Blizzard Strands Town as Colorado Sees 100 MPH Winds
A Denver AP report describes a Colorado blizzard with 100 mph winds tearing across eastern plains. Up to 2 feet of snow in the Rockies and eight inches in Denver snarled roads and halted buses and planes at Stapleton. No direct storm fatalities reported in Colorado. The shutdown stretched from Denver east to the Kansas border with I-70 closed and about 200 residents stranded in Strasburg.
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Denver
Colorado Plains
Weather Service
Pueblo
Colorado Rockies
Great Plains
Stapleton International Airport
Colorado
Leroy Yowell
Lincoln County
Kansas
Strasburg
American Legion Hall
High Plains
Stratford
Kerrick
Pampa
Tom Kirby
J.T. Richardson Trucking Co
Gus Taylor
Canyon Drive
Taylor
National Weather Service
Amarillo
Hanafi siege ends with hostage releases and bail rulings
In Washington four Hanafi terrorists were freed without bail while eight others were jailed after a 38 hour siege that left 134 hostages released and Maurice Williams killed. Prosecutors stated potential murder indictments for all 12.
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Washington
Maurice Williams
District of Columbia
Khalifa Hamaas Abdul Khaalis
Abdul Khaalis
Moultrie
Williams
B'nai B'rith
U.S
Lloyd Bentsen
D-Tex
Senate
Khaalis
Zaire Claims Two Towns Retaken From Invaders
Zaire said its army retook Divuma and Kasaji from Angola-based forces and pressed on toward Dilolo Kapanga and Kisengi. Eight Americans requested evacuation amid covert fighting in Shaba province as missionaries and Peace Corps volunteers faced movement restrictions.
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Kinshasa
Zaire
Divuma
Kasaji
Dilolo
Kapanga
Kisengi
Angola
Shaba
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
Brussels
Belgium
State Department
Washington
Peace Corps
Sandon
United Church
Lubumbashire
Ethodist
New York
Bank Drops Plan To Purchase Farmland Amid Protests
The Continental Illinois National Bank of Chicago formally scrapped a 50 million plan to fund an AgLand Fund with tax exempt pension funds to buy crop farms in the midwest and midsouth. The move follows hearings and pressure from lawmakers and agricultural leaders.
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Washington
UPI
Ilinois National Bank of Chicago
Internal Revenue Service
Midwest
IRS
Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Paul Findley
Richard Nolan
D-Minn
House
Nolan
Chicago
Agland
Weather outlook with warming trend and wind warnings
Wind decreasing and warmer today with a high in the mid 50s and a low near 30. The warm spell continues tomorrow with a high near 70. Northwesterly winds 25 to 35 mph gusty today will ease by late afternoon. wind warnings remain in effect for area lakes.
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Islamic Center
Superior Court
H. Carl Moultrie
Said
Hubert Mulherin
Church News Steerer
Eer Eveee
Almineaye Eipeaete
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