Wholesale prices dip 0.1 percent as food and gas ease
The government reports February wholesale prices fell 0.1 percent helped by lower gasoline and beef pork and poultry costs. Fresh fruit prices jumped 9.1 percent while vegetables rose 4.6 percent due to January freezes in Florida. Energy stayed soft with a 3.6 percent drop in heating oil and year over year gasoline down 9.7 percent. Analysts foresee inflation near 1.8 percent as the dollar strengthens and imports pressure prices downward.
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Washington
Florida
California
Donald Ratajczak
School board okays controversial biology text
Ector County ISD trustees approve adopting the biology textbook Biology Second Edition by Karen Arms despite two members deeming its reproduction chapter too graphic. Board President Quisenberry cited parental opinions in supporting the decision.
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Ector County
Ector County Independent School District
Vicki Gomez
Gomez
John Quisenberry
Karen Arms
Beirut rebels form leadership against Gemayel forces
Eight Christian militia commanders including Amin Gemayel kin announce a united leadership to oppose Gemayel's Syrian-aligned Phalange Party in east Beirut fighting. Two dead and six wounded reported as army moves to separate sides while moslem leaders meet Syrian officials in Damascus to coordinate strategy.
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Beirut, Lebanon
Amin Gemayel
Gemayel
Phalange Party
Christian East
East
Beirut
Damascus
Oil patch progress disputed by minority workers
Lester Shaw, a 48 year old Amoco veteran, recalls a shift in oil field hiring from overt exclusion to opportunity driven by ability. He notes eight Hispanics and three Blacks among 38 Goldsmith area workers, while others say past prejudice lingered. Bill Duff and Billy Hall present mixed views on progress and lingering bias, with Hall recounting a firing after being told “Nobody would listen to a black man.”
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Amoco Production Co
Lester Shaw
Shaw
Amoco
Goldsmith Area
Bill Duff
Odessa
Duff
Billy D. Hall
Gulf Oil Co
Pinkerton
Hall
Gulf
Man
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