The Nation - News from Oct. 16, 1986
A red tide of toxic organisms that has killed hundreds of thousands of fish on the Texas coast forced the closing of Corpus Christi beaches and then spread south. A state biologist said a cold front that was expected to stall the red tide that has plagued the Texas coast for seven weeks instead spread it toward the Mexican border.
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