Levee Break Triggers Isleton Evacuations and Flooding
A levee crack sent up to 15 feet of water across a delta island near Isleton California forcing more than 1 000 residents and vacationers to flee. About a dozen treated for minor injuries while over 150 boats and 100 trailers were destroyed or damaged. Rescue teams including eight Navy Coast Guard Air Force and Air National Guard helicopters and smaller craft evacuated people from rooftops and drifting boats as authorities warned of continuing danger.
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Isleton
Calif
UPI
California
Cliff Lamont
Sacramento
San Joaquin
San Francisco
Navy
Coast Guard
Air Force
Air National Guard
WSTU Budget Hearing Boost for West Texas State University
West Texas State University officials report encouragement after Austin budget hearing. Virgil Henson says request for 6,059,450 in state funds aligns near last year’s approved amount, with Legislative Budget Board recommending 6,021,056. Henson notes merit raises and 6.8 percent cost of living pay raise sought. Boone McClure requests 134,000 vetoed portion funding.
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Canyon
West Texas State University
Austin
Virgil Henson
Henson
James P. Cornette
Grady Hazlewood
Panhandle Plains
Legislative Budget Board
McClure
Bank of Machines Kidney Campaign Pairs Stamps with Care
The Kidney Foundation of the Texas Panhandle launches an area wide drive to collect S and H green stamps to fund artificial kidney machines. Aiming for 1 500 stamp books per machine the project seeks stamps by mail or pickup to create a no cost Loan Closet for dialysis victims. Volunteers are needed to sort count and package stamps while donations fund patient Mary Weldon and organ donor awareness.
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S&h
The
Kidney Foundation of
Texas Panhandle
St. Anthony Hospital
John Rogers
Foundation
Roy Cutrell
E. 13Th
First National Bank of
Amarillo
Shirley Harp
Colorado
Kidney Foundation
Industrialist Ling's Son Placed On Probation
Richard Allen Ling, 19, son of Dallas industrialist James Ling, was placed on five years probation after pleading guilty to burglary in Criminal District Court. Judge Charlie T. Davis imposed the sentence after Ling admitted a January 16 break in at Tex Schramm's Dallas home while the Schramm family were away at the Super Bowl in Miami. Ling had also been indicted by grand jurors on a January 15 burglary at Paul Moore's residence.
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Dallas
Richard Allen Ling
James Ling
Criminal District Court
Charlie T. Davis
Young Ling
Tex Schramm
Dallas Cowboys
Schramm
Miami
Paul Moore
Israeli Forces Hit Lebanon In Border Clash Capture Syrian Officers
Israeli ground and air forces struck Lebanon in two border areas near Hasbaya and Ramesh, killing civilians and guerrilla fighters, capturing a Syrian general and four colonels along with Lebanese officers. The raid damaged a guerrilla base and prompted emergency sessions in Beirut while Arab leaders met abroad.
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Lebanon
Hasbaya
Mt. Hermon
Beirut
Israel
Suleiman Franjeih
Saeb Salam
Yasir Arafat
Tel Aviv
Iskandar Ghanem
Ramesh
Mediterranean
Egypt
Syria
Libya
Federation of Arab Republics
Middle East
Muammar Kadafi
Amarillo Fritch Get HEW Grants for improvements
HEW approved two grants announced via Rep. Bob Price. Amarillo will use 196000 to extend water and sewer to fringe northern and eastern areas in a half million project. Fritch receives 5183 for 18 acre park improvements including playground equipment, matched by the city council.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Amarillo
Fritch
HEW
Fritch City Council
J. D. Walton
Discrimination Suit Wins Venue Change at Texas Uni
A federal discrimination suit involving 15 University of Texas at El Paso students was moved to El Paso. Judge Jack Roberts granted the change of venue and the case will be heard by U.S. District Judge Ernest Guinn. The suit, filed in January by El Paso lawyer Jesus Martolome Ochoa Jr., now proceeds in El Paso.
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Austin, Tex
University of Texas At
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Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Kozo Okamoto
Max Kritzman
Okamoto
Ronald Lacy
Tommy Phelps
Furm Thur
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