Disaster aid pours in after Claudette with Houston area reach
About 8,000 people sought disaster assistance after Tropical Storm Claudette along the Texas coast. Centers at Baytown and Port Arthur closed, with offices to reopen 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Pasadena League City Alvin and Freeport. FEMA projects flood claims may exceed half of 1978 flood payouts. DEL GREER notes 116,000 policies worth 5 billion across the region and about 9,000 expected claims. Over $500,000 in benefits already paid to victims.
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Houston
Texas
Claudette
Baytown
Port Arthur
Pasadena
League City
Alvin
Freeport
Dale Milford
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Milford
del Greer
Greer
Mortar Creek fire threatens resort as 2000 firefighters fight blazes
More than 2,000 firefighters across Montana Oregon and Idaho battle forest fires across thousands of acres with high winds and dry lightning. The Mortar Creek fire in Challis National Forest grew to about 20,000 acres and threatened a private resort prompting a state of emergency and evacuation of the Middle Fork Lodge. Smoke and winds closed air drops and hindered containment efforts.
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Associated Press
Montana
Oregon
Idaho
National Forest
Challis National Forest
Targhee National Forest
Salmon National Forest
Payette National Forest
National Forest Service
Barry Wirth
Forest Service
Norman Hesseldahl
Mortar Creek
John Evans
Middle Fork Lodge
Harrah's of
Reno
Nev
Oil spill slows northward drift eight miles off Texas
A Gulf of Mexico oil spill stretching 500 miles has slowed and was last reported eight miles south of Texas. EPA and Coast Guard officials said forecasted landfall near Texas beaches remained possible, with barriers deployed from Brazos Santiago to protect Laguna Madre and Brownsville channel.
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Ken Herman
Associated Press
Corpus Christi
Roger Meacham
Environmental Protection Agency
Texas
Meacham
U.S
South
Gulf
Rio Grande
Coast Guard
Roger Madson
South Padre Island
Madson
Brazos Santiago Pass
Lagua Madre
Brownsville
South Bay
Laguna Madre
Border
International Boundary and Water
Oil Price Forecast by 1990 Hits $40 a Barrel
Washington notes outgoing Energy Secretary Schlesinger predicts oil could reach $40 a barrel by 1990 as OPEC nears maximum production. He warns demand growth and exports limits could push prices higher. Adams urges reduced automobile dependence amid energy concerns. A White House study finds no deliberate oil company manipulation in the recent shortage and cites allocation policy and stock cautiousness as factors. National protests target Big Oil's political influence as labor and citizen groups push to out lobby the industry on Capitol Hill.
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Washington
James R. Schlesinger
International Oil Cartel
U.S
Transportation
Brock Adams
Schlesinger
CBS
Adams
NBC
Meet the Press
Organization of Petro
OPEC
White House
Associated Press
Justice and Energy Departments
Labor
Citizens
Capitol Hill
Estes faces sentencing for Estes Horton trial
Billie Sol Estes and Raymond K. Horton were convicted July 11 of conspiring to hide assets from the IRS and a separate scheme to defraud investors. Estes, 54, could face up to 10 years and $10,000 in fines. Horton up to five years. A juror affidavit alleges coercion and external influence.
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Dallas
Billie Sol Estes
U.S
Robert Hill
Estes
Raymond K. Horton
Internal Revenue Service
Horton
Midland
Raymond L. Loggins
Loggins
Hill
Estes and
Chagra trial witness alleges deal for testimony in case
Key government witness Dudley Connell testified that prosecutors promised a reduced sentence if he cooperated against Jimmy Chagra in the Colombian Connection case. Connell said the deal could include disclosure of his cooperation and sentence terms, while he faces possible penalties for past marijuana offenses and solitary confinement conditions.
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Austin
Texas
Las Vegas
Jimmy Chagra
Chagra
Dudley Connell
el Paso
Oscar Goodman
Connell
U.S
Goodman
Fort Worth Federal Correctional Institution
James
Kerr
San Antonio
Lee
Lee Chagra
Denver
Paul Taylor
Henry Wallace
Columbia
Wallace
Colombia
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Matlock Furniture
TESCO
Monahans
Pecos
Odessa
Billy Mays
Jim Edwards
Middle Fork
Ordon Stevens
Wirth
U.S. Territory
Carl Posey
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Leum
Reeves County Court At Law
Darrell H. Glover
Taylor
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
West Texas
Upper
50S
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