Tornado Devastates Wichita Falls Leaving Thousands Homeless
In Wichita Falls Texas the twister killed 44 and left about 20 000 homeless as officials declared a disaster and opened relief centers. Red Cross and insurance estimates set damage around 204 million dollars with many structures destroyed across the county while other towns faced fatalities and widespread destruction.
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Wichita Falls
Texas
Bob Mason
Owens-Brumley Funeral Home
Texas-Oklahoma
Lawton
Okla
Vernon
Harrold
Tex
Carter
American Insurance Association
Red Cross
Richard Balnicky
California
Wichita County
Beaths Obituaries Page 20 Sparks Local Farewells
Obituaries note William J. Beaths 86 of Sheloda Rd 3 GAUL George M. 82 with death records. Brazier open for breakfast at 7 a.m. daily except Sunday. Dance Club Savoy hosts Mem bers and Guests Saturdays 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Ed's Golf Driving Range East Pike phone 349 6663. Photos with the Easter Bunny evenings 6 to 9. Good Friday hours 10 to 10 at Regency.
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Frederick
William J
Sheloda
Gaul
George M
Robinson
Dairy Queen
Savoy
East Pike
Easter Bunny
Regency
Commandos Sent in Uganda as Amin Hunt Continues
Ugandan Tanzanian invaders dispatch commandos east and north from Kampala to pursue Idi Amin as Amin's forces retreat toward the Kenyan border. Lule's provisional government plans Amin's trial for treason if captured. Nairobi and Dar es Salaam monitor border moves and looting while international recognition grows.
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Kampala
Uganda
Idi Amin
Amin
Radio
Nairobi
Yussufu Lule
Lule
Dar Es Salaam
Julius Nyerere
Transcripts reveal NRC leaders blind to dangers at Three Mile Island
NRC chairman Hendrie and four commissioners met daily as the Three Mile Island crisis unfolded, expressing frustration over limited data. The 700 page transcript shows they faced hydrogen risk estimates, evacuation questions, and calls to act despite uncertainty about explosive scenarios.
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Lic
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Joseph M. Hendrie
Pennsylvania
Dick Thornburgh
Hendrie
NRC
Three Mile Island
Carter
Dudley Thompson
Five Shootings Reported Near Burrell Township Truck Routes
Police investigated five gunfire incidents in Burrell Township over two days. Trucker Joel Smoyer was injured and hospitalized after his Razor Express rig was fired on near Route 22 east of Route 119 at 10 p.m. Thursday. Robert Nicodemus, also a Razor Express driver, survived an attack on the same stretch. Hubert Comer reported four shots fired at his coal truck from an unknown vehicle on SR 32003 at 2:30 a.m. Thursday. Two windshields were damaged at Perfetti Trucking. Authorities suspect retaliation related to contract talks with a Teamsters steel hauler.
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Black Lick
Bellefonte
Razor Express Co
Smoyer
Altoona
Mercy Hospital
Hubert Comer
Indiana
Burrell Township
Comer
Perfetti Trucking Co
Teamster Steel
South Africa Expels U S Embassy Staff Over Spy Plane Claim
South Africa expelled three U S Embassy military staff members and ordered the twin engine C 12A plane out after charges it carried an aerial survey camera for spying. Prime Minister Botha cited photographs of sensitive sites and demanded an apology from the Carter administration.
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Cape Town
South Africa
U.S
State Department
Washington
Pieter W. Botha
William P. Edmondson
Botha
Soviet Union
Carter
Alvin M. Crews
Bernd McConnell
Horace E. Wyatt Jr
Hodding Carter
Southern Africa
Pride of Baltimore Sails Overdue Crew of Eleven Stranded
Coast Guard mobilizes computer aided search for the wooden schooner Pride of Baltimore four days overdue off Norfolk Virginia with 11 crew members. The alert notes a page 11 story. Also mentions juvenile justice program in Denver offering peers advisory punishment for nonviolent youths with page 14 details.
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Coast Guard
Atlantic
Pride of
Baltimore
Norfolk
Denver
Opening Of Trout Season Sees Ideal Stream Conditions
Pennsylvania opens trout season with overcast skies and streams high and cloudy aiding catches. Will Johns of the Fish Commission forecasts near perfect conditions if rain holds, with temperatures 48 to 55 degrees and trucks shipping almost 3 million legal-sized trout to about 1 000 waters over six weeks. The policy shifts stocking dates to the week only to curb truck followers while informing 1.1 million licensed fishermen.
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Tommy Hawk
Western
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Will Johns
Pennsylvania Fish Commission
Johns
Nature
Fish Commission
Commission
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Balnicky
Mississippi
Alabama
Michigan
Louis
Radio Kampala
Nyerere
Zambia
Bot
Swana
Mozambique
Tanzania
Foreign Ministry
Oops
Kittanning
Richard T. Kennedy
Tehran
Iran
Qasr
Air Force
Islamic Revolutionary Courts
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Bijan Yahyal
Yahyal
Hashem Berenjian
Yahyai
Khorramshah
Khomeini
Islamic Republic
Dolphin
Burtick
U.S. Hedges
Gazeasel and
Abby
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