News for January 17, 2003

More than 300 people attended Thursday

Ground breaking event today at S&W
A ground breaking today will signal the beginning of a process that will alter the skyline of Scott and White Memorial Hospital

S&W lease for TI building approved
Scott and White Memorial Hospital and Clinic received the go-ahead Thursday from Temple City Council to move purchasing department warehousing and offices into the former Texas Instruments Building on Airport Road starting as early as Feb. 1. The council unanimously approved a lease for 88,955 square feet

Inspectors find empty warheads
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) An inspection team searching bunkers in southern Iraq on Thursday found 11 empty chemical warheads that Iraqi officials had not declared to the United Nations, a U.N. spokesman said. Iraq insisted that it had reported the rockets, which it said were old and never used for chemical weapons. A 12th warhead was also found that needed further evaluation, and samples were taken for chemical testing, said Hiro Ueki, the inspectors

VA to suspend enrollment of some
WASHINGTON (AP)The Veterans Affairs Department will suspend enrollment Friday for higher-income vets seeking health care for non-military related ailments ranging from routine care to heart disease and diabetes. The suspension, scheduled to last through 2003, goes against VA policy set in 1996 when Congress ordered the agency to open health care to nearly all veterans. The change is expected to affect about 164,000 veterans. The chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., said the decision was disappointing but