Baytown Officials Discuss Unemployment Data And Goals
Baytown figures show area unemployment influences by seasonal shifts. Shields notes a 6.2 percent jump in June 2001 from May 2001 due to students seeking work, while July dips to 5.8 percent. City officials Gary Smith and Greg Biggs say city tracking is limited and focus on stabilizing jobs and diversifying the economy toward retail, light industry, and wholesale distribution, with comparisons to Texas City and Beaumont.
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Shields
Baytown
Gary Smith
Greg Biggs
Devel
Opment
Smith
Economic Development Foundation
Texas City
Beaumont
Texas Workforce Commission
Wiww
Federal funds avert Texas unemployment tax hike
Texas Gov. Perry announced the federal government provided 596 million dollars to bolster the state unemployment fund, preventing a looming 1.4 billion dollar tax increase on employers. The money, linked to the Reed Act, extends benefits and allows surplus funds distribution, with no repayment required, shaping a revised 0.8 billion dollar tax rise for Texas employers.
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Austin
Texas
Rick Perry
Perry
Bush
Bill Hammond
Texas Association of Business and Chambers of Commerce
Hammond
Tony Sanchez
Allied forces find weapon cache after Shah-e-Kot fight
U S and Canadian troops recovered mortars grenades and rockets in eastern Afghanistan as they hunted escaping al Qaida and Taliban fighters from Operation Anaconda. Two bodies were found in the cave complex, and an FBI forensics team gathered remains of slain enemies.
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al-Qaida
Taliban
Shah-e- Kat
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Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
Shah-e-Kot
Rumsfeld
al- Qaida
Shah-e- Kot
Pakistan
Britain
Kabul
Karzai
Berlin
Germany
World Heath Organization
Shah-e-Kat
FBI
Pentagon missile defense test succeeds over Pacific
The Pentagon reports a ground based missile defense prototype interceptor destroyed a dummy warhead 240 miles over the Pacific during a Friday night test. Cheryl Irwin said the 9:41 p.m. strike was the sixth test of the system, with three prior successes including the December test.
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Washington
Pacific
Pentagon
Equator
Cheryl Irwin
Panel weighs Medicare coverage for alternative medicine
The panel recommends that the Bush administration consider broader Medicare coverage for alternative remedies and set up a national office to back research. Critics warn much of the report overstates proven benefits. The panel also suggests teaching some alternative practices to students to improve nutrition, exercise, and stress management.
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Washington
Bush Administration
The
Associated Press
Distemper outbreak at Baytown shelter delays adoptions
Shelter staff began vaccinating stray dogs on March 3 to curb distemper spread as adoptions remain closed. Reopening tentatively set for March 25 with possible earlier March 23 after sanitizing the facility. Over 45 dogs euthanized during the outbreak and volunteers prepare to resume intake while the Animal Control Board meets to review control procedures and volunteer policies.
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Cook
Weiland
Animal Control and Advisory Board
City of
Baytown
City Hall
West Delee
Traffic signal plans expand at Garth Road intersections
Kimley-Horn proposes adding signals at Garth and Scenic Rollingbrook Birdsong Baker Baytown Central Office Depot and Cedar Bayou Lynchburg intersections along with current Garth Highway 146 devices. Office Depot would still lack a signal though the decision remains a near call to reassess. Work on the Garth Road corridor will precede similar projects on Alexander Hwy 146 North Main and other slowed areas.
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Kimley-Horn
Garth
Scenic
Rollingbrook
Birdsong
Baker
Baytown Central
Office Depot
Cedar Bayou
Lynchburg
Kimley- Horn
Smith
Alexander
Hwy. 146
North Main
Obituary for Rodney Graves of Huntsville 42
Rodney Roger Graves 42 of Huntsville died March 14 2002 at home. A US Marine veteran and aircraft helicopter mechanic, he served with Civil Air Patrol in Conroe. Survived by wife Karen and children Jesse Jacob Rachel Sarah, siblings and many relatives. Visitation 1 5 p.m. Sunday at Forest Lawn Funeral Home Chapel. Cremation. Forest Lawn Funeral Home direction 672 FM 980 Huntsville 936 295 4330.
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Rodney
Roger” Graves
Huntsville
Mr. Graves
Civil Air Patrol
Conroe
Karen Graves
Forest Lawn Funeral Home
Forest Lawn Funeral Home & Cemetery
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Houston
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Lois) Graves
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Mary) Graves
Harry
Mandy
Mont Belvieu
Robert Graves
Channelview
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Bethanna) Graves
Kenny Graves
Steve
Luann) Graves
Patricia Graves
Susie Graves
Donna
George) Murphrey
Highlands
Mary Kay
Donald) Belyeu
Pasadena
Betty Jo Graves
Barbara Ann Graves
Bonnie
Willie) Zelenka
John Oden
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Cedar Crest Cemetery
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Jet Black
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Joshua Montoya
Joshua
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