Cleveland Breaks Court City Default Faces Budget Crisis
Cleveland, first major U S city to default in decades, contemplates mass layoffs up to half of 14 000 employees, service cuts, and potential bankruptcy. Mayor Kucinich and banks clash over refinancing terms while creditors seek tax lien protections and state aid looms amid talks on income tax increases and city controls.
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Cleveland
Dennis Rigtinich
D. E
Kucinich
Cleveland Trust
Ryeinichi
Satur
Veland
Washington
Treasury Department
Cleveland Electric Lumination Co
Frederick Cox
Mojo fans mourn missed title as Mojo Christmas plans pause
Permian fans faced a long ride home after a playoff loss to Plano. The stadium scene showcased gigantic banners and a Christmas themed halftime, but the hoped for title moment did not arrive. Fans reflected that 1978 was a very good year despite the defeat and upcoming holidays.
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Jerermian
S$ Gigantic
Marching d
Hawaii Five
eLittle
Mojo Bandsmen
Mojo
Plano
Permian
Texas
Frank Sinatra
Why China Then Carter Faces a Salvage Plan
Carter, disappointed and likely angry, weighs a salvage operation with a cooling-off period as the probable path. This would let U S pressure on Israel take hold and allow strategists to gauge moods in Israeli and Egyptian governments. Sadat has Carter administration backing for dropping a step-by-step timetable. Israel is accused of misrepresenting Egyptian proposals and bias toward Sadat, straining Washington Jerusalem relations.
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China
Carter
U.S
Israel
Sadat
Vance
Washington
Jerusalem
Trade with China to top 1 billion in value this year
U S trade with China is projected to exceed 1 billion this year with 700 million in exports and 300 million in imports. Talks on MFN status for China and tariff terms are under review while oil talks expand with Pennzoil Exxon Union Oil and Phillips Petroleum and Mobil making first import deal.
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U.S
Union Oil
Phillips Petroleum
Mobil
China
Japan
Amoco
Arco
Gulf
Carter
United States
Phillips
Oil politics stir Middle East as OPEC weighs pricing shift
OPEC ministers, led by Hamid Zaheri, met about an hour to discuss oil pricing and the dollar’s erosion. Yamani warned Israel to face reality or pay a heavy price, while ministers reviewed a currency report with no concrete recommendations. Saudi and other pro-West exporters hold much wealth in dollar terms.
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U.S
OPEC
Zaheri
Saudi Arabia
United States
Carter presses toward ending Taiwan treaty despite opposition
President Carter indicated plans to terminate the treaty with Taiwan under its terms while acknowledging Emmerson that Evcaroasions approval is needed. Emerson said Carter could recognize Peking as China's government under the Constitution, even without treaty changes. Chiang Ching-kuo warned Taiwan would stay anti communist and refuse talks. Democrats and Ford supported the move. conservatives criticized the decision.
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Carter
Taiwan
Emerson
Peking
China
United States
Chiang ‘Wai-shek
Chiang
Ching-kuo
Senate
Gerald R. Ford
Swink Convicted in Brother's Killing in Texas
Roy Glenn Swink, 17, was found guilty of murdering his 14 year old brother Royce Swink in January in Haskell Texas. A district court jury sentenced him to 45 years. He still faces charges in the shooting deaths of his father Herman Welon Swink and stepmother Ilene Swink on the same day. The district attorney will decide on whether to pursue remaining charges at sentencing.
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Haskell
Texas
West Texas
Roy Glenn Swink
Swink
Aspermont
Herman Welon Swink
Ilene Swink
Royce
Joseph Thigpen
Slight warming trend forecast for Basin area
A frontal system moving into the Permian Basin from the south should set the stage for a slight warming trend Sunday night and Monday. Winds turn southerly with gusts as the frontal system arrives. No rain is forecast and temperatures will swing from the 30s to near 60s with continued cloudiness through Monday.
Midland forecast shows warm weekend and windy Sunday
The National Weather Service at Midland Regional Airport reports variable high cloudiness through Monday. Winds shift from southerly five to ten mph Sunday morning to fifteen to twenty mph with gusts Sunday afternoon. High today 52 with a low of 38, tomorrow 62, and overnight 35. Sun sets 5 47 p.m. rises 7 43 a.m. Year to date precipitation stands at 17.09 inches.
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National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Vandals damage autos and property in city incidents
Police investigated five vandalism cases Saturday night with three autos hit. Barbi Shannon reported a $75 window and $25 radio antenna damaged on a car parked near North Grandview. Rudy Tarango said three tires worth $80 were slashed on a car on East 42nd. Charles Meyer reported a $75 tire cut on his West 13th residence vehicle. Louis Conner reported a $25 yard light knocked down and broken branches from a tree. Charles Henderson said a window was broken with a rock at a recreation hall on Tom Green Drive.
