Slow rebuilding in Saragosa after deadly May tornado
In Saragosa centenarian Jose Candelas toils under a scorching sun making cinder blocks for a rebuilt general store. The May 22 tornado killed 30, injured 161, and left the town largely destroyed. Red Cross oversees four new houses built by Mennonite volunteers from Kansas at a temporary mobile-home site off Texas 17.
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Jose Candelas
Candelas
Sophia Gomez
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American Red Cross
Kansas
Red Cross
Saragosa rebuilds after deadly May tornado rallying community
In Saragosa Texas 120 miles southwest of Odessa residents stay to rebuild after a May 22 tornado leveled 70 percent of the village. Raul Briceno of the American Red Cross leads relief efforts and outlines plans for new one bedroom homes while residents recall their families' long roots in the area. Maria Briceno, 98, survived with damage to her home.
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Odessa
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Pecos
Raul Briceno
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Briceno
American Red Cross
San Angelo
Maria Briceno
Red Cross
Oil glut sinks prices as crude falls below 19
New York oil prices slide to 18.90 a barrel for October delivery on the NYME, the lowest in over three months, with analysts citing bearish sentiment, OPEC overproduction, and Persian Gulf tensions as factors. Refined products also decline, marking a sharp overall drop from prior weeks.
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Shearson Lehman Brothers Inc. Securities
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West Texas
U.S
New York Mercantile Exchange
Kuwait
James Steel
Refco Inc. Commodities
Hance Named on Short List for Texas Railroad Commission
Kent Hance, who switched from Democratic to Republican in 1985, is on Gov. Bill Clements’s short list for the Texas Railroad Commission post. Hance says he has not been offered the job and is weighing interest. Also on the list are Ed Emmett and Milton Fox, both former candidates for the panel.
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Dallas
Kent Hance
Democratic Party
GOP
Texas Railroad Commission
Bill Clements
Hance
Clements
James Huffines
Ed Emmett
Kingwood
Milton Fox
Houston
Huffines
Parade accident in Boston kills pregnant woman and girl
A decorated pickup in a religious Children and Youth Parade in Boston's South End lurched into marchers near Blackstone Park killing a pregnant woman and a girl and injuring at least 29 including a baby. Witnesses described chaos as about 2,000 spectators watched and the Rev. Etanislao Gonzales, driver, was not charged.
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Children and Youth Christian Pa
Betzabe
Etanislao Gonzales
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