Twister Strikes Lubbock After 70 Years Immune
Tornado devastates parts of Lubbock as a city long spared from twisters endures a severe storm. Hail reports and rapid radar tracking followed the advancing cloud system. Fire Chief and weather officials issued alerts as rural counties reported scattered rainfall and an unusual storm path.
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Self
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Lubbock
Lubbock Tornado Crashes Through Downtown Causing Massive Damage
A powerful tornado struck downtown Lubbock around 9 44 pm destroying the Avalanche Journal building and First National Bank complex. Winds tore windows, knocked power out, and left streets littered with debris as emergency crews evacuated and aided injured residents.
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Lubbock
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Avalanche Journal
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Wotisrerie
Church Team Heads to Tornado Area With Aid Van
Mrs. G. H. Rustad reports the Texas conference disaster van loaded with 10 000 items is en route to Lubor k near Clarendon. The mobile relief unit with its own power plant and kitchen will serve hot meals to victims. O G Minden and Mrs Grover Bills are among the volunteers.
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Bell
Texico Conference of
Seventh Day Adventists
Clarendon
Ih Day Adventists Church
Erik
Lubork
Gymina
Erick and
Rustad
Lubbork
O. G. Minden
Grover Bills
HEW Orders Cutoff Of Federal Funds In Greece Smuggling Probe
In a sweeping action HEW ordered a 30 day cutoff of federal funds connected to a Greece case. Edwin Ross Kilner, 23, of Pavillon New York, was arrested by customs agents for operating segregated schools in Omaha Texas and accused of smuggling hashish. Police say Kilner claimed he bought the drugs abroad and that the hashish moved from Afghanistan through Italy to West Germany before reaching the United States. Offshore piracy funds are also linked to the Greece school districts under scrutiny.
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HEW
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Greece
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Ross Kilner
Pavillon
Robert H
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Finch
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West Germany
Itions
Amarillo Responds to Lubbock Tornado Alert
Amarillo law enforcement officers medical personnel and emergency units answered a call from Lubbock after a tornado struck. Dispatched teams include 18 Department of Public Safety units, 2 Potter County Sheriff units, 48 medical officers from the Medical Platoon 22nd Battalion 142nd Infantry Amarillo National Guard Red Cross disaster unit two registered nurses and 40 student nurses.
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Lubbock
Department of Public Safety
Potter County
142Nd
Amarillon National Guard
Red Cross
Vane
Prisoner Returns to Cell After Aiding Jailbreak
In Honolulu Olinda a prisoner aided a jailbreak then returned to his cell. Police investigated and secured the inmate, with authorities noting the unidentified accomplice fled the scene.
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