Contaminated water threatens Del Rio residents
Flood ravaged Del Rio battles disease risk as water outages persist. Health officials urge precautions on hygiene and boiled water while TDH distributes guides and tetanus shots. At the Civic Center shelter volunteers run a makeshift ER treating about 100 people daily amid ongoing flood recovery.
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Linebaugh
Chip Riggins
Texas Department of Health
Health Department
Riggins
TDH
Uvalde
Austin
del Rio Civic Center
Guadalupe Cervantes
Felicia Gomez
Red Cross
del Rio
Federal aid ordered for Texas flood disaster Del Rio
President Clinton declared a major disaster in Texas and ordered federal aid to assist flood recovery in Del Rio where hundreds of homes were destroyed and about 2,000 residents sought shelter. Gov. Bush viewed damage, urging swift relief as 13 shelters in Ciudad Acuna housed evacuees across the border.
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del Rio
Diana Ortiz
San Felipe Creek
Tom Millwee
Millwee
Ortiz
Glinton
Val
Department of Public Safety
Paty Mancha
U.S. Border Patrol
Mancha
Rio Grande
Ciudad Acuna
Mexico
Immigrants Returned After Suffering in Truck
Sierra Blanca officials say nearly all of 113 illegal immigrants found in a tractor trailer suffering dehydration and heat asphyxiation have been sent back to Mexico. Five remain as material witnesses to testify against two truck drivers charged with alien smuggling.
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Sierra Blanca
Mexico
Border Patrol
Johnny Urias
Urias
el Paso
Dallas
Arias
Houston mall battle escalates with duplicate project lawsuit
Mills Corp files in Texas state court to block construction of Houston Premium Outlets two miles east of Katy Mills. suit alleges Simon DeBartolo Group pledged not to build similar malls unless Mills gets a 50 percent stake. Both projects under construction amid doubts over regional demand.
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West Houston
Katy Mills
Mills
Simon DeBartolo
Houston Premium
Michelle Rothstein
Chelsea Gca Realty
Chelsea
Mike Zatopek
Resource Commercial Real Estate Services
Houston-Katy
Zatopek
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