No Weekend Snow For Odessa Area As Texas Sees Snow
A cold front brings mostly clear skies in Odessa with highs near 50 and a low in the mid 20s. Snow blankets northern Texas spreading 1 to 7 inches in cities like Longview, Wichita Falls, Denton, Midland and San Angelo, causing accidents, power outages, and school delays while travel is hampered on I-35.
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Gene Noble
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Romano nuke test delayed by winds at Nevada site
In Las Vegas, an underground test code named Romano occurred 1690 feet below the Nevada Test Site after multiple wind delays. The yield ranged from 20 000 to 150 000 tons of TNT, with safeguards avoiding surface release toward populated Las Vegas.
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Nev
Nevada Test Site
Romano
DOE
Arson Gang Sets Fire to Club in Amsterdam Red Light District
A group armed with pistols and gasoline attacked a sex and gambling club in Amsterdam Friday night, triggering a fire that killed at least 17 and injured 14 in the crowded Club 26. Police said the attack occurred on a packed floor and that at least one assailant was armed.
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Amsterdam
Club 26
Joop de Vries
Red Light
Netherlands
Harry Leutscher
Gok
Odessa American Home Delivery Subscriptions Notice
Subscriptions available for daily and Sunday delivery at 81.00 or Sunday only at 54.00. Mail subscriptions include second-class postage. For delivery problems call 337 7314, daily before 7 p m, Saturday and Sunday before 10 1
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Odessa American
Fourth Street
Odessa
Texas
P.O
Lawyer claims assassin dead before Aquino shooting
In Manila, Lupino Lazaro, counsel for the Galman family, says the man identified as the assassin was long dead when Benigno Aquino was killed, arguing Galman was a fall guy. The scene featured spectators applauding and jeering as Corazon Agrava sought order during the inquiry into the assassination.
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Philippines
Benigno Aquino
Lupino Lazaro
Rolando Galman
Aquino
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Galman
United States
Marcos
Corazon Agrava
Lazaro
Agapito
Modern Bonnie and Clyde Robbery Pair Striking Small Texas Towns
Witnesses describe a well groomed, good looking male robber about 5 foot 10 to 6 feet tall, 195 pounds. FBI cites at least 15 suspects with no clear lead as a $50,000 reward is offered for information. Robberies center on small towns, with car thefts and license plates preceeding the heists. The pair escape in a stolen car, sometimes using a sheet metal shield in the getaway, and no one has been shot.
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Shaver
Windom
FBI
North Central Texas Bankers Security Committee
Dallas-Fort Worth
Kuwait bomber alive after embassy attack in Kuwait
One of two bombers in the U S Embassy blast survived and is hospitalized under heavy guard. Interrogations yielded a claim of "nothing" from the survivor while the accomplice required surgery including pancreas removal and faces an eight week recovery. Eyewitnesses reported two terrorists in the truck. Kuwait officials initially denied reports of a second attacker.
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Kuwait
U.S
NTSB probe notes possible heart attack before plane crash
Rhode cites autopsy hints and NTSB findings that pilot Elkin aborted a go around as engine stalled on approach. Inspector Wandel says the maneuver resembles a normal go around but gear retracted. Rhode notes a silent heart attack as a possible trigger, while Elkin’s widow Patty says his heart condition is unknown.
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National Transportation Safety Board
Elkin
Warren V. Wandel
NTSB
Wandel
Patty
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