Dust storms sweep Texas as Pacific front hits state
Fierce south winds whip dust into the sky as a Pacific front sweeps across western Texas. Wind warnings extend into tonight with gusts up to 60 mph in mountain passes and 20 to 40 mph elsewhere. Thunderstorms, rain or snow showers, and scattered cold temps follow as the system moves east. Winter storms threaten Colorado and the central Rockies with warnings and watches across several states.
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Court upholds PUC Bell denied rate delay plea
The Texas Supreme Court refused Southwestern Bell's bid to delay a rate structure ordered by the Texas Public Utility Commission. Bell sought a refund bond and a pending trial on new rates but was denied. The court did not rule on a major legal question raised by Bell and allied entities.
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Bodies found as rescue efforts continue in flooded mine shaft
Rescuers recovered a second body and expected eight miners missing after a flash flood flooded the Kocher Coal Co. shaft in Keppler Mountain. Officials said survival was unlikely as teams worked through mud and timber to reach the trapped men, with 100 workers underground and three survivors hospitalized.
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Associated Press
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Kocher Coal Co
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Hegens
James Shober
State Department of Environmental Resources
Niagara Falls
Larry
Texans push for gas probe in federal court ruling
Texas senators urged the Interior Department to appeal a New York court decision invalidating oil leases for Atlantic gas drilling. Senators Bentsen and Tower argued withholding gas by other states harms Gulf Coast producers and demanded investigations into alleged withholding while insisting Texas producers faced no illegality.
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John Tower
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U.S. District Court
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New York
Bentsen
Pennsylvania
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Oswald note to Hunt sought my position
A federal investigator cites a note signed by Lee Harvey Oswald asking H. L. Hunt for information about his position dated November 8, 1963, two weeks before Kennedy’s Dallas murder. The Daily News says handwriting comparison suggests Oswald or an imitator authored the note.
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H.L. Hunt
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
Daily News
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Court orders breakup of same city newspaper broadcast combos
A federal appeals court ruling requires the FCC to break up newspaper and broadcast stations owned in the same community unless the combination serves the public interest. The decision could affect 79 TV newspaper ties and unspecified joint newspaper radio holdings, and allows cross city ownership swaps. The panel may suspend the order pending appeal and renewal of licenses remains tied to public interest.
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Washington
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal Communications Commission
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Daniel M. Armstrong
FCC
Filing Deadline Nears With Few City and School Candidates
With the 5 p.m. deadline today no new filings have emerged for city council, independent school district, or county school board positions. Incumbent Roddy Villescas seeks re election to the county board, while one county seat remains unfilled. City council incumbents and ISD incumbents filed, each facing a challenger.
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Jan Bippes
Brenda Virgin
Independent School Board
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Roddy Villescas
Independent School District
Bob Bickley
Doug Fernandez
Manual Trujillo
Frank Apolinar
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