Remembering the Great Midwestern Tornado of 1925
SIU geographers recall the 1925 disaster that struck Missouri Illinois Indiana, killing 689 in Southern Illinois alone and injuring thousands. Gorham Murphysboro De Soto West Frankfort bore the brunt as towns vanished and farms suffered. The storm moved 219 miles with little warning, leaving relics found far from home as historians note its place as the era’s deadliest tornado.
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Tony Stevens
Illinois
Edith Pieron Kelly
Missouri
Indiana
Gorham
Murphysboro
de Soto
West Frankfort
Frankfort
Dayne Horsley
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Horsley
Princeton
Ind
Fairfield
Viola
Dorothy Schuster
Great Midwestern Tornado of 1925 Death Toll Ranked
The Great Midwestern Tornado of 1925 lists 696 deaths as the nation's seventh leading disaster, with larger losses cited for Galveston 1900, the 1865 Mississippi River steamboat explosion, Johnstown 1889, 1904 General Slocum fire, 1928 Florida hurricane, and 1913 Ohio Indiana floods.
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San Francisco
Texas City
Village smith By Amy Wells Of The Southern Illinoisa
Roberta Elliott-Francis began horseshoeing in Macomb and discovered ironwork through that school. She builds metal art pieces priced from 2.50 to 200, and studied under Brent Kington at SIUC influencing her blacksmithing career.
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Amy Wells
The
Southern Illinoisa
Roberta
Bert’ El-liott-Francis
Macomb
School of Technical Careers
SIU
Elliott-Francis
Elliott Francis
Brent Kington
Siucc
Brent
Elliott- Francis
Siuc
Acid rain flap off dead center amid Quebec talks
U S President Ronald Reagan and Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney named Drew Lewis and William G. Davis as special envoys to study acid rain. The move, announced in Quebec, aims to break a three year deadlock on environmental cooperation while discussions cover arms control fishing trade and other issues.
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New York Times
Quebec
Reagan
Brian Mulroney
United States
Canada
Mulroney
Drew Lewis
U.S
Transportation
William G. Davis
Ontario
Presi
White House
Middle West
Speakes
Court voids $1000 PAC spending cap in campaign ruling
The Supreme Court by a 7-2 vote struck down a federal law capping political action committee spending at $1000, ruling it violated freedom of speech. The decision, written by Justice Rehnquist, leaves room for future, narrower campaign limits but upholds past election reforms amid PAC challenges from NCPAC and FCM.
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Washington
U.S. Supreme Court
Federal Election Commission
Democratic Party
High Court
Supreme Court
The
Court Today
William H. Rehnquist
Congress
Rehnquist
Warren E. Burger
Harry A. Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell
Sandra Day O’connor
William J. Brennan
Good Evening Thrifts Stay Closed as Plan Sought
Cincinnati AP reports Governor Celeste will keep 70 state chartered savings and loans closed at least until Wednesday while the Legislature crafts a plan to strengthen thrifts and prevent runs by depositors. An emergency session will consider a measure to allow reopening in days, not weeks, as Celeste signs an order extending the closure 48 hours.
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Cincinnati
Richard Celeste
Celeste
ABC merger or takeover speculation surfaces on NYSE
American Broadcasting Cos and Capital Cities Communications ask NYSE to delay trading pending important announcement fueling merger speculation. Neither company comments. Analyst says Capital Cities could buy ABC on a friendly basis,估 around $100 a share.
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NEW York
American Broadcasting Cos
Capital Cities Communications Inc
New York Stock Exchange
Capital Cities
ABC
Fred Anschel
Dean Witter Reynolds
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David Arey
Galveston
Johnstown
Florida
East River
Ohio
Southern Illinoisan
Dwight Nale
Roberta Elliot-Francis
FEC
National Conservative Political Action Committee
NCPAC
Fund For A Con
Raymond Sawyer
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