Crippled girl drowns in Baltimore harbor
A 13 year old girl in a wheelchair drowned in Baltimore's Inner Harbor during a sight seeing tour. She rolled off a pier while being assisted by one of 13 mentally handicapped youths from Belle Madre Home for the Mentally Retarded. Police divers recovered her body. three adults accompanied the group as bystanders tried to help.
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Baltimore
John Harrington
USF
Constellation
Edgar Berger
Paul sues to overturn 98.3 billion tax bill in federal court
U S Representative Ron Paul of Texas filed suit claiming a 98.3 billion tax increase bill originated in the Senate and therefore violates the constitutional rule that all revenue-raising measures must begin in the House. The filing notes a House number but asserts the text was Senate-written. The challenge centers on constitutional procedure.
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Houston
U.S
Ron Paul
Texas
U.S. Senate
House of Representatives
Paul
House
Senate
House of Represent
Weather Forecast Highlights Texas Heat and Thunderstorms
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon storms and rain chances under 20 percent. Temperatures reach mid 90s in many areas with light variable winds. Tonight remains partly cloudy with isolated evening storms and lows near 70. Friday through Sunday show hot, sunny to partly cloudy patterns across North and South Texas with highs in the 90s and 100s and scattered storms in the Panhandle and West Texas.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Big Bend
Cotulla
Wink
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Laredo
McAllen
Galveston
Panhandie
Odessa American 6 Sunday Only Subscript 90 4a
Odessa American reports a Sunday-only subscription rate at 90 cents for four weeks, details unclear due to damaged text. item notes pricing and potential options for readers to subscribe or renew.
Harvester plant bids stoke Ohio Indiana town rivalry
Springfield Ohio and Fort Wayne Indiana race to land Harvester Truck plant amid US Canada trade pact fears. Both cities push 10 million in loans and state aid to buy the Springfield Ohio plant and lease back to Harvester. Officials warn closure could drive unemployment beyond 20 percent.
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Chatham
Ont
Springfield
Fort Wayne
Ohio
Springfield Community Improvement Corp
Harvester
of Commerce
Mark Angel
Cities assets studied by two major oil firms
Mobil Corp and Amerada Hess Corp study separately the potential purchase of Cities Service Co assets amid Cities bidding moves after Gulf Oil withdrew. Cities’ board weighed Occidental’s $50 a share partial merger offer totaling about $3.8 billion, while Mobil and Hess consider data on Cities with no formal bids.
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Robert Burns
New York
Mobil Corp
Amerada Hess Corp
Cities Service Co
Gulf Oil Corp
Gulf
Antitrust Oo
Occidental Petronas Aan
Cities
Cities Board
Occidental
Kent Young
Mobil
John Flint
Flint
Robert Spann
Tulsa
Okla
Arafat Chooses Tunisia for Headquarters Amid Regional Strain
Arafat's military defiance of Israel preserves much of the PLO structure while dispersal across the Arab world offers no advantage. Tunisia, with about seven million people, hosts a new PLO center, but faces instability if Bourguiba's regime cannot curb guerrilla activity. The old order clashes with a younger generation, leaving the country vulnerable to Palestinian influence.
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Israel
Arafat
Tunisia
Moammer
Habib Bourguiba
Bourguiba
PLO influence and Arab inability to act sparks regional instability
The passage argues Arabs overestimated solidarity with the PLO after Jordan's 1970 civil conflict. It asserts limited Arab support for the Palestinians, with shelter offered grudgingly, while Israel retains limited options. Arafat and guerrillas may carry forward an enduring germ of instability beyond Arab borders.
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PLO
Jordan
Israel
Fedayin
Arafat
Employment Slows as Mining and Oilfield Layoffs Continue
Employment offices report a downturn with manufacturing, mining and oilfield job losses in Ector and Midland counties. Ector County manufacturing fell to 7,850 from 8,050 while oilfield jobs dropped to 7,700 from 8,250. Midland County declined to 4,250 from 4,600 as Seeeeere Semen ta Senee rose to 2,150 from 2,100. Nationwide, Texas unemployment eased to 7.3 percent, with oilfield equipment makers feeling the Permian Basin slowdown.
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Ector County
Midland County
Odessa and Midland
Texas
Barnes
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Jay Herman
Mickey Gilland
Inner Harbor
National Aquarium
Maryland Science Center
Harborplace
Odessa
Port Arthur
Texaco Inc
Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers
Union
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Peru
Lima
Nal Weather Service
Dept of Cor
Arkansas
North
National Weather Service
East
Midland Regional
Abilene
Alice
Alpine
Amarillo
Austin
Beaumont
Art Brownsville
Childress College Station
Corpus Christi
Davnhart Dallas
del Rio
el Paso
Longview
Lubbock
Lufkin Maria
Meailen Palacios
San Antonio
Wicnit Falls
Odessa Texas
P.O. Bax
Rhiat
Sime
Nemia Harvester
Estremia
Baker
Flagstaff
Ariz
Conoco Inc
du Pont Co
U.S. Steel Corp
Marathon Oil Co
Los Angeles
Hess
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