Inflation program aims to curb price rises and wage controls
President Carter unveils Phase Two guidelines to curb inflation aiming for 6 to 6.5 percent by year end. Proposes wage and price controls, corporate restraint, and a possible Alfred E. Kahn appointment, with monitoring by a expanded Wage and Price Stability Council. Budget deficit targets, hiring freezes, and productivity initiatives are discussed alongside polling and credibility concerns.
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Carter
Alfred E. Kahn
Civil Aeronautics Board
Kahn
Robert S. Strauss
Council On Wage
Jody Powell
Camp David
Chemical Bank of
New York City
William W. Winpisinger
The
Machinists Union
Firefighters battle multiacre LA area wildfires and evacuations
A San Dimas 20 acre blaze injured Fire Capt. Elwood Reed and sent hundreds fleeing from Mandeville Canyon on the West Side. Another 3,000 acre fire spread northwest in Carbon Canyon while an 800 acre blaze burned near San Dimas as powerful winds toppled power lines leaving about 10 000 customers without electricity.
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San Dimas
Mandeville Canyon
Pipeline blast spurs Texas gas line shutdown
In Houston a gas pipeline blast damaged a 30 inch line from Victoria to Beaumont forcing rerouting of gas through a 24 inch line. An unidentified survivor described extreme heat and fear of gasoline tank explosion. NTSB investigator Richard G. Marini plans to arrive in Houston with Fort Worth help to probe the incident.
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Houston
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
Washington
National Transportation Safety Board
Richard G. Marini
Marini
Fort Worth
Ray Holland
United Texas Transmission Gas Co
Victoria
Beaumont
Holland
Brookside
Taxi driver robbed of $338 near Permian Playhouse
Odessa taxi driver Edgar William Butler of eCity Cab Co reported he was robbed shortly before 2:30 p.m. Monday by a white man about 25, five eight, wearing a green fatigue jacket and a black cap. The gunman demanded the fare, then fled after Butler handed over $38 in cash.
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Odessa
Sheriff's
Edgar William Butler
eCity Cab Co
Butler
Two Involved in Odessa Crash Leave Two Injured
A 49-year-old Odessa woman Mary Loss remained in satisfactory condition at Medical Center Hospital and her 35-year-old passenger Curtis Windom was treated and released after a crash Monday at Flamingo and Helm. Loss sustained back and left arm injuries and Windom suffered a head injury.
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Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Mary Loss
Cummings
Flamingo and
Helm
Curtis Windom
West
Doris
Midland memorial rites for Connie Lasater 49
Services were held at Ellis Funeral Home for Connie Ruth Lasater of Midland 49 who died after a long illness. Burial followed at Resthaven Memorial Park. Surviving family includes husband Aaron Lasater a son Morris Lasater a daughter Allen Schriber and several siblings and grandchildren. Memorials may be sent to the American Cancer Society.
