Area temperatures rise as East Texas forest fires burn
The National Weather Service reports warmer, partly cloudy conditions in Permian Basin and East Texas, with highs in the mid 70s to 80s and lows in the 40s. Strong dry winds raise extreme fire danger across East Texas and Louisiana, prompting bans on outdoor burning and warnings from officials.
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Permian Basin
National Weather Service
Midland Regional Air
Texas
Dalhart
Galveston
Louisiana
Forest Service
East Texas
Bill Terry
Terry
Midland Regional
West
Minday
Teen drinking called widespread in 1978 survey
Nationwide survey of 5,000 high school students in grades 10 to 12 finds three in ten non drinkers by 10th grade, with about a third moderate to heavy drinkers. Regional patterns shift from 1974 to 1978, and heavier drinking correlates with availability and certain ages. Black students abstain more than whites, Catholics show higher use, and about three of ten drinkers are classified as problem drinkers.
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Research Triangle Park
N.C
J. Valley Rachal
Research Triangle Institute
National Institute On Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
National Institute On Drug Abuse
States
District of Columbia
Rachal
West
South
Northeast
North Central
State denies discrimination in desegregation case
Texas withdraws from a school desegregation suit saying it no longer admits past discrimination against Mexican Americans. Assistant AG David H. Young told a three judge panel he would repudiate stipulations admitting historical discrimination and remove Texas from the Gregory-Portland ISD busing order dispute pending before the Fifth Circuit.
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New Orleans
Texas
David H. Young
Sth
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court
Tyler
Young
William Wayne
Justice
Gregory-Portland Independent
Texas Education Agency
U.S. Justice Department
Oklahoma House backs castration option for rapists
Oklahoma lawmakers approve a bill allowing rapists and sex offenders to choose castration to qualify for reduced sentences. The proposal raises cautions about ethics and effectiveness, with opponents urging careful handling of a major shift in punishment and rehabilitation.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma House
Senate
John Monks
Frank Shurden
Shurden
Don McCorkell
House
Chambers eligible to run track under NJCAA rules
Chambers, a double transfer from South Plains to Clarendon, faced junior college sit out rules. He moved to Odessa College for spring with a home district waiver, after officials obtained a South Plains waiver and Clarendon transcript. National office ultimately certified eligibility and he raced in a national event.
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Chambers
South Plains College
Levelland
Clarendon College
Clarendon
Texas
South Plains
Wellington
James
Rodenhaver
National
Clarendon,” Rodenhaver
Unruh
Segrest
Robert
Odessa College
NJCAA faces forfeit threat over Chambers case in track meet
Rodenhaver and Segrest dispute eligibility after Chambers, OC mile relay member, finished fourth in the 440 and helped OC tie for second in the relay. If his points are voided, Odessa College would drop from national champion to behind Eastern Oklahoma, altering the title by about 14 points.
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NJCAA
Unruh
Rodenhhawer
Chambers
Wellington
Segrest
Eastern
Oklahoma
Odessa College
Eastern Oklahoma
National briefs about TV ruling and restaurant name change
In New York a federal judge ruled The Greatest American Hero does not copy Superman allowing ABC to air the show. Providence authorities ordered four Sambo's restaurants to drop the name for being offensive with Sambo's changing18 New England outlets to No Place Like Sam's.
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New York
Warner Bros. Inc
ABC
D.C. Comics
Providence, R.I
State Commission On Human Rights
Sambo’s
New England
Boy Bitten by Baby Rattlesnake Hospitalized In Diamond Bar
Diamond Bar California AP reports a 16 month old boy named Steven Leibrecht was bitten on the hand by a 14 inch rattlesnake on his home porch. He remains in fair condition and will stay hospitalized at least five more days at County USC Medical Center. Dr Willis Wingert said there is a good chance of recovery. Los Angeles County Fire Capt Larry Hamilton said the mother trapped the snake under a plastic bowl and Hamilton killed it with a shovel.
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Diamond Bar
Calif
County Usc Medical Center
Steven Leibrecht
Willis Wingert
Los Angeles
Larry Hamilton
Hamilton
Police seek man after Prestonburg High School bomb blast
In Prestonburg Kentucky authorities search for a man seen fleeing Prestonburg High School before a bomb exploded in a boys bathroom injuring one student. The blast occurred around 830 am as students arrived to homerooms. The wounded pupil is in satisfactory condition and the 780 student school population was evacuated to a football field before dismissal.
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Prestonburg
Prestonburg High School
Bert Layne
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