Tourism losses loom as oil spill hits Texas coast
Texans suffer financial losses from a Mexican oil spill with little federal aid in sight. After congressional hearings, officials say the relief fund remains uncertain, and private losses are not covered by grants. Tourism and coastal businesses see sharp declines as cleanup costs mount and SBA loans are the only near term help.
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Susan Stoler
Associated Press
Corpus Christi
Texas
Washington
Treasury
Ray Roberts
D-Texas
Gan
U.S. House
Senate
John Breaux
D-La
House Water Resources Subcommittee
House
Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee
Breaux
Small Business Administration
Mexico
Work crews monitor burning tank cars after derailment
Residents near Joaquin Texas returned home as officials said the danger of further explosions had passed. Three still burning tank cars were being cleaned while two locomotives and 32 cars derailed from a Southern Pacific freight train. Five people, including one trainman, were mildly injured. Several hazardous chemicals were on board.
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Southern Pacific
Ross
Pine Bluff
Ark
Bart
Teneha
Joaquin
Public meeting planned as Reeves County joins appraisal district
Reeves County Commissioners adopt a resolution to join a single appraisal district and schedule a public organizational meeting for Monday September 17 at 7 30 p m in the second floor courtroom of the Reeves County Courthouse. A nine member board is planned with two seats for Pecos County and Reeves County each and one for Toyah Balmorhea and the Balmorhea School system. Names of the nine nominees will be announced at next Monday's meeting. The panel may be elected or appointed to take office January 1 1980, with assessment ratios to be abolished by January 1981. The court also awarded a $7 998 computer system bid for the Reeves County Correctional Facility to Hubbs Office Supply Pecos, approved using remaining jail funds, and took other actions including land sale with proceeds reverting to Pecos City and radar unit purchase for Balmorhea public service. Insurance for the District Attorney raised to 1 million with a 400 premium shared pro rata by Ward County.
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Lew Barrett
Reeves County Commissioners Court
Reeves County
W.O
Bill’’ Pigman
Pecos
Pecos-Barstow
Toyah
Balmorhea
Pecos-Toyah-Barstow
Pigman
Senate
Jimmie Preslar
Hubbs
U.S. Marshal’s Office
Reeves County Hospital
Pecos City
Bang
Decatur Electronics Co
Department of Public Service
Ward County
Davis murder trial witness praised by prosecutor
Fort Worth Texas AP prosecutor Jack Strickland says star witness David McCrory has held up under cross examination by Richard Racehorse Haynes in the murder for hire trial of Cullen Davis. McCrory, the key witness, claims Davis ordered the killing of District Judge Joe Eidson during a divorce trial.
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Fort Worth, Texas
Jack Strickland
Richard
Haynes
McCrory
Fort Worth
Cullen Davis
Davis
Joe Eidson
David
Weather outlook for Pecos area stays warm and sunny
Continued warm and sunny forecast for Pecos and vicinity through tomorrow. Sunday highs reached 93 with 60-degree low this morning. West Texas remains sunny and warm through today and Tuesday with highs in the 90s and cooler 80s in the mountains. Overnight lows range from upper 50s to mid 50s in the mountains and near 70 in Big Bend.
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Pecos
West Texas
Big Bend
Corn crop foreseen to rise in USDA revisions
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department will issue its monthly crop report on Wednesday with revised forecasts for 1979 crop production including corn, soybeans, cotton and wheat. Early August indications put corn at a record 7.11 billion bushels, up from July, with some analysts expecting 7.3 billion or more amid favorable weather though frost risk in the upper Corn Belt could affect late planted grain.
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Washington
U.S
Agriculture Department
Department
Crop Reporting Board
USDA
Midwest
Kiss Your Baby Week Proclaimed In Pecos By Mayor
Mayor William R. Bickley proclaims September 24 to 28 as Kiss Your Baby Week to raise public health awareness of cystic fibrosis symptoms in children. He notes salt taste on the skin can signal CF, outlines signs such as wheezing coughing pneumonia weight gain issues and nasal polyps, and cites CF's inheritance and partial survival data while urging vigilance.
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William R. Bickley
Pecos
Lone Star
The
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Virginia Hunt
Bob Bickley
Robert Hinojos
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Tommy Aguilar
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Herrera
Joe Bart
Mayor Bickley
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