Border region an economic danger zone
A Dallas Morning News analysis argues the U S Mexico border area is a shared economy needing special treatment as recession and peso devaluation shrink trade and tourism. Dr Dilmas James of the University of Texas at El Paso estimates border activity at 6.5 billion annually with four billion in trade, 1.5 billion in tourism and one billion in twin plants. He urges dollar transaction relief and looser U S import and immigration rules, noting Mexico's Lopez Portillo leaves office amid ongoing economic strains harming both nations. Local El Paso districts report 30 to 95 percent drops in trade and some store closures amid peso instability, with spillover effects reaching San Antonio and Houston.
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John Gonzalez
Dallas
Texas
Dilmas James
Finance Department
University of Texas At el Paso
U.S
James
Mexican
United States
Jose Lopez Portillo
el Paso
Rio Grande
San Antonio
Houston
New district lines no boon to Demos
Democratic redistricting in Texas yields only limited GOP gains after 1980 surge. Republicans may win at most one of three new seats, likely the 26th district between Dallas and Fort Worth. Even a Gramm switch would yield just seven of 24 seats. Democratic party director Joe Gagen says outcomes hinge on the 26th district.
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Sam Kinch JR
Dallas Morning News
Austin
John Tower
Bill Clements
Ronald Reagan
GOP
Texas
Dallas
Fort Worth
Phil Gramm
Dcollege
Joe Gagen
Miracle baby Bobby Boyle Turns One In Odessa
Bobby Boyle born three months premature weighed 21 ounces and faced cardiac arrest lung collapse and a murmur yet survived. Now at 13 pounds and 26 inches he marks his first birthday with a party as the family recalls a year of medical battles and small triumphs.
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Sheila Welsh
Bobby Boyle
Odessa
Bobby
Fort Worth Children’s Hospital
Fort Worth
Robert Boyle
Sabra Camp Massacre Report By AP Photographer Foley
Associated Press photographer William Foley spent two hours in the Sabra refugee camp near Beirut, recounting a massacre described by survivors. Residents attributed killings to Christian militiamen, with possible links to the Phalangist forces or Saad Haddad’s Christian militia. He estimated 50 to 60 bodies, noting rubble and a tense scene as he entered the camp.
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Associated Press
William Foley
Sabra
Lebanon
Lebanese Forces
Bashir Gemayel
Saad Haddad
Camp massacre aftermath recorded in Beirut neighborhood
Eyewitness accounts describe women and children scavenging amid rubble and a strong death stench as they prepare to flee. Two women near their destroyed home wail and plead for help while Christian militiamen are accused of bulldozing bodies at the camp.
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Happy
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Vickie Boyle
Death Alley
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Beirut
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