Eloise Hammers Florida Panhandle With Widespread Damage
One death reported as hurricane Eloise slammed a 40 mile coast between Fort Walton Beach and Panama City. Damages estimated up to 100 million with hundreds homeless and power and water unreliable. Officials cite five counties as worst. Panama City area damages about 50 million and Fort Walton Beach around 20 million.
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Florida Panhandle
Eloise
Tennessee
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Florida
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Okaloosa
Walton
Bay
Holmes
Washington
Askew to visit area as guards guard against looters
Governor Reubin Askew ordered 400 National Guardsmen to deter looters and was slated to visit the region today. Florida GOP leaders urged President Ford to inspect five counties for possible disaster aid as Florida endures Eloise. Population in Okaloosa Walton and Bay counties surged since the 1930s and 1900s direct hurricane hits, with Bay County now over 75 000. Tornadoes struck Fort Walton Beach Hartford Ala and near Jacksonville. Dr Neil Frank admitted Eloise center prediction was about 50 miles off and warned that a 325 mile stretch from Louisiana to Apalachicola faced warnings.
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National Hurricane Center
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Tennessee
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Eloise
Louisiana
Apalachicola
Southwestern Ohio Weather Outlook
Forecast calls for cooler cloudy conditions with periods of rain or drizzle. Tonight low around 50, tomorrow high in the low 60s. Rain chances listed as 60 percent tonight and 40 percent tomorrow.
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Ohio
Congress probes Secret Service after assassination attempts
A second assassination attempt prompts Congress to open its first investigation into the Secret Service and its presidential protection performance.
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Sara Jane Moore recallin g roots amid Ford shooting
Charleston West Virginia residents recall Sara Jane Moore from her log house childhood and Stonewall Jackson High School days. In San Francisco she fired at President Ford in 1975 and authorities debated Secret Service protection changes as Moore faced pursuit and legal questions.
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Ford
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Stonewall High
Juvenile extortion plot in Dyersburg shocks officials
A group of nine boys aged 10 to 14 in Dyersburg Tennessee plotted to extort Sears Roebuck for one million dollars in cash and equipment. A miscalculation in postage halted the plan and the youths were released to their parents pending juvenile court hearings.
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Joey McDowell
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