Texans Brace for 100 Traffic Deaths in Holiday Period
DPS Director Col. Wilson Speir warned Texas motorists to join law enforcement in a concentrated effort to cut holiday fatalities. He projects about 52 deaths Christmas weekend and 46 for New Year, with Operation Motorcide to run during both holidays and frequent accident tallies shared three times daily.
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Austin
Wilson E. Speir
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas
Speir
DPS
South Texas
Kent Odom
Corpus Christi
Department of Public Safety
Valley Bank deposits surge with record totals in region
Valley banks and savings and loan associations posted a November gain of 10.3 million over October and 102.3 million year over year, totaling 626,881,671 with banks holding 479,550,350 and savings and loans 147,331,321. Building permits across towns rose again with McAllen leading at 1,922,365 in new construction.
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Weslaco
Valley
Valley Business
Valley Chamber of Commerce
Savings and Loan
Libel Suit Not Dropped Against Harlingen TV Station
A 2.4 million libel-damage suit against KGBT TV Harlingen and others remains active per attorney Tom Fleming for Custom Designed Homes Inc. The court set Jan. 17 for a contempt hearing over a news report about substandard Port Isabel homes. A temporary restraining order had been granted earlier but papers were not served in time. More than 50,000 Girl Scouts serve in leadership and advisory roles.
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Harlingen
Tom Fleming
Custom Designed Homes, Inc
Dist
William Scanlan
Quarantine Set on Hogs Across 15 South Texas Counties
An outbreak of hog cholera led U S and Texas officials to impose a hog movement and sale ban in 15 counties. Headquarters were set in Harlingen after a November auction selling about 500 hogs. Infected animals must be killed and destroyed under the Texas Animal Health Commission order. Counties affected include Aransas Bee Calhoun Cameron DeWitt Goliad Gonzales Hidalgo Jackson Karnes Lavaca Refugio Victoria Willacy and Wilson.
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Texas
U.S
Harlingen
Texas Animal Health Commission
Aransas
Bee
Calhoun
Cameron
DeWitt
Golia
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McAllen
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la Feria
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Ozone Water Co
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