey
Bowleess Creek
U. S. Highway 41
Sarasota Bay
John C. Cline
H. H. Shambien
Cline
Shamblien
Coarsey
William Best
Whitfield
Best
Tribolet and
Best Development Co
Internal Improvement Commission
Bay Bottom
Peterson, Meyers and Associates
U.S. Army
College Din Grieves Min
The article quotes Minnie Mermaid lamenting irregularities in junior college operations while noting the days have been unusually pleasant. Weather brief reports fair and warm through Wednesday in Sarasota with highs near 90 and lows around 70.
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Minnie
Sarasota
Gette
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