Quake devastates Coalinga California towns and homes
An earthquake of 6.5 struck Coalinga causing 45 plus injuries and damage to virtually all 2,500 homes. Mayor Scrivner said the downtown area must be demolished and rebuilt while residents sheltered outdoors amid aftershocks. Gov Deukmejian declared a Fresno County emergency as search and rescue continued through the night.
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Associated Press
Coalinga
Calif
Bob Semple
San Joaquin Valley
Keith Scrivner
Fresno County
Merrill Wright
Wright
Bob Manning
Manning
Scrivner
Bob Green
Radio Shack
Agnes Bement
Sacramento
San Bernardino
Nevada
Semple
George Deukmejian
Fresno
Ted Eichman
California Highway Patrol
Odessa jobless aid claims ease as April shows improvement
Odessa TEC office reports April first-time unemployment claims down 310 from March, suggesting a potential slow turn in the city’s boom bust cycle after a 9.6 percent rate in March. Frank Kasko cautions that the improvement is small but signals stirring activity and possible stabilization. The article also references San Andreas fault activity and a Fresno area earthquake response, noting no confirmed fatalities in the town of about 7,000.
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Ector County
Texas Employment Commission
Odessa
TEC
Frank Kasko
Kasko
April
Texas House Bill Aims to Raise College Tuition
Texas lawmakers consider a measure to raise tuition for state colleges for the first time since 1971. Rep. Gary Thompson says tied to education cost, the bill would boost tuition about $2 per year until reaching 15 percent of cost per student, with projected revenues rising to about $114 million by 1988-1989.
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Austin
Texas
Gary Thompson
Dabilene
House Higher Education Committee
University of Texas
University of Texas of the
Permian Basin
Odessa College
Thompson
Rollin Khoury
Waco
Texas hearings pursue first high level waste site
Washington reports Gov. Mark White clashes with the Reagan administration over proposed hearings in Texas on locating the nation s first high level nuclear waste repository in the Texas Panhandle. Energy officials schedule Hereford Tulsa and Austin hearings despite White s objections amid sites in Swisher and Deaf Smith counties. Andrews, Odessa area residents weigh openness to a site, with local officials and business leaders noting salt domes could suit storage.
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Washington
Mark White
White
Administration Energy
Texas
Texas Panhandle
Steven A. Frishman
Department of Energy
Department
Andrews
Panhandle
Odessa
Windle Harper
Harper
U.S. Department of Energy
West Texas
Gene Cummins
Andrews Chamber of Commerce
James Roberts
Andrews County News
DOE
Andrews County
Roberts
Les Brown
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Robert Halpern
Waverly Person
U.S. Geological Survey
Golden
Colo
David Hadden
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