Record heat sweeps Midwest and Plains across 1970s drought
In Washington's drought affected regions, temperatures climb beyond recent records. Lincoln hits 104 degrees, surpassing 1974’s 103. Alpena records 95, topping 92 from 1964. Sioux City reaches 103, beating 1933 and 1953 marks. Gallipolis notes 113 as a historical extreme.
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Neb
Midwest
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Mich
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Iowa
Record heat peaks in Death Valley and nationwide
Death Valley, California holds the U S record at 134 degrees on July 10, 1913. Geographer David H. Hickcox notes hot conditions favor record highs while noting many states have reached 100 degrees in the past. Alaska and Hawaii tie for the lowest 100 degree mark, with 113 and 100 degree records respectively.
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Hawaii
Pahala
State by state records list with dates and places
A long tabulation lists state entries with numbers, dates, and locations such as Centerville Alabama Fort Yukon Alaska Parker Arkansas Ozark California Green land Ranch Colorado Bennett Connecticut Water bury Millsboro Delaware Monticello Florida Greenville Georgia May 37 1978 Pahala Orofino Wanois St Louis Keokuk Alton Greensburg Plain Dealing Mairng North Bridgton Cumberland Frederick New Bedford Mio Moor head Holly Springs Warsaw Union Medicine Lake Minden Overton Nashua Drogrande Troy Fayetteville Steele Gallipolis Tishe igo Pendleton Phoenixville Camden Gannvalley Perry ville Seymour Saint George Vernon Balcony Falls Ice Harbor Dam Martinsburg Wiscon sin Dells Basin
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Overton
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Runyon
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Oregon
Pendleton
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Camden
South Dakota
Gannvalley
Tennessee
Perryville
Man claimed society owed him a wife as women testified
In Philadelphia a survivor testified that Gary Heidnik believed society owed him a wife and a family while four women were chained in his basement torture chamber. She recounted how he tortured, raped, fed dog food mixed with a victim's remains, and killed Sandra Lindsay.
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Heidnik
Sandra Lindsay
Deborah Dudley
Debbie Johnson
Heidrik
Ms. Lindsay
Sandra
Ms. Rivera
Lisa Thomas
North Philadelphia
Seven die as train hits station wagon in rural Kansas
In Cherokee County a station wagon carrying a driver, her sister and five children was struck at an all-clear rural crossing lacking signals. The crash killed seven in the car and an ambulance worker who died trying to rescue a victim. Local sheriff notes the crossing has no warning devices.
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Kan
Crawford County
Lynn Fields
Kansas
Fields
Burlington Northern
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Ice Harbor
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Wisconsin
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Super Stores
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Saaha
Leona St
G. Northam Bivd
Amelie Maan Auto Parts
Alan
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