Lawmakers race to finish budget on final day
In Austin two chambers struggled to approve a 1988 89 budget and a 5.7 billion tax hike. Senate approved a 4.8 billion sales tax increase and an 889 million gas tax rise, but a 100 vote requirement in the House stalled passage. If no tax bill advances, a new special session may be called.
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Austin
Capitol
House
Gib Lewis
Lewis
Senate
Mike Toomey
Houston
Toomey
Pearce Street Journal: Old and Nervous About Uncle Sam
The fragment notes Uncle Sam is described as 211 years old amid concerns over catastrophic insurance. The text is terse and appears to be OCR noise with limited readable facts.
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Sam
Mrs Jean Jacobs In Stable Condition After Baytown Crash
Around Town reports Jean Jacobs wife of Jack Jacobs of Baytown is in stable condition in the surgical ICU at Methodist Hospital Houston after a Sunday crash at Highway 146 and Cedar Bayou Road. Missy Johnston a former Dimension staffer and Lamar University grad subbing at The Sun for a few weeks. Police officer Gary Gardner wins gar fishing contest with a 53 pounder. Frank Fullbright takes consolation for spearing a beer can. Neal Ray Oakes plays golf. Justice of the Peace Paul Williams proposes a story idea. Sun co workers await return of two key staffers Karen Perry and Mary Satterwhite who are recuperating from surgery.
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Jean Jacobs
Jack Jacobs
Baytown
Methodist Hospital
Houston
Justice of the Peace
Paul Williams
Sun
News
Karen Perry
Dimension
Mary Satterwhite
U S Warships Ready to Escort Reflagged Vessels
Kuwaiti tankers Bridgeton and Gas Prince fly US flags as U S warships prepare to escort the first convoy through the Persian Gulf toward Kuwait. Pentagon says escort may begin tonight or Wednesday after UN cease fire vote. Iran vows to resist.
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United Arab Emirates
Persian Gulf
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Bridgeton
al-Rekkah
Gas Prince
Gas al Minagish
Arabian Sea
Strait of Hormuz
Gulf
USS
Fox
Kidd
Washington
Kuwait
U.N. Security Council
Iran
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
Iraq
Adm
Harold J. Bernsen
Mideast
Hance Named Minister at Missouri Street Church of Christ
Jim Hance is appointed the new minister of Missouri Street Church of Christ at 3440S Highway 146 Baytown. He arrives from Wichita Falls after 11 years with Edgemere Church of Christ and brings a broad background from Texas churches and a radio ministry reaching multiple states.
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Missouri Street Church of Christ
Hance
Baytown
Wichita Falls
Edgemere Church of Christ
Cleburne
Texas-Mexico
Alpine High School
Sul Ross State University
Church of Christ
Carrizozo
N.M
Rankin
Cross Plains
Weatherford
Denton
United States
Christian Teacher
Power For Today
Twentieth-Century Christian
Lubbock Christian College
Parker County
The
American Red Cross
Judy
Weather outlook with scattered showers this week
Partly cloudy conditions with a 30 percent chance of rain and a Tuesday night low in the mid 70s. Wednesday calls for partly cloudy skies and a 40 percent rain chance with a high in the low 90s. The period from 8 a.m. Monday to 8 a.m. Tuesday recorded a low of 74 and a high of 88 degrees.
Crosby trustees approve renewal of superintendent contract
Crosby school board voted 6-1 to renew Superintendent Don Hendrix's three year deal with a 3 percent salary rise to 626418 annually. The vote followed a routine semi annual evaluation. The district plans four portable classrooms at Crosby Primary and Crosby Elementary due to rising enrollment for 1987 88.
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Amy Kems Crosby
Don Hendrix
Hendrix
Jake McAllister
McAllister
Rudy Sikora
Clarence Baumbach
Mike Hargrave
Bill Fontenot
John David
David
Industrial Laminates Corp
Austin
Crosby
James Beavers
Baytown
Drew Intermediate School
Region IV Educational Service Center
Houston
Unemployment Rises in June in Baytown Texas
Baytown sees a 1.4 point rise in unemployment to 15.7 percent from May to June as TEC cites many summer job seekers among students. June figures show 5,028 unemployed out of a 32,055 labor force, with May at 4,538 unemployed of 31,699.
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Baytown
Texas Employment Commission
Bayltonians
John Kruse
TEC
Kruse
Houston
Harris County
Liberty County
Chambers County
Texas
San Angelo
McAllen-Edinburgh Mission
McAllen- Edinburgh Mission
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Louis Stearner
Doris Maloch
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Carrie Pryor
Jim Ance
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Bayshore Motors
the Aptown
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