Public safety unit lists tornado victims in TX and OK
The Public Safety unit releases tentative identifications of tornado deaths across Texas and Oklahoma. Names include Donna Anderson, Harry L. Jones, Delores Qwen, Richard Sherman, Nancy Rodowald, and many others with ages or locations such as Vernon Texas and Lawton Oklahoma. County and city mentions appear for Vernon and Lawton.
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Public Safety Unit
Wichita Falls
Texas
Department of Public Safer
Oklahoma
Pearl Morris
Delores Qwen
Richard Sherman
John Simmons
John Spangler
Kerry
Audry Michelle Swift
J.B. Swindle
Dennis Thorpe
Grace Odem Thorpe
Michael David Liggins
LC. Smith
Ester Smythe
Verna Harbick
Herman D. Norris
Modena Norris
Becky Standridge
Zonana Stone
Christopher Cox
Nancy Rodowald
Wanda Aston
Marie Saikowski
Tornado Strikes Wichita Falls Amid Curfew and Looting
The Wichita Falls twister triggers a rigid curfew and National Guard patrols as looting and profiteering reported citywide. Gov. Clements tours the damage, seeking federal disaster declaration to aid low interest loans for recovery. The Red River area endures its worst tornado disaster in 25 years.
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Bill Clements
Carter
Red River
Texas Declared Major Disaster After Storms
President Carter declared Texas a major disaster due to this week’s storms and tornadoes. The designation enables use of the President’s Disaster Relief Fund for victim assistance debris removal and public facility repair or restoration, with SBA low interest disaster loans and Farmers Home Administration emergency loan help.
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Washington
Small Business Administration
Farmers Home Administration
Teamsters Drift Back to Work After Auto Strike
The auto industry faced disruption but northeast Ohio plants mostly operated near normal. GM said all plants are running, while Chrysler faced part shortages. About 25 Sandusky workers on layoff return Monday. Ford Lorain County facilities shift back to two eight-hour runs from ten. Toledo Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus are operational. Unemployment claims rose, with 7,600 new benefits tied to the dispute. Chrysler Ohio plants expect restarts as parts supply resumes. 12,000 laid-off employees may return, possibly by early next week. Union Local 407, representing 6,000 drivers and warehouse staff, cautioned it could take two weeks to decide on ratification.
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General Motors
Jerry Robbins
Sandusky
Chrysler
Detroit
Ohio
Jim Kinney
Teamsters Local 407
Cleveland
Local 407
Amin is hunted deserves gallows in Uganda turmoil
Uganda faces a power shift as Amin flees toward Jinja while Youssef Lule, 67, from Tanzania, arrives delayed by weather. Nyerere declares Amin a Hitler and recognizes Lule's provisional government, urging order as looting ends. Tanzania, first to back Kampala leaders, calls for peace and warns of further aggression.
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Uganda
Jinja
Kampala
Amin
Youssef Lule
Tanzania
Provisional Administration
Lule
Julius Nyerere
Hitler
Nyerere
Robert Ssebunya
Sex and memory loss after intercourse reported in NEJM
Boston AP reports a New York doctor describes transient global amnesia after sex. A 64 year old woman and a 47 year old man lost memory briefly after sexual activity but recovered within hours. Doctor Mayeux notes most experience occurs once and patients may resume normal activity.
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Boston
New York
New England Journal of Medicine
Richard Mayeux
The
Neurological Institute
Mayeux
City ponders Sixth Parkway alternative and traffic impact
Engineers warn traffic could rise by 32 000 to 34 000 cars over 20 years, threatening existing routes. Residents fear effects on landmarks as plans route streets over private land, potentially through a National Register building. One option would occupy United Presbyterian Church site at East Avenue and Second Street.
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United Presbyterian Church
East Avenue
Second Street
Gas prices and Sunday hours at local stations
Local service station managers anticipate Sunday openings with Most Sohio stations to be open. AAA notes Easter gas prices average 75 cents a gallon locally, about three cents below the national figure, with higher prices in western states and in Indiana Illinois and Michigan. A Manhattan Texaco station asked 99.9 cents for premium.
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Sohio Company
Hernandis
American Automobile Association
AAA
Ohio
Elyria
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
New York
Manhattan
Texaco
Ohio brief outlines EPA funding and vehicle inspections
Ohio faces potential motor vehicle exhaust system inspections to meet federal rules. EPA head James McAvoy told the House Finance Committee about 4.6 million dollars in added appropriations, including 500 thousand for local air pollution subsidies. He called the inspection plan “still up in the air.”
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Columbus
UPT
Ohio
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
James McAvoy
House Finance Committee
EPA
McAvoy
Cleveland
Saxbe
Bush
Grand jury indicts 18 inmates in Ohio jail riot
A Cuyahoga County grand jury indicted 18 jail inmates on 324 counts including aggravated rioting and felonious assault for an attack on March 26 at the Justice Center. The same day inmate Amos W. Pointer Jr. filed a $2 million federal civil rights suit against corrections officer Pablo Ramos and Sheriff Gerald T. McFaul alleging beatings.
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Cleveland
UPI
Cuyahoga County
Justice Center
Amos W. Pointer Jr
Pablo Ramos
Gerald T. McFaul
Pointer
Ramos
McFaul
Cameras in Ohio courts set for one year trial
The Ohio Supreme Court adopted amendments to its code of judicial conduct allowing cameras and other recording devices in courtrooms for a one year trial starting June 1. Trial judges can grant written permission to media for broadcasting or recording with limits on cameras operators audio systems and equipment placement, and may revoke such permission for noncompliance. This marks a victory for advocates of limited courtroom recording.
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Ohio Supreme Court
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J. Huffer
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L.F. Litteken
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Savirl Massengale
Sue Corder
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Grandfield
Okla
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N.M
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Vivian Kelly
Barth
Ben Willis
Lawton
Garland Newsom
Stephanie Miller
Bertie Kading
Hill
Northeast Ohio
Chrysler Corp
Robbins
Daniel Chabek
Ford Motor Co
Lorain County
Ford
Toledo
Cincinnati
Ohio Conference of Teamsters
Teamsters
National Labor Relations Board
Ohio Bureau of Employment Services
Albert Giles
Giles
Yussufu K. Lule
National Liberation Front
Lufthansa
Kennedy Airport
USS
James Burke
FBI
U.S
Burke
Angelo John Sepe
Sepe
Louis Werner
National Register
Ohio News
Consolidated Cigar Co
Alex Brainard
Brainard
Anchor Hocking
Dayton
UPJ
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Andrew Ungar
George Bush
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