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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 2005
Page
3
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General Motors plans to eliminate 30,000 jobs and close nine North American plants by 2008 to align production with demand and return to profitability after absorbing nearly 4 billion in losses this year. Rick Wagoner announced the move, exceeding prior plans by 5,000 cuts.
Washington warns the United States lacks manufacturing capacity to supply 300 million doses for three to five years. Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt cites a bird flu strain that has killed 67 people in Asia as a potential super flu risk that could reach the United States via migratory birds.
Three veterans and a relative of a serviceman in Iraq filed a federal lawsuit against McLennan County challenging two ordinances banning roadside parking and camping near President Bush's Crawford ranch. The suit grows from a 26 day protest led by Cindy Sheehan against the war.
A Harris County jury convicted Justice of the Peace Betty Brock Bell of record tampering for using her dead mother's name to obtain a handicapped parking permit. She was sentenced to two years probation and a $5,000 fine and must resign from the bench.
Vice President Dick Cheney rejected rapid U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq as a dangerous illusion while praising Rep. John Murtha as a good man. He urged Americans to trust the administration’s strategy amid attacks on war critics and cited past terrorist strikes. Murtha defended his call to exit Iraq, saying public sentiment supports finding a solution.
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton said an immediate U S withdrawal from Iraq would be a big mistake. She noted respect for Rep Jack Murtha a hawkish veteran who urged pullout but argued such action could worsen American security and risk Iraq collapsing into civil war or becoming a failed state enabling terrorist bases.
U S forces mistakenly opened fire on a civilian vehicle near an American base north of Baghdad, killing three people including a child. In Mosul a weekend raid raised questions on Abu Musab al Zarqawi, with officials saying tests were underway to confirm his death. In Basra a Sunni cleric Khalil Ibrahim was killed outside his home by insurgents.
Senator Clinton challenged the Bush plan to stay in Iraq until the job is done, saying an open-ended presence may curb Iraqi self-reliance. She suggested waiting for Iraq's December 15 elections to gauge readiness to govern.
Mundinger explains the plan relies on yearly tax revenue and per foot repair costs to estimate work orders. He notes material price spikes could reduce miles of asphalt fixed, and the initiative aims to repair eligible roads from a 2000 study rather than rebuild them, with people ready to start.
The council reviewed proposed allocations by district on November 10 to base funding on need. District 1, represented by Mercedes Renteria III, accounts for 33 percent of eligible roads and could receive 33 percent of repairs under a new method, up from 16.6 percent today. District 4, led by Don Murray, holds 5.2 percent of need and would keep 5.2 percent under the new plan. staff continue researching numbers before finalizing. The mayor Calvin Mundinger said approval is desired to begin work. A work session and meeting were planned for 6 p.m. at City Hall, 2401 Market St.
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