Work Off Welfare Plan Heads to Senate Floor
Washington AP states would be allowed to require AFDC recipients to earn benefits by working in local jobs under a finance committee backed provision sent to the Senate floor on an 8 to 3 vote. The plan would pay prevailing or minimum wage, limit displacing other workers, ensure health standards, and aim to habituate recipients to work. Critics say the measure harms welfare recipients and risks low value jobs with little lasting effect.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Finaance Committee
AFDC
Carter
Leonard Lesser
Center For Community Change
Texas Weather: Heat Persists Before Cold Front Arrival
The National Weather Service forecast a cold front to enter the Panhandle tonight and sweep across most of Texas by Saturday. Forecasters warned of one more day of record heat with 90s and possibly near 100 degrees, while the state remained largely cloud-free and rainfall absent since Thursday. Early temps ranged from the upper 50s to 80s with Panhandle readings in the 50s and 60s and western Texas skies likely clear.
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Associated Press
Texans
National Weather Service
Panhandle
San Antonio-Austin
Dalhart
Amarillo
Wichita Falls
Texarkana
Dallas- Fort Worth
Waco
San Antonio
Lufkin
Houston
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
del Rio
San Angelo
el Paso
Lubbock
Gas price fight paralyzes debt ceiling action
Senate filibuster over natural gas price controls threatens to block a debt ceiling vote. Leaders shifted tactics to leverage the debt limit bill, risking government authority to borrow if no agreement by Saturday. Senate adjourned after gas legislation stalled. House set debt ceiling at 773 billion, Senate panel 754 billion through April 30.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
James Abourezk
D-S.d
Robert C. Byrd
Abourezk
HOUSE
Senate Finance Committee
Pecos Native Among Texans Taking New York by Storm
A Pecos High School graduate, John E. Oden, a UT and Southwestern alumnus, leads Texas in New York as Bankers Trust executive and UT Alumni Association NY president. The piece notes Texas professionals’ visibility and a broader Texas influx, with mixed opinions on impact and brain drain.
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Pecos High School
New York
Big Apple
John E. Oden
S. Eddy
Southwestern University
Georgetown
Texas
University of Texas
Oden
Missouri
Kansas
Westwood Promotion Group, Inc
Rosemary Kent
Henry Meltzer
Bank of America
Elton John
Dale Evans
Roy Rogers
Henry
Rosemary
Bay City
Tex
Dan Jenkins
Fort Worth
Janet Scudder
Mary Clark
Fourth Annual World Championship BBQ Beef Cook-off Summary
The Fourth Annual World Championship BBQ Beef Cook-off will be held Saturday Oct 8 at the Pecos Fairgrounds with 14 entries. Judges on Oct 7 include Rick Smith Linda Bond Tumbleweed Smith Bill Hicks Leon Ashley and Margie Singleton. BBQ plates available at 6 pm for 2.50 with prizes of 100 and trophies in three categories champion pro amateur and club plus world champion and 200 trophy. Special awards for showmanship best camps and biggest ham. Elaine Tyer wins 475000 against Toyota in a Houston trial over a dashboard defect. verdict appealable to higher courts.
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Pecos Fairgrounds
Chamber of Commerce
Rick Smith
San Angelo
Austin
Tex
Houston
Toyota Motor Co
Elaine Tyer
Sheriff Posse
Mennonites in West Texas win four month visa reprieve
An INS extension delays deportation for about 500 Mennonites in Seminole Texas until January 31. The group bought 6,400 acres for 2.6 million dollars from Canada and Mexico migrants. INS cites harvest and loan deadlines. probe into possible misleading land offers focuses on real estate brokers. Local businessmen seek work remedy via a factory to provide a legal stay path.
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Washington
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
West
Texas
Canada
Mexico
INS
Vern Jervis
Dallas
U.S. Attorney's Office
West Texas
Frank Wiebe
Mennones
U.S
Wiebe
Ontario
Leonel Castillo
Mennonites
Seminole
Department of Labor
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Rex
Buck Jackson
Eddy County
N.M
Jesus Chavez
Reeves County Hospital
Jackson
Pecos
Saragosa
Community Council of
Reeves County
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Kiath Swim
Irma Quezada
Dorthea Surrett
Leon Pratt
Elizabeth Peters
Nina Abila
Jim Ed Miller
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Robert Hinojos
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