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Barbi Shannon
Rudy P. Tarango
Midland
East 42Nd
Charles Leslie Meyer
West 13Th
Louis P. Conner
West 22Nd
Charles Henderson
East 13Th
South
Tom Green
Museum seeks items for presidential early occupations exhibit
The Presidential Museum seeks loaned artifacts for a new exhibit on presidents early careers. Needed items include a hand guided plow, a sickle or scythe, an anvil and blacksmith tools, and a surveyor's transit with target. Loans until about March 15. lenders named in the display and history book. Contact 7th and Lee basement, Ector County Library.
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The
Presidential Museum
7Th and Lee
Ector County
Midland and surrounding death notices collected
Death notices list Alice C. Lane 77 Midland burial Resthaven Memorial Park two daughters and extended kin. O R Whitener 70 Midland burial Oakridge Cemetery Malvern Ark. Ellie Leta Prentiss 85 McCamey graveside Restland Cemetery Bracketville origin. Estanislao N Aguilar 64 Pecos died Reeves County burial in Mexico. Carrie Lee Tharp 67 McCamey First Christian Church Rankin Cemetery. Ida M Heath Midland death. J Fred Buzhardt former Nixon adviser death. Jena Lujan 3 Odessa death Medical Center Hospital funeral pending. Survivors named with relatives and locations.
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Midland
Alice C. Lane
Newnie W
O.R. Whitener
John Whitener
Floyd Whitener
Arkansas
Mccamey
Ellie Leta Prentiss
Restland Cemetery
Larry Shepherd
Pecos
Carrie Lee Tharp
Englewood
First Christian Church
Rankin Cemetery
Larry D. Sheppard
James Dee Tharp
Spring
C.R. Proctor
Ida M. Heath
Newnie
Jena Lujan
Joseph Lujan
South Crane
Medical Center Hospital
Odessa
Victor Paul Lujan
Billy Joe Lujan
Susie Lujan
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Ysidro Cisneros
Mrs. Cortez Escalante
Welding torch heads four thefts reported
A welding torch valued at 328 was taken from Romeo Co. 1100 South Grandview. James L. Leonard 3620 Springdale reported a lawnmower worth 325 stolen from his yard. Gordon W Taylor 901 Bernice lost 110 from his residence. William J Biggs 2735 East Eighth had a bicycle valued at 170 stolen from 2200 block East Eighth.
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Romeo Co
South Grandview
James L. Leonard
Springdale
Gordon Wesley Taylor
Bernice
Taylor
William James Biggs
East Eighth
Chill Wills dies at 76 in Encino California
Hollywood actor Chill Wills, famed for Western sidekick roles and the voice of a talking mule, died at 76 after hospitalization. Born 1902 in Seagoville, he appeared in over 300 films including The Alamo and had TV credits such as Frontier Circus and The Rounders. Funeral arrangements were pending.
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Chill Wills
Encino
Calif
Wills
Novadeen
Motion Picture and Television Hospital
Ruth Gray
Stubby Pringle
NBC
Beekeeper
John Wayne
United Artists
Talking Mule
Francis
Chill Theodore Wills
Seagoville
Hollywood
RKO
Raw Deal
Rounders
Former Lubbock mayor Roy Bass dies at 60
Roy Burn Bass, recently retired Lubbock mayor, died suddenly on Saturday likely from a heart attack. The attorney, 60, suffered the attack at the Lubbock YMCA and was pronounced dead at Methodist Hospital at 5:50 p.m. He was elected mayor in 1974 and 1976, then did not seek another term. Dirk West succeeded him in January.
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Lubbock, Texas
Roy Burn Bass
Lubbock
Bass
Methodist Hospital
Dirk West
Odessa events outline for tomorrow in city venues
The Odessa area schedules three events at 7 PM. MUM Odessa Kiwanis Club meets at Inn of the Golden West. Wildcat Toastmasters gathers at Odessa College Composite Technology Building. Midland Odessa Symphony hosts a Madrigal Dinner at Inn of the Golden West requiring reservations.
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MUM — Odessa Kiwanis Club
Inn of the Golden West
Wildcat
Odessa College Composite Technology
Midland-Odessa Symphony Madrigal
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Lujan
Ellie L. Prentiss
Estanislao Aguilar
Carrie Tharp
J. Fred Buzhardt
Nixon
Buzhardt
Beaufort
S.C
Hilton Head Hospital
Cies
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