McLemore Named Interim City Manager in La Marque
City Clerk Carol McLemore was unanimously named interim city manager by La Marque City Council on July 1. An 18 year city employee and 13 year clerk, she will oversee operations while a permanent replacement for Nick Finan is sought, with 25 to 30 applications already received and Aug. 23 deadline set for new candidates.
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LA Marque
Carol McLemore
McLemore
Jack Neuner
Nick Finan
League City
Finan
Militia trial defense calls group a harmless weapons club
Phoenix defense lawyers ridiculed charges against twelve Viper Militia members claiming the group, accused of plotting to blow up government buildings, is a vintage weapons club. Federal investigators testified no warnings were issued about targeted buildings, saying there were no immediate plans to attack.
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Phoenix
Viper Militia
Deborah Williams
Steve Ott
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms
Ott
Senate battles over minimum wage bill and exemptions
Democrats push to defeat a Bond amendment that would exempt millions from a new minimum wage rise and delay its schedule. The House bill would lift the rate from 4.25 to 4.75, then to 5.15, plus tax breaks for business. Republicans emphasize a targeted, “Swiss-cheese” approach.
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Washington
Senate
Small Business Committee
Christopher Bond
R-Mo
Harry Truman
Tom Daschle
D-S.d
Bond
Caribbean Hurricane Bertha Strikes Virgin Islands
Bertha, the season's first Atlantic hurricane, hits the Virgin Islands with winds over 103 mph. It tears roofs from homes and drenches the islands as two surfers drown in rough seas. Page 3 carries the full report.
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Virgin Islands
House Bill Would Raise Minimum Wage in Two Steps
The House approved legislation to lift the minimum wage from 4.25 to 5.15 over two years with an accompanying package of tax breaks. Officials estimate the change would affect more than 10 million workers across the country.
Man involved in crash with Jackson receives probation
GALVESTON The man who injured Texas City Commissioner Connie Jackson in a Nov. 18, 1995 traffic accident was sentenced to five years probation Monday. Christopher Dickerson pled guilty to failure to stop and render aid and must pay $55,945 restitution to Jackson. Jackson broke two vertebrae in her neck. the crash occurred when Dickerson ran a stop sign and hit her Jeep Cherokee, flipping it four times. Jackson was hospitalized two weeks and wore a body brace three months. She said the sentence is too lenient and that justice was not served.
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Galveston
Texas
Connie Jackson
Christopher Dickerson
Jackson
Frank Carmona
Dickerson
Aces on bridge feature and page cues
Community newspaper index lists sections Aces on bridge, Ann Landers, bulletin board, classifieds, Comes ccs e teens, and a crossword. Columns include Deaths, Editorial, weather and a doodle of page numbers.
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Ann Landers
Bulletin Board
Ccc
SPO
Pause to Pray for Laborers in Fields and Faith
A devotional blessing asks divine care for workers in agriculture and ministry. It prays for safe journeys and willing helpers for those who labor in fields and who teach and preach the word.
America's Most Dangerous Jobs Report Highlights Cab Drivers
The Associated Press reports workplace violence risks in a government study. Cab drivers face high danger with 86 killed in 1994, while 20 workers are murdered weekly and 18,000 assaulted. Most homicides stem from robberies and victims often do not know their attackers.
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Washington
Mukhtar Adhmad
Ahmad
Fred Blosser
National Institute For Occupational Safety and Health
Lynn Jenkins
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