Sharks fail to dampen Padre Island tourist trade
The three day Padre Island shark sighting near Masquite Beach did not deter visitors. Tourism remains strong with hotels booked for the July 4 weekend as fishermen and biologists note sharks are common in the Gulf, and a full moon and high tides helped drive the feeding, though visitors return as conditions change.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
UPI
Padre Island
Coast Guard
Masquite Beach
Texas
Bob Conwell
Gulf
Faust Parker
University of Texas Marine Science Institute At
Port Aransas
Parker
Eureka editor leads recall drive over senior housing vote
Eureka Herald editor Richard Clasen heads a petition to recall two city commissioners Jim Saunders and Marian Jackson who blocked a $400 000 senior housing project backed by federal funding. Voters 403 at a Friday meeting favored the project 326 to 69 with eight abstentions. Jackson cannot be recalled until August. Saunders took office a year ago.
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Eureka
UPI
Eureka Herald
Commission
Richard Clasen
Clasen
Jim Saunders
Marian Jackson
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Farmers Home Administration
Saunders
Jackson
Michigan lawmaker clashes in heated marijuana vote melee
In Michigan's House of Representatives a tense debate over decriminalizing marijuana possession ended with state Rep. Rosetta Ferguson attacking Rep. Perry Bullard. The vote on Bullard's bill failed 53-48, sparking an adjournment amid a chaotic scene and unclear weapon used.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
UPI
Rosetta Ferguson
Michigan
Perry Bullard
Bullard
Ferguson
Liberal College
Wayne County
William Lucas
House
Vigoda Sued Over Alleged Quit Threat in TV Deal
Mimus Corp and Four-D Productions sue Abe Vigoda saying he threatened to quit after August 1 violating contract. They seek court order preventing work on other series and demand 12 million dollars in damages from Contemporary Korman for allegedly advising him to quit.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Abe Vigoda
New York
Mimus Corp
Four-D Productions
Vigoda
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