Senators Visit Laughlin AFB for Briefing Tour
U S Senators Phil Gramm and Kay Bailey Hutchison will tour Laughlin Air Force Base on Thursday December 10. They will meet Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training students at 6 25 p m and receive a briefing on the base mission and upcoming construction projects slated to begin before 2000.
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U.S
Phil Gramm
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Laughlin Air Force Base
Hutchison
Appropriations Committee
Alternative to impeachment offered by Weld before impeachment votes
Republican William Weld urged the House Judiciary Committee to pursue alternatives to removing President Clinton, proposing a five part package including censure, a written report, admission of wrongdoing, a fine, and potential post term criminal action, while Hyde pressed to finish articles of impeachment.
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House Judiciary Committee
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Massachusetts
William Weld
Weld
Committee
Henry Hyde
White House
James Kennedy
Mexico
Arkansans
Amo Houghton
New York
Houghton
Future firefighters face live fire training challenge at Del Rio pit
Del Rio Fire Department Training Chief Fred Knoll led a three day live fire drill at Garza Lane for six aspiring full time firefighters and two volunteers. Recruits learn hose handling entry exit breathing apparatus and move flames away during night burnout while completing three month academy and EMT and state certification requirements. Knoll expects several trainees will be hired to fill vacancies.
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del Rio
Garza Lane
Knoll
Fog and deer crashes ease as fog thins on Texas roads
Texas DPS notes deer carcasses spotted along rural shoulders during dense morning fogs while Texas Highway Patrol reports few vehicle accidents attributed to fog. Sergeant David Morgan says many drivers avoid reporting unless vehicles are disabled. Call DOT at 775-2440 to remove roadkill.
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Texas Highway Patrol
David Morgan
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Morgan
Department of Transportation
City Council votes to study lease for San Felipe clinic site
City leaders huddled after midnight approving staff to negotiate a lease for one or two acres at Calderon Boulevard and De La Rosa Streets for a San Felipe Neighborhood Clinic with four in favor and three against. County fire protection negotiations stall as Vered Vale County forms volunteer force. officials urge county to assume fire duties.
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Robert Garza
Fermin Calderon
de la Rosa
United Medical Center
San Felipe
Garza
Gloria T. Sotelo
Randy Pohler
Robert Chavira
Rene Luna
Otila Gonzalez
Efrain Valdez
Eby
Gonzalez
Sotelo
Courthouse renovation on schedule at Val Verde site
Ross Parsons reports on the Val Verde County Courthouse restoration led by Chauncey Mansell from Del Rio and Ballinger Texas. Over eight months the crew gutted interiors to rebuild the structure. They restored exterior stonework to match the 1887 building and installed a buried geothermal system beneath the lawn for year round comfort.
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Chauncey Mansell
Val Verde County
Mansell
del Rio
Ballinger
Texas
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