Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 12

siVii its tiswu'-u I (12A Abilene Reporter-News Friday April 29 1994 Football those 16 counties our signal he said FCC just can't move that fast like to think they would but been in this business long enough to know they But Carter said he fully expects to1 have the Cowboys on his network when the 1995 season begins Carter said he feel like been cheated by his own network which went looking for KTXS instead of the other way around some disappoint- ment that we have the he said still the Fox network We have a very big shortage we reach eight counties in the 16-county area We just- can't pull it off before the season Rutledge said KTXS is one of several stations across the country not affiliated with Fox that will carry the NFC package this season this moment I believe there are 24 ABC affiliates in market Bizes like ours that will carry the she said was contacting stations where a Fox affil iate cover the whole area They had to go into these markets and make sure they were KDT not KTXS will broadcast preseason games in the Abilene warket KDT will also broadcast the pre-game show which will feature ex-Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson However when the regular feason games begin KDT will be blacked out in Abilene and KTXS will be blacked out in San Angelo KTXS could however face a few problems in October when the World Series begins the World Series goes seven games we have an option to pull out of the football game and run the World Series Rutledge said in a situation where showing a Dallas game and 21-20 obviously have a decision to make That decision might be a hard one but not KTXS could also face some programming problems on Sundays when it airs an NFC double-header The station be able to show all of Funniest Home one of the most popular Sunday night shows TOMORROW Partly cloudy with a chance of rain High around 70 and low around 50 TODAY Cloudy with a BOH chance of rain 8outheaat winds 10-20 mph High In the upper 60s low around 50 'WEATHER TEXAS TEMPERATURES daytime conditions and high temperatures ims loiter? Winning Numbers 7-6-1 Drawing date: April 28 EXTENDED Through the beginning of next weak partly cloudy with a chance of rain Highs In the 70s and lows In the 50a MOON PHASES EXTENDED FORECASTS Friday April 29 AccuWcather forecast for NNNNN Showers Tstorms Rah Flurries Associated Press GraphicsNet RAINFALL Rain lait 24 hours 015 Rain this month 227 Rain to data thla year 421 Normal rainfall to data 529 Record tor April (1890) 980 Record tor year (1941) 4877 Area rein reports: Anaon 55 Cartoon 20 Cisco 15 Ootoman 25 Dublin 70 Eastland 25 Hawley 10 Lake Sweetwater 56 Merkel AO Ranger JO NATIONAL The LAKE North Texai: Today mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms likely mainly west and central High near 70 wait to tha mid IQs east Tonight mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms likely mainly central and east Low near 50 wait to the mid 60s southeast Saturday partly cloudy with chance of showers and thunderstorms mainly cost High In the lower to mid 70s Saturday night fair Low In the upper 40s to mkt 50s Sunday Increasing cloudiness west with a chance of thunderstorms Partly cloudy control and east High in the 70s Monday through Tuesday mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms Low In ttw 50i High in ttw mid to upper 70s Hill Country end South-Central Texas: Today and tonight mostly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms some possibly seven Highs in ttw 00s Lows in ttw 50s Hill Country to 50s south control Texas Saturday partly cloudy Highs In ttw upper TOs to lower 00s Sunday Monday and Tuesday mostly cloudy with widely scattered thunderstorms Lows in the 50e Hill Country to Mo south central Highs In the 00s South Plains: Today showers and thunderstorms likely Highs in ttw Ms Tonight a chance of showers or thunderstorms mainly during the evening Lows 40-50 Saturday partly cloudy Highs In ttw lower to mid Ms Saturday night fair Lows upper 30s to lower 40s Sunday partly-cloudy Highs 5-70 Monday portly cloudy Lows In ttw 40s Highs ln-ttw mid 70s to lower 10s Tuesday mostly cloudy with slight chance of showers or thunderstorm Lows In the mid 40s Highs 70-75 TjVJ Snow he Sunny PL Cloudy Cloudy Continued from 1A Bowl champions Bill Carter general manager of KIDY said he began working on 'getting the necessary paperwork done in December but that the Federal Communications Commission has been slow in approving new stations been making applications for additional stations to cover Shots Continued from 1 A discounted immunizations to atients who are on Medicaid ave no health insurance or whose insurance pay for vaccinations This saves time for parents who can now take their child in for a check-up and get immunizations at the same -time this a lot of times doctors would send patients to the health department for said Dr Reg Allen regional director of public health the poor parent took time to take them to the doctor for a check-up then had to go somewhere else for a Both Abilene pediatricians offices are participating in this program as well as a few family practice doctors said Kay Soper immunization program superintendent for Public Health Region 23 A number of Big Country family practice