Tornado Devastates Grand Island Nebraska Kills Four
Grand Island Nebraska faces weeks without power gas and water after tornadoes destroyed or damaged nearly 1000 homes. Four known dead with a fifth possible. about 200 injured and 100 residents listed as unaccounted for earlier. Debris blocks streets as crews salvage belongings and repair crews work to restore services.
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Carter Declares Disaster Area in City of 33000
President Carter on Wednesday proclaimed the area a disaster zone, enabling federal relief for the city of 33,000. Nebraska Governor Thone had already designated Grand Island as a state disaster area on Tuesday night.
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Who Benefits From Food Stamps In America
The Agriculture Department notes about half of food stamp recipients are under 18, with 69 percent of households headed by women. Of 21.4 million beneficiaries, three fifths are children, elderly, or disabled, and the average household income is $3,840.
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Potts changes mind and avoids execution today
Convicted killer Jack Howard Potts abruptly reversed six months of refusal to appeal his death sentence for kidnapping and murder, choosing to live after a family and fellow inmates persuaded him just hours before his scheduled electric chair date. A federal judge granted an indefinite stay as Potts signed an appeal.
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Clark to help expose U S involvement in Iran
Former U S attorney general Ramsey Clark plans a commission to aid Iran in exposing American involvement in Iran. He will sue the U S government if needed to obtain evidence, at Iran president Abolhassan Bapi Sadr’s request, after returning home. Clark and nine activists attend an international conference on U S interventions in Iran in Tehran.
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Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau to wed Jane Pauley
NBC reports cartoonist Garry Trudeau and Today show co host Jane Pauley will marry June 14 near New Haven Connecticut in a simple ceremony. Both are 29 and 32 respectively and first marriages for each. The couple reportedly met years ago when Pauley interviewed Trudeau.
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