Four dead as Tonkawa drill barge capsizes near Morgan City
A 200-foot jack-up rig named Tonkawa capsized in Bayou Chene near Amelia, Louisiana, killing four crewmen and trapping eight. Nine were rescued, two through a hull hole after divers drilled access. Rescue teams reported improving but challenging conditions with waterlogged compartments and limited hull exposure.
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Morgan City
Louisiana
Coast Guard
Bruce Barton
Keith Simon
Acadian Ambulance Service
Bayou Chene
St. Mary-Terrebonne Parish
Simon
St. Mary Parish
New Orleans
Barton
Ray Rowell
Lakewood Hospital
Tonkawa
Temple Drilling Co
Houston
Amelia
Gulf of Mexico
Crafty mechanic gets probated term
Wesley R. Beard, 45, admitted staging roadside break downs along I 20 to sell wrecker service and repairs. He received a 180 day jail term probated for one year and must pay 2314 to customers after pleading guilty to a reduced misdemeanor. He must restitution during probation to former Beard Auto Truck Repairs customers in Trent.
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Abilene
Wesley R. Beard
Interstate 20
Beard
Billy John Edwards
Trent
Blue Law Repeal Receives Senate Support With Auto Dealers Exempt
A repeal bill advancing past the Senate would lift Blue Law restrictions for most retailers listed on page one including shoes, furniture, china, home appliances, air conditioners, cameras, radios and more. Auto dealers would remain covered, per lobbyist push.
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Senate
John Traeger
D-Seguin
Ray Farabee
Dwichita Falls
Farabee
Deaths Florentino Diaz and Augustina Chavarria
Funeral services for Florentino C Diaz of 310 E Main St were held with burial at Sts Peter and Paul Cemetery. Diaz 63 died May 19 at McKenna Memorial. Also Augustina Chavarria of 205 School Ave had services at Morales Funeral Home and Holy Family Church with burial at Hidalgo Cemetery. Chavarria 90 died May 19 at her residence.
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Florentino C. Diaz
E. Main St
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church
Joe Audit
Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic
Zoeller Funeral Home
Diaz
McKenna Memorial Hospital
Antonia
Beatrice Zepeda
Epifania Davidson
California
Juanita Moreno
Arizona
Vartolo Diaz
Great Illusions Limo Co
Augustina Chavarria
School Ave
Morales Funeral Home
Holy Family Catholic Church
Don Murray
Hidalgo Cemetery
Chavarria
Mexico
Career ladder debate shapes Texas district pay law
CISD evaluates teacher levels by credentials and training with Level Two requiring a bachelor’s degree three years teaching plus nine semester hours or 135 hours of advanced training. Masters plus two years also qualifies. Officials warn cuts in state funds will spark clashes and hurt students.
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Brown
Septuplets and Guinness Records Mentioned in Report
An English teacher and her husband Samuel 31 a salesman for an industrial firm have a septuplet pregnancy alongside a one year old son Joseph. Guinness cites nine baby births in Sydney 1971 as the largest and notes three sextuplet survival cases.
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Samuel
Joseph
Sydney
Australia
Guinness
Cape Town
South Africa
Florence
Italy
Liverpool
England
Orleans
Stocks Dip After Historic Rally Gains Shifted
New York stocks opened lower as traders took some profits after Monday's surge. The Dow Jones industrial average fell about 1.00 point to 1,303.88 in the first trading hour following a record run above 1,300.
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New York
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Mark Kugelberg
Department of Public Safety
Florentino
C. Diaz
Casteel
Caldwell
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Myrtle
Ellen
Sue
Martha Freudenberg
Martha
Corpus
New Braunfels
Herald-Zetung
Mobil New York
Monsanto
AMR Corp
Motorola
Amer Can
NabiscoBrd
Ameritech
NYNEX
AMI Inc
PacifTel
Am Motors
Penney JC
AmStand
BankCp
BellSouth
Sabine
Beth Steel
Safeway
Borden
Sfesoupac
Borden Wi
Sears Rock
Cater
Shell Oil
Cente
Singer Co
Chesebgp
Southern Co
Chevron AN
Southland
Chrysler
SwstBell
Coastal Co
Coca Cola
Coleman
SunComp
Com
Met
TNP
DeltaAir
Tandy
DiamShmn
Tenneco
DowChem
Texaco Inc
DressrInd
TexAmBnch
duPont
TexComEn
East Kodaks
TexEastn
Enserbh Be
Texas Inst
EntexInc
Texasogas
Exxon
Tex Util
FedlCo
Firestone
Tylers
Gulf Start
Haliburth
HolidayCorp
HoustInd
Hughest
Interist
Lls IBM
Int Harv
Johnson Int Paper
Kmart
KrogerCo 4'S
LTV Corp
Litton Ind
LoweSta Ind
Lowes 297
Medtronic
Lande Phan
Landa St
New Braunfels, Tx
Naturas
EMEX
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