Severe Weather Spurs Tornado Warnings Across West Texas
Thunderstorms with hail and hurricane force winds sweep Texas as a cool front moves through West Texas and the Panhandle. A funnel cloud near Plainview triggered a tornado warning. no damage reported, while another sighting southeast of Abernathy indicates possible same tornado.
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Associated Press
Texas
Texas Panhandle
Plainview
Abernathy
West
Houston
Wyoming
Rockies
Plains
Nebraska
Tornado strikes Batesville Ark. limited injuries reported
A tornado hit Batesville Arkansas causing extensive damage but few serious injuries. Dr Paul Gray of a local hospital said only one injured person arrived from a mobile home 36 minutes after the storm. The North Arkansas Clinic reported minor injuries but could not state totals as power and weather conditions improved. The local college noted no student injuries despite substantial campus damage.
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Batesville
Ark
Arkansas College
Paul Gray
Arkansas
North Arkansas
Joe Murray
Texas House Approves Abortion Provision in Spending Bill
The Texas House approved a rider to a 9.7 billion two year spending bill prohibiting virtually all hospitals and their employees from being compelled to perform abortions. The vote was 108 to 31 with opposition from abortion advocates. A substitute proposal to bar discrimination against participating hospital staff failed 94 to 42.
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Austin
Texas House
Tim von Dohlen
Goliad
Sarah Weddington
von Dohlen
Jane Fonda
Neil Caldwell
Angleton
House Appropriations Committee
Two Minor Collisions Reported On Eddy Street
Two low impact crashes on Eddy Street produced no injuries. At 8:15 a.m. Mike Oglesby and Francisco Casas Rayos collided near Foodway in the 2000 block of S. Eddy. A second rear end collision at Seventh and Eddy occurred at 11:51 p.m. involving Manuel Villa and David Hinojos.
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Eddy Street
Mike Oglesby
Johnson St
Francisco Casas Rayos
S. Sycamore St
Foodway
S. Eddy
Seventh and
Eddy Streets
Manuel Villa
Sixth St
David Garcia Hinojos
N. Oak St
Wounded Knee siege enters 52nd day with no new gunfire
Government negotiator says militants use Wounded Knee as a publicity foil as federal officers encircle the village. Fourteen residents, mainly women and children, crossed roadblocks into Wounded Knee on Wednesday.
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Wounded Knee
S.D
Frank Stillwater
Oklahoma
Rapid City
Wwe
Sind
U.S
Stanley Pottinger
American Indian Movement
FBI
Optimists announce Easter Egg Hunt at City Park
The Pecos Optimist Club will host a free Easter Egg Hunt for local children at 9 30 am Saturday in City Park. All kids 10 and under are invited to find 10 000 colored eggs placed by the Optimists and the Easter Bunny. Pre school children will hunt separately from older kids with cash prizes hidden in plastic eggs along with candy and prizes.
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Rilene Hefner
Keely Mires
Douglas Mires
Missouri St
Carlos Nichols
Tornado damages Lovington auto shop and area
A small tornado struck Lovington New Mexico damaging Ralph Valentine's auto repair shop by ripping off the roof and snapping two power poles. A car and a camper truck were damaged but no injuries were reported. Police described a dust-filled cloud with a traditional tail.
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Lovington
N. M
Ralph Valentine
Valentine
Nixon aides face Watergate fallout and disclosures
Atty Gen Kleindienst withdraws from the Watergate probe citing personal and professional links. John W Dean III denies being a scapegoat as reports surface that Jeb Magruder told prosecutors Dean and Mitchell helped plan the bugging and payoffs. Mitchell dismisses the claim as nonsense while Magruder remains away from work amid the reports.
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Washington
Richard G. N Klendienst
Dean
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
New York City
Magruder
Commerce Department
White House
Ronald Ziegler
Sy Stein
Kleindienst
Nixon
Henry E. Petersen
Justice Department
Asst
Henry Petersen
Museum to cover patio for new display area
West of the Pecos Museum officers and trustees approved a patio cover to display large outdoor items such as old wagons. J. J. Maxey was named head of the patio project committee. Plans include possible Pecos Bill road signs at town entrances and continued museum fundraising notes.
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Pat Parvis
West
Pecos Museum
Barney Hubbs
Archie Scott
Keith Camp
Ann Bell
Faye Duncan
J. J. Maxey
Byron Lackey
B& PW
Milford Howard
B. F. Meek Jr
Cherrail Pauly
Museum
Mike Burkholder
Howard Collier
John Fonville
Mike Harrison
Garland Matthews
J. F. Pattee
Crabtrees sue over The Legend of Boggy Creek film
Julius and Daisy June Crabtree along with James L. Crabtree as Travis Crabtree’s next friend file in federal court to halt further showing of the documentary The Legend of Boggy Creek about the Fouke Monster. They claim the film’s song Hey Travis Crabtree and depicted events exaggerate their lives and harm their reputation, seeking injunctive relief and damages plus a share of profits.
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Fort Smith, Ark
Federal District Court
Boggy Creek
Julius Crabtree
Daisy June
James L. Crabtree
Travis Crabtree
Arkansas
Charles B. Pierce
Texarkana
Fouke
Crabtrees
L. W. Ledwell Jr
Texas
Earl Smith Jr
California
More oil may be off coast
U. S. Geological Survey reports thicker sedimentary deposits on the ocean floor off New Jersey Delaware and Maryland suggesting potential oil. Experts caution that exploratory drilling is needed to confirm any presence amid a long standing federal state jurisdictional dispute over offshore exploration.
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Washington
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
U.S. Geological Survey
Henry Coulters
Environmental Conservation
Atlantic
Interior Department
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Louisa Patrick
Billie Fay Lozano
Marty Lethco
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Juana Silvia
Sue Brijalba
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the Post
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Ron Lackey
Terry Burns
R. V. Nabers
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Ray McPherson
E. W. Schimidi
H. D. Glover
F. H. Ryan
Charlie Wein
Laura Teal
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