Tornadoes wreak havoc across Alabama injuring many
A series of tornadoes swept Alabama on Sunday causing widespread destruction and injuries. In Montgomery an 18 year old, Pat McGilberry, suffered severe internal injuries when a twister lifted him and his motorcycle into the air. About 80 apartment units and 50 homes in Montgomery area were damaged, with other injuries reported in Letohatchee, New Site, Salitpa, Thomasville and Greenville. High winds shattered a downtown Huntsville department store window while Scottsboro faced flood waters from heavy rains.
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Ms. Samsal
Montgomery
Alabama
Jured
Pat McGilberry
Samsal
Red Cross
Letohatchee
Lowndes
New Site
Alexander City
Tallapoosa
Clarke County
Salitpa
Jackson
Thomasville
Greenville
Butler County
Huntsville
Scottsboro
Reeves County Commissioners Meet Postponed to 1:15 PM
The Reeves County Commissioners Court meeting scheduled for this morning was postponed until 1:15 p.m. due to the death of the mother in law of Commissioner Marcos Martinez Jr. Items include appointment of Nan Cates as county home extension agent Balmorhea EMS bids for Lots 2 and 3 Medical Addition discussion of retirement benefits for county employees and bids for a new county agent pickup.
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Reeves County Commissioners Court
Marcos Martinez, Jr
Enterprise Press
Nan Cates
Balmorhea Emergency Medical Service
El Paso hijack attempt ends with arrest of teen
FAA probes how a knife wielding teen boarded American Flight 395 in San Antonio and rode to El Paso where FBI agents stormed the jet, detaining Gerald Hill Jr. 18 of Chester Massachusetts after a four hour delay. Hill faces armed interference charges with bond set at 500000 and a second hearing scheduled.
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Bill Greek
Associated Press
EL Paso
Texas
Federal Aviation Administration
San Antonio
John Adams
Fort Worth
FAA
Southwest
American Airlines
Adams
FBI
Gerald James
Hill Jr
Chester
Mass
Hill
Holiday traffic deaths drop from prior year
The Thanksgiving weekend four day traffic death toll reached 420, about 100 fewer than last year and well below the National Safety Council's 500 to 600 projection. The 1978 four day total was 508, with a peak of 764 in 1968.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
The
Safety Council
Supreme Court to tackle Hyde abortion funding limits
The Supreme Court agreed to review whether Congress can bar Medicaid funding for most abortions for welfare recipients. The case centers on the Hyde amendment, adopted in 1978, which restricts funding except to save a life, rape, incest, or severe health risk. Illinois had required Medicaid coverage for medically necessary abortions, prompting federal challenges and appeals by the Carter administration and others.
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Richard Carelli
Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Chicago
U.S
John Grady
Illinois
Grady
Carter
American
United For Life Legal Defense Fund
Gradys
Justice Department
Betrayal sparks arrests at Texas nuclear protest near Comanche Peak
In Glen Rose Texas nearly 100 anti nuclear demonstrators were arrested as they entered the Somervell County fence of the Comanche Peak plant under construction. Protest leader Jim Schermbeck called the action a betrayal while workers said protests are their right. The Tex as Utilities Generating Co facility aims to have the first reactor operating by March 1981 with fuel delivery beforehand.
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Glen Rose
Texas
Somervell County
Comanche Peak
Comanche Peak Life Force
Department of Public Safety
Sheriff's Office
Jim Schermbeck
Fort Worth
Frank Laramore
Terry Bateman
Mavis Belisle
Somervell
Texas Utilities Generating Co
Weather outlook for Pecos and West Texas through Tuesday
Fair skies for Pecos and vicinity through Tuesday. Sunday highs reached 75 and lows around 35 this morning. Partly cloudy north and mostly fair south with warmer today and cooler Tuesday. North highs in the mid 60s to mid 70s south. Lows tonight in the low 20s north and near 40 south east. Tuesday highs mid 40s extreme north to near 70 in the Big Bend.
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Pecos
West Texas
Big Bend
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Saragosa Hall
Pecos High School
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Carlos Nichols
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Reeves Commissioners
Wackenhut
Army Infantry
Ft. Benning
David Bristow
Los Angeles
Iran
Manuel Santiago Prieto
Marfa
Pascual N. Yruegas
Ozona
Juan Fierro
Ricardo Sotelo
Robert Hinojos
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