Sixteen Lives Lost In Topeka Tornado Disaster
Topeka braces for a massive recovery after a $75 to $100 million tornado disaster left 16 dead and 2,000 homeless. Red Cross shelters stage relief as 61 injured remain hospitalized and 260 receive first aid. federal aid potential looms as officials survey debris and mobilize National Guardsmen for traffic control, rubble removal, and rescue operations.
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Ten Story Topeka Office Building Severely Weakened
AP reporting in Topeka details extensive tornado damage on March 7 8 to a 10 story downtown office building. Construction owner Maurice Bluhm estimates 1.5 million dollars in damage as the top slab roof and upper levels suffer. Santa Fe Railway shops rail cars and storage facilities also suffer major destruction.
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California
Texas
Merle R. Bolton
Atendent
Central Park
Bishop Elementary
Adoptive Baby Hope Follows Tornado Hit Family
The J D Campbells wait three years to adopt a baby and face homelessness after a tornado destroyed their home in Topeka Kansas. Neighbors recount frantic scenes as others sheltered in basements and businesses and residents survey wreckage.
Weather Heights Fail to Read
The forecast lists Thursday temperatures with a maximum of 8% degrees and a minimum of 58 degrees. An overnight low is unreadable as M degrees, leaving the measurement unclear.
Tornado relief effort under way in Topeka Kansas
Officials report clothing as the top immediate need as disaster response expands. Debris clearing with heavy equipment and Job Corps aid underway, Red Cross teams arriving from Kansas City, and temporary housing being organized. Blood drives planned. residents urged to donate through local Red Cross.
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Fear TB Cultures Scattered From State Health Laboratories
TOPEKA Kan AP one floor of the Kansas State Health Laboratories was closed to determine if tuberculosis cultures were scattered by the Wednesday night tornado. Dr Nicholas D Duffett said a large incubator toppled and another area with cultures was closed pending danger evaluation.
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Blaine Glendening
Extra Wheat Next Year Guarantee Set At 1 25 a Bushel
The Agriculture Department announced a 1 25 per bushel price guarantee for farmers asked to grow extra wheat next year to supplement dwindling supplies. The plan includes 15 percent larger allotments and combined payments that raise the total per bushel guarantee to 2 57 under a price support loan.
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Agriculture Department
Tony T. Dechant
Dechant
Drive for Paving Funds Nearing Goal
Wellington Chamber of Commerce president Charlies T. Herzog announced a fundraising drive to pave streets around the Rock Island baseball diamonds has reached 1400 dollars, about 600 short of the total. The city will contribute 60 percent with property owners covering 40 percent, and parents of players are asked to give. A Saturday push by the Civic Improvements Committee led by Raymond Schalk aims to raise the final sum for blacktopping the streets.
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Sheppard to be retried in 1954 murder case
U.S. Supreme Court orders Samuel H. Sheppard retrial on a second degree murder charge for the 1954 bludgeon slaying of Marilyn Sheppard. He had served nine years after a prior conviction and has been free on bond since 1964 pending retrial.
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John T. Corrigan
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U.S. Supreme
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E- Court
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Supreme Court
Edward Blythin
U.S. Dist
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Marion
Weinman
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
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Onn
Courthouse Deadlines and Tornado News Highlight Monday
On Monday June 20 the filing deadline for unopposed county officials passes at noon, with the tax deadline looming for 1965's last half. Taxes become delinquent June 21 with a 10 percent yearly penalty, making county offices pivotal. The Topeka and Manhattan tornado headlines persist as Sam Rowe rushes back from Rock Springs with 4 H'ers, noting damage to livestock barns and a poultry farm near the Dorm. Deeta Meredith, 6, happily welcomes a new black kitten after losing Smokey, as calls pour in for help finding another cat. (Continued to Page 2 Cai, 5)
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