Alicia Strips Galveston Club and Galveston Looms in Hurricane Alicia
Winds up to 97 mph devastate Galveston and Houston areas as Alicia plows ashore. 42,000 displaced across 14 counties with 20,000 in Red Cross shelters. Power cut to 250,000. Galveston hotel damage, looters chased from seawall shop. Two deaths confirmed from fallen trees.
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Stanley Curtis
Houston Fire Department
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Highland
Cecil Wingo
Harris County Medical Examiner's Office
Galveston Island
Steve Harned
NWS
Houston-Galveston
West Texas Weather Sees Isolated Showers From Alicia
National Weather Service says Alicia may trigger a few thundershowers Friday afternoon in West Texas. Tonight will be partly cloudy with lows in the 70s. southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Friday highs around the mid 90s with a 20 percent shower chance and southeast winds 5 to 15 mph.
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National Weather Service
Texas Gulf Coast
Marfa
Big Bend
Holy man's passport claims 159 year age at Heathrow
Islamic holy man from Pakistan caused a stir at London’s Heathrow Airport when a passport listed his birthdate as December 13 1823 making him 159 years old. Officials allowed passage since the passport was already stamped in Pakistan. The man, Mr Mahood, was described as a well respected religious leader.
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Missing Las Vegas commuter plane feared crashed near Grand Canyon
A Las Vegas based commuter aircraft with 10 people aboard was overdue and may have crashed near the Grand Canyon in a thunderstorm. FAA spokesman Fred Farrar said Flight 88 from Las Vegas to Grand Canyon was reported overdue.
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Las Vegas
Grand Canyon
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Ariz
Siamese Twins OK After Skull Reconstruction Surgery
Doctors in Salt Lake City report 5-year-old Elisa Hansen in satisfactory condition after a four hour operation to cover her skull with a frame built from skull sections saved since the 1979 separation of the Siamese twins Elisa and Lisa Hansen. Lisa remains stable after a two hour procedure to drain brain fluid as surgeons weigh a similar operation for her sister.
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Elisa Hansen
University of Utah Medical Center
John Dwan
Lisa
Dwan
Elisa
David Hansen
Jobless claims rise slightly in early August
The Labor Department reports about 383000 first time claims for unemployment benefits in the week ending August 6, up from 371000, keeping claims near the lowest level in over two years. The insured unemployment rate rose to 3.6 percent for the week ending July 30, with ten states listing the highest rates led by West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
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Oregon
Illinois
Manges pays large bounced check to Texas Land Office
South Texas rancher and oilman Clinton Manges paid a 384877.04 debt to the General Land Office after two prior bounced checks. The cashier’s check was delivered by Manges’ accountant by plane to Austin, where Chief Clerk Jack Giberson received it. The payment ends a dispute over oil and gas lease bonus revenues tied to subleases.
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Manges
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Nancy Schultz
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