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Midland
Connie Ruth Lasater
Ellis Funeral Home
Resthaven Memorial Park
Abilene
Aaron L. Lasater
Dallas
Odessa
San Antonio
Jim Chance
Rogers
Tom Chance
Howard Chance
Sweetwater
John Chance
Fort Worth
Herman
Vadie
Nations
Dorotheas Warwick
Amarillo
Joe
Berta) Chandler
Fort Stockton
American Cancer Society
Snyder
Bea Forkner
Bell-Seale Funeral Home
Bruce G
Reagan
Oklahoma City Services
Bruce Gerald Reagan
Oklahoma City
Robert Reagan
Sevier Funeral Home Chapel
Chickasha
Okla
Rose Hill Cemetery
Veterans Administration Hospital
Ardmore
Dorothy Workman
Big Spring
Andrea Madrid Vela
Martin Madrid
Guadalupe Madrid
Nalley-Pickle Funeral Home
Rosewood Chapel
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Mount Olive Memorial Park
Vela
Mexico
Francisco Vela
Guadalupana Y DeColores
Kermit
Caroline E. Graves
Seaside Memorial Park
Corpus Christi
Cooper Funeral Chapel
R.M. Reeves
Tehran
Iraan
A.T. Mitchell
G.A. Lochabay
A.M. Lochabay
J.S. Lochabay
Bay City
L.C. Flanagan
Alex Anderson
McCamey
Louise Freitag Duncan
First Baptist Church
Restland Cemetery
Sheppard Funeral Home
Duncan
Shannon Hospital
San Angelo
Melvin Duncan
Merizon
Leslie Adams
Bob Howard
Houston
Dwayne Duncan
Jim Laster
Seagraves
Howard Freitag
Anderson
Calif
Carl Freitag
Mertzon
Lena May Childress
Delores Valenzuela
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Valenzuela
Medical Center Hospital
Terlingua
Clements Blasts Energy Bill as Disaster for Texas
Republican Bill Clements told Odessa supporters the new national energy bill is a disaster for Texas and urged a home grown plan. He called for less federal control, incentives for more energy production, new tech research, and a shift of imports to Canada and Mexico. He criticized Attorney General John Hill and touted plans to audit the AG office and cut state jobs through attrition while returning tax surpluses to producers.
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Texas
Bill Clements
Clements
Odessa
Middle East
Canada
Mexico
John Hill
Inn of the Golden West
Fice
Hill
Washington, D.C
Mid Midland Forecast From National Weather Service
The National Weather Service at Midland Regional Airport forecasts showers today and tonight becoming partly cloudy Wednesday. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Rain chances 50 percent today, 20 percent Wednesday. Highs 57 today and 72 tomorrow. Overnight low 43, tonight 47. Precipitation in the last 24 hours 1.31 inches, year to date 14.62 inches.
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National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Community group meeting schedule in Odessa tomorrow
At 10 A.M. Overeaters Anonymous Group 2623 meets at St. Pauls Presbyterian Church, 3102 East University. Noon sessions include Downtown American Business Club at Inn of the Golden West Coachroom, Odessa Rotary at Inn of the Golden West Ballroom, Tri-Service Lions at Sands Restaurant, and Odessa Civitan at The Branding Iron. 7:30 P.M. Ector Lions Club gathers at Lions Den, 328 Dobbs.
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St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church
East University
Downtown
American Business Club
Inn of the Golden West
Coachroom
Odessa
Ector Lions Club
Lions den
Dobbs
Newspaperwoman Hazel Palmer Dies at 85 in Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant Texas AP Hazel Quinn Palmer 85 died Monday from injuries after a train struck her car. A veteran editor since 1941 she helped grow Titus County Tribune from weekly to daily by 1968. Survived by two sons and five grandchildren services Thursday 3 p.m. at Tennyson Memorial Methodist Church.
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Mount Pleasant
Texas
Hazel Quinn Palmer
Palmer
Business and Professional Women's Club
Girl Scouts
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John C. Bever
Robert R. Nathan Associates
National Productivity Council
Prires
Irene Cook
Sherman Oaks Community Hospital
Los Angeles County Fire
Elwood Reed
Carbon
Tommy Cheshire
Florida
Georgia
West 42Nd
Permian Playhouse
Connie Lasater
Andrea M. Vela
Lenora Hughes
Lenora Mae Hughes
Jo McDonald
Fluvanna
Roy Smith
Pleasant
Abernathy
Chambers Funeral Home
Easterling Funeral Home
Smith
Comanche County
Nancy Newton
Seminole
Juanita Cook
Granbury
Houston Smith
Bill Smith
Donnie Smith
L.D. Smith
Mancil Smith
Shallowater
Sam Wade
Leo Kitchens
Roswell
N.M
Caroline Graves
Ozona
Baggett
Ozona United
Sheep and Goat Raisers Association
Louise Duncan
Lions
Sands Restaurant
Odessa Civitan
Hazel Palmer
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