24 Dec 1990
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Newspaper
Del Rio News Herald
Location
Del Rio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1990
Page
1
The Christmas Day issue will be a morning edition and the office will be closed to allow staff time with families. Circulation staff will answer reader complaints by phone until 10 30 a m on Tuesday. Merry Christmas.
Houston based Ogilvy & Mather warns that while firms like Dow Chemical and Chevron push eco friendly branding, a backfire potential exists. Bob Rehak, senior VP, cautions that excessive green marketing may backfire as the environmental cause becomes a political tool.
Dallas area residents push to help others during tough economy and crime rise with charity efforts led by local broker Tom Barron who spends hours in his garage workshop creating gifts for those in need while global news reports Rushdie declining a paperback edition of The Satanic Verses as Islamic leaders issue statements.
Del Rio endures three days of Arctic cold with few problems. Fire Dept had minor water-pipe spills, no fires. a Saturday dust smoke scare prompted an electrical check. Lake Amistad activity was low as campers and boats stayed in. Sheriff and DPS reported no weather related incidents. Rancher Howard Hunt notes continued frost with no evident trouble.
In November at Bassett Center mall a missing Santa prompts assistant manager Robert Hopson to hire Dave Otto, a 21 year old with a tarantula as Otto takes a temporary Santa role. Otto rushes into costume, faces heat and boot issues, and hopes this three hour shift pays off.
A rare clash of fronts across the United States on Christmas Eve 1990 brought extreme contrasts from record warmth in the East to freezing cold in the West. Flooding from heavy rainfall hit Alabama Kentucky and Tennessee while subzero temperatures and blizzard conditions plagued the interior. Dozens died in weather related incidents as fires and exposure claimed lives amid power and heating failures.
Federal workers receive 4.1 percent raises in the new year while President Bush stays at 200000, a figure frozen through his term. Quayle and other top officials gain 29 percent increases under a 1989 law, sparking debate over executive pay and perks.
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