Flood warnings in West Texas kill toll rises to 21
A sudden downpour spawned by the remnants of Tropical Storm Amelia caused a multiday flood across West Texas. The death toll reached 21 with six in Albany and at least 15 in the Hill Country as rescue crews searched for missing residents and thousands faced displacement. Federal aid was authorized, disaster centers planned, and evacuations continued along swollen rivers including the Pedernales near Stonewall and areas around Lake Travis and Canyon Lake.
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Greg Thompson
Associated Press
Amelia
Texas
Albany
Abilene
Department of Public Safety
National Guard
Throckmorton
DPS
Carter
Kerr
Bandera
Kendall
Agriculture Department
U.S
Bob Kruieger
Dolph Briscoe
Bandera County
Krueger
U.S. Navy
Marine Reserves
West Texas
Callahan
Knox
Army Corps of Engineer
Hill Country
Pedernales
Stonewall
LBJ
Lyndon Johnson
Lake Travis
Austin
Army Corps of Engineers
Canyon Lake
Unemployment Surges in July Across Demographics
The government reported July unemployment at 6.2 percent, up from 5.7 in June, marking the highest since March. Teenagers and women bore the brunt, with overall joblessness rising by about 440,000 as teens drove much of the increase, while a separate jobs measure showed a 265,000 rise in non farm employment, signaling statistical inconsistencies.
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R. Gregory Nokes
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Labor Department
Unem
Pecos youth baseball teams triumph in opening games
The Pecos Purples defeated the Fort Stockton Nationals 15 to 3 with Elias Pagan earning the win. Pecos Gold plated 13 runs on 11 hits as Fort Stockton Americans managed three on two hits with Robert Chavarria the winning pitcher. Tonight Pecos Purple faces Kermit at 7 and Pecos Gold plays Monahans at 9.
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Pecos
Fort Stockton
Pecos Purples
Fort Stockton Nationals
Elias Pagan
Pecos Gold
Fort Stockton Americans
Robert Chavarria
Pecos Purple
Kermit
Monahans
Briscoe backs tax relief bill exempting home utilities
Gov Dolph Briscoe promotes a special session bill to exempt household gas and electricity from the state sales tax, cutting about $4 from a 104 summer bill, as lawmakers also push a constitutional amendments package on property tax relief. The package includes homestead relief and a shift to income-based agricultural land tax, with school district reimbursement funding debated. The inheritance tax exemption would rise from 25,000 to 200,000 per heir, with increases to 250,000 in 1982 and 300,000 in 1985, while counties face appraisal standards and revenue impacts.
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Austin
Texas
Dolph Briscoe
Bill Clayton
House
Senate
Treasury
Briscoe
All-Stars Fall in Sectional Opener to San Antonio
The Pecos Pony League All-Stars lost 2-0 to San Antonio Alamo Heights in Austin. Four errors and only three hits doomed Pecos, which must beat Northeast Austin at 6:30 to stay alive in the double elimination tournament.
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Pecos Pony League
Austin
San Antonio Alamo Heights
Pecos
Northeast Austin
San Antonio reinstates less than half of force
A city review board partially rehired laborers fired for an illegal strike. Of 170+ workers, 57 garbagemen are to return, six former trash collectors were reinstated, three of 21 dog catchers resume, and two of 11 airport maintenance staff return. City Manager Huebner cited lack of active participation and threats as reasons. Protests at City Hall continued with no concessions from council.
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San Antonio
Texas
Tom Huebner
Huebner
Five Convicted In Immigration Violations At Pecos Court
At Pecos magistrate J M Preston court Thursday convicted one U S citizen and four Mexican residents of misdemeanor INS violations. Margarita Ramirez Sierra 29 of Littlefield received one year unsupervised probation after six months in prison for aiding and abetting an illegal alien to care for her children. Raul Loya Najera 22, Saul Galinda Lujan 19 were each sentenced to 120 days for illegal entry. Jose Leyva Leyva 21 and Roberto Madrid Trujillo 28 received 179 days. Madrid Trujillo had been apprehended 12 times previously and given voluntary return options.
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U.S
J.M. Preston
Pecos
United States
Mexico
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Margarita Ramirez Sierra
Littlefield
Preston
Raul Loya-Najera
Saul Galinda-Lujan
Jose Leyva-Leyva
Roberto Madrid
Pecos Man Guilty in Assault of Officer
Ramon Natividad, 32, of Pecos, found guilty by a Reeves County jury in 143rd Judicial District Court of an attempted felonious assault on Deputy Armando Gil Jr during Gil’s official duties last October. Sentencing set later. bond permitted pending sentencing.
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Pecos
143Rd Judicial District
Ramon Natividad
Natividad
Lawrence Fuller
Armando Gil, Jr
Reeves County
Gil
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