Tornado Devastates Grand Island Neb Then Faces Cleanup
Grand Island Nebraska reels from Tuesday night tornadoes that killed at least four and injured about 200. Utilities report weeks to restore power as debris blocks streets and gas, water and electricity remain scarce. City, state and federal leaders declare a disaster and mobilize guards to enforce a curfew while crews pump water and search for missing residents.
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Grand Island
Neb
Nebraska
Carter
Charles Thone
Robert Kriz
Federal jobless benefits halt in Pennsylvania this week
About 16 000 Pennsylvanians face suspension of federal unemployment benefits as the FUBA funds run out. A $1.4 billion supplemental appropriation is pending in Congress. State claimants paid from the state fund continue. TRA, UCFE, and UC recipients are affected and told to report as usual. Benefits will resume retroactively when funds are provided.
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Pennsylvania
UCFE
Senise
Congress
Budget deal near in Harrisburg as Thornburgh plan eyed
Philadelphia officials warn the governors Medicaid purge could spur crime and riots as welfare rolls shrink to meet an $11.8 billion budget. House leaders say GOP and Dems near agreement on truck weight and highway use with Thornburgh officials to resolve final differences before a June 30 deadline.
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Harrisburg
UPI
House
Pennsylvania
H. Jack Seltzer
Seltzer
Thornburgh
Dick Thornburgh
Welfare cuts linked to rising crime in Philadelphia says official
Philadelphia officials and lawmakers clash over Rendell Thornburgh welfare reform hearings. Rep Milton Street warns welfare cuts threaten riots while noting 81,000 potential jobs are not available. FBI studies link unemployment to crime, as critics argue the plan fails to provide adequate job training and will harm 13,900 welfare recipients in Hawkins district.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Philadelphia
Dick Thornburgh
Edward Rendell
Milton Street
Pennsylvania
Rendell
Senate Public Health and
Thornburgh
Public Welfare
Helen O'Bannon
FBI
Tornado wrecked area to handle cleanup locally
Lt Gov William Scranton toured tornado damaged regions north of Pittsburgh saying the area would not be declared a state or national disaster. He noted extensive property and municipal service damage, estimated in the millions, with Edgewood Estates Trailer Park hit hard and most homes insured.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
William Scranton
Scranton
Allegheny
Armstrong
Indiana
Westmoreland
National Weather Service
Pennsylvania
Edgewood Estates
Kiski
Armstrong County
Paul Cravener
Edgewood Trailer Park
Ray Hodor
Edgewood Park
Woman on 160 Acre Farm Seeks Help After Cattle Rustlers
Esther Dellenbaugh, 90, runs a Kingman County farm solo for 28 years and asks local authorities to shield her herd from rustlers. She offers a $25 reward for stolen cattle as she has lost about 10 head recently, shrinking her herd by a third.
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Norwich
Kan
UPI
Esther Dellenbaugh
Kingman County
Berkowitz Controversy: Son of Sam Gets Social Security Aid
The Social Security Administration reportedly pays David Berkowitz up to 300 per month while serving a 315 year sentence at Attica for six NYC murders. The Daily News cites a conservator and a high ranking SSA source saying mental illness renders him unable to work. A doctor has not examined him as required by policy.
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New York
UPI
Social Security Administration
David Berkowitz
Attica State Prison
New York Daily News
Berkowitz
William Whitehurst
R-Va
New York City
Bureau of Disability Determination
Teens die in elevator shaft fight over girl
Chicago youths Reginald Taylor age 19 and Phillip Harris age 16 fought over a girl at Darrow Homes. They tumbled 150 feet through elevator doors to the shaft bottom, Taylor died at Michael Reese Hospital, Harris remains in serious condition with multiple fractures. Dorval Norwood, 14, witnessed the fatal fall.
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Chicago
UPI
Reginald Taylor
Michael Reese
Phillip Harris
Chicago Housing Authority
Darrow
Fire Department
Thomas O'Connell
Dorval Norwood
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia cheapest big cities to house upkeep
UPI reports the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia areas as the least expensive big cities to maintain a house with average monthly costs of 462 and 468 dollars respectively. The nationwide average rose from 400 to 550 between 1977 and 1979, with the West highest at 73,000 for a new home and the South lowest at 52,000.
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Washington
UPI
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
U.S. League of Savings Association
United States
West
South
Statue of Liberty reopens after first bomb blast in 94 years
Tourists are allowed back into the Statue of Liberty after a bombing caused 15,000 dollars in damage to the second floor Story Room. Five exhibits were destroyed while other items including Emma Lazarus's plaque remained intact. FBI discounted four claims of responsibility as agents investigated on federal property. Liberty Island remained closed to the public briefly while cleanup continued and staff were interviewed.
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New York
UPI
Emma Lazarus
FBI
Quentin Ertel
Liberty Island
Convicted murderer Potts halts execution on appeal stay
In Reidsville Georgia Jack Howard Potts changed his mind about dying minutes before his scheduled electric chair sentence after a federal judge granted an indefinite stay to allow appeal. His brother mother ex girlfriend and fellow death row inmates urged him to live and he cited support from loved ones and inmates. Potts was convicted of the May 8 1975 killing of a young auto mechanic.
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Reidsville
UPI
Jack Howard Potts
Potts
Atlanta
Diane Hughes Nicholson
Millard Farmer
Tour bus crash kills 20 on Ozarks tour in Arkansas
A chartered bus carrying about 34 people went out of control on a curving Arkansas mountain road near Jasper, plunging down an embankment. At least 20 elderly passengers were killed and 13 injured, with several in critical or serious condition. The group had left Dallas en route to Bran son Mo, with Jacobs Tours of Irving Texas organizing the trip.
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Jasper, Ark
UPI
Boone County Hospital
Harrison
Jim Thomas
Frank Wise
Central Texas Bus Lines
Waco
Texas
Thomas
Dallas
Branson
Ozarks
Eureka Springs
Ark
Jasper
Arkansas 7
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Shirley Fields
Tsure
Keith Sinor
Dale Hatcher
Wally Barnett
UES
Freeman Hawkins
Neptune
N.J
Ocean Township
William Fisher
Fisher
Karen Wooley
Brian
John Torchia
Lansing
Mich
Michigan Republican Party
Michigan House of Representatives
Bobby Crim
New Stanton
Julie Barclay
Barry
Scottsdale
Westmoreland County
Sharon Barclay
Westmoreland Hospital
Greensburg
Sheila Newcomer
Laura Newcomer
Jack Potts
Jacobs Tours
Irving, Texas
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