County approves layoffs as managers strive to cover cuts
Ector County commissioners announce layoffs including county coliseum Manager Bill Martin with a Dec 31 resignation. Sheriff Brookshire backs the plan to reallocate staff, citing more responsibilities for department heads. Parks loses several posts while Park Planner Doug Evans moves to another role. Actress Brooke Shields performs in Circus of the Stars taping at Caesar’s Palace for CBS.
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Martin
Ector County
Brookshire
Brooke Shields
Caesar’s Palace
Las Vegas
Rumsfeld opens Mid East peace mission from Washington
Secretary of State Shultz announced that Donald Rumsfeld will head a new Middle East peace mission, with likely stops in Syria Lebanon Israel and Saudi Arabia. Officials say the trip aims to pursue diplomacy, with U.S. air strikes described as defensive, and without broad escalation.
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George P. Shultz
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Israel
Saudi Arabia
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Reagan
Beirut
Rafic Jouejati
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Storms trigger tornadoes kill and injure across Gulf Coast
Severe thunderstorms pummeled the Gulf Coast with heavy rain and hail, spawning tornadoes that killed one person in Selma Alabama and injured dozens, while LaPlace Louisiana saw about 50 minor injuries and widespread home destruction. A gym was torn from East St John High School as evacuation orders followed in Belle Pointe. Heavy storms extended north and east with watches in Alabama Mississippi and Florida and a blast of winter weather from the Midwest to the Northeast.
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Louisiana
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Selma
Ala
Selma University
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Warren Rhoads
LaPlace
Belle Pointe
East St. John High School
Mississippi
Florida
Lake Ontario
Idaho
State School For the Deaf and Blind
Kansas
Michigan
Bill Hirt
Kansas City
Business to slow spending as 1984 plans rise modestly
American business officials project slower expansion and modernization in early 1984 after a late 1983 surge. Inflation adjusted spending is expected to grow 0.9 percent in Q1 and 0.4 percent in Q2, versus 3.5 percent in Q3 and 5.6 percent in Q4.
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Commerce Department
European defense ministers urge new proposals on medium range missiles
NATO's 12 European defense ministers met in Brussels for a two day strategy session urging Moscow to propose fresh limits on medium range missiles in Europe and to return to Geneva arms talks. U S Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger defended the U S role in Lebanon amid regional tensions.
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Belgium
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Moscow
Europe
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Mideast
U.S
Caspar Weinberger
Lebanon
Texas Weather Forecast Stays Fair With Cooling Front Passes
A cold front crossed Texas before dawn leaving mostly clear skies and cooler temperatures. Night and Wednesday bring warmer conditions central to north while South Texas remains cloudier. Readings ranged from 18 at Amarillo to 70 at Brownsville with varied winds and no precipitation in the last 24 hours.
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Panhandle
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South Texas
Amarillo
Brownsville
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National Weather Service
West Texas
Bend
Inferno(r)e near Houston plant drives mass evacuation
About 2 000 residents within two miles of a chemical plant fled as a fire spread from a building toward storage tanks. Firefighters from Channelview and Baytown districts, plus Exxon USA and Arco units, battled the blaze as authorities shut water to boost pressure and residents watched from evacuation lines.
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Houston
Department of Public Safety
Rick Rose
DPS
Sandy Dominguez
Jim Garrett
Channelview
Baytown
Crosby
Lima
Exxon Co. USA
Arco
Kathyrn Wotipka
Eddie
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