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Pine Bluff Firemen Strike Continues Pressure on City Hall
The Pine Bluff City Council met without action as 61 Local 358 IAFF members strike since Aug. 13. Fire Chief Ray Jacks refuses to resign, unions demand new grievance rules and job security, while Mayor Moore and the Civil Service Commission back him. About 30 National Guardsmen guard six stations.
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Pine Bluff, Ark
Pine Bluff
Ray Jacks
International Association of Firefighters
Jacks
Charles Moore
Civil Service Commission
Grady May
May
Jefferson County Circuit Court
Moe
Commission
Ray
Moore
National
Mexico Not Heading Toward Socialism Says Government
AP reports Mexico widens state role with 258 enterprises in 1974 and potential participation in more than 1,000 firms valued at over 5 billion dollars. Officials insist the state guides development, not moves toward socialism, while business leaders warn of creeping state control amid high unemployment and low incomes.
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Mexico City
Alberto Santos de Hoyos
Monterrey Group
Monterrey
Mexico
Laredo
Tex
Santos de Hoyos
Armando Fernandez
Mexican Employers Confederation
Jorge Sanchez Mejorado
National Chambers of Industry Confederation
National Action Party
Fausto Zapata
Luis Echeverria
Recess Sought In Judges Trial
Attorneys for Judge O P Carrillo seek a recess in his impeachment trial set to begin September in the Texas Senate. The defense asks to allow postponement by simple majority vote and notes Carrillo faces a federal tax case in Corpus Christi and a Judicial Qualifications Commission hearing in October. The Senate proposes rules including live radio coverage and credentialed news access.
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Mitchell
Carrillo
Corpus Christi
Senate
Bill Hobby
Judicial Qualifications Commission
Statistical Flukes Upset Economic Hopes in July Sales
New York AP reports that economists struggle with contradictory data as balance of payments shows a June surplus of 1.2 billion yet a 1.6 billion deficit on reserve basis. Retail sales rise 2.4 percent in July to 49.97 billion, up 7.8 percent from a year ago, prompting thoughts of recovery despite mixed indicators.
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New York
Grain Reserve Plans Should Focus On Food
A Purdue University study for the USDA urges grain reserve plans to prioritize food and protein over isolated commodities. The authors call for studying substitutability among all grains and seeds and suggest defining supply by planted acreage rather than yield. They warn about market volatility and note that reserves could dampen price swings if kept in private hands with broad international participation.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Rodney L. Walker
Jerry Sharples
Purdue University
USDA
Economic Research Service
Senate
House
Walker
Sharples
United States
Midwest
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
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