Texans Honor Soldiers on Memorial Day Across Texas
Memorial Day ceremonies across Texas paid tribute to 575,000 U.S. service members with 21 gun salutes and flags at half staff. Maj. Gen. Infante led Fort Bliss ceremonies while veterans groups across Rio Grande Valley, Houston, Beaumont, Amarillo, and Austin laid flags and observed Taps and missing man flights.
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Texas
United States
America
Donald R. Infante
Fort Bliss
Fort Bliss National Cemetery
Infante
U.S
el Paso
Boy Scouts
Rio Grande Valley
Legion
Legionnaires
Gene Horton
Rio Hondo Baptist Church
Mont Meta Cemetery
Veterans’ Memorial Plaza
San Benito
Horton
Houston National Cemetery
Beaumont
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Boy Scout
Civil Air Patrol
Panhandle
Poppy Field
Amarillo
Llano
Austin
Texas Army National Guard
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Caller Threatens To Kill Hostages In Beirut
An anonymous caller claiming to speak for Islamic Jihad threatened to kill all American hostages and four Frenchmen and a Briton, with bodies to be dumped in west Beirut. The claim, heard by Voice of Lebanon, followed similar dubious claims. police searched west Beirut for bodies with no findings.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Islamic Jihad
Today
Voice
Amin Gemayel
Phalange Party
Islamic Holy War
Iran
Voice of Lebanon
West
The
Collett
Alec Collett
Inflation likely to rise as energy prices stabilize
Analysts warn inflation may return soon after a period of falling prices. Economists cite energy price declines as deflation drivers, with oil slipping from $28 to around $16 per barrel and gasoline down 26.5 percent from February to April.
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Washington
Donald Ratajczak
U.S
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Rain helps Basin but drought still needs more inches
Rain over Memorial Day weekend raised Basin totals to 1.08 inches with 0.52 further rainfall, but Odessa merchants warn another inch or two is needed to ease a months-long West Texas drought. Ranch Supply Co. owner Sonny Henderson cited renewed seed purchases while forecasting additional rain in the next weeks.
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West Texas
Odessa
Sonny Henderson
Ranch Supply Co
Jackson Ave
Henderson
Permian
National Weather Service
Midland Regional
NWS
Hopper
Gardendale
Norman Hopper
U S oil imports rise as OPEC gains share
A congressional study finds U S oil imports climbing by 610000 barrels daily led by OPEC supplying 83 percent of the increase. Saudi Arabia moves from 15th to second largest supplier, raising questions on energy security and dependence for 1980s.
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Washington
Saudi Arabia
U.S
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Congress
Joint Economic Committee
Bentsen
United States
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Jina
Dallas
Betty Slaton
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Sunset Memorial Gardens
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West Beirut
Michael Evans
Ernie Luxton
Texas Electric Service Co
Loop 338
West 16Th Street
Doug Faltus
Kmid-Tv
Faltus
Steve Williams
Post-Newsweek Cable
KMID
Williams
North Odessa
Glendale Avenue
JoAnne Reeves
Cristobal Court
Betty Tisdale
Midland
Texas Commerce Bank
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