GOOD AFTERNOON CROSS TIMBERS. TODAY IS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4TH, 2012. THIS IS
TEXAN TV NEWS FROM THE TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS IN STEPHENVILLE,
TEXAS, AND I AM SAVANNAH TRANTHAM.
IN TODAYS HEADLINES
DELTA ZETAS START THEIR ANNUAL PINK WEEK.
RIO BRAZOS, THE MUSIC HALL IN GRANBURY, CLOSES.
AMERICAN AIRLINES MAKES A PEACE OFFERING WITH ITS PILOTS.
THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN DEBATE
AND YOUNG ECUADOREANS STAGE A MUSICAL SENSATION
NOW, TODAY’S TOP STORY REPORTED BY LACY MASSEY.
THIS WEEK KICKED OF OCTOBER, WHICH IS NATIONAL BREAST CANCER
AWARNESS MONTH AND DELTA ZETA’S ANNUAL PINK WEEK. THE WEEK IS
DEDICATED TO HELPING GAIN AWARNESS FOR BREAST CANCER. SEVERAL
EVENTS HAVE BEEN HELD THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. TUESDAY WAS THE START
OF THE PINK WEEK EVENTS.
A LARGE CROWD GATHERED IN HERITAGE PARK TO ENJOY FOOD, MUSIC AND
GAIN ALL THE DETAILS OF THE WEEK’S EVENTS, INCLUDING A BAKE SALE,
MEMORY WALL AND PINK OUT FOOTBALL GAME AND TAILGATE SATURDAY.
THE MEMORY WALL WILL BE LOCATED IN THE THOMPSON STUDENT CENTER.
FAITH REDUS OF THE DELTA ZETA SORORITY AND MEMBER IN CHARGE OF PINK
WEEK SAYS, THE MEMORY WALL IS WHERE STUDENTS CAN GO AND WRITE THE
NAMES OF LOVED ONES WHO SURVIVED OR PASSED AWAY FROM BREAST
CANCER. REDUS ALSO SAID THERE WILL BE A BOOTH IN FRONT OF THE WALL
ON FRIDAY COLLECTING DOANTIONS FOR AWARNESS. ALSO, THE FOOTBALL
GAME THIS SATURDAY WILL BE A PINK OUT THEME, TO INCREASE AWARNESS
AGAINST THIS DISEASE AND TO REMEMBER THOSE WHOSE LIVES IT CLAIMED OR
CHANGED.
IN LOCAL NEWS REPORTED BY THE HOOD COUNTY NEWS.
THE RIO BRAZOS MUSIC HALL ON HIGHWAY 144 SOUTH OF GRANBURY CLOSED
THE DOORS SATURDAY NIGHT, LESS THAN A YEAR AFTER ITS GRAND OPENING
LAST NOVEMBER WITH WILLIE NELSON. OWNERS JIM HARTMAN AND TRACY
HARTMAN WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT ON THE CLOSING. HOWEVER,
ON THE RIO BRAZOS FACEBOOK PAGE, THE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT WAS
POSTED MONDAY AFTERNOON: “WE WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS
SUPPORTED US OVER THE LAST YEAR! SADLY, THE RIO IS OFFICIALLY CLOSED.”
MORE THAN 100 COMMENTS WERE POSTED EXPRESSING SADNESS OVER THE
CLOSING.
AND NOW TEXAS, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS FROM THE AP.
IN TEXAS NEWS
AMERICAN AIRLINES IS MAKING A PEACE OFFERING TO ITS PILOTS AS THE TWO
SIDES RESUME CONTRACT TALKS.
THE AIRLINE IS OFFERING TO PUT OFF TRIMMING THE EXTRA PAY THAT PILOTS
GET FOR INTERNATIONAL TRIPS AND FLYING AT NIGHT. THOSE CUTS WERE
SCHEDULED TO START THIS WEEK BUT WILL BE DEFERRED FOR OCTOBER "TO
HELP FOSTER A CONSTRUCTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL," SAID AMERICAN'S
VICE PRESIDENT OF EMPLOYEE RELATIONS, IN A MEMO TO PILOTS.
THE CHANGES COULD AMOUNT TO "A FEW PERCENTAGE POINTS" OF PAY FOR
ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF THE UNION'S MEMBERS, SAID ALLIED PILOTS
ASSOCIATION SPOKESMAN GREGG OVERMAN. THAT "WILL BE WELCOMED BY
THOSE PILOTS," HE SAID.
A NEW PILOTS' CONTRACT WOULD BE A KEY PART OF AMERICAN'S BANKRUPTCY
REORGANIZATION PLAN. AMR CORP.'S AMERICAN AIRLINES AND THE UNION
AGREED TO RESUME CONTRACT TALKS THIS WEEK. PILOTS REJECTED A
COMPANY OFFER IN AUGUST, AND IN SEPTEMBER THE FORT WORTH, TEX.,
COMPANY USED ITS POWER UNDER BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION TO IMPOSE PAY
AND BENEFIT CUTS AND NEW WORK RULES.
