Explosion in Beirut prompts probe of negligence in nitrate storage
Beirut investigators focus on possible negligence in storing 2750 tons of ammonium nitrate in a waterfront warehouse amid a deadly blast that killed about 135 and left 5000 injured. Government orders house arrest for port officials as aid arrives and Lebanon braces for recovery.
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Kuwait
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Shirley Ann Grau dies at 91. Pulitzer winner of The Keepers of the House
Shirley Ann Grau, a Pulitzer Prize winning author whose Deep South stories bridged beauty and darkness, has died at 91 in a New Orleans area memory care facility from stroke complications. Her six novels and four short story collections drew fierce reactions amid civil rights tension. Grau's daughter Nora McAlister of Metairie said no funeral plans were set.
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Flannery O’connor
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Tulane
Philosophy
Katherine E Miner
Houston
Jan J. Feibleman
Georgetown
Texas
William L. Feibleman
We Don't Learn From Beiruts Tragedy Echoes U S West Blast
AP reports Beirut port explosion killing at least 135 and injuring about 5000 mirrors the 2013 West Texas fertilizer plant disaster. Both involved ammonium nitrate stockpiles amid regulatory rollbacks and weak oversight as questions of negligence and safety linger.
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Medina voters push countywide ballot on courthouse funding
The Save Your Courthouse Committee urges Medina County to place the county share of the new joint Medina city county courthouse project on the ballot. petitions were certified after filing July 23 and presented to the board of elections for ballot placement on Medina ballots by Aug. 11.
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Allen R. Lowery
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