State Unemployment Tax Rates Draw Fire From Officials
The June unemployment tax rate reached 7.2 percent, the highest since 1970, while TEC Chairman Nolan Ward defends the simple arithmetic behind employer contributions. Clements questions the numbers and suggests audits, arguing the rise from 6.5 percent in June 1981 may be unfounded. Ward says computations are straightforward and accuses politics of driving calls for scrutiny.
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TEC
Nolan Ward
Clements
Jarvis Miller
Budget Planning Office
Ward
Blaze Leaves 120 Homeless After Fatal Conn. Apartment Fire
A man charged with setting a sofa fire at his niece’s apartment allegedly sparked a blaze that killed three and left 12 missing. The inferno displaced more than 120 residents across two downtown buildings as rescuers hunted for victims amid thick smoke and collapsing ruins.
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Associated Press
Waterbury, Conn
Controller cases mired in red tape
Thousands of fired air traffic controllers face delayed appeals as budget and staff cuts slow hearings. The Merit System Protection Board, with 310 staff, operates reduced hours amid a budget clash between Reagan and Congress. Hearings are urged by a California judge for 61 controllers by August 16.
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Washington
Civil Service
Reagan
Congress
Merit System Protection Board
California
From El Paso to Chicago a Coyotes Route of Fear
Juan, a young migrant from Durango, Mexico, recounts a perilous journey in which he and others rode in a trunk for a ten hour trip to Chicago guided by a coyote. He describes fear, cramped conditions, and the difficulty of breathing before finally arriving and climbing stairs under strain.
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el Paso
Juan
Chicago
Durango
Mexico
Smuggling ring details reveal migrants in Chicago area
The article chronicles Mexican migrants in Chicago area tied to a large alien smuggling operation. It notes three brothers in Chicago and suburbs living illegally with false papers, and outlines INS officials’ statements on smugglers profits, employer complicity, and a federal indictment of 38 people linked to the Pineda Service.
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Pineda
Albuquerque
N.M
Pineda Service
Chicago
U.S
Verne Jervis
INS
Washington
Weather outlook across Texas with scattered storms
The Permian Basin faces a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms tonight with a upper 60s low and 5 to 10 mph southerly winds turning north later. Wednesday brings a 20 percent chance of storms and highs in the low 90s with northeast winds. Lows in the 70s and widespread 90s elsewhere, with hot stays in Big Bend and coast regions.
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Permian Basin
Texas
Big Bend
Lubbock
North Texas
South Texas
Rio Grande Plains
Barrier Islands
West Texas
Soviet Aeroflot jet crashes near Moscow airport
Tass reports crash on takeoff from Sheremetyevo Airport involving an Aeroflot passenger jet bound for western Africa. Government officials gave no details on casualties or nationalities. Western sources estimate about 90 passengers aboard.
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Moscow
Africa
Sheremetyevo
Tass
Fourty six die in Texas traffic holiday weekend
At least 46 people died in Texas traffic accidents during the Fourth of July holiday period from Friday 6 p.m. to Monday midnight. Officials said the toll likely surpasses their prediction of 47, with last year’s figure at 54 and total 63 deaths when later injuries were added. An AP correction notes American Fireworks Co. had no role in a July 4 show in Lakewood Ohio.
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Associated Press
Texas Department of Public Safety
Lakewood
Odessa American newspaper subscription notice details
The Odessa American lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday delivery with options for six months three months and one year. It includes contact details for address changes delivery problems and postage information.
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Tyr
Beirut siege as PLO guerrillas face evacuation plan
Israeli forces surround Beirut with about 8000 PLO fighters trapped. U S Marines to take over abandoned guerrilla positions to deter attacks on Muslims. France to provide troops and the U S 6th Fleet to oversee evacuation. Guerrillas to relocate to Algeria Iraq Egypt or Syria, with Libya rejected. Reagan called the move a dramatic shift and a personal risk. Habib talks aim to end the conflict and remove PLO forces from Lebanon. Arafat offered to withdraw most forces if PLO could keep a token presence. Israel refused, insisting all PLO elements leave Beirut.
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Israel Radio
U.S
France
Beirut
Washington
Algeria
Iraq
Egypt
Syria
Libya
Reagan
Lebanon
Philip C. Habib
PLO
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yasser Arafat
Israel
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