Severe Thunderstorms Flood Northern Texas With Rain
A band of severe storms drenched northern Texas with up to 4 inches of rain prompting flash flood watches. A tornado watch covered 38 North Central Texas counties including Dallas Fort Worth Abilene Wichita Falls and Waco. Impassable roads in Bowie and Nocona, minor flooding along Neches and Brazos rivers, and a man swept into Llano River was rescued. Rain totals reached near 4 inches in parts, with Fort Worth and Wichita Falls recording over 2 inches.
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Texas
National Weather Service
Dallas-Fort Worth
Abilene
Wichita Falls
Waco
Bowie
Nocona
Montague
North Payer Texas
Fort Worth
Panhandle
South Plains
Lubbock
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
Cal
Mesquite
Dallas County
Atlantis rides piggyback to Biggs for refueling stop
NASA warned storms could ground the shuttle Atlantis overnight at Biggs Army Airfield delaying its Florida-bound flight after a refueling, while Avantis completed a secret four day mission for the Defense Department.
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Fort Bliss
Biggsy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
South
Biggs
Thomas
Florida
NASA
Avantis
Edwards
T of Defense
Dallas Nintendo World Championship finals crown three winners
More than 1,000 participants, including children and adults, competed in Dallas for the Nintendo World Championship stop, the tour’s first of 34 cities. Three Dallas winners will advance to a national contest in Orlando in November with travel paid by the company.
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Dallas
Orlando
Fla
Florida
Prather
Nintendo Glory
Nintendo
Chamorro vows to end draft in Houston rally
Violeta Barrios de Chamorro promised more than 1,000 displaced Nicaragua nationals in Houston she would end the military draft, seek economic stability, and support exiles as she spoke after Mass at St. Thomas More Church. Supporters cheered, sang Nicaragua’s anthem, and Chamorro, in crutches after a knee injury, outlined plans as she awaits the April 25 election.
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Houston
Violeta Barrios de Chamorro
St. Thomas More Catholic Church
Violeta
Nicaragua
Chamorro
Oerro
National Ton Union
Daniel Ortega
Ino
Malcolm W. Granberry
Salon Opens For Women With Environmental Illness
Emma Cherrington opens Hair 2000, a Wichita Falls salon offering chemical free perms and products safe for pregnant women and chemically sensitive clients. She describes environmental illness as non contagious and notes symptoms from headaches to fatigue, with doctors often misdiagnosing.
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Wichita Falls
Emma Cherrington
California
Cherrington
Dallas
Lawmaker Battles Dump Threat to Rio Grande
Rep. Ron Coleman of El Paso urged Secretary Baker that Texas low level radioactive waste disposal near Fort Hancock could strain U.S. Mexican relations if a Spill reached the Rio Grande. He cited treaty liability and international environmental law concerns as Washington fights the site.
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Bill Clements
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Texas
Rio Grande
Ron Coleman
D-El Paso
James A. Baker III
Fortancock
United States
Mexico
Coleman
Washington
Baker
Congress
Rio Rande
Republic of Mexico
Odessa Obituary Roundup Hits Local Families Across Texas
Multiple death notices from Odessa Pecos Fort Stockton and Rankin detail survivors including spouses children siblings and grandchildren. Services listed for Julia Trevino Martinez Melissa Jones Thomas Grady McMullin Bernice Falkner Helen Gayler Bernice Falkner and others with dates locations and funeral home charges.
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Melissa Jones
Odessa
St. Barnabas
Forest Lawn
Pasadena
Texas
Miss Jones
Lubbock
Permian High
St. John’ Ee
Texas Tech
Alpha-Delta-Pi Society
Randall Patterson Perens
Guilford Jones IT
Marble Falls
Gill L. Jones Jr
Big Spring
Bette A
Austin
Russell Todd Jones
Marble Fails
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Fort Stockton
Bernice Marie Falkner
Fort Stockton Funeral Home
Dave McFn
East Hil Sanne
Rankin
Thomas Samaniego Aguilar
Rankin Park
Miguel
Rankin County
Mr. Aguilar
Remeing
Ioio
Rose Ross Aguilar
Aguilar
Santa Fe Railroad
St. Thomas Catholic Church
Adolpho Aguilar
Tom Aguilar
Joe Aguilar
Midland
Cayetano Aguilar
el Paso
Nieves
Oklahoma City
Fred Aguilar
Crane
Sal Aguilar
Richard W. Box
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David Wells
Nils
Atlantis
Carswell Air Force Base
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Arlington
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Six Flags Management
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Ials
Dallas Zoo
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Lawmaker
Scottish Rite
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Julia Martinez
Pecos
Julia Trevino Martinez
Santa Rosa Catholic Church
Bob Kobe
Greenwood Cemetery
Thomas McMullin
Thomas Grady McMullin
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Don Potter
Jamoet Memorial Gardens
McMullin
Medical Center Hospital
Tupelo
Miss
Effie Fay Landis
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
Iron Ap Beleers
Helpers of America
Bernice Falkner
Helen Gayler
Easterlings
Wood
Johnny Thomason
Senior Citizens Center
Jollies Ponakerg
Temple Baptist Church
Jimmy D. Gayler
Bill J. Gayler
Tucker
Garland
Fred Tucker
Adra Dyer
Nell
Bernardo Martinez
Leonel Martinez
Armando Martinez
Raymond Martinez
Losles
Sebastian Martinez
Maria Mae
Sanhaedeon Buena Vista
Calif
Monsie Edwards
Loretto Florez
Bakersfield
Juana Trevino
Maria Trevino
Phoenix
Thomas Aguilar
Dow L. Hestand
Hostead
Pensacola
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