Weather outlook near Great Lakes and Florida with showers
Showers in the vicinity of the Great Lakes and across parts of Florida. Generally fair elsewhere. Partly cloudy tonight with lows in the mid forties to around fifty. Breezy conditions tomorrow with showers and thunderstorms, highs around 75 to 80 and west to northwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Rain chances 20 percent tonight and 60 percent tomorrow. Extended forecast shows showers possible both days, fair Tuesday, daily lows in the 50s and highs in the 70s. Sunset today 8 48 pm. Sunrise tomorrow 5 27 am. Yesterday's high 90, low 67. Record high 95 in 1941, record low 48 in 1970. Average last year 72, normal 70. Humidity values 57 percent yesterday after 8 pm, 87 percent this morning. Wind mainly west to northwest 10 to 20 mph.
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Turkey dinner recall sought over dieldrin contamination
The Agriculture Department asked Banquet brand to voluntary recall about two million frozen turkey dinners and related products after lab records indicated possible dieldrin pesticide presence in turkeys processed at Milan Missouri. No immediate health risk but avoid further consumption. department will trace products to distribution points and retailers.
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FAA finds software fault shut down O Hare ops seven days
FAA technicians identify a software problem in the O’Hare air traffic control system after a seven day shutdown. The issue lies in the program rather than hardware and is expected to take at least a few more days to resolve. The program consists of a series of orders fed into the computer that govern its responses.
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Chicago — Federal Aviation Administration
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Texas heat wave claims two lives and drought persists
United Press International reports two deaths in the Dallas Fort Worth area linked to a multi day Texas heat wave with 106 to 113 degree temperatures. Millican, 78, died of heat stroke after keeping his air conditioner off to save on his fixed income. El Paso endures 17 straight days above 100 degrees as water rationing begins in the Lower Rio Grande Valley and fires burn in Colorado.
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Drought Threatens Most Plains Farmers
Plains drought, worst since the 1930s, cripples crops across Montana North Dakota South Dakota Minnesota and Wyoming. Livestock suffer hay shortages prices surge with hay at 80 to 100 dollars a ton. Officials warn of possible zero yields while emergency measures include hotlines grazing in state lands and aid plans.
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Evacuation As Toxic Cloud From Plant Forces 500 Out
More than 500 people were evacuated from homes and businesses yesterday after a burning chemical at an industrial plant released a grayish yellow toxic gas. The affected area lies south of Santa Rosa in Sonoma County about 50 miles north of San Francisco.
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Tremors at Mount St Helens Subside After Low Activity
In Vancouver Washington scientists say the latest tremors inside Mount St Helens are far smaller than the pre‑eruption activity. The mountain quieted after a day of low level harmonic tremors caused by molten rock movement. University of Washington seismologists monitor the mountain and spokesman Christina Boyko called the day boring.
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UPD
Mount St. Helens
Christina Boyko
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Wildfires burn across West. Colorado Utah blaze updates
A Westwide forest fire tripled in size in two hours, burning 4,400 acres near Eagle Colorado’s Flat Tops Wilderness. In Utah a separate blaze spread across 3,500 acres but was nearly contained by evening. About 200 firefighters in Colorado and 500 in Utah worked to build lines with hand tools as hot dry winds hampered suppression. Officials warned containment dates remained uncertain.
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Welfare protests occupy Harrisburg Governor’s mansion
About 30 welfare recipients held a sit in at the Executive Mansion in Harrisburg to protest Gov. Dick Thornburgh's plan to remove 81,000 so called able bodied persons from welfare rolls. No injuries or arrests were reported.
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