Monahans Tornado Strikes City Causing Heavy Damage
A year after a civil defense drill predicted a twister in Monahans Texas a real tornado barreled through the city injuring two seriously and damaging Ward County Hospital the police tower and about 30 buildings. Curfew and joint police state forces aided cleanup and patient transfers to Odessa and Kermit facilities.
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Monahans
Tex
Texas
Jack Forga
Torna
Ward County Hospital
Forga
Local officers help Monahans recover from tornado disaster
Reeves County Sheriff Raul Florez and deputies were among the first responders after Monahans was struck by two tornadoes around noon Tuesday. The main twister moved northeast and disrupted police communications tower and transmitter.
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Monahans
Paul Briones
Reeves County
Raul Florez
Florez
Ward County Hospital
Police
Tornadoes Strike Monahans Area Causing Major Damage
A pair of tornadoes moved through Seventh Street to U S 80 and across an oil lease causing widespread damage in Monahans. One local resident reported two funnel clouds, large hail, and a chaotic scramble for safety on Interstate 20. Twenty one people were injured, two seriously, with many due to flying glass. Local officers and West Texas volunteers aided in restoring order and preventing looting after curfew was imposed from 9 p m to dawn.
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U.S. 80
Monahans
Forga
West
Texas
103Rd Military Police Battalion
Texas State Guard
U.S. Air Force
Seventh Street
Fourth
West Texas
Woodrow Wheat
Weston Interstate 20
Penwell
Kansas
Louisiana
New Mexico
Rockies
Plains
Upper Plains
Mississippi
Great Lakes
Ohio
Tennessee
Appalachians
Atlantic Coast
Colorado
Evanston
Wyo
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Nixon lawyer warns judges records may be next
Herbert J. Miller told the Supreme Court that upholding the seizure of Nixon tapes and papers could lead to intrusion into judges personal documents. Nathan Lewin argued confidentiality affects all branches, while Wade McCree urged focusing on public papers belonging to the government.
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Harry F. Rosenthal
Washington
Richard Nixon
Supreme Court
Herbert J. Miller
High Court
Nixon
Congress
White House
Nathan Lewin
Miller
Wade H. McCree Jr
Stormy Texas Weather Triggers Widespread Storms and Tornadoes
Wet and stormy weather pounded Central East and South Texas with fierce thunderstorms and two inch per hour downpours. The National Weather Service issued flash flood and severe thunderstorm warnings while a tornado watch covered West Texas and parts of North Texas. A Dunканville tornado damaged a home and trailer with no injuries reported. forecasts warned of continued storms and cooling in the Panhandle.
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Associated Press
Texas
Central
South
National Weather Service
Palestine
Center
West Texas
Mananans
Texas Panhandle
North Texas
Edwards Plateau
Dallas
Duncanville
Dalhart
Panhandle
Kickapoo Indians seek Texas home recognition bill advances
In Austin, Kickapoo leader George Whitewater urged the Senate Human Resources Committee for legal recognition of the South Texas Kickapoos, enabling access to state Indian aid. The bill would expand the Texas Commission on Indian Affairs to include all Indians in the state, amid harsh living conditions under the Eagle Pass bridge.
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Austin
Tex
George Whitewater
Senate Human Resources Committee
Whitewater
Texas
Raul Garza
Texas Commission On Indian Affairs
Alabama-Coushatta
Tigua
Bers
United States
George Washington
Eagle Pass
Jim Brown
Brown
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Steve Greenhill
Here
Greenhill
Joe Troja
Land of Oz
Troja
Ward Memorial Hos
Brenda Virgin
Edwards
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
Presidio
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