Flash flood warnings pace Panhandle as North Texas showers loom
Severe storms drenched parts of Texas with up to 18 inches of rain, causing seven deaths including a 15 month old in Bryan. Panhandle counties faced flash flood warnings while Odessa and North Texas forecast scattered showers and thunderstorms. Rain totals at Canyon area neared 2.25 inches. Abilene evacuated residents resumed cleanup amid ongoing warnings.
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Texas
Charles Phelps
North
Texas Panhandle
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Pampa
Dall
Armstrong
Gray
National Weather Service
Lake Tanglewood
South Texas
Abilene
Permain
Odessa-area
Clyde boy 9 finds comfort at Abilene shelter with dog Sugar
Charles Benefield Jr a nine year old flood victim from Clyde rests on a bare cot at the Abilene Civic Center Tuesday night, among about 90 shelter seekers. Animals from the Frank Buck Zoo were rounded up after three days of heavy rain overflowed the zoo, though the elephant Gerry II remains safe.
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Clyde
Sugar
Abilene Civic Center
Frank Buck Zoo
Dunlap
Reynolds
Gerry II
Six Flags
Texas
Detroit
Carolina Ortiz
Detroit Recorder's Court
Michael Talbot
Rafaela Ortiz
Ortiz
Talbot
Rafaela
Bulgarian winner of 1981 Nobel Prize in Literature
Elias Canetti, Bulgarian-born German writer living in London, wins the 1981 Nobel Prize in literature. The Swedish Academy cites his broad outlook and artistic power. Canetti, 76, has published novels, plays, and memoirs since the 1930s and holds a British passport.
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Sweden
Swedish Academy
Elias Canetti
Canetti
London
Austria
Switzerland
Academy
Tower of Babel
Marrakesh
Czeslaw Milosz
Odysseus Elytis
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Texas GOP Split Over Reagan AWACS Sale Vote
In the 301 to 111 House tally to disapprove Reagan’s AWACS sale to Saudi Arabia Texas backed the president in part. All five GOP lawmakers voted for disapproval while seven of eight Conservative Democratic Forum members supported Reagan. The Texas delegation split with 13 to 10 against the sale.
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Saudi Arabia
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Democratic Forum
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D Beaumont
Charlie Stenholm
Stamford
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Middle East
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Senate
Stenholm
Phil Gramm
College Station
Sam Hall
Marshall
Kent Hance
Lubbock
Jack Hightower
Vernon
Marvin Leath
Marlin
Richard White
el Paso
Loeffler
Bill Archer
Houston
Jim Collins
Dallas
Jack Fields
Humble
Ron Paul
Lake Jackson
Ralph Hall
Kika de la Garza
Mission
Martin Frost
Henry B. Gonzalez
San Antonio
Mickey Leland
Jim
GM recalls 1981 cars over wheel cracking risk
GM recalls about 6700 1981 mid sized vehicles to replace heavy duty wheels that could crack and separate hub from rim. Models include Oldsmobile Cutlass Buick Century and Regal Chevrolet El Camino and GMC Caballero. About 300 wheels are defective and will be replaced at no charge by dealers.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
Odessa American Postal and Delivery Notice Fragment
Fragmentary OCR reads address lines and paper postage terms for The Odessa American. Mentions second class matter status, post office, and delivery details with garbled city and ZIP forms.
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Adaress Enange
Odesse Texas
Senate Delays Vote On Reagan Tax And Benefit Cuts Plan
Senate Republicans show reluctance to advance Reagan tax bill this year amid talks on 1982 budget cuts. Dole signals deferral, Hatfield pushes drafting of 1982 spending with debates over 12 percent domestic cuts and defense reductions. Social Security changes aim to restore finances, preserve minimum benefits, tax sick pay, extend disability, and shift payroll tax revenue.
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Reagan
Congress
Dole
Mark Hatfield
R-Ore
Appropriations Committee
Hatfield
Defense
White House
James A. Baker III
Mubarak sworn in afterEgypt referendum declares unity pledge
Transition era events unfold as Mubarak is proclaimed as Sadat's successor with a 98.4 percent yes vote. Security forces warned to shoot to kill trouble makers amid dawn clashes near the pyramids. Bombings from Libya-linked luggage and the Assyut incident are noted while Mubarak pledges national unity and continuation of Camp David policies.
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Mubarak
Sadat
Pyramids
Libya
Camp David
Israel
Harvard Lampoon parodies People with spoof issue
The Harvard Lampoon in Cambridge prints a 112 page spoof of People magazine selling for two dollars. Brooke Shields graces the cover with a dead fish while the fake issue mimics real ads and celebrity tales.
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Daniel Q. Haney
Associated Press
Cambridge, Mass
Brooke Shields
Erik Estrada
Harvard Lampoon
People Magazine
Hal Wingo
Genuine People
People
Harvard
Paul Sax
Lampoon
William K. Kimball
Bo Derek
Dick Cavett
Brooke Adams
Liza Minnelli
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