Texas Skies Clear Amid Cold Front Across State
A digest of Texas weather and national developments. A Texas judge considers removing a plastic nativity scene from the Capitol as atheist leader Madalyn Murray O Hair seeks damages and a ruling on the case. Also noted are an antitrust dispute over PBX rates, a federal civil rights case in Houston, and political shifts including Olin Teague stepping down after 31 years.
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U.S
Gulf Coast
Marfa
Corpus Christi
Austin
Tex
Madalyn Murray O’hair
Jack Roberts
Capitol
Bryan
U.S. House of Representatives
Olin
Teague
6Th Congressional District
New England
Middle Atlantic
Carolinas
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Delaware
Washington
Carroll
Virginia
Georgia
Florida
Colorado
New Mexico
Wyoming
Arizona
Windstorms Leave California Roadways in Ruin and Death
Howling 100 mph winds devastate Bakersfield to the Mexican border area killing at least five people and slicing power to 30,000. Bridges, barns and hangars topple while dust storms halt travel marooning hundreds. Governor Brown plans disaster declarations for Bakersfield and Arvin.
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Los Angeles
California
Bakersfield
Central Valley
Mojave Desert
San Diego Bay
San Francisco
Nevada
Stockton
California Highway Patrol
Jim
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Arvin
California National Guard
Winter's Debut Delivers Damaging Winds Across California
A severe winter storm struck the West with gusts near 100 mph, tearing through Southern California and triggering fires that spread from Vandenberg AFB. The base commander and two others died amid firefighting efforts. Northern areas faced 80 mph winds and widespread damage as temperatures plunged into the 30s in the Bay Area.
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Associated Press
California
Vandenberg Air Force Base
San Francisco
Califor
Sinai talks focus on Israeli withdrawal and security
Military chiefs from Israel and Egypt met for a second day in Cairo to discuss the Sinai withdrawal. Weizman proposed a hot line between capitals to avoid accidental war and suggested immediate mutual troop withdrawal from the Sinai buffer zone. Discussions also covered security arrangements and continued foothold debates at Sharm el Sheikh and Rafah areas.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Egypt
Sinai Desert
Ezer Weizman
Mohammed Abdel Ghani el Gamasy
Alexandria
Jerusalem
Weizman
Defense Ministries
Tel Aviv
U.N
Sinai
Israel
Ismailia
Suez Canal
Anwar Sadat
Gamasy
Gianaclis
Menahem Begin
Sadat
Sharm el-Sheikh
Indian Ocean
Rafah Salient
Gaza Strip
Holy Land
Yamit
Rafah
Ofira
Sharm
Gunman holds 21 hostages in bank at Subic Bay base
A Filipino gunman kept 21 people hostage for a second day inside a Prudential Bank branch at the U.S. Navy Subic Bay base near Manila. Marines and Filipino security forces surrounded the bank as negotiations continued for a helicopter escape and release of captives.
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Subic Bay
William C. Mann
Manila
Philippines
U.S. Navy
Navy
U.S
Prudential Bank and Trust Co
Marine Guard
Adm
Hunt
Ington Hardisty
Cmdr
Michael Sherman
Pacific
Sherman
Cubi Point
Naval Air Station
Oil cartel signals price freeze at least until spring
Two OPEC leaders indicate the cartel will hold base crude at 12.70 a barrel if unanimity fails to reach a 1978 rise. Venezuela's Perez says ministers may delay price decisions until a spring meeting while UAE minister Otaiba notes a freeze could stand even with a majority upholding no increase.
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Lew Wheaton
Associated Press
Caracas
Venezuela
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Carlos Andrew Perez
United Arab Emirates
Mana Saeed Otaiba
Otaiba
Saudi Arabia
Perez
Iraq
Libya
Army Opens Missile Units to Women in Policy Shift
The Army will allow women to serve in missile units and many combat support roles, potentially exposing them to hostile fire in future wars. Direct combat infantry and front line units remain off limits, but divisions like the 82nd Airborne will accept women. The change expands eligibility from 16 of 377 specialties and aims to enroll more women as plans call to nearly double current numbers.
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Washington
Army
82Nd Airborne Division
Air Force
Navy
Marine
Pentagon
Hawk
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