Eight deaths reported as blustery storm hits Texas and Plains
A blustery snow laden storm swept central and southern Plains killing eight people and prompting shelter use in Texas. Tornadoes near Ardmore Oklahoma and multiple traffic fatalities occurred as power outages and stranded vehicles impacted Colorado New Mexico and Kansas. Authorities struggled to reach stranded motorists and thousands lost power amid 60 to 70 mph winds and up to 12 foot snow drifts.
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Barry Hanson
Associated Press
Plains
Texas
Kansas
Nebraska
Texas Panhandle
New Mexico
Colorado
National Weather Service
Mobil
Ardmore
Oklo
Continental Trailways
Amarillo
Denver
Colorado State Patrol
Trailways
Kansas Highway Patrol
Texas Department of Public Softer
Interstate 40
Tucumcari
N.M
Perry Powell
Campo
Oklahoma
Missouri
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Teresa Carroll
Jimmy Lee Bob
Industry under fire as TMI report due today
The president's commission on Three Mile Island plans to sell its findings to Congress and the White House. Chairman John G. Kemeny and others testify before two committees while urging action, warning another accident may be near. The report calls for drastic NRC reforms, possible abolition, and new safety and emergency planning requirements for future plants.
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H. Josef Hebert Washington
Three Mile Island
Congress
White House
Commission
John G. Kemeny
Kemeny
Dartmouth College
Washington
Carter
Harrisburg
Carolyn Lewis
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nrc
Crash at Mexico City Airport Kills Forty on DC-10 Flight
A Western Airlines DC-10 from Los Angeles crashed in fog at Mexico City airport, hitting two buildings. Reporters counted 40 bodies, with survivors and injured, including a purser and the captain last named Jilber. The plane, Flight 605 known as Tecolote or Red Eye Special, came down amid heavy fog near mountains and slum-adjacent areas.
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Mexico City
Western Airlines
Los Angeles
Jilber
Red Cross
Julio Mendela
Centro Medico Hospital
Police chief denies Vietnamese threats in Seadrift murder trial
In Seguin Texas police chief Bill Lindsey testified he was unaware of threats by slain crab fisherman Billy Joe Aplin against Vietnamese refugees. The trial involves Nguyen Van Sau and Nguyen Van Chinh facing up to 99 years for murder after Aug 3 clashes that sparked a crab war.
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Seguin
Texas
Seadrift
Billy Joe Aplin
Nguyen van Sau
Nguyen van Chinh
Bill Lindsey
Aplin
Billy Joe
Pat Maloney
Lindsey
Maloney
Lau
San Antonio
Air Force
Vietnam
Evacuation Ordered After Florida Dike Breach Floods Area
Authorities evacuated up to 1,700 residents along U S 441 in western Martin County as a 600 foot wide breach in a dike around a 6700 acre cooling water reservoir caused flooding along 13 miles of U S 441 near Lake Okeechobee. Two train crewmen were injured and rescued, with others evacuated to Red Cross shelters. Local officials said 20 miles by 3 miles of northeast Lake Okeechobee were affected.
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Indiantown
Fla
U.S. 441
Martin County
Red Cross
Lake Okeechobee
Florida
Ellie Waters
Okeechobee County
Emer
Gency Operations Center
Florida Power & Light Co
Port Mayaca
Administration sticks to oil import cut target despite September rise
The Carter administration defends its forecast to cut imports to an 8.2 million barrel daily average for the year even as September imports rose 6 percent to 260.9 million barrels. An anonymous White House official notes the target is an annual average while Iran disruptions boosted late 1979 demand. Senate energy officials cite a weekly DOE figure showing 8.2 million bpd over four weeks to Oct. 19, not accounting for exports. The piece also mentions a Senate vote to curb presidential unilateral oil quotas.
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Eileen Alt Powell
Associated Press
Washington
Carter Administration
U.S
Commerce Department
United States
White House
Iran
Senate Energy Committee
Department of Energy
Senate
House
Carter
Courthouse Offices Closed Election Day Pecos
Reeves County Courthouse offices will close next Tuesday, November 6, for election day per County Judge W O Pigman. The courthouse serves Pecos and Orla as the only polling place. Balmorhea Saragosa and Toyah will offer polling locations for residents of those communities.
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Pecos
Reeves County
W.O. Pigman
Orla
Balmorhea
Saragosa
Toyah
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Energy Department
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