Word: ohio
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...More than 60 twisters flickered out of the sky over an eleven-state area, claiming more than 300 lives and destroying property worth nearly $400 million. It was the most devastating salvo of tornadoes to hit the U.S. since 1925, when 689 were killed. President Nixon declared Alabama, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Georgia and Tennessee disaster areas. Vice President Ford, after viewing devastated portions of Ohio from the air, called the wasting of the landscape "unbelievable. Houses have been reduced to matchsticks...
...death and destruction was staggering. Alabama: 72 dead, more than $40 million in damages. Georgia: 16 dead, nearly $15 million. Illinois: two dead, $3 million. Indiana: 40 dead, $100 million. Kentucky: 71 dead, $100 million. Michigan: three dead, $3.5 million. North Carolina: five dead, more than $4 million. Ohio: 37 dead, $100 million. Tennessee: 46 dead, $25 million. Virginia: one dead, $1 million. West Virginia: one dead, $1 million. Additional thousands of people were left homeless, hundreds of others injured; estimates of property damage were certain to increase...
Though his daughter Allison was shot to death by Ohio National Guardsmen in the 1970 tragedy at Kent State, Arthur Krause announced last week that he was contributing to a legal defense fund to aid the eight former Guardsmen indicted for the shootings. Said Krause: "They are innocent until proven guilty, and I will not deprive them of that right, even though my daughter was deprived of her right-the right to live." He argued that it was not just the Guardsmen but also their superiors who were responsible: "Who allowed live ammunition to be given to a tired...
...indicted Guardsmen were getting support from others too. At least three Ohio organizations have set up defense funds; one fund alone has already received $10,000. At the Cleveland Trust, the state's largest bank, a special account has been opened for contributions. In an editorial, the Cleveland Plain Dealer urged the state of Ohio to cover the Guardsmen's legal expenses because "these men were sent to Kent State by the state on a police mission . . . higher employees of the state were responsible for their arming and deploying...
What about the pain? Kalal, from Cleveland, Ohio, an introspective and articulate senior, said he had done some thinking on the subject. "Contrary to popular belief, I don't think that marathoners are masochists. We don't like pain any more than anybody else likes pain. You do learn to handle pain...