Tribe aimed to create immigrant haven
By ROXANA HEGEMAN Associated Press Writer
      WICHITA, Kansas (AP) - Leaders of an American Indian tribe considered creating a reservation that could protect illegal immigrants from deportation, a tribal official testified Wednesday at the trial of a group leader accused of telling immigrants that buying memberships would make them instant citizens.
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East Texas Community Chorus seeks new members
Feature concert to present "Christmas in the Southwest"
      The East Texas Community Chorus is opening its membership again this fall to community members with singing experience and the desire to participate in an exciting fall season. Rehearsals begin on Monday, August 18 from 7-9 p.m. in the choir room of First United Methodist Church of Longview.
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Oil rises to near $120 a barrell, halting slide
By GEORGE JAHN Associated Press Writer
      VIENNA, Austria (AP) _ Concerns that tension over Iran's nuclear program could lead to conflict propelled oil prices upward Thursday to near $120 a barrel, halting a fourweek slide. Light, sweet crude for September delivery rose $1.21 to $119.79 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange by noon in Europe.
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TEXAS TODAY
Texas News Briefs By The Associated Press
      Authorities find 3 bodies in Fort Worth double murder-suicide: FORT WORTH (AP) — Police have discovered three members of a north Fort Worth family dead in what they say is an apparent double murder-suicide. Fort Worth police spokesman Lt.
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Gun-control groups fear top activist was NRA spy
By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press Writer
      PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A guncontrol activist who championed the cause for more than a decade and served on the boards of two anti violence groups is suspected of working as a paid spy for the National Rifle Association, and now those organizations are expelling her and sweeping their offices for bugs.
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