Widespread storms, tornadoes in April 1967

dc.date.accessioned	2019-09-24T20:51:11Z
dc.date.available	2019-09-24T20:51:11Z
dc.date.issued	1967-04-22
dc.identifier.uri	http://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/1000000299
dc.description	A violent storm front that produced deadly tornadoes from Chicago and across lower Michigan caused extensive damage across Battle Creek and surrounding communities. The storms hit at about 8:30 p.m Friday, April 21, 1967, in Battle Creek, while in Chicago the system was blamed for scores of deaths, including nine students.	en_US
dc.format.medium	35mm BW Negative
dc.subject	storms tornadoes	en_US
dc.title	Widespread storms, tornadoes in April 1967	en_US
dc.type	Image	en_US
dc.description.envelope	Tornadoes Damage 4-22-67 Springfield Area
dc.description.photographer	Corwin J. Wherrett
dc.description.taxonomy	Environment and Natural Resources\|Natural Disasters	en_US

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Description: State Police Trooper Dale DeCoe snaps a picture of a wrecked Civil Air Patrol plan that he flew before the storm flipped it and the light plane beside it at Kellogg Regional Air Field in Battle Creek. With DeCoe is Trooper Donald J. Sovereign.

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Description: A derelict plane at Kellogg Regional Airfield was torn from its mooring.

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Description: The mobile home of the William Soleski family at Maples Trailer Park lies on its side after violent winds toppled it Friday, April 21, 1967. Two Soleski daughters, Patty, 20, and Terry, 4, escaped uninjured.

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Description: At the Rudy Zidarevich acreage on Helmer Road, the wind plucked the top and wooden side off this storage shed and leveled one fieldstone wall seen lying at left.

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Description: At the Rudy Zidarevich acreage on Helmer Road, the wind plucked the top and wooden side off this storage shed and leveled one fieldstone wall seen lying at left.

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