Texas braced for twisters as storms hit night
Severe weather swept across Texas with tornadoes touching ground north of Turkey and near Childress, and twisters sighted northwest of Floydata San Angelo area. Baseball-sized hail fell around Marathon and golf-ball hail at Lockney amid 97 degree heat in South Texas. Forecasts called for clearing skies statewide with more scattered storms later in the day.
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Associated Press
Texas
Texas Panhandle
Southwest
West Central
Turkey
Childress
National Weather Service
Floydada
San Angelo
Pecos River
Marfa
Alpine
Marathon
East
Plainview
Lockney
Alice
Amarillo
Panhandle
Corpus Christi
Kidnap Victims of Belgian Couple Found in Knokke Villa
A taxi driver located 6-year-old Hubert and his sister Ingrid Bonnet about 26 hours after they were kidnapped from the family villa on the Belgian coast near Knokke. Police found the children unharmed. Investigators noted the four masked attackers spoke French with an Italian accent and fled with valuables after tying up the parents, an uncle, and a maid. The case prompted a nationwide search for a gray Volkswagen Beetle.
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Knokke-Zoute
Belgium
Hubert
Ingrid Bonnet
Pierre Bonnet
Bonnet
Knokke
North Sea
Mrs. Bonnet
Explosions Level Angleton Gas Facility Sparks Mass Evacuation
Fire officials investigated a series of blasts at Angleton Butane Co. after a mid morning gas leak triggered multiple explosions. An 18,000 gallon tank blew, fireballs lit the sky, and 500 residents were evacuated from nearby townhouses and mobile homes as 6,000 gallons burned later. No injuries were reported. residents were allowed to return home after firefighters containment. Company offices, shop, and two tank trucks were destroyed.
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Angleton
Tex
Angleton Butane Co
A.L. Kelley
Kelley
Electric car builder walks Renault for daily commute
Everett, Washington AP report notes Richard Mills, who built a 25 to 30 mile range Renault-based Dauphine using a surplus aircraft engine and eight 6-volt batteries, trains to work at General Telephone. He plans steel fiberglass framing to boost speed and range, but battery reliability and hillstarts remain challenges.
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Everett
Wash
Richard Mills
Mills
General Telephone
Renault
Dauphine
Tax probes target corporate heads over campaign gifts
IRS probes top officers of about 50 corporations under the Campaign Contribution Compliance Project to detect illegal reimbursements via expense accounts and bonuses. The effort, expanded to foreign bribes, involves 300 HQ agents and field staff, with cases including Minnesota Mining and two ex-officers pleading innocent to $634,000 in political funds fraud. Firms named include United Brands, Gulf Oil, Northrop, Ashland Oil, and Phillips Petroleum.
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Washington
Special Project
Internal Revenue Service
United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Pentagon
U.S
IRS
Singleton B. Wolfe
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co
United Brands Co
Gulf Oil Corp
Northrop Corp
Ashland Oil Inc
Phillips Petroleum
Hefner relaxes Playboy club rules and honors bunnies
Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner says he will drop some strict bunny rules to make bunny lib a reality. Bunnies will be honorary Playboy club members amid recent protests over the old rules. Also reported are Kreisky’s Bonn visit and Sartre’s claim his writing career is over due to near blindness. Flynt and wife released from hospital after bus truck crash near West Point Dam. Callaway and others injured.
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Los Angeles
Playboy
Hugh Hefner
Valtornia
Hefner
Bunnies
Playboy Club
Chicago
Paris
Jean Paul Sartre
Nouvel Observateur Magazine
Sartre
Simone de Beauvier
Lagrande Ga
John J. Flynt Jr
Army
Howard “Bo” Callaway
Flynt
Georgia
LaGrange City-County
Callaway
West Point Dam
Georgia-Alabama
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