Tornadoes Stalk Southwest Kill 49 Across Four Texas Oklahoma Cities
Severe twisters struck North Texas and Oklahoma killing at least 49 and injuring more than 800. National Guard patrolled Wichita Falls amid looting fears while Lawton and Vernon suffered multiple fatalities. Red Cross reports and governor actions highlighted a widespread disaster with extensive property damage.
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Associated Press
Texas
Oklahoma
Wichita Falls
National Guard
Vernon
James Lee
Red Cross
Harrold
Red River
Lawton
Bob Edmonson
Tentative Pact Reached Between Union and Truckers
The Teamsters union and trucking firms reached a tentative contract ending a 10 day shutdown. The settlement includes wage increases of about 26 to 30 percent over three years plus cost of living adjustments and fringe benefits. Ratification by the 300,000 members may take four to six weeks.
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Washington
Teamsters Union
Carter
Wayne L. Horvitz
Frank Fitzsimmons
Teamsters
Trucking Management Inc
Fitzsimmons
Horvitz
J. Curtis Counts
Local Obituaries on Deaths Page 34 List Ten Names
The page lists ten obituary notices including Harry W. Altman 81 Avonmore Joseph W. Chilcoat 81 Homer City Bertha M. Gallagher Hobaugh 90 Latrobe Elsworth Soapy Johns 81 Stifflertown Cherry Tree RD 1 Margaret Maron 100 Ind idiana Nannie J. Morgan 64 Clarksburg RD 1 Margaret Annette Skapura 61 Dallas Texas formerly Indiana Ferminio Speranza 90 Saltsburg RD 1 Nowry town The notices provide ages and locations for each deceased person.
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Chilcoat
Joseph W
Homer City
Gallagher
Bertha M. Hobaugh
Latrobe
Tornado Devastates Wichita Falls Leaves 33 Dead
National Guard patrols streets as ROTC volunteers assist after a tornado that leveled two shopping centers and damaged 2,000 homes. About 700 injured, residents camped in churches and theaters, while cleanup and looting fears persisted through the night.
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National Guard
Wichita Falls
Red Cross
Texas
Josh Fuller
KBID
Sikes
Southmoor
Joe Tom White
Kwft Radio
Southmoor Center
Jan Beall
Tanzanians, Ugandan exiles seize Kampala in invasion
Tanzanian led forces enter Kampala prompting residents to greet liberators with flowers while some Idi Amin troops clash and flee. Amin reportedly heads to Jinja as invaders pursue retreating Ugandan soldiers with minimal casualties on their side.
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Kampala
Uganda
Idi Amin
Amin
Jinja
U.N
Opment
Gert Kallwas
Nyerere
Julius Nyerere
Pentagon mobilization plan faces Capitol Hill opposition
A new Pentagon plan to mobilize combat troops by recalling discharged veterans ahead of raw recruits stirs flak on Capitol Hill before final Defense Secretary approval. Cairo’s streets glow with cigarette ads as smokers’ paradise or anti smoking lobbyist nightmare. Details on page two and page twelve.
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Pentagon
Capitol Hill
Defense
Harold Brown
Palestinians Fire Rockets Into Israel Amid Cross-Border Fighting
Guerrillas in southern Lebanon fired rockets into northern Israel after Israeli air strikes on Palestinian bases in retaliation for the Tel Aviv market bombing. The first barrage struck Kiryat Shmona injuring a woman. later rockets hit the western Galilee with no injuries reported. Israeli artillery responded as both sides engaged in a running border duel. Nabatiyeh suffered heavy fire. In Cairo the Egyptian Foreign Ministry denounced the strike and the 360 member parliament ratified the peace treaty with Israel. Also, Margaret Mabon of Indiana died at 100, with an obituary on page 35.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Lebanon
Kiryat Shmona
Galilee
Mediterranean
Yasser Arafat
Beirut
Nabatiyeh
Residents undergo radiation tests near Three Mile Island
In a coast to coast effort, residents around the Three Mile Island plant receive eight minute whole body counter scans for radioactive iodine. NRC biologist R L Gotchy notes readings show 2000 picocuries as the threshold for a detectable dose while over 400 residents sign up as schools reopen and reactor cooling continues.
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Three Mile Island
R.L. Gotchy
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC
Gotchy
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Dallas
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Nowrytown
Tommy Hawk
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