Floods Leave 2 Dead and 5 Missing in Texas
Flash flooding from heavy rains caused two drownings and five missing near Nacogdoches. Two elderly women died when a rescue boat capsized. 2,000 residents displaced as homes flooded, a $3 million SFA athletic complex filled with 11-foot waters.
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Naccagdoches
Tex
Norman Williams
Williams
Stephen F. Austin State University
Medina County
San Antonio
Dallas
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Tennessee Valley
Kansas
Missouri
Wichita
Kan
Officer hero helps free two kidnapped women in Missouri
LT JOSEPH Mo UPD Deputy Police Inspector Tom Johnson endured five hours of threats from an armed fugitive before persuading him to release two young women and surrender. Johnson, a former Marine sergeant and World War II POW, cried afterward saying he was glad the girls were safe.
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Joseph
UPD
Tom Johnson
Johnson
Plane crash near Houston Intercontinental kills five
An Horizon Corp DC3 carrying 16 Oklahoma passengers to inspect Lake Livingstone resort crashed in rain and fog near Houston Intercontinental Airport at 3:08 a.m. Five died and 11 were injured. The aircraft, diverted from Tulsa and Lawton due to bad weather, struck a power tower and inverted in a grove of trees. Passenger Brian Smith, 26, of Tulsa, recalled the descent and rescue attempts.
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Houston
East Texas
Houston Intercontinental
Horizon Corp
Tulsa
Lawton
Okla
Lake Livingston
Brian Smith
Hazardous cargo ban hailed by ALPA after 24 hours
The Air Line Pilots Association said the nationwide embargo on hazardous cargoes aboard passenger jets shows early success with passengers now assured no hazardous cargo is loaded. Names cited include James Eckols and Barbara Little among others linked to Horizon Corp. and Tulsa, Dallas, Sapulpa.
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Air Line Pilots Association
James Eckols
ALPA
Police and Fire Department
Smith
Barbara
Horizon Corp
James E. Matthews
Dallas
Thomas T. Parks
Richard L. King
Lawton
Ohio
Thomas Carl Havnen
Janine
Tulsa
Roy Little
Sapulpa
Okla
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