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Showing of 137 results for Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965).

ID	80095
Title of Article	Museum hosts premier of book by Janis Thornton on infamous 1965 tornadoes
Notes	Paul Huffman
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Cover of Janis Thornton book
Date	May 10, 2022
Page	A5
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965), Elkhart County Historical Museum, Elkhart Truth

ID	80079
Title of Article	Story about 1965 tornadoes hits bookstores
Notes	Janis Thornton; Paul Huffman
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	May 07, 2022
Page	B6
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965), Photographers, Elkhart Truth

ID	61195
Title of Article	A start to Elkhart County's all-time Top 10
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	1965 Palm Sunday Tornadoes; 'Speedy', the Alka-Seltzer mascot
Date	December 27, 2016
Page	A3
Subjects	Elkhart County, Miles Laboratories, Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965)

ID	57400
Title of Article	Memories of tornadoes draws record crowd
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Date	May 18, 2015
Page	A3
Subjects	Old Timers Meeting (Middlebury), Middlebury, IN, Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965), Tornadoes

ID	56392
Title of Article	Time to reflect 50 years later
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Brenda Ford Elliott; Memorial site
Date	April 12, 2015
Page	A1
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965), Tornadoes, Memorial Service

ID	56115
Title of Article	WGN-TV will feature 1965 Palm Sunday tornadoes
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Date	April 5, 2015
Page	A3
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965), Tornadoes, Television/TV, WGN 9 (Chicago)

ID	56114
Title of Article	Volunteers clean memorial site
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Debbie Watters
Date	April 5, 2015
Page	A3
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965), Tornadoes, Memorial Service

ID	55889
Title of Article	Storm alerts are now easier and quicker
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Overturned manufactured home
Date	March 29, 2015
Page	A10
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965), Tornadoes, National Weather Service, Technology

ID	55888
Title of Article	Why fatality reports varied day-to-day
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Date	March 29, 2015
Page	A7
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965), Tornadoes

ID	55887
Title of Article	Remembering those we lost in storm
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	List of victims
Date	March 29, 2015
Page	A7
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965), Tornadoes

ID	55886
Title of Article	Vivid Memories
Notes	Penny Young; Susan Yoder Bullock; Pam Jackson; Estella Pepper Cox; Brenda Ford Elliott
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Tornado on US 33; Lyndon Johnson in Dunlap; spoon wrapped around a tree limb; relief workers; Brenda Elliott at gravesite
Date	March 29, 2015
Page	A6, A7
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965), Tornadoes

ID	55885
Title of Article	County storm dead 52
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Reproduction of April 12, 1965 cover of Elkhart Truth
Date	March 29, 2015
Page	A5
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965), Tornadoes

ID	55881
Title of Article	'Once in a lifetime is enough'
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Gene Coney
Date	March 29, 2015
Page	A1, A8
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965), Tornadoes

ID	55880
Title of Article	Pain of loss never goes away
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Becky Spradlin-Lawrence
Date	March 29, 2015
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965), Tornadoes

ID	55879
Title of Article	Forever Changed: Palm Sunday tornadoes resonate 50 years later
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Twin tornadoes; people in Goshen ambulance; bicycle wrapped around laundry post; illustration of map showing the path of the tornadoes
Date	March 29, 2015
Page	A1, A8
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965), Tornadoes

ID	54112
Title of Article	Pages from our past: April 12, 1965 (Palm Sunday tornado)
Notes	Reprinted as part of a series of yearlong historic front pages to celebrate the quasquicentennial of the paper (125 years) Source: Elkhart Truth
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	April 13, 2014
Page	E5
Subjects	Elkhart Truth, Tornadoes, Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965)

ID	54015
Title of Article	Museum to commemorate 1965 Palm Sunday tornadoes
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of tornado
Date	April 6, 2014
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965), Elkhart County Historical Museum, Tornadoes

ID	44997
Title of Article	Survivors remember those killed in the Palm Sunday twisters 45 years ago
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of event
Date	April 12, 2010
Page	A1
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965), Tornadoes

ID	44857
Title of Article	'Pain like it's yesterday'
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Photo of tornado damage
Date	April 5, 2010
Page	A3
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965)

ID	44855
Title of Article	'Pain like it's yesterday'
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Photo of tornado damage
Date	April 5, 2010
Page	A3
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965)

ID	38936
Title of Article	Through more than a century of disasters, they were there.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photos of blizzard, tornado
Date	August 25, 2008
Page	A3
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965), Blizzard of 1978, Tornadoes, Storms

ID	32486
Title of Article	Tornado debris unearthed
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of President
Date	October 18, 2007
Page	A1
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965), Tornadoes

ID	12533
Title of Article	Tornado memorial marks 40 years
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of Gravender & Johnson
Date	April 12, 2005
Page	A1
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965)

ID	12504
Title of Article	One for the books
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photos of tornado, Bontrager
Date	April 10, 2005
Page	A1
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965), Bontrager, Timothy, Local Authors

ID	23336
Title of Article	Fire ravages factory.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo
Date	August 18, 1999
Page	A1, A11
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965)

ID	23338
Title of Article	RV building fire ruled accidental.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	June 22, 1999
Page	A2
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965)

ID	23342
Title of Article	Engraved bricks will recall tornado victims
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	April 3, 1998
Page	A3
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965), Tornadoes, Weather

