West Texas drought aid fight continues with lawmakers
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture John Block denied emergency feed aid to West Texas ranchers but legislators and ranchers press on. Upton County Judge Peggy Garner says Rep. Tom Loeffler will tour West Texas to assess drought damage with Hightower Hance and other officials pledging support. A letter from Robert Lansford says Black will monitor 27 counties and may reconsider denial if conditions worsen, though Garner says the drought can only persist. Loeffler's tour stops in Crane Rankin and Big Please.
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U.S
John Block
West Texas
Upton
Peggy Garner
Tom Loeffler
R-Hunt
Garner
Texas
Jim Hightower
Kent Hance
D-Lubbock
Robert Lansford
Division of Emergency Management
Black
West Texas Coun
Department of Agriculture
Rankin
Odessa
Loeffler
Crane
Big
Judge moves trial of pediatric nurse Genene Jones
Kerrville AP The trial of nurse Genene Jones charged with murdering a 15 month old in Kerrville has been moved about 100 miles to Georgetown due to intense publicity. Judge Murray Jordan set Oct 17 and plans to call about 70 witnesses. Jones is also linked to a string of infant deaths at Medical Center Hospital in San Antonio.
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Kerrville
Murray Jordan
Georgetown
Genene Jones
Jones
Odessa
Texas Rangers
Kerrville Area
Kerr County
Ron Sutton
Chelsea Ann McClellan
Jordan
Petti McClellan
Chelsea
William Chenault
Medical Center Hospital
Chenault
Joe Grady Tuck
San Antonio
James L. Elliott
Congress Moves Toward Health Coverage for Jobless
Congress appears ready to approve a health insurance program for the unemployed with a House vote of 252 to 174 for a 4 billion block grant plan. Senate support hinges on financing, as Dole notes funding must pass muster with the president. The administration favors tax-based funding while warning against new bureaus. Waxman cites 19 million uninsured.
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Congress
Reagan
House
Senate
Sen
Robert J. Dole
R-Kan
Finance Committee
Dole
White House
Larry Speakes
Thomas P. O’neill Jr
Conable
Jim Wright
Texas
Henry A. Waxman
D-Calif
House Energy and Commerce Committee
U.S. ships military aid to Chad amid Libyan threat
A senior State Department official said Libya’s actions threaten North Africa as the Reagan administration sent 10 million dollars in arms and air defense missiles to Chad. American technicians will train Chadian forces briefly and withdraw. Two advanced U.S. surveillance planes arrived in Egypt to monitor Libyan air activity.
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Washington
State Department
U.S
Chad
North Africa
Muammar Khadafy
Reagan
Fort Bliss
Egypt
Pentagon
Welfare chief to ask county for drug funds
Ector County Welfare Department Supervisor Betty Jo Sweetman planned to ask commissioners for 9000 to cover July through September medical and drug bills. The request, to be made at Monday's meeting, would be her final for the 1982 83 year ending Sept 30.
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Ector County Welfare Department
Betty Jo Sweetman
Sweetman
Precinct 3
Julian Pressly
David Childers
Bryan Henderson
Willie Hammond
Welfare Department
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