South Texas beaches scour as Mexican oil spill nears coast
Tourists on South Padre Island still enjoy sun and surf despite tarry crude from a blown Mexican well spewing about 20,000 barrels a day into the Gulf. Coast Guardsmen sweep beaches with vacuum trucks while officials warn the spill could threaten hundreds of miles of coastline from Texas to Florida. Governor and agency leaders weigh disaster declarations and cleanup costs as Padre Island reports light oiling near Port Mansfield while visitors maintain a calm, busy beach scene.
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Ken Herman
Associated Press
SOUTH PADRE_ISLAND
Tex
South Padre Island
Coast Guard
Coast
South Texas
Bay of Campeche
Texas
Florida
Environmental Protection Agency
Roger Meacham
Gulf
Meacham
Bill Hobby
Bill Clements
Hobby
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Carl Posey
Padre Island
Merchants Committee Finalizes Local Project Plans
The Merchants' Committee of the Chamber of Commerce met Tuesday at 10 AM at the Chamber office. Members included Dub Schultz chair man Randy Harp George Vasquez Della Bryant Mary Farnum Jerry Swain Ray Estes Ken Allen Carol Naylor Nita Smith and Dot Stafford. Upcoming events include a teacher tea on Aug 22 hosted by the Women's Division at Mr and Mrs Richard D Naylor with hostesses and door prizes. A Christmas parade is planned for Nov 30 at 4 30 PM with a theme to be chosen and two Santas to be hired for downtown and the shopping center locations. The parade route will be set by the police. Also a sidewalk sale is planned for Aug 31 and Sept 1 along with style shows and gift displays.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Dub Schultz
Randy Harp
George Vasquez
Della Bryant
Mary Farnum
Jerry Swain
Ray Estes
Ken Allen
Carol Naylor
Nita Smith
Dot Stafford
Richard D. Naylor
Cecil Stickles
Police Department
Idaho rains aid battle against Western fires in five states
Firefighters faced 18 wildfires across Idaho and four other Western states as smoke and heat persisted. A light rain in Idaho and cooler, drier air slowed spread on large blazes including the 50,000 acre Gallagher Peak and 56,000 acre Mortar Creek fires in national forests. Reserves were called from as far as New England to fight the infernos that charred at least 140,000 acres.
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Christopher B. Daly
Associated Press
Idaho
National Forest Service
Joe Nadolski
Gordon Stevens
Mortar Creek
Nature
Stevens
Yellowstone Park
Moose Creek
Ship Island
Little Eight Mile
Salmon National Forest
Tupperman Lake
Panhandle National Forest
East Fork
Payette National Forest
Boise
New England
Oregon
Montana
Wyoming
California
National Weather Service
Interagency — Fire Center
T-Ball City Dodgers Mobilize 4500 Firefighters Across West
The T Ball City Dodgers mobilized a 4500 strong force including 2500 Forest Service firefighters and hundreds of Native Americans from reservations and Idaho National Guard. The Mortar Creek fire on the Salmon River’s Middle Fork covered at least 50000 acres by midday Tuesday with a 62 mile perimeter and only four miles of fire lines cut. In eastern Idaho the Gallagher Peak fire reached 57000 acres.
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Forest Service
Idaho National Guard
Mortar Creek
Middle Fork
Idaho
Salmon River
Stevens
Gallagher Peak
Pecos Public Service Drives MS Fund for Basin Region
Pecos MS drive raises 646.64 as Pecos Public Service manager Jesse Stephens presents the donation to Hazel Lewis executive director of the Permian Basin Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Lewis oversees 19 counties and thanks Stephens and local groups for support.
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Jesse Stephens
Hazel Lewis
Permian Basin
The
Multiple Sclerosis Society
Pecos
Jayne Robinson
Community Public Service
National
Lewis
Permian
Ms. Lewis
Stephens
Pecos Jaycee-Ettes
Betty Topliss
LULAC
Pecos Development Club
Ben Matia
Davis Proceedings Preview Trial Start for Cullen Davis
Presiding judge predicts testimony against Fort Worth industrialist Cullen Davis will begin Monday in the second murder for hire case. State District Judge Gordon Gray said trial would start Monday if defense attorney Racehorse Haynes finishes juror questioning by Wednesday.
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Fort Worth, Texas
Cullen Davis
Fort Worth
Gordon Gray
Fense
Richard
Haynes
Davis
Joe Eidson
Priscilla Davis
Anoth
Odessa Man Abducted From Home After Wife Pickup
Odessa Texas police say 21 year old Michael Todd Franks was abducted from his trailer home late Tuesday after he picked up his wife from work at about 1130 p.m. Capt Larry Lindley of the Ector County sheriff's department reports Franks and his wife were returning from her job as a clerk when the abduction occurred.
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Odessa
Texas
Larry Lindley
Ector County
Weather and abduction scare hit Pecos area
Weather forecast for West Texas calls for fair skies and warmer temps through Thursday with highs 80s to 100s and scattered evening storms. In Pecos a man named Franks was abducted from his trailer by an intruder. his wife fled to call police as he was forced into a white over green pickup. A later sighting at an Abilene gas station led police to suspect his kidnapping. their child remained unharmed.
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Pecos
West Texas
Big Bend
Franks
Abilene
Lindley
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Tommy Galindo
Shawn Clark
Jay Dorr
Mickey Thomas
Jason Chandler
Jason Alvarez
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T.J. Williams
Chris Holley
Tyrone Ferguson
James J. Thomas
Linda Clark
Zane Chandler
Robert Hinojos
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