City pushes for lower gas rate in PNG talks
Lubbock Power and Light seeks a base rate cut by negotiating with Pioneer Natural Gas Co. to gate rates. Mayor Roy Bass and Councilwoman Carolyn Jordan lead the bargaining team as talks stall. If a two cent per mef rise is approved, the impact on a typical 566 kwh user would be a 16 cent monthly increase.
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Paula Tilker
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock Power and Light
Pioneer Natural Gas Co
Roy Bass
Carolyn Jordan
PNG
Lp&l
LPL
Gate
Lubbock Transit Co
Welfare Agency Accused of Hoarding Funds in Postal Account
The Texas Department of Public Welfare allegedly moved 1.2 million dollars into a United States Postal Service account in 1975 and left it there for a year before returning it to the state treasury. Officials say the lapse caused missed interest, while others defend the handling as unforeseen due to changing federal programs.
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Jesse James
Wood
DPW
Postal Service
Jack Blanton
Raymond Vowel
Blanton
Department
San Antonio
Treasury
Vowell
Welfare Department
See
Prayer blessing text reader note
A brief devotional prayer verse asks for daily openness to God’s abiding love through Jesus. The reader offers a closing Amen and signs as a reader contributor.
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Heavenly Father
Jesus
Sympathetic Jurors Aid Indigent Robbery Defendant
Ailed 18 year old Bender convicted of aggravated robbery receives five year sentence as jurors who convicted her donate their jury service checks to her. Prosecutors and defense recount the gesture as a first in Lubbock County.
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Patremick
Avalanche-Journal
Glenda JO Bender
Tony Wright
72Nd District Court
Wright
Lubbock County
Bender
Denzil Bevers
Bevers
Snow Threat Looms For South Plains In Week End Weather
Storm system from arctic front brings snow and freezing rain chances to Lubbock and surrounding areas. Lows near 25, highs near freezing. wind chills around 16 degrees at night. NWS warns drivers to use caution and protect livestock and crops as accumulations may reach several inches overnight. Saturday game at Texas Tech-SMU to be played under cloudy skies with possible rain or sleet.
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Pat Teague
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock
South Plains
Hub City
Texas
National Weather Service
NWS
Weather Outlook for Lubbock Area
Cloudy and cold with a 30 percent chance of snow sleet or freezing rain today. Increasing to 50 percent tonight. Highs in the low 30s and lows around the mid 20s.
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Lubbock
Proxmire Warns Fed Independence May Fall Short
Senator William Proxmire warned the Federal Reserve could lose independence if it does not cooperate with the Carter administration and Congress to spur job growth and expand the economy. He pressed Fed Chair Arthur Burns during a Senate Banking Committee hearing over whether policy is tightening or easing.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
William Proxmire
Wisconsin
Proxmire
Fed
Burns
White House
Carter
Fat Woman Finds Pride In Being Fat Andover Conn
Karen Jones a 28 year old at 340 pounds serves on the board of the National Association to Aid Fat Americans founded in 1969. She rejects dieting citing happiness and a desire to be heard. The group promotes pride and condemns weightism while noting dieting harms. Her fiancé Darryl Scott weighs 145 pounds and jokes he would break her neck if she diets.
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Andover
Conn
Karen Jones
The
National Association To Aid
NAAFA
Miss. Jones
Miss’ Jones
Tion
Darryl Scott
National Association
Karen
Pursuit Underway For Survivors Of Freighter Carnelian One
The 33 crew of the lumber freighter Carnelian One were abandoning ship 1400 miles northwest of Honolulu as a passing vessel rescued two men. The Hunter pulled them aboard after 20 foot seas and 35 to 40 knot winds. Coast Guard planes searched for the rest as other freighters nearby monitored the scene.
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UPI
Pacific
Coast Guard
San Francisco
Hawaii
Aleutian Islands
Hunter
Here
Khudozhnik Saryan
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