Eloise Wreaks Havoc in Florida Panhandle Storm
Disaster relief workers assess damage from the first major hurricane to strike the Florida panhandle in decades. Eloise cut a 40 mile swath from Fort Walton Beach to Panama City with heavy rains and tornadoes. One dead, damages estimated up to 100 million dollars as thousands return home and guards guard against looters. Officials warn five counties worst affected with multi state rain and widespread property loss.
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Fort Walton Beach
Fla
Florida Panhandle
Eloise
Tennessee
Panama City
Okaloosa
Walton
Bay
Holmes
Washington
H. Gene Smith
Smith
Reubin Askew
Florida
Ford
Alabama
Georgia
Hartford
Ala
Jacksonville
Texas Drops VRA Enforcement for November Referendum
The Justice Department will not enforce the Voting Rights Act in Texas for the November constitutional referendum as part of a compromise with the state. Texas will distribute over 100,000 Spanish language copies of the proposed constitution while seeking future injunction relief and awaiting federal review of voting procedures.
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Washington
U.S Justice Department
Texas
Department
John W. Odam
Justice Department
San Antonio
Odam
White
Weinberg
Gerhard Gessell
Harold Leventhal
Malcolm Richard Wilkey
Atty
Edward H. Levi
Hearst says she was brainwashed and insane during SLA captivity
Patricia Hearst testifies in an affidavit that she was driven to insanity by the Symbionese Liberation Army during her 1974 kidnapping. She alleges torture, confinement, and constant threats, saying the brainwashing left her in a mental fog and led to involvement in bank robbery. A psychiatric exam was ordered as part of the bond process.
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San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
Tania_ Miss Hearst
Miss Hearst
Oliver J Carter
James L. Browning Jr
Lutes
SLA
Los Angeles
Pig Hearsts
Berkeley
Calif
Tania
George Jackson
Hibernia Bank
Point Comfort water cost up 40 percent under Alcoa pact
The Point Comfort board approved a new water contract with Alcoa raising the first 3000 gallons from 2 to 2.80 and 0.60 to 0.75 per 1000 gallons beyond that. The increase will be passed to residents and large users may bear the biggest rise. The contract includes an option to buy Alcoa’s water system if the company relocates. The council also set a 25 cent tax rate per $100 valuation and discussed hiring a full time officer and a potential lease purchase for a fire truck. The meeting touched on port lease amendments, a credit union ordinance, and brief notes on legal matters surrounding the SLA’s Hearst affidavit.
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Point Comfort
Board of Aldermen
Paul Griffith
Aluminum Company of America
Alcoa
Griffith
Utility Department
Marshall
Mason Askew
Clayton Cooper
Askew
David Roberts
Point Comfort Employees Credit Union
Melody Lowry
Calhoun County
Matagorda Island disposal talks progress in Texas panel
James K. Winsor of the General Services Administration told a Matagorda Island study panel that finalizing the island’s disposal by November hinges on receiving excess papers from the Air Force. No proposals have been submitted yet as the excess notice is awaited, while Hawes estate attorney Bud Null offered a less optimistic view on settlement timing.
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James K. Winsor
General Services Administration
Fort Worth
Matagorda Island
GSA
United States Air Force
Winsor
A.R. Schwartz
D-Galveston
Bud” Null
Hawes
Air Force
Corps regulations trigger state water rights clash in Louisiana
state officials accuse the US Army Corps of Engineers of overstepping authority with new rules extending dredge and fill permit power to all U S waters and adjacent lands. Representative Breaux and Texas officials warn of a costly bureaucracy and potential land use control, as hearings resume with Louisiana Governor Edwards slated to speak.
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Baton Rouge
US Army Corps of Engineers
Congress
Corps
U.S
John Breaux
United States
Texas
Don Wynn
Port of
Wyat t Rhodes to address Golden Crescent on Matagorda Island
Rep Joe Wyatt and Attorney George Fred Rhodes will speak to the regional recreational and open space advisory committee of the Golden Crescent Council of Governments at 7 30 p m on Thursday. They will outline recreational uses for Matagorda Island and state plans for the area as members of the Special Joint Committee studying island development for state use. The AROSA Committee worries future development will impact regional recreation.
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Victoria
Joe Wyatt
D-Bloomington
George Fred Rhodes
The
Golden Crescent Council of Governments
Matagorda Island
Arosa
Weather Forecast And Marine Outlook
Fair to mild days with cool nights. Thursday winds northeast 8 to 14 mph. Daytime highs in the 80s tonight lows around 60. Marine forecast: northeasterly winds 6 to 16 knots tonight through Thursday. Seas around 2 to 4 feet. Sunset 7:23 p.m. Sunrise 7:18 a.m. Tides: tonight high at 8:44 p.m. Low at 1:22 a.m. High 5:46 a.m. Low 1:45 p.m. Barometric pressure: 0.17.
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Robert Smith
Dallas
Barry H Weinberg
William Rhyne
Says
Patty Hearst
In Point Comfort
Commission
Port Commission
Permian Corporation
C&h Terminals
Harbor of Refuge
Small Business Administration
Cinque
Donald DeFreeze
Holly
Gladys Porter Zoo
Brownsville
Zoo
Matagorda
Breaux
Lousiana
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