Twin-engine plane crashes into Imper ial Reservoir killing one
A 1966 Piper plunged into the Imper ial Reservoir near Gran dfalls about 2pm Saturday. One man died trapped in the submerged craft. five others were injured and rushed to hospitals in Monahans Odessa and Midland. Names withheld pending kin notification.
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Grandfalls
Imperial Reservoir
Department of Public Safety
Odessa
Pecos County
Ward
Pecos Counties
DPS
Ward Memorial Hospital
Monahans
Odessa’s Medical Center Hospital
Midland Memorial Hospital
John Haight
Sandhills Eighth Graders Begin Summer Band School
Ector County Independent School District band directors start a month long summer program from Monday through August 21. Seventh graders learn fundamentals before marching, with beginners focusing on unpacking cases assembling instruments posture and breathing. Directors plan daily sessions and aim to grow musicianship across Hood Bowie and other junior high schools.
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Bowie Junior High School
Ricky Clem
Clem
Ector County Independent
Randy Bloodworth
Hood Junior High School
Gas Prince Sails Through Gulf Amid Mine Zone Escort
The Gas Prince slipped from Kuwait under U S Navy escort through Persian Gulf danger waters near Farsi Island without sighting mines after the Bridgeton struck a mine. The Navy ended a search for three missing men after a helicopter crash raised the death toll to four. The tanker left Kuwait full of volatile LPG and can outrun Bridgeton, a Kuwaiti vessel flying the U S flag.
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Kuwait
U.S. Navy
Persian Gulf
Gulf
Farsi Island
Harold J. Bernsen
U.S. Mideast
U.S
Pentagon
Washington
Connally joins bankrupt ranks
Former Texas governor and treasury secretary Connally filed personal and business bankruptcy actions in federal court in Austin. The Barnes-Connally real estate firm faced deep debt after oil slump and a boom era, with assets once totaling $300 million. Connally blamed the downturn and timing.
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Austin
Texas
Connally
Treasury
Barnes-Connally
Ben Barnes
Barnes and
Edmonton Tornado Devastates City Killing At Least 25
Rescuers hunted for survivors after Canada s deadliest tornado in 75 years tore through Edmonton Alberta injuring about 200 and leaving 400 families homeless. The Evergreen trailer park suffered the worst damage with 13 confirmed dead and 200 mobile homes destroyed while a baby was rescued from the rubble with minor injuries.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
John Butt
Bruce Wilson
Joy-Lynn Dorash
Heather Airth
Emergency Relief Service
Evergreen Trailer Park
Wilson
Lance Beswick
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Ward Memorial
Roger Jones
Midland Memorial
Albert Gandy
Medical
Pickerings
Hampshire
Spires
Eddie Boles
North Andrews Highway
Sandhills
John
Bridge
Eee
Abby
Seevvsenvese
Eeee Seer
Ted Gartner
Columbia
Idaho
Montana
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