Tornado Sighted Near Gruver Rains Hit Panhandle Areas
A tornado was sighted about 5 30 p m near Gruver moving northwest and dissipating over Coldwater Creek. No damage was reported. Heavy rains drenched areas along the Canadian River valley and panhandle towns with totals from 0 5 to 1 90 inches.
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Gruver
Coldwater Creek
Grover
National Weather Service
Amarillo
Hansford County
Canadian River
Canadian
I-V
F. H
Butch” McQuiddy Ranch
Wellington
Clarendon
Hedley
Childress
Valley of 10 000 Smokes born by Katmai eruption
The 1912 Mt Katmai eruption created the Valley of 10 000 Smokes in Alaska. In the United States farm woodlots span about 126 million acres, with the largest tracts found in the eastern states.
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Alaska
Mt. Katmai
States
Two Houston Officers Innocent of Charges
A federal jury found Houston officers Arthur N. Hill and Jack A. McMahon innocent of depriving two black prisoners of civil rights after a 1970 Galena Park police station beating inquiry. The prisoners Bobby Joe Conner and Larry Taylor, one dying en route to hospital, were accused of assault during interrogation. The defense argued Conner’s death stemmed from morphine overdose and injuries from fleeing.
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Houston
UPI
Arthur N. Hill
Jack A. McMahon
Bobby Joe Conner
Larry C. Taylor
Surburban
Galena Park
Conner
Hill
McMahon
Richard
Haynes
Taylor
Carl Walker
U.S
Walker
Me.Mahon
Altus Fire Hero Drives Burning Gas Truck Away
Assistant fire chief Glen Jackson jumped into a burning gasoline transport truck and moved it from storage tanks. He drove the semi trailer to a vacant lot, allowing fire crews to reach the emergency valve and shut off the fuel supply, preventing a potential explosion and widespread damage in south Altus.
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Altus
Okla
South Altus
Walter McAnallen
Badger Oil Co
Glen Jackson
McAnallen
Jackson
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Delwin
Wallace Morrow
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Hid
White's
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Dad
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Wolflin
Texas
Levines
Family Center
Civic Circle
TA Rt
Assid
Colgate-Palmolive
Ptgt TU Rt
Daratae
Colgate-Palmolive Company
P.O. Box
Louisville
Alpine
Black & Decker
Sander
Jig
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