ID	23341
Title of Article	A place to remeber.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo
Date	September 21, 1997
Page	A1, A11
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965)

ID	23340
Title of Article	Beginning again.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photos
Date	August 3, 1997
Page	A1, A10
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965)

ID	23339
Title of Article	1965 Tornado victims being remembered.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo
Date	June 20, 1997
Page	A1, A12
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965)

ID	26851
Title of Article	It hit with a roar.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	April 9, 1995
Page	B1
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965)

ID	26852
Title of Article	Diary of a disaster: A chilling anniversary remeberes.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	April 9, 1995
Page	A1
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965)

ID	26853
Title of Article	Palm Sunday 1965.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	March 12, 1995
Page	A1
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965)

ID	26850
Title of Article	Tornado: Twenty years ago
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photos of Lyndon B. Johnson, Sen Vance Hartke, Woody Canton, Carl & Alberta Sharkey, Charles McCall,Norma McCall, James McCall, Linda Coleman, Valerie St. Germaine, Randy Sharkey, Marilyn McCall, Kari Sharkey Fara, Frank Sharkey, Mae Sharkey Swafford, Alberta Sharkey, Carl Sharkey, Marjorie & Dave Bixler, Pam Shaffer, Treva Martin & Roger Sweisberger
Date	April 6, 1985
Page	12
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965)

ID	15911
Title of Article	Weaver brought zeal of youth to office
Notes	Elkhart Truth - Elkhart Mayors Series envelope. 28th mayor (1964-1971)
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Palm Sunday tornadoes
Date	September 24, 1977
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Page	A.M. section, p. 9
Subjects	Weaver, John W. (mayor), Mayors, Elkhart, City's Mayors Series, Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965)

ID	24806
Title of Article	The Palm Sunday tornadoes of 10 years ago
Notes	IND 977.289 M62 (Michiana Memories)
Source	Non-fiction Collection
Location	Locked Cases
Date	April 6, 1975
Page	117-120
Subjects	Tornadoes, Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965)

ID	73566
Title of Article	Elkhart County Remembers: Lyndon Here After 1965 Tornado
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Jan 23, 1973
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965), Johnson, Lyndon B., Presidents, United States, Politicians

ID	73561
Title of Article	Indiana Leaders Praise LBJ's Patriotism, Dedication: President's Visit To Dunlap Disaster Area One Of Five To State
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Lyndon Baines Johnson
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Jan 23, 1973
Page	5
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965), Johnson, Lyndon B., Presidents, United States, Politicians

ID	73567
Title of Article	Elkhart County Remembers: 'Like Meeting Neighbor,' Says Sunnyside Woman
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Jan 23, 1973
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965), Johnson, Lyndon B., Presidents, United States, Politicians

ID	6289
Title of Article	Ill Wind in Indiana
Notes	Reader's Digest
Source	Other
Location	Elkhart County History File
Date	March 1, 1967
History #	364
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965), Tornadoes, Weather

ID	6292
Title of Article	Tempest Relived
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo essay
Date	April 8, 1966
Page	1
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965)

ID	6291
Title of Article	Anniversary of Killer Twisters
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo essay
Date	April 8, 1966
Page	8
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965)

ID	6290
Title of Article	Elkhart County Suffered Most April 11
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photos - Sunnyside April 11, and Sunnyside year later
Date	April 8, 1966
Page	9
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965)

ID	77631
Title of Article	Midway Trailer Park and Tornado Shelter
Notes	https://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/isl4/id/2564/rec/3
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart Truth Collection
Picture Caption	4/8/1966 Rebuilt Midway Trailer Park, Hwy. 33. Tornado shelter shown as concrete slab on the ground on the right side.
Date	No date give
History #	epl_truth_photograph_745
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965), Construction, Midway Mobile Home Park

ID	77632
Title of Article	Sunnyside Avenue Aerial View
Notes	https://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/isl4/id/2528/rec/1
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart Truth Collection
Picture Caption	4/8/1966 Pg. 9, Sunnyside Today - Most of the signs of devastation have been erased. New homes, more expensive than the ones replaced, dot the landscape. Looking south towards Sunnyside Ave. train crossing.
History #	epl_truth_photograph_746
Date	Apr 08, 1966
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965), Aerial Photos

ID	20156
Title of Article	Did Tornado Cause Flood?
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart County History File
Date	December 29, 1965
History #	175
Subjects	Floods and Flooding, Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965), Elkhart County

ID	72277
Title of Article	Woody Sheriff Of Year
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Woody L. Caton; Howard Salisbury; Warren Swartz
History #	125a
Date	Oct 13, 1965
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965), Awards, Caton, Woody L.

ID	40755
Title of Article	Mennonite Disaster Service compiles report on misery
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Picture Caption	photos of new buildings
Date	October 9, 1965
History #	1114
Subjects	Mennonite Historical Library, Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965), Mennonites, Tornadoes

ID	6293
Title of Article	Businesses Also Suffered From Tragic Winds
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo essay
Date	August 7, 1965
Page	9
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965)

ID	77630
Title of Article	Midway Trailer Court Rebuilding
Notes	https://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/isl4/id/2525/rec/1
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart Truth Collection
Picture Caption	Rebuilt Midway Trailer Park, Hwy 33. 7/27/1965
History #	epl_truth_photograph_744
Date	Jul 27, 1965
Subjects	Palm Sunday Tornado (April 11, 1965), Construction, Midway Mobile Home Park