WLOX-TV (Television station : Biloxi, Miss.) ABC Television Network Reagan, Ronald

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Various news programs and television programs. Beginning with several "Newswatch" episodes from WLOX Channel 13. Topics discussed include: disruption of power to nuclear plant in Grand Gulf, Space Shuttle Challenger investigation, NAACP asks Hancock County Hospital to appoint African Americans to its board, economic development in Mississippi and how to attract industry to the state, employment, housing market and the rise of foreclosures, meeting between US and Russian leaders, bomb explosion in Thailand, Egyptian student arrested after making bomb threat on a plane, National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC featuring Mississippi Blossom Ms. Pamela Stennis, sports, preparing your garden for the winter, weather, and pet of the week for adoption. Followed by "ABC World News Tonight" hosted by Peter Jennings. Topics discussed include: Disco bombing in Libya. Followed by more "Newswatch" on Channel 13. Topics discussed include: state budget compromise, prison construction bill, need to improve and build larger jail in Hancock County, death of Cuban immigrant from carbon monoxide poisioning in Biloxi, Governor Edwards' trial, Old Mississippi City Courthouse inspected for potential use, ethics violation of Long Beach state legislator, sports, development of shrimp and crab farming along MS Gulf Coast, MS school districts layoffs, Pasagoula schools not renewing teachers contracts, Redfish bill approved, state budget, Libya endorsed terrorist attacks, rowdy behavior on MS beaches, camping in MS, weather, annexation of areas in Ocean Springs, proposed beach restrictions in Biloxi, veto of highway appropriations bill by governor, possible military strike against Libya, Mexican airliner crash, Challenger disaster investigation,...

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