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A Remembrance of the 1966 Topeka Tornado
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Other TitleTornado memories - Elon Torrence
DescriptionNine page document submitted in response to the "Remember the Topeka Tornado of '66" event held at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library on June 3, 2003; tells the personal memories of Elon Torrence, who was an AP reporter in Topeka in 1966; first 4 pages are Torrence's remembrances; rest of the document are copies of Torrence's coverage of the tornado for the news; remembers the notice of a tornado coming towards Topeka coming in over the teletype at the Topeka Capital Journal offices; had to use the phone at the Southwestern Bell offices to submit his reports to the AP bureau in Kansas CityCreatorTorrence, ElonSubject1966 Topeka TornadoI Remember...the Topeka TornadoPersonal narrativesTopeka Capital Journal1966 TornadoWeatherStormsTopeka (Kan.)DatendFormatPDFLanguageEnglish
DescriptionNine page document submitted in response to the "Remember the Topeka Tornado of '66" event held at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library on June 3, 2003; tells the personal memories of Elon Torrence, who was an AP reporter in Topeka in 1966; first 4 pages are Torrence's remembrances; rest of the document are copies of Torrence's coverage of the tornado for the news; remembers the notice of a tornado coming towards Topeka coming in over the teletype at the Topeka Capital Journal offices; had to use the phone at the Southwestern Bell offices to submit his reports to the AP bureau in Kansas CityCreatorTorrence, ElonSubject1966 Topeka TornadoI Remember...the Topeka TornadoPersonal narrativesTopeka Capital Journal1966 TornadoWeatherStormsTopeka (Kan.)DatendFormatPDFLanguageEnglishGeographic Location
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Torrence, Elon, A Remembrance of the 1966 Topeka Tornado (nd). Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library Local History Collections, accessed 10/06/2026, https://localhistory.tscpl.org/nodes/view/6702