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...major news was the fall of President Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines. But the route to Manila last week was a meandering one for viewers of the three network news shows. CBS Evening News Anchorman Dan Rather introduced the story from San Antonio and Sioux Falls, S. Dak., where he was doing a series of reports on America's farmers. Tom Brokaw launched the NBC Nightly News coverage on Tuesday from Washington, where the big story was the inquiry into the explosion of the space shuttle. And on ABC, coverage of the drama in the Philippines began in Moscow, where...
During his five-day stay, the Prince met Governor Mark White, toured a San Antonio urban renewal project, and visited the battlefield where General Sam Houston won Texas' independence from Mexico. He also walked through a Houston oil refinery, where the falling price of oil is doing more harm to Texas than Santa Anna ever did at the Alamo: state tax revenues from oil could fall by $1 billion this year. After presenting a Winston Churchill Award to Dallas Businessman H. Ross Perot for his "bold imagination, pioneering spirit and dynamic leadership," Charles left for California. Despite his princely welcome...
...wages; a few even receive two paychecks. Senior men can make up to $40,000, nearly three times ! the average British worker's salary. Staffing levels are maintained that would never be tolerated at a U.S. newspaper. Four printers, for example, operate each press at Murdoch's San Antonio Express-News; similar machines at the Times' Gray's Inn plant had 18 workers assigned to them. Complained Murdoch: "I'd go into a plant where 500 workers were supposed to be on the job and couldn't find more than...
...parking lot and draw a crowd," but college jump shooters have been a rougher sell in the Lone Star State. Historically, pro basketball has been no bonanza either. One night in 1973, the Dallas Chaparrals of the American Basketball Association counted 130 paying customers and moved to San Antonio...
...Methodist did their biggest single day's business in years. In Austin, as many as 11,000 spectators have packed women's games at U.T., where the level of enthusiasm has to have contributed to the fact that the Lady Longhorns are 111 games between conference losses. In San Antonio, the old Chaparrals are alive and well as the Spurs. Once among the N.B.A.'s most apathetic regions, Houston has cheered the Rockets so lustily that in 28 home games they have been moved to win 26. Perhaps the most promising player in the league resides in Houston, the heir...