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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 2003
Page
3
Nearly 2,000 White House employees were ordered to come forward by Tuesday with any documents relevant to the criminal investigation into the leak of a covert CIA officer's identity. A Friday memo warned staff not to seek guidance from the president's attorneys.
Officials from the White House, Defense, State, and CIA are ordered to preserve documents tied to the Valerie Plame affair. The inquiry targets admission of CIA operative identity, media contacts, and the controversial Niger uranium claim linked to Joseph Wilson.
In Washington Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick urges a Midland based congressional district to better represent oil and gas interests. He cites Midland Odessa and Tom Green County as lacking fair representation while Rep. Joe Barton presses energy legislation with tax incentives for marginal wells in the Permian Basin.
Texas Republicans clash over West Texas district lines as a Friday deadline nears for a state map. If House and Senate fail to agree by Monday the March 2 primary may be postponed. Rep. Phil King leads the House talks and proposed a new map compiling two Senate proposals.
Wall Street extended gains after the Labor Department reported that businesses added 57,000 jobs in September keeping the unemployment rate at 6.1 percent. The Dow advanced about 0.9 percent, the Nasdaq rose 2.4 percent and the S&P 500 gained 0.9 percent as investors anticipated strong quarterly earnings. Week totals show Dow up 2.8 percent, Nasdaq up 4.9 percent, and S&P up 3.3 percent.
Crude futures rose about 2 percent to settle above $30 a barrel in New York as gasoline demand surged. Refinery downtime and fall maintenance, Tropical Storm Larry disruptions, and potential OPEC cuts plus a Nigerian strike provided bullish support, with traders noting a market turnaround in price sentiment.
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