Carter signals tax cut if slowdown persists
President elect Jimmy Carter said a tax cut for average wage earners could be pursued if the economic slowdown continues before his inauguration. He outlined plans for a slow cabinet selection, continued foreign policy, and a push to overhaul government, welfare, and tax reform with a Democratic Congress.
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Lawrence L
Carter
Walter F. Mondale
U.S
Ford
Lawrence Klein
University of Penn
Planning group backs tweaks to city liquor rules
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend minor amendments to the alcohol ordinance. They rejected a main change that would require bars in restaurants to be hidden, saying it would hurt new restaurants and lounges in Lubbock. They supported broadening restaurant definitions and also denied Don Crow Chevrolet’s fence request at 5211 Loop 289 after homeowner opposition.
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Paula Tilker
Avalanche-Journal
Planning and Zoning Commission
Leon Bean
James Ratliff
Lubbock
Ray Chapman
Bean
Ratliff
Don L. Crow
Don Crow Chevrolet, Inc
Loop
Ford Names Transition Team After Election
President Ford appointed a transition team to smooth the handover to Jimmy Carter’s presidency and pondered his own future as the election aftermath settled at the White House. An aide said Ford had always been a today man, but he now must make further plans.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Jimmy Carter
White House
John O. Marsh
Carter
Maj
Robert Barrett
Palm Springs
Calif
U.N
William Scranton
Barrett
California
Plainview Police Chief Resigns to Become Deputy Sheriff
Plainview's 29 year veteran police chief H P Pelphrey will leave to become a Fort Worth area deputy sheriff. He submitted his resignation Oct 29 and will retire on a $110 monthly allowance. Officials seek internal and external candidates. some favor an outsider answering to mayor and council.
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Plainview
H. P. Pelphrey
Fort Worth
Avalanche-Journal
Pelphrey
A J
A-J
Impact Of Closing Webb AFB Outlined
Big Spring civic leaders urged Webb Air Force Base stay open at hearings. Bank president Jimmy Taylor warned of $23 million in deposits lost. Realtor leaders forecast 1,711 vacant houses and postponed builds from national chains until Webb’s fate is decided. Howard College President Dr Charles Hays said the school would lose 216 students or equivalents.
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Tommy Hart
A-J
Big Spring
Webb Air Force Base
Jimmy Taylor
First National Bank
Wally Slate
Realtors Association Board of Directors
Webb
Charles Hays
Howard College
Roy Watkins
Big Spring Independent
Columbus, Miss
Webb base hearing taxes local economy and aviation needs
Local leaders debate the Webb Air Force base in Midland Odessa area as 11 schools may close affecting 1143 students. Senator Tower and Rep Burleson attend hearings with Col Howard K Smith leading speakers. Washington study criticizes draft environmental impact statements and environmental concerns persist.
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Wilson Banks
Webb
Midland Air Terminal
Air Force
John Tower
Omar Burleson
Smith
Howard K. Smith
U. S. Air Force Trial Judiciary
Maxwell Air Force Base
Ala
Tower
Air Training Command
Prayer excerpt seeks joy in serving God on earth
A brief devotional prayer asks Heavenly Father for joy and honor in being a servant of God. The reader expresses a desire to serve willingly in that capacity.
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Heavenly Father
Smiling Bandit Werle Freed After 41 Years In Prison
Joseph Werle known as the smiling bandit was paroled this year after 41 years behind bars for a string of 1930s armed robberies. He recalled escapes from jails, fights with guards, and a life of crime before turning to work, a car, a new relationship, and religion. He said he is “out to stay.”
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Werle
Houdini
Huntsville
Houston
Man Survives Three Apparent Death by Own Action
A 42 year old Lubbock man was found in a pool of blood at his East Lubbock home with a .22 revolver. Police and EMS said he attempted suicide three times during the night, slashing wrists, firing at himself, and then shooting his chest. the head shot did not penetrate the skull. He remained in critical condition at Methodist Hospital late Thursday, despondent over ill health, a witness said.
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Lubbock
Methodist Hospital
East Lubbock
New Mexico Land Deal Jury Picked
A 12 jurors and six alternates were sworn in Manhattan federal court to hear Amrep Corp and subsidiaries accused of defrauding buyers of 200 million dollars by selling desert New Mexico land in Rio Rancho as homesites. Judge Metzner expects a three to four month trial with six current or former officers among the defendants.
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New York
Rio Rancho Estates
New Mexico
Manhattan Federal Court
Charles Metzner
Rio Rancho
Amrep Corp
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