Record cold grips Dallas Fort Worth area in Christmas freeze
In Dallas Fort Worth the mercury tumbled to 17 degrees just after midnight setting a new record. The old mark was 21 degrees from 1977. A new record of 188 freezing hours was logged at 3 am breaking a 1930 record. Utilities urged reduced electricity use as the National Weather Service warned of continuing bone chilling cold.
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National Weather Service
Texas
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Weather Service
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Dallas
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Amarillo
Austin
Beaumont
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Center
College Station
Corpus Christi
del Rio
Galveston
Houston
Longview
Midland
Port Arthur
San Antonio
Victoria
Waco
Wichita Falls
Laredo
Bitter cold Christmas spans Texas and Midwest
West Texas faces a warming trend with highs in the mid 50s on Tuesday after a record cold Christmas across 20 Texas cities. Fort Worth water mains broke under bone chilling temperatures while Olton mourns a family of six found dead from subzero heat. Windy and snowy Midwest travel chaos leaves hundreds stranded in shelters as polar air shifts east.
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West Texans
Texas
Fort Worth
Olton
Midwest
Indianapolis
Florida
National Weather Service
Jean Airey
Columbus
Ohio
Remington Armory
Indiana
Chicago
Mercury
Atlanta
Terry
West Texas
Panhandle
Big Bend
North Texas
South Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Andropov Missing From Central Committee Meeting
Soviet media said Yuri Andropov 69 failed to attend a Central Committee plenum citing temporary causes. Tass reported a speech text was distributed. he has not appeared in public since August 18 and is rumored to suffer from heart and kidney ailments as officials await upcoming party and government meetings for health clues.
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Moscow
Yuri V. Andropov
Communist Party Central Committee
Tass
Andropov
Central Committee
Communist Party
Fire erupts in crude pipeline near Lima prompting evacuations
A crude oil pipeline fire spread to a holding tank at a Mid-Valley Pipeline Co facility in Shawnee Township near Lima. About 50 homes were evacuated as a precaution. No injuries were reported. Officials cited a suspected pipeline explosion as the cause and noted responders were focused on containment.
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Lima, Ohio
Allen County
Don Schierholt
Mid-Valley Pipeline Co
Shawnee Township
Schierholt
Lima
Canadian nurses freed after six weeks in Angola
Nora Draper and Marion Wilson, Canadian missionary nurses aged 34 and 38, arrived in Toronto on Christmas Day after six weeks as captives of UNITA rebels in Angola. They spoke of a 300 mile bush trek to the rebel camp and said 40 others remained captive. they were released last week and flown to Pretoria by the Red Cross.
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Toronto
Angola
Nora Draper
Marion Wilson
Toronto International
Pretoria
South Africa
International Red Cross
Canada
Draper
Parry Sound
Ontario
Jonas Savimbi
Union For the Total Independence of Angola
UNITA
Sailor dies after fall from Tel Aviv hotel on Christmas leave
An American sailor from the U S Sixth Fleet, stationed in the eastern Mediterranean, died after falling from the eighth floor of a Tel Aviv hotel during Christmas leave. Police say he was at a Christmas party. sailors found the body near his room. A U S Embassy official noted most sailors in Tel Aviv were aboard the USS Independence.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
U.S. Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean
Israel Radio
U.S
U.S.S
E DELIVERY Times and Weekend Pickup Hours
The notice lists delivery cutoff times daily before 7 p.m. and weekend pickups Saturday and Sunday before 10 30 a.m. It announces service hours and collection deadlines for weekend deliveries.
Fire damages elderly Shirkmere Apartments in Wichita
A three alarm fire in the Shirkmere Apartments, a 100 unit building for the elderly and handicapped in Wichita, forced residents to flee into freezing weather. Five residents were admitted in fair condition with smoke inhalation and stress. Several others treated on scene. some moved to nearby apartment houses or the lobby and ballroom for safety.
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Wichita
Kan
Shirkmere
St. Francis Regional Medical Center
Jim Sparr
Unusual Winter Patterns Linked to Pacific Warming
Meteorologists note a run of extreme winters with three cold and three warm events in a decade. The 1982-83 season was normal in the south yet very warm in the northeast and north central states due to Pacific Ocean warming and jet stream variations.
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Karl
Pacific Ocean
Veteran finally receives Purple Heart after 40 years
Navy veteran Lewis and his wife Janie recount mailing his Purple Heart recommendation to the National Personnel Records Center in St Louis. On December 17 a dark-blue box with two ribbons and the medal arrived. Lt Chris Kimball notes possible record loss or relocation hindered the award during wartime.
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Janie
Lewises
Odessa
Lewis
National Personnel Records Center
St. Louis
Chris Kimball
Navy
Los Angeles
Kimball
St. Louis Records Center
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