Emergency spending OK'd in 1980 budget fight
The House approved 15.6 billion dollars in emergency funding to avert program cuts, adding 92.7 million for a Queens federal building and freezing top officials' pay. The bill also includes 1.7 billion for disaster relief, 784 million for Mount St Helens recovery, and 1.5 billion to revive a federal unemployment fund aiding 600,000 workers.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Queens
N.Y
South Florida
Tampa Bay
Sunshine
Skyway
Mount St. Helens
Washington State
Wink residents feud over growing hole near Kermit
In Wink Texas residents claim the growing sinkhole near Kermit belongs to Wink and spurs local pride and rivalries. They say the hole sits five miles south of Kermit and two miles north of Wink, with names like Lake Kermit and The Great Kermit Hole in the Ground echoing in two local cafés as tensions flare between Wink and Kermit residents.
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Kim Yancey
Wink
Kermit
Winkler County
Precinct
Carter heads to Europe for eight day unity mission
President Carter launched an eight day European trip to mend Western alliance riven by Afghanistan Iran and Middle East talks. He stressed unity against Soviet aggression while avoiding Cold War confrontation. Accompanied by Rosalynn and Amy he flies from Andrews AFB to Venice for a weekend leaders summit with France Germany Britain Japan Canada and Italy.
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Carter
Afghanistan
Iran
Middle East
White House
Walter F. Mondale
America
Rosalynn
Amy
Air Force One
Edmund S. Muskie
Jane
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
France
Germany
Great Britain
Japan
Canada
Italy
Venice
Census count delayed in Odessa Midland region
Mitzi Jordan of the U S Census Bureau in Lubbock says the 20th decennial census is two weeks late in the Odessa Midland area due to a shortage of enumerators. About 300,000 census forms were mailed in West Texas, with roughly 200,000 returned and about 90,000 nonrespondents. Current nonresponse is about 10,000 households in Ector County Odessa and Midland, while other districts report completion.
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Mitzi Jordan
Lubbock
U.S
Bureau of the Census
West Texas
Ms. Jordan
Ector County
Odessa and
Midland
Odessa- Midland
Texas
Democratic delegates give Carter the edge
In San Antonio Texas Carter leads Kennedy among state Democratic delegates as the party opens its convention with 3900 delegates and thousands of alternates. Kennedy forces push for rule changes to loosen delegate pledges ahead of the 1980 convention while local leaders urge restraint.
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San Antonio
Texas
Jimmy Carter
Edward Kennedy
Kennedy
Democratic Executive Committee
Billy Goldberg
Houston
Carter
Republicans Back Anti Abortion and Nuclear Energy in Texas Platform
Texas Republicans on the verge of backing an anti abortion plank and promoting nuclear energy in the party platform. The State Resolutions Committee heard testimonies for and against abortion, energy policy, and the Equal Rights Amendment, with input from Texas Right To Life and opponents highlighting political sensitivities ahead of the general election.
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Houston
Texas
Ronald Reagan
State Resolutions Committee
Texas Farm Bureau
Grain Sorghum Producers Association
League of United Latin American Citizens
Cecila McDonald
Texas Right To Life Organization
Ray Balch
Free Gaslight in a 19th Century Village Story
A Victorian nostalgia vignette set in a western New York village where gaslights glow softly and 500 residents enjoy a long cherished pastime nearly seven decades. The piece weaves romance and social commentary across pages 9A and 10A.
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New York
Bani Sadr Shuffles Iran Military Command
President Abolhassan Bani Sadr reshuffled Iran top brass in a move seen to strengthen his grip amid hardline opposition. He accepted the acting chief of staff’s resignation, named Valiollah Fallahi interim chief, and appointed new commanders for land forces, gendarmerie and air force.
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Associated Press
Abolhassan Bani-Sadr
Iran
Bani- Sadr
Mohammad Hadi Shadmehr
Valiollah Fallahi
Shadmehr
Bani-Sadr
Ghasemali Zahirnejad
Islamic Republic
Javad Fakouri
Abu Sharif
Sharif
Bani Sadr
Islamic Republican Party
Hassan Ayat
America
Tehran
Enghlab Eslami
Ayat
Enghrab Eslami
Iman
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
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