Harrowing Texan Story From Storm at Sea with Son
Walton Gilliam and his 1 year old son Paul Thomas Gilliam recount a brutal night as a hurricane lashed a shack and driftwood raft near Chocolate Bay. They clung to a door as floodwaters and wind battered them for hours, while Walton’s brother Arthur rode out the storm on driftwood and later vanished briefly before returning unharmed. The family was rescued and treated for shock as Dow Chemical near Freeport watched the tale unfold.
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Texas Storm Debra Fizzles Inland With Light Show
Hurricane Debra weakened from a coastal rasper to a harmless inland event in east Texas after causing up to 4 million dollars in damage along the upper coast. No deaths reported. minor injuries and one rattlesnake bite noted. Missing persons were eventually accounted for as the storm moved inland toward Tyler and Alvin with showers and fog in its wake.
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Navy appoints Gas ton Clement as new secretary in Argentina
Retired Rear Adm. Gas ton Clement was named secretary of the Navy in Buenos Aires on Sunday. He succeeds Vice Adm. Adolfo Estevez who resigned after a dispute with top naval officers.
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Kidnaping Doesn't Alter Altar Plans in New Jersey
The engageent of debu tante Jac queline Gay Hart remains on track despite a two day disappearance that sparked a nationwide manhunt. Fiance Stanley Gaines says no wedding discussion occurred yet but the event will proceed as scheduled for August 29 at Christ Church Episcopal in Short Hills. Hart, daughter of Ralph Hart, told the FBI in Chicago she felt tension and recanted an earlier kidnapping story after her Newark Airport disappearance.
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