Flash Flood Warnings Rise Across Texas Amid Severe Storms
Thunderstorms continued into Texas from the Gulf of Mexico with the Hill Country and West Central Texas taking the brunt. Flash flood warnings were issued for several counties after midnight as heavy storms dumped up to three inches of rain, while severe thunderstorm warnings affected many San Antonio area counties. Temps ranged from 50 to 73 degrees as showers spread from New Mexico into the Texas Panhandle and Laredo area.
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Associated Press
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Hill
San Angelo
San Antonio
Bexar County
Weather Service
Austin
Cotulla
Laredo
Upper Panhandle
Panhandle
South Plains
Texarkana
Tyler
McAllen
South Texas
Amarillo
Presidio
Pacific Northwest
Rockies
California
Wyoming
Weather Watch Tuesday High Clouds and Showers
Forecast calls for considerable morning cloudiness giving way to cloudy skies through Thursday. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible tonight and again Thursday. High around 87 degrees with a low near 53.
Masons Honor Past Masters at Pecos Valley Lodge Event
Pecos Valley Lodge 736 to hold a special meeting Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Masonic Hall to honor past masters and award 25 year pins. Dinner will be served. All past masters and masons and their families urged to attend per secretary Woody Merrit.
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Pecos Valley Lodge
Masonic Hall
Woody Merrit
Concorde Landing Ban at Kennedy Ruled Illegal
A federal judge in New York ruled the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey ban on landing the Concorde at Kennedy Airport illegal. The ruling lifted the temporary ban after British Airways and Air France challenged the measure amid noise vibration and pollution data concerns. The court did not order immediate resumption of landings and a Port Authority spokesman declined comment pending further legal study.
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New York
Kennedy Airport
U.S
Port Authority
Kennedy
Dulles International Airport
Washington
U.S. Tranportation
William Coleman
Concorde
Texas House Advances Teacher Pay Raise Amid Funding Debate
The Texas House tentatively approved a $369 million teacher pay raise bill as Senate action on a companion measure looms. If enacted, starting salaries would rise to $9,024 this fall and $9,385 next year, with 21 years experience earning up to $14,382. Critics note reductions in raises for mid‑career teachers and changes from earlier House proposals amid debates over funding and retirement bill costs.
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Associated Press
Austin, Tex
House
Texas State Teachers Association
Senate
House Public Education Committee
Tom Massey
San Antonio
TSTA
Massey
DeWitt Hale
Corpus Christi
Dolph Briscoe
Briscoe
House-Senate
U.S. Senate
Death by Drug Bill Retires Old Sparky in Texas
Gov Dolph Briscoe signs a law to replace the death penalty by lethal injection in Texas effective Sept 1 making the state the second to adopt the method.
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Sparky
Austin
Tex
Dolph Briscoe
Texas
Oklahoma
David Boren
Briscoe
W.J. Estelle Jr
Estelle
Texas Department of Corrections
Texas Historical Museum
Thad
Plan to raise social security taxes and death penalty changes debated
The chart outlines Carter's social security tax increases affecting individual taxpayers. Texas Governor Briscoe signs a death penalty bill by injection and contemplates execution timing. Law shifts from electrocution to lethal injection and prompts calls over helmet laws and state budgeting with emergency funds and higher teacher sick leave.
Birds reenact Hitchcock film in California chimney
In Anderson California thousands of swift birds attack a chimney trapping hundreds of dead bodies after forcing soot into the home. Mrs Dottie Sherlock describes a nightmarish scene likening it to The Birds while a chimney sweep removes the carcasses.
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Shasta County
San Francisco
Redding
Murray Fowler
Davis
University of California
Pecos Blood Drive Seeks Donors at Community Center
Pecos Evening Lions invite the public to donate blood at the Blood Mobile on Thursday at the Pecos community center from 1 p.m. until donors run out. The event calls for generous participation to help others in need.
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Pecos
TI to buy DC9
The Department of Transportation guaranteed 90 percent of a 10 year 9.54 million loan to Texas International Airlines to buy three used DC9 jet airliners. TEX International buys two DC9s from Trans World Airlines and one from North Central Airlines. Two planes arrive this month with the third in September. The loan comes from United States Trust Co. of New York as trustee for Dollar Savings Bank of New York and Chase Manhattan Bank.
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Washington
Department of Transportation
Texas International Airlines
Texas International
Trans World Airlines
North Central Airlines
United States Trust Co. of
New York
Dollar Savings Bank of New York
Chase Manhattan Bank
Social Security reform questions and answers with Carter plan
Michael Puzzel outlines how Carter's proposal changes funding for Social Security. It covers wage earner ceilings, self employed tax changes, transfer of funds, tax impact, and effects on current and future retirees. The plan shifts increases earlier, raises ceilings periodically, and eliminates double counting to keep benefits aligned with inflation.
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Michael Putzel
Associated Press
Washington
Carter
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