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i 4B Lonqview News-Journal, Friday, July 10, 2009 Manhunt Bombings slay dozens in Iraq Claxton said when asked how getting his arms in front of himself helped Fagan to escape. Claxton said stun gun use is based on individual situations, and he could not speculate why the transporting deputy, Bruce Banks, did not fire a stunning weapon at Fagan. "Deputy Banks did the best he could in that situation," Claxton said. From Page IB when he ran away. Deputy Geoffrey Serna also was present during the arrest.

Fagan is thought to have "walked the cuffs," or moved his arms under and around his legs to bring his arms in front of himself, while being driven to the jail, Claxton said. The action allowed Fagan to have freer arm movement. "Obviously the suspect just ran faster than the deputy," The worst attack Thursday occurred in Tall Afar in Nineveh province in the north, where a double suicide bombing killed 34 people, prompting a senior Iraqi official to express concern that the country's security forces, now fully responsible for protecting the cities, had been penetrated by armed groups. In Baghdad, a pair of roadside bombs killed at least seven people in the Shiite district of Sadr City, police said. In the capital's Sunni district of Adhamiya, roadside bombs killed 13 people, with one blast targeting a police patrol.

Militants appear focused on the north, where Arabs Sheridan, McDonald join CBS affiliate and Kurds are locked in a dispute over a 300-mile stretch of land where Saddam Hussein's regime expelled Kurds and settled Arabs in their place. Iraq's semiautono-mous Kurdish region wants to annex those areas, an idea Arabs oppose. The quarrel is complicated by the valuable oil reserves in Kirkuk province, which all sides want. Concerns have grown that the tensions, if left to fester, could flare into a Kurdish-Arab war. Provincial council member Yahya Abed Majoub, a member of the Sunni Arab Iraqi Islamic Party, blamed the attack in Tall Afar on political I a $2.1 million widening project.

deal with it. "Our original hope was that the state Legislature would enact a law pertaining to this problem, and when that didn't happen, we attempted to handle it through a city ordinance," Dean said. "While our intent was good, the public per- factions as well as neighboring countries. "There are groups who want to ignite sectarian and ethnic tensions all over Iraq. Nineveh is just the starting point," Majoub said.

"There is a political agenda from inside and outside related to the election." Kurdish officials blamed the attack on the group al-Qa-ida in Iraq. They lashed out at the US. military, however, saying it had allowed security to deteriorate by withdrawing. The Kurds have viewed the American forces as a partner and a check on Arab ambitions in the provinces adjoining Iraqi Kurdistan. If Michael CavazosNews-Journal Photo ception of the action was that it was being undertaken to benefit one of our council members, so we need to be careful." The council also granted a tax abatement of 50 percent for five years to Halliburton, which is opening a location in a facility on Industrial Drive.

TASTE get nort Nfws-Kournal FROM STAFF REPORTS Longtime East Texas television newswoman Gillian Sheridan is scheduled to reappear Wednesday on regional airwaves after an absence of a couple of months. Sheridan will be paired in co-anchor duties on CBS-19 with another veteran newscaster, Chuck McDonald, next week, according to station news director Dan Delgado. Sheridan had been with KLTV, Channel 7 and has been off the air in recent weeks. KLTV station manager Pat Stacey said Sheridan left the staff in May but he could not comment on circumstances of her departure. McDonald has been out of the television business for about five years, Delgado said.

Sheridan and McDonald are scheduled to co-anchor Two wrecks close parts of Texas 149 getUoor Silver Falls Road in Longview is set for Sidney Allen to recuse himself, and Allen complied. Allen is in the scrap metal business. The speakers all asked that the council continue to look at the issue. Dean said the council most likely will revisit the issue later or support a county effort to "Regardless of the decision you make, we're going to be in pretty good financial shape for the next -school year," Hartt said. Hartt also proposed keeping the district's tax rate at $1.04 per $100 of taxable value.

The effect on homeowner's tax bills is still unclear. The district's 2009 average taxable home values in Rusk and Panola counties was not available Thursday night. an arrest or conviction. To report crime, call (903) 236-ST0P. the station's 6 p.m.

news show, its 6:30 p.m. i 1 newscast and the 10 p.m. local news show. Delgado said the additions will mean a change in on-air duties for Lisa Spooner and Meghan McDermott Sheridan has 21 years' experience Chuck McDonald in the industry with about half that in East Texas. McDonald has about 17 years' experience, including stints with competing stations KLTV and KETK, Delgado said.