SINCE THEN THERE HAVE BEEN HUNDREDS OF FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS, DELAYS
AND MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS WITH THE CARRIER'S FLEET.
IN NATIONAL NEWS
AN AGGRESSIVE MITT ROMNEY SPARRED WITH PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IN
THEIR FIRST CAMPAIGN DEBATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT OVER TAXES, DEFICITS
AND STRONG STEPS NEEDED TO CREATE JOBS IN A SPUTTERING NATIONAL
ECONOMY. "THE STATUS QUO IS NOT GOING TO CUT IT," DECLARED THE
REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER.
ROMNEY WAS PARTICULARLY ASSERTIVE IN THE 90-MINUTE EVENT THAT DREW
A TELEVISION AUDIENCE LIKELY TO BE COUNTED IN THE TENS OF MILLIONS.
THE ECONOMY DOMINATED THE EVENING, AS IT HAS THE RACE FOR THE WHITE
HOUSE ALL YEAR. PRE-DEBATE OPINION POLLS SHOWED OBAMA WITH A SLIGHT
ADVANTAGE IN KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES AND NATIONALLY.
OBAMA SOMETIMES SEEMED SOMEWHAT PROFESSORIAL. ROMNEY WAS MORE
ASSERTIVE AND DIDN'T HESITATE TO INTERRUPT THE PRESIDENT OR
MODERATOR JIM LEHRER, WHO SEEMED TO STRUGGLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL.
NOT SURPRISINGLY, THE TWO MEN DISAGREED OVER MEDICARE, A FLASH POINT
SINCE ROMNEY PLACED WISCONSIN REP. PAUL RYAN ON HIS TICKET.
ROMNEY ALSO MADE A DETAILED CASE FOR REPEALING OBAMACARE, THE
NAME ATTACHED TO THE HEALTH CARE PLAN THAT OBAMA PUSHED THROUGH
CONGRESS IN 2010. "IT HAS KILLED JOBS," HE SAID, AND ARGUED THAT THE BEST
APPROACH IS TO "DO WHAT WE DID IN MY STATE."
WITH A TWO-MINUTE CLOSING STATEMENT, OBAMA SAID HE HAD SPENT HIS
FIRST FOUR YEARS IN OFFICE FIGHTING FOR THOSE IN THE MIDDLE CLASS AND
THOSE SEEKING TO MAKE IT THERE. "IF YOU'LL VOTE FOR ME, I'LL FIGHT JUST AS
HARD IN MY SECOND TERM," HE SAID.
THE TWO PRESIDENTIAL RIVALS ALSO ARE SCHEDULED TO DEBATE ON OCT. 16
IN HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK, AND OCT. 22 IN BOCA RATON, FLORIDA.
IN INTERNATIONAL NEWS
NOT LONG AGO, MOST OF THE 80 YOUNG CAST MEMBERS OF ONE OF ECUADOR'S
MOST SUCCESSFUL MUSICALS WERE BARELY SEEN OR HEARD.
THEY ARE BLIND, AUTISTIC, HAVE DOWN SYNDROME OR OTHER DISABILITIES.
BUT ON STAGE, THE ACTORS, SINGERS AND DANCERS OF "SUENOS," OR
"DREAMS," EASILY TRANSCEND THEIR LIMITATIONS.
"WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS PROJECT IS THAT IT DIGNIFIES THE DISABLED. ABOVE
ALL, THE INTELLECTUALLY CHALLENGED, WHO HAVE FACED A LOT OF
PREJUDICE," SAID MARISOL NUNEZ, A YOUNG BLIND WOMAN WHOSE ACTING
AND SINGING HAS CAPTIVATED CROWDS.
NUNEZ LOST HER EYESIGHT AS A CHILD TO A CONGENITAL DISEASE AND IS
AMONG THE MOST EXPERIENCED ACTORS AND SINGERS IN THE CAST.
THE MUSICAL, WHICH PREMIERED THREE YEARS AGO, IS BASED IN PART ON THE
DREAMS OF YOUNG PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, AND IS PRESENTED BY THE
NONPROFIT FOUNDATION EL TRIANGULO.
THOSE DREAMS HAVE NOW BEEN SHARED WITH THOUSANDS, AND NOT JUST IN
ECUADOR. SCENES FROM THE MUSICAL HAVE ALSO BEEN PERFORMED BY CAST
MEMBERS IN THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE.
TODAY’S WEATHER IS A HIGH OF 88 DEGREES WITH A LOW OF 64 DEGREES AND A 10
PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN.
TODAY’S BROADCAST WAS PRODUCED BY LACY MASSEY, ALEX SZOEKE AND SHAWNIE
WAGNER. YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON USTREAM .TV/ USER/ TEXAN NEWS SERVICE.
DON’T FORGET TO TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT US AND BECOME A FAN OF TEXAN TV
NEWS ON FACEBOOK. I AM SAVANNAH TRANTHAM , TUNE IN TOMORROW FOR THE
LATEST NEWS FROM THE TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS IN STEPHENVILLE,
TEXAS.