Texas flood toll tops 20 lives reported
Waterlogged residents in western Texas face more flooding as runoff swells rivers two miles wide and creeks that once trickled now surge. Tropical Storm Amelia remnants have claimed at least 20 lives across a 200 mile stretch from central to northwestern Texas while dams spill and rain ceases today.
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Albany
Texas
Amelia
Texas Department of Public Safety
Hubbard Creek
Lawrence Winkler
Brazos River
National Weather Service
Clear Fork
Brazos
Comedian Fontaine Dies After Gala Appearance
Spokane authorities say Frank Fontaine aged 58 collapsed offstage at the Spokane Opera House and died of an apparent heart attack after accepting a $25,000 check from the Fraternal Order of Eagles for heart research. He was slated to be grand marshal in the convention parade.
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Spokane, Wash
Frank Fontaine
Guggenheim
Jackie Gleason
Spokane Opera House
Fontaine
Fraternal Order of Eagles
The
Eagles
Heart Research
Arthur Godfrey
Corbett Monica
Boston
Bus Crash Kills 41 Handicapped Passengers in Quebec
EASTMAN Quebec AP Forty one handicapped persons drowned after a bus failed to brake and slid into Lac d Argent Silver Lake near Asbestos. Survivors recount the plunge as the bus sank to depths over 60 feet. Victims ranged from 14 to 86, many with mobility or mental handicaps, returning home from a play trip.
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Eastman
Quebec
Canada
The
Society of Infirmed
Asbestos Region
Asbestos
Montreal
Lac d’ Argent
Silver Lake
Pouliot
Thorpe charged as Britains biggest scandal unfolds
Jeremy Thorpe the former Liberal leader faces conspiracy to murder charges over a model who alleges a sexual relationship. He continues constituency duties opening a flower show in North Devon while hinting at no resignation. Separately a Canadian bus accident search notes a deep lake capsize with multiple deaths.
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London
Jeremy Thorpe
Liberal Party
Britain
Bishop's Nympton
Devon
England
Lynton
Thorpe
House of Commons
Tax bill overhaul pushed by Carter
President Carter leads a push to overhaul the tax cut plan aiming relief toward lower and middle income families. The Corman-Fisher compromise would raise total tax cuts to 18.1 billion, keep or adjust exemptions and credits, and modify capital gains treatment to ease tax burdens on middle earners.
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Washington
Carter
House
Ways and Means
James C. Corman
D-Calif
Joseph Fisher
D-Va
Congress
Corman
Fisher
Corman-Fisher
Means Committee
Senate Limits Cost of Hart Building at 135 Million
Critics called the Hart Senate Office Building a “senatorial palace” as the Senate, after debate, agreed to cap the project at 135 million dollars. Supporters argued the steel framework is rising, costs rose from a 48 million estimate in 1974, and stopping now would be folly amid overcrowding. Some senators denounced the plan as wasteful and mockingly called the project a marble mausoleum.
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Washington
Senate
Philip A. Hart
Treme Boondoggie
John C. Danforth
D-Mo
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Jesse Helms
Congressional
Capitol Hill
Rayburn House
Federal
FBI
Pennsylvania Avenue
D-Mich
Senator Hart
John Chafee
R-B.i
Hart
Chafee
Cadavers Sought for Crash Tests Debate Rages in Congress
The NHTSA argues cadavers provide near living data for car safety tests, though Rep. Moss calls the practice repugnant and questions data validity. Moss may push rider to bar cadaver funding as NHTSA resumes use after a pause. Cadaver testing costs about 3.1 million dollars and aims to guide safety protections and lifelike dummy design.
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Washington
Highway Safety Agency
Congress
John Moss
D-Calif
a_ House
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NHTSA
Joan Claybrook
Moss
Claybrook
Maryland to supply National Christmas Tree from Savage River State Forest
Tunis Lyon of the Maryland Forest Service says a 65 foot Norway Spruce chosen from a 40 year old stand in Keyser Ridge Garrett County will be the 1960s National Christmas Tree. Officials chose a tree closer to home after years of West Coast and Rocky Mountain selections.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Savage River State Forest
Maryland Forest Service
Keyser Ridge
Garrett County
West Coast
Rocky Mountain
Lyon
Two Prison Escapees Remain At Large In Canon City
About 75 officers from state and local agencies search Canon City Colorado street by street for two convicts still at large after nine maximum security inmates escaped Friday by cutting bars and fleeing through an irrigation ditch. David Lee Anderson and James Bluebaker among the fugitives labeled extremely dangerous by prison officials. seven others were captured within 90 minutes.
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Canon City
Colo
Colorado
David Lee Anderson
James Bluebaker
Randy Henderson
Bulldozer death leads to murder charge in Wilkinsburg
Umberto Gulli, 28, of Pittsburgh, arraigned on murder charge after allegedly using a bulldozer to kill Ian Snider, 41, a building contractor from Plum Borough. Snider died after being battered at a Wilkinsburg construction site during a dispute over a debt.
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Wilkinsburg, Pa
Pittsburgh
Ian Snider
Plum Borough
Allegheny County
Umberto Gulli
Snider
Gulli
Showers Expected Across Area Tonight And Sunday
Showers and thundershowers predicted for tonight ending Sunday afternoon. Lows near 60, highs near 80, with 50 percent rain tonight and 40 percent Sunday. Extended outlook remains unsettled with more showers Monday and fair skies Tuesday and Wednesday. Highs mostly in the 80s. lows from the low to upper 60s.
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Lone Star State
Doris Coleman
Crazy Guggenheim
Alain Pouliot
Eric Whitehead
Shore
Morrisburg
Ontario
Toronto
Quebec-Ontario
Treasury
W. Michael Blumenthal
Subcommittee
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Transportation Department
Ms. Claybrook
Howard Dugoff
Yule
Tunis
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