05 Feb 2001
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 2001
Page
1
Virginia Rogers of Canadian continues to volunteer at the Edward Abraham Memorial Home. She has accumulated 3,200 hours assisting at parties and visiting residents, enhancing the home’s social and care programs.
Wayland Baptist University student Bessie Ann Reed came home to Canadian in August after a summer mission trip to West Africa. She brought back memories and souvenirs including malaria.
Intermission reports Ken Burns new Jazz series on PBS fuels a wave of public interest. CD sales rise and a companion book debuts on The New York Times best seller list as Amarillo Daily News highlights the Tuesday coverage.
The brief weather forecast notes mostly sunny conditions with a high near 60 and cooler tonight with a low around 30 to 35. The schedule indicates sections for obituaries opinions and sports, with upcoming pages in television and service directories.
President Bush faces a sprawling task as he moves to fill hundreds of appointed posts beneath his Cabinet. The process pits interest groups, Congress, and White House factions against each other in a complex jockeying for influence. Names touted range from obscure titles to key posts like FDA commissioner, with a handful of high profile choices becoming lightning rods amid partisan battles.
President Bush readies a 1.6 trillion dollar, 10 year tax cut plan after weeks of previews. He will showcase families and meet with small business owners as the plan is formally sent to Congress amid talks of retroactivity to aid a possible recession. Democrats and lobbyists craft rival versions, as Greenspan signals large surplus.
U S Attorney Paul Coggins warns that a new generation of computer criminals operates on national and international scales. He notes Dallas's Texas computer forensics lab supports local authorities by collecting, analyzing, and testifying on high tech evidence for trials.
Legislators consider proposals to raise billions for state highways but experts warn new money may still not ease congestion in cities or along the border. A regional expansion of the Texas Transportation Commission is urged, with studies noting growth outpacing road additions and proposals like a nickel fuel tax hike and bond funds targeting up to 4 billion dollars in a year.
Dallas report on a proposed joint constitutional amendment to safeguard hunting and fishing rights as urban growth and animal rights pressure mount. Sponsor Rep. Barry Telford says the state is now a major industrial center and needs constitutional guarantees, while opponents warn it could overrun local ordinances and overstate a narrow animal rights agenda.
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