White Christmas Brings Snow Across Pecos and West Texas
West Texas reports a rare white Christmas with Pecos, Amarillo, El Paso and surrounding areas receiving up to eight inches in some locations. Ice storms knocked out power to about 3,000 homes as highways iced over and airports faced slowdowns.
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Panhandle
Pecos Sees First White Christmas Since 1918
The Pecos Enterprise reports that Christmas Day snow melted quickly leaving streets muddy and slick after brief white Christmas hopes. Northern towns like Monahans reported snow, while Pecos saw limited flakes. Drivers warned of hazardous travel as snowdrifts formed on highways. Odessa recorded about 10 inches, touted as the town's biggest snowfall in history.
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Associated Press
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Monahans
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Que Paso? update from John Pitts column
John Pitts shares updates on Que Paso projects and readers notes a Rhode Island romance, a Ohio designer, and a poodle groomer student. He reports on a tower climb reaching 45 feet for United Way funds, and introduces POTI Preservation of Outdoor Toilets Institute with several members. He recalls a comic ego moment from college and muses on EPA soil heating experiments for crop gains.
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Frank Perea
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Dean Fox
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Icy road conditions report across Texas districts
Traffic over icy roads remained light early today with all area roads open. A Department of Public Safety statement noted hazardous conditions especially west, with isolated injuries and district reports of ice on bridges, wet pavements, snow and ice cover in several districts including Amarillo, Fort Worth, Abilene, Lubbock, Odessa and El Paso.
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Dallas
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Pollution sickens cyclone survivors in Darwin
Survivors of the Christmas Day cyclone in Darwin face rising disease risk as polluted water spawns illnesses among children, outnumbering storm injuries. Immunization campaigns begin amid planned mass evacuation of about 10,000 residents, while emergency airlifts deliver medical supplies and relief teams to aid recovery.
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Thomas Kent
Associated Press
Darwin
Australia
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Lance Barnard
Inmates free two hostages at Lorton prison
Armed inmates at Lorton Reformatory released guard James Griffin and kitchen steward Roy Parks after earlier freeing another guard Rogers Porter. Negotiations with U S attorney David Hopkins focused on immunity from prosecution. Four prisoners fled in a escape plan that failed before the disturbance began on Christmas night.
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Terence Hunt
Associated Press
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Lorton Reformatory
James P. Griffin
Roy Parks
Rogers Porter
David Hopkins
U.S
Virginia
Hopkins
Lawrence Jamison
Roy Gerard
Reed
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