Mears wins 1977 Pulitzer for national reporting
AP veteran Walters Mears is honored for coverage of 32 presidential primaries and the 1976 campaign. The jury lauded his rapid writing under deadline pressure and noted wide readership worldwide. Haley Cristofer and others win in separate categories. Lufkin News receives Public Service.
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NEW York
Walters Mears
Associated Press
Mears
Pulitzer
Timothy Crouse
Richard M. Nixon
George McGovern
Alex Haley
Gambia
Cristofer
Lufkin
Tex
Marine Corps
Columbia University
Joseph Pulitzer
New York World
Fire destroys Central Hotel in Galveston
Monahans dispatch reports Central Hotel a five story brick building in Galveston burned early today. Firemen fear 10 to 12 dead and 28 unaccounted for with 14 hospitalized including three in critical condition. Two firefighters were injured and arson is being investigated as authorities question a suspect.
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Rob Wood
Associated Press
Galveston, Tex
Central Hotel
Gulf Coast Island
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston Police Department
John Jennings
Jennings
Rebates stricken from new tax bill
The Senate Finance Committee voted to strike the $50 rebates and payments from its tax bill, despite President Carter’s backing. The panel aims to send a revised version to the Senate by week’s end while weighing permanent tax cuts and business relief, amid Carter’s veto stance on further permanent reductions.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Carter
Russell B. Long
D-La
Senate
Yogurt Shipment Seized in Largest Laredo Bust
Customs officers in Laredo Texas seized 37 950 pounds of strawberry yogurt after discovering the shipment was not manifested. The value of the yogurt was 18 222 dollars according to a Treasurer Department release.
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U.S. Customs Service
Treasurer Department
Laredo
Tex
Senate approves malpractice bill in final Senate vote
In Austin the Senate approved a medical malpractice insurance bill 28-3 after debate over sponsorship. The measure returns to the House for amendments and is likely to go to a conference committee. House members also debated 708 million dollars in public school finance bills for the fifth day.
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Austin, Tex
A.R. Schwartz
Senate
House
Schwartz
Galveston
Ray Farabee
Jack Ogg
Houston
Bids Sought For Airport Addition Lots 10 and 12
City Hall accepts bids for two airport addition parcels totaling 19 500 square feet. Each lot measures 5 by 195 feet and is identified as Lots 10 and 12, Block 2. Council will review bids at 8 30 a m Thursday.
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City Hall
Airport
Supreme Court allows paddling in public schools
In a 5-4 ruling the Supreme Court held that corporal punishment in public schools does not violate the Eighth Amendment. The majority stated that the Eighth Amendment protection is limited to criminal punishment and does not apply to schooldiscipline paddling. Justice Powell wrote the opinion.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Powell
Carter adviser pushes new federal agency for consumers
Esther Peterson told the Senate Government Affairs Committee that consumer groups are underfinanced and underrepresented before federal agencies. She urged creation of the Agency for Consumer Advocacy to speak for consumers and clearhouse complaints, noting administration backing could help pass the bill this year after years of attempts.
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Washington
Carter
Esther Peterson
Peterson
Senate Government Affairs Committee
Congress
Thunderstorms pummel state in sweeping, heavy outbreaks
Savage thunderstorms pummelled parts of Texas with heavy blows near Daingerfield Texarkana and a corridor from Amarillo to the Canadian River. Showers drenched Tyler Longview Corsicana Dallas Greenville and parts of Oklahoma New Mexico and South Texas figures and rivers rose. Tornadoes were reported as forecasts warned storms would intensify through tonight and into Wednesday.
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Associated Press
Texas
Panhandle
Daingerfield
Texarkana
Tyler
Longview
Arkansas
Corsicana
Dallas
Greenville
Amarillo
Canadian River
Oklahoma
New Mexico
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Eagle Pass
Sanderson
Weather watch for Monday high and storms across Texas
Forecasters predict scattered showers and thunderstorms through Wednesday with heavy rains and hail. Tornado risk reported near Bonham Wolfe City in Fannin County Bells Ambrose in Grayson County and east of Cleburne in Johnson County. Temperatures range from 53 at dawn in Amarillo to 73 in the Lower Rio Grande Valley with a high near 90 in Presidio.
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National Weather Service
Bonham
Wolfe City
Fannin County
Bells
Ambrose
Grayson County
Cleburne
Johnson County
Amarillo
McAllen
Rio Grande Valley
Presidio
Texas
Pecos Receives April City Sales Tax Payout
Comptroller Bob Bullock mailed checks totaling 16.2 million to Texas cities for April sales tax rebates. Pecos received 10,156.89, with year to date remittances reaching 105.7 million, up 21 percent from 1976 partly due to a rate cut from 4.76 to 2 percent.
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Bob Bullock
Texas
Pecos
Bullock
Comptroller
Mexicans Attack Border Patrol In El Paso Incident
About 150 Mexican nationals crossed the Rio Grande in El Paso Monday and hurled rocks at Border Patrol agents after an illegal immigrant drowned in a canal. One agent was injured as the crowd protested the death. rescuers pulled the drowning man from the canal and a hose was used to aid the second man. Swancutt warned the border situation is highly explosive with ring leaders escalating the violence.
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EL Paso
Tex
U.S
Rio Grande
Dale Swancutt
Swancutt
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