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The Battalion’s now offering access to The WIRE A 24-hour, multimedia news service for the internet from The Associated Press The WIRE provides continuously updated news coverage from one of the world’s oldest, largest news services via The Battalion’s web page. • A comprehensive, up-to-the-minute news report combining the latest AP stories with photos, graphics, sound and video. • Headlines and bulletins delivered as soon as news breaks. http://bat-web.tamu.edu A The Battalion TOTE More Texans fall victim to heat conditions DALLAS (AP) — The recent deaths of at least 10 people, including a man who died Sunday after being found in his Dallas County mobile home, are being attributed to the gru eling heat bearing down on Texas. "I think the key thing is since the 3rd of July we've had five deaths" in Dallas County, Charles Gaylor, a field agent for the Dallas County medical examiner's office, said. Sunday was the seventh day in a row of triple-digit temperatures in North Texas and the 20th so far this year. The infamous heat wave of 1980 brought 42 consecutive 100-degree days starting June 23, with 69 triple digit days for the season overall. The area's first heat-related death occurred June 1, when a 23-year-old biker died of overheating combined with pre-existing heart disease. Since then, six middle-aged or el derly people, also all with heart prob lems, have died from heat-related causes, Gaylord said. On Sunday, a 58-year-old man, found in his mobile home late Satur day, died early the next day at Baylor University Medical Center. Gaylord said the man's death was determined Sunday to be heat-related. Elsewhere in Texas, the stifling weather has also taken a toll this year. A 2-year-old Hillsboro girl who was left inside a car for more than an hour has died of heat-related caus es, and a Fort Worth woman has died of hyperthermia. A Waco man reported to have died of a heart attack while trying to pry his leg free from a cattle guard is listed as a heat-related death. Border authorities have reported that the harsh weather has con tributed to at least 30 deaths of peo ple trying to illegally cross the U.S.- Mexico border. The Texas high to date this year was 115, recorded June 15 in Kingsville. A slight cooldown is on the way, said Brian Curran of the National Weather Service in Fort Worth. Tem peratures at Dallas-Fort Worth In ternational Airport should peak in the mid- to upper 90s Tuesday through Thursday. He noted: "A high of 96 degrees is 10 degrees cooler than 106." Slip and slide ■ i* j -p MIKE FUENTES/T Tyler Penson, a 4-year-old who just moved to College Station from Colorado Springs, Co., slide#^ the waterslide at Adamson Lagoon in Bee Creek Park. Penson’s father works at Texas A&M. African-American leaders in Dallas on the declii DALLAS (AP) — One of only two African- Americans left among Dallas' top appointed lead ers is resigning to take a job in Washington. Assistant City Manager Gene Shi pman, who over sees the city's troubled Housing Department and Code Enforcement Division, will leave his job July 24. Shipman's departure means interim City Secre tary Shirley Acy is the lone African-American on the city's appointed staff. Dallas' two top-ranking African-American staff members — City Manager John Ware and City Attorney Sam Lindsay — have announced their resignations, and Assistant City Manager Levi Davis already has quit. Council member A1 Lipscomb urged Ware's replacement, Ted Benavides, to appoint a diverse executive staff when he takes over the city's top job in September. "It must reflect the diversity of this city," Lipscomb said. Benavides, a former assistant city manager in Dallas who has been Denton city manager since 1996, said Saturday he will look for assistants and department directors who can bring new ideas to city government. "We do need balance ethnically, and I will pursue that," he told The Dallas Morning News. "I'm also looking for balance in the way people approach things." Shipman, 57, joined the city in May 1996. But in recent months, several city functions under his oversight have been criticized as being A series of audits this year conclude: does a poor job enforcing its codes on"* sightly buildings and junked cars. Anow criticized a housing repair program for * poor records and forgiving too many k® 5 Lipscomb, who serves on the Ho®if Neighborhood Development Committee® problems in housing and code enforcement"! Shipman's fault. 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