Safety Trooper Robbie Dillard. The driver of the Explorer, 26-year-old Catherine Barr of Longview, was taken to Good Shepherd Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries, Dillard said. Another two-vehicle wreck occurred Wednesday on Texas 149 near the Sysco Food services entrance. Two people were taken to hospitals for medical treatment. Information about the wreck was not available Thursday afternoon.

on $5,000 bond, charged with driving while intoxicated. Police records show this is Cuellar's third offense, raising his charge to a felony. According to court records, a Longview police officer stopped Cuellar after Cuellar ran a stop sign on McCann Road at Spur 63. The officer reported that Cuellar was slurring his speech and smelled of alcohol. The officer said Cuellar failed several field sobriety tests.

Richard Devillier, 34, of Longview remained jailed Thursday on $5,000 bond, charged with forgery. Longview police said Devillier purchased merchandise from ABC Auto Parts on the 1300 block of West Loop 281 with a forged check and (hen returned the merchandise for cash at another branch. Devillier was arrested as he was trying to pass another forged check, police said. Police reports said none of the checks were in Devillier's name. Thomas Utterback, 43, of Gillian Sheridan recipes, menu ideas, savings.

LOS ANGELES TIMES BAGHDAD In the deadliest day of violence since the withdrawal of most U.S. troops from Iraq's cities last week, at least 54 people were killed in bombings Thursday in Baghdad and other locations. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has warned that various armed groups will try to discredit Iraq's security forces and cause instability as American troops pull back. The majority of US. troops left their bases in the cities June 30, in accordance with a security agreement signed by officials late last year.

Council From Page IB The council also awarded a $261,350 contract to GFI Gen-fare for an electronic fare box system for the buses. Federal funds will be used for this purchase as well. In other business, the council awarded Longview Bridge Road a $2,172,417 contract for the Silver Falls road widening project. It was approved as part of the 2007 Capital Improvements bond and will include widening the street to four lanes and providing curbs, gutters, draining inlets and sewer improvements. The project is about $500,000 under budget, said Public Works Director Keith Bonds.

Three people spoke at the meeting regarding an item that had been pulled from the agenda: a proposed scrap metal ordinance. Beforeopeningthemeeting to public comment, Mayor Jay Dean asked Councilman Tatum From Page IB ployees. "We can do this two ways," Hartt told school trustees. "We can just give a 6 percent pay raise to our teachers and professional staff, which would cost about $107,000, or we can give a raise to everyone and tack on an additional $63,000 to cover the costs." Hartt said the district is fortunate to be in the financial situation it is in. Longview remained jailed Thursday on $2,500 bond, charged with forgery.

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Timpson St. Longview, Near Timpson Park www.johnnysflooringwarehou5e.com FROM STAFF REPORTS A two-vehicle wreck Thursday closed lanes of Texas 149 for about an hour for the second time this week. A southbound Chrysler Town and Country driven by 50-year-old Bryon Lewis of Gladewater crossed the yellow dividing line just north of Lakeport and collided with the front left of a Ford Explorer at about 1:50 p.m. Thursday, said Texas Department of Public Gregg County Jail EarleneOoddy, 52, of Gilmer remained jailed Thursday on $2,500 bond, charged with theft. According to officials, an employee at Wal-Mart on Loop 281 saw Doddy leave the store without paying for her cart of merchandise.

Longview police arrested Doddy and found she had two prior convictions for theft, raising her charge to a felony. Michael John Deitz, 23, of Henderson remained jailed Thursday on $35,000 bond, charged with burglary of a habitation with the intent to commit a felony and retaliation. Longview police reported that Deitz was arrested after a man said Deitz entered a home on the 1000 block of Shirley Drive, assaulted the man and threatened to assault a witness if she contacted police. Miguel Angel Cuellar, 27, of Longview remained jailed Thursday AllMII I (with a medical 1 1 r. i loJEejiQsigjil UMlMMm etcHc ij announcements, events, community.

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