physicians are also participating in the vaccine program she said Most Texas children are fully immunized by age 5 or 6 because they must be vaccinated to enter public schools But important for Lomax Continued from 1 A superintendency is not a retirement job for he added who think it is are doomed to failure I have no desire to put in three years and end Among the Snyder pluses which he confessed kept him sleepless the past few nights Lomax listed the size its sound financial standing spending that is above the state average in instruction and below it in administration high test scores the leadership role in promoting the fine arts its location in Ids native West Texas and the breath of lent by the presence of Western Texas College But most important he added are spirit and the leadership has a community pride you pick up on in a he said Of the latter he said: was impressed with the dedication and vision of the board Horse Continued from 1 A find it amazing that anyone could ride her she could barely Bearing said of average intelligence could look at her and see that she needed more to Deputy Kyle Swaner said Colson had $144 in his possession when arrested He told the court that amount stuck in his mind because who had $144 why he buy a sack of feed for the horse?" Descriptions of the condition were overblown Colson argued believe in cruelty to animals and I believe I was cruel to that he told the court of arresting me people could have told me what I needed to to better care for the animal -The horse looked much the same the day of the arrest as she did when he bought her about Today in history 01 994 Accu LEVELS LOCAL Yeaterdey'e high low 7241 Record high this data (1928) 99 Record km thie date (190S) 37 Humidity at 8 pm 54 Barometer at Spm 3003 Pollen Count: Pollen 2 grace 1 oak 1 Mold 1302 Total 1304 18412 am MS am kids to be vaccinated at a younger age because when they are especially susceptible to illness and disease younger you are when you catch these diseases the sicker you said Diane Simpson a medical doctor who is associate commissioner of health for disease control and prevention the big measles outbreak of the early '90s the deaths we had were mainly among preschoolers Whooping cough is another disease really bad in younger She says parents vaccinate their youngsters because they aware of what the diseases are and that they can be fatal or make their child very In addition parents sometimes realize it takes several visits to get kids immunized we look at shot records we see that a lot of people come in for the first shot then The Shots Across Texas campaign and the health department hope their efforts will eliminate the other big reasons parents vaccinate early inconvenient and expensive concerned about the right thingB The questions they asked me are right on about dropouts about reaching Hispanic students who are at-risk about reducing excessive Snyder trustees who signed Lomax to a three-year contract at an annual salary of $72000 said they were equally impressed with their choice displays strong leadership and strong personality traits that impressed Mark McCormick said were very much hoping to find someone like Hundley said he fill post until the end of the school year as his administration continues its review of-central office posts congratulate the Snyder district on an excellent Hundley said Lomax has the potential to be a fine Lomax said lie will take time to study the district before instituting any changes His first assignment will be readying for the summer budget sessions a chore he admitted will be a by seven weeks earlier in Cleveland Texas Colson said The previous owner told him to let the horse graze on by the side of the road addition to feeding her six pounds of grain per day But Colson testified he feed the horse grain because was no way I could carry a 50-pound He relied on the roadside grazing He admitted file sore appeared after he purchased the horse but he said he cared for it by moving the saddle and by applying antibiotic cream hydrogen peroxide 1 and alcohol During his trip across Texas he was stopped by police in Gates-ville ana Leon County but officials there determined he was not mistreating the animal he said No date has been set for the auction Dearing estimated the current value at about $150 she would be worth $800 to $14200 when healthy he said Proceeds from the Bale will help pay the costs of caring for the horse Orren said UlORLDUlfinH IFI FTYYEARSAG JOD AYl APR 29 Yfcrptanestrom 12 US aircraft carriers pummel Japan's big naval base at Truk in ft first day of a twoday attack that destroys 93 of the 104 aircraft In the Caroflnea and wracks IM and ammunition depots airfields and other instalatlona In New Guinea American engineers put the 1 Hodendia and Akape airfields Into operation six days after ttw first runway was captured Sourest 2104 Days ofW ML SmMi PubSahers fcm Almanac Book otWtortd VMv Bison Boks Corp 19S1 Accu-Weather forecast far noon Friday April 29 I wA fe- BMIt Al i -10s -Os Os 10s 20s 90s 40s 50s 80s 70s SOa 90s 100s 110s Banda separata high famparatura zones for ttw day Waattwr Inc DATA SUNRISESET TODAY 654 am "is "lis rV 1994 AocuMtosIhsr 153 E3 je SNOW KX SUNNY FT CLOUDY CLOUDY li toe COLD WARM STATIONARY HK3H 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