El Paso Area Suffered Major Power Outage Probed
A federal probe was ordered after a elastic stomach fault caused a power failure that blacked out four military bases and left about a million people in New Mexico Texas and parts of Mexico without electricity. Lights returned at 8 02 p m as bases switched to auxiliary power and civilian areas began restoration.
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Texas
Mexico
Johnson
United States
Canada
Imany
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Eloc
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Naturalj
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Dany
Newman
New
Said
Andrea
J. R.paso
Socorro
N.M
van Horn
Ft.Tex
Was Worth
Tex
Rez
Holloman Air Force Base
el el Paso
Paso
Biggs
Strategic Air Com
Army
Ft. Bliss
White Sands
Wasland
Air Force
Rescuers Pull Man From Creek After Car Plunge Near Helotes
June was driving west of Helotes on Farm Road 1560 when his car swept into Helotes Creek. He escaped and was rescued after a local man spotted the car, triggering a rescue by neighbors and Civil Defense. A trailer evacuees near Fredericksburg Road and the Camp Bullis cutoff.
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Helotes Creek
Lkelotes
Paul Liblg
Max
Toepperwein
Sheriff's Office
June
al “Guman Chain
Leslie Duerter
Jake Zimmerlere
Don Foster
George Bowman
David Moore
John Cobey
Fredericksburg Road
Camp Bullis
Rain floods Wide South Texas area with record rains
Soaking rainfall drenched South Texas on Thursday night into Friday, with up to three inches in places. Bexar and nearby counties saw heavy showers and many low water crossings flooded while flash floods affected several creeks. Farmers welcomed the rain for pastures and small grains though late peanut crops in southern counties may suffer. Rain parts extended from Uvalde to the Hill Country, with Uvalde reporting 2.20 inches, a rare amount not seen since 1910. River levels rose on the Pedernales at Stonewall and Medina at Bandera as rainfall totals varied across towns.
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Bexar County
Kerr
Kendall
Comal
Guadalupe
Atascosa
Medina
San Antonio
Pedernales
Stonewall
Bandera
Boerne
Comfort
Cotulla
Crystal City
Cuerd
Pearnsall
Sabinal
Uvalde
Stanza Banned Complaint About America Lyric Upheld
Bayside High School in Queens upheld a student's religious freedom claim after the fourth stanza of America was deemed prayerlike. Officials omitted the stanza during a morning singing as the Supreme Court bans school prayers. The unnamed 16 year old, from a 5,000 student school, led the action.
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New York
Critics target Michigan draft reclassification over antiwar protests
Legislators and University of Michigan officials condemn the reclassification of four students who participated in an Oct. 15 sit in at the Ann Arbor Selective Service Office. Col. Arthur A. Holmes defends the action, saying it aimed to prevent interference with draft operations, not to punish antiwar views.
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Ann-Arbor
Charles Diggs
Dmich
Thomas W. White
Raymond Hood
Coleman A. Young
Detroit
Holmes
Ann Arbor
Jail Warden Prostitute Indicted in New Jersey Racketeering
New Jersey City jail warden Henry B. McFarland and Marilyn Jean Fraser were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to a jail suite dubbed the blue room at Hudson County Jail. Prosecutors say the suite offered television, a refrigerator, a phone and other amenities, with Fraser allegedly visiting inmates and Konigsburg named as a frequent guest.
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New York
U.S. Atty. Rob- Jersey
M. Morgenthau
Morgenthau
Deral Grand
Henry B. McFarland
Jersey
Thelails
Hudson “County
Fraser
Marilyn Jean
Beauty
Manhattan
McFarland
Painter tax protest in Adams over personal property levy
Art teacher John Maziarz, 31, pays town taxes on his 80 paintings, arguing the tax would not apply to Rembrandt works. Assessor Stanley Zelazo says paintings may be taxed as personal property if not exempt, noting some abstracts sold for up to 200 dollars. Maziarz vows to take the case to higher courts, claiming inequity versus high value works.
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Stanley F. Zelazo
Maziarz
High Water Closes Roads Across Central Texas
Heavy rains prompt the closure of farm and ranch routes in Central Texas. U S 277 remains closed west of Carrizo Springs. Closed ranch roads include Ranch 1320 and Ranch 2766 in Blanco County, Farm 672 86 and 1322 in Caldwell County at Plum Creek, Farm 150 in Hayes County at Onion Creek, Farm 1660 in Williamson County at the San Gabriel River, and Farm 2606 at Berry Creek.
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Austin
Texas
State Highway Department
U.S. 277
Carrizo Springs
Blanco County
Sandy Creek
Tore
Johnson City
Caldwell County
Plum Creek
Hayes County
Inion Creek
Williamson County
San Gabriel River
Berry Creek
Nutgrass Control Advancements Reported by A and M
Purple nutsedge or nutgrass can be controlled by herbicides containing organic arsenic compounds, according to the Texas A&M University Agriculture Extension Service. The report notes potential effectiveness and practical use in College Station, Texas.
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College Station
Texa
UPI
Agriculture Extension Service of
Texas A&m
University Reports
How to Protect Those Valuable Papers
Tips from experts on safekeeping important documents like insurance policies and discharge papers. Learn which papers to store in a home safe or a bank box, and whether an asbestos-lined container is advisable. Reader's Digest now on sale with guidance and practical advice.
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Nude intruder jailed for Easter convent raid in Munich
A 38 year old transient, Friedrich Ganthaler, was sentenced to 28 months in prison for illegal entry, insult, intended bodily harm, and attempted burglary after breaking into a Dominican convent at Bad Wörishofen. He roamed naked through the halls, rattled nun s doors, and eight nuns restrained him until police arrived. A court heard he escaped a WWII POW camp in Italy and hid in the convent until ordered to leave. A psychiatrist called the act revenge driven.
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Munich
Germany
Friedrich Ganthaler
Bad Woeirishofen
Bavia
Ganthaler
Italy
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