Layoff list shows 26 full time jobs cut effective Jan 1
Ector County commissioners approved a 1.8 million emergency budget amendment and laid off 46 jobs last week though many were vacant or pending retirement. Only 26 full time positions are direct layoffs January 1, with others unfilled or vacated by resignations or retirements. The cutbacks include removing the county’s $2,700 annual Texas Association of Counties membership and funding for capital equipment.
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Ector
Julian Pressly
Pressly
Ector County
Senior Citizens Center
Jackie Sue Barnes
Barnes
Fisher
Dan Ramirez
Texas Association of Counties
Sheriff’s Department
Seven acre fire under control at Hi Port Industries
About 2 000 residents fled as explosions ripped through the Hi Port Industries plant east of Houston. Five workers escaped unharmed. Five firefighters and two police officers had minor injuries. Fire brought under control with seven acres burned of 34. Cause unknown. Investigators may not inspect for two days due to heat. Electrical power restored and schools opened as residents returned.
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Highlands
Houston
Hi- Port Industries
Harris County Sheriff’s Department
Ed Macaluso
Macaluso
Mike Craighead
Beirut clashes and Jerusalem bus bombing raise tolls and tensions
Syrian gunners claim two drone shoot downs in Lebanon with another downed pilotless craft reported by Beirut radio. A manned Israeli warplane allegedly captured. In Jerusalem a bus bombing killed four and wounded 46 as PLO claimed responsibility. Syria warned the United States it would confront foreign aircraft. Witnesses described the bus attack scene with graphic injuries.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Jerusalem
PLO
Syria
Pentagon
Washington
Memphis Fire Department case seeks to shield white workers in layoffs
The Memphis firehouse dispute before the Supreme Court involves protecting white workers with greater seniority from layoffs to avoid harming Black employees. Rex Lee argues seniority must be respected while Memphis officials and the firefighters union push to limit racial impact. The justices questioned whether this case should shape race relations law amid job losses.
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Washington
Memphis
Tenn
Supreme Court
Rex Lee
Justice Department
Memphis Fire Department
Richard Fields
Allen Blair
Firefighters Union
Supreme Court weighs affirmative action and reverse discrimination
Justices questioned mootness as Blair argues that ending seniority in favor of race based programs violates federal on the job discrimination ban. White incumbents laid off three years ago ahead of blacks with less seniority were rehired a month later and have since worked without back pay or retroactive seniority. The Reagan administration pressed that special treatment for blacks in promotions, including the Detroit Fire Department case, breaches equal protection for whites.
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Blair
Memphis
William J. Brennan
Harry A. Blackmun
John Paul Stevens
High Court
Brennan
Blackmun
Lee
Reagan
Supreme Court
Detroit
Sheriff Deputy Surveys Tornado Damage in LaPlace
Sheriff Deputy James Wallace of St John the Baptist Parish surveys damage from a tornado that ripped through a high school and destroyed at least 20 homes in LaPlace about 25 miles west of New Orleans. Related story on Page 2A.
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James Wallace
St. John the Baptist Parish
LaPlace
New Orleans
Italians No Love No Life Cad's Charter Ruling
Rome court declares divorces end financial obligations to former wives and says ex-husbands cannot be jailed for alimony nonpayment. Vatican paper decries ruling as grave and a grave pronouncement. Rome papers warn hard times for divorced women as men gain leeway.
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Italy
Supreme Court
Vatican
L’osservatore Romano
Italian Communist Party
West
Cad’s
Rome
I Messaggero
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