The Temple City Council set the next council election for May 4, when candidates for mayor and Districts 2 and 3 will vie for three-year terms and candidates for Districts 1 and 4 will run for two-year terms.The change to three-year from two-year terms follows a charter amendment passed in May 2000.The purpose of having two of the districts continue to serve a two-year term after this election is to stagger the elections, City Attorney Jonathan Graham said, explaining that the entire council would not be up for election all at once. WASHINGTON (AP) President Bush has determined that the Geneva Convention applies to Taliban soldiers in Afghanistan, but not al-Qaida terrorists, the White House said Thursday as aides insisted the decision would have no impact on the treatment of Afghan detainees.
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WASHINGTON (AP) Former Enron chief executive Jeffrey Skilling insisted to skeptical lawmakers Thursday that he knew of nothing improper about the complex web of partnerships that brought down the company, draining the savings of millions of investors and employees. Four of Skilling
WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate overwhelmingly approved a $275,000-per-farm cap on agriculture subsidies on Thursday, threatening the future of a Democratic farm bill. Under existing rules, farms can receive unlimited subsidies for production of grain, cotton and soybeans, and growers can get $80,000 more under a separate program that provides fixed annual payments. Southern Democrats trying to protect subsidies to large cotton and rice operations threatened to abandon the bill if the payment limit were approved. But a move to kill the cap failed 66-31, and the Senate then passed it on a voice vote. The Temple City Council set the next council election for May 4, when candidates for mayor and Districts 2 and 3 will vie for three-year terms and candidates for Districts 1 and 4 will run for two-year terms.The change to three-year from two-year terms follows a charter amendment passed in May 2000.The purpose of having two of the districts continue to serve a two-year term after this election is to stagger the elections, City Attorney Jonathan Graham said, explaining that the entire council would not be up for election all at once. WASHINGTON (AP) President Bush has determined that the Geneva Convention applies to Taliban soldiers in Afghanistan, but not al-Qaida terrorists, the White House said Thursday as aides insisted the decision would have no impact on the treatment of Afghan detainees.
WASHINGTON (AP) Countering Amtrak
WASHINGTON (AP) Former Enron chief executive Jeffrey Skilling insisted to skeptical lawmakers Thursday that he knew of nothing improper about the complex web of partnerships that brought down the company, draining the savings of millions of investors and employees. Four of Skilling
WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate overwhelmingly approved a $275,000-per-farm cap on agriculture subsidies on Thursday, threatening the future of a Democratic farm bill. Under existing rules, farms can receive unlimited subsidies for production of grain, cotton and soybeans, and growers can get $80,000 more under a separate program that provides fixed annual payments. Southern Democrats trying to protect subsidies to large cotton and rice operations threatened to abandon the bill if the payment limit were approved. But a move to kill the cap failed 66-31, and the Senate then passed it on a voice vote. | |
sportsOne-third of a second.That's what separated Temple's Traci Westphal from a berth at last year's state swim meet. Remembering that is more than enough as she begins her final regional competition today."When you first get to region, it's such a high level of competition that the pressure swimmers will rise up and do the best," she said. "Last year was a huge meet for me. Now I know what it's all about."Westphal, a senior, is one individual among two contingents of Temple and Belton swimmers competing at the UIL's Region IV swim meet today and Saturday at UT-Austin's Jamail Swim Center.For today's preliminaries and Saturday's finals, the Class 4A competition will begin at 10 a.m., with the 5A to start at 4 p.m.Westphal will go in the girls 100- and 200-yard freestyle events, but thinks she stands a better shot of making it to state in the 200. She finished fifth at last year's regional, but her time | |
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