Wholesale prices jump again in March inflation at high level
The Labor Department reports wholesale prices rose 1 percent in March and for the first quarter of 1979, the annual rate reached 14.1 percent, the highest in more than four years. Food costs eased slightly while nonfood goods rose 0.9 percent as the Carter administration seeks price guidance reforms.
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R. Gregory Nokes
Associated Press
Washington
Labor Department
Carter Administration
LABOR _Department
Substitute drug plan wins Texas Senate sendoff
Elder Texans see potential savings as a drug substitution bill clears the human resources committee on a 6-3 vote. The measure allows cheaper equivalent drugs to replace brand-name options with physician control, citing a $22 million annual saving and rising brand-name usage from 10 percent in 1909 to 90 percent in 1972.
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Austin, Texas
Senate
human_resources committee
Window broken at Pecos High School vocational building
Reeves County Sheriff Raul Florez said the department is investigating a criminal mischief case in which a window at the Pecos High School vocational building was broken but not entered. The damage value is undetermined and the investigation continues.
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Reeves County
Raul Florez
Pecos High School
Carter to unveil new energy plan tonight
President Carter will announce a national energy blueprint aimed at lifting price controls and decontrolling U S oil, raising gasoline by as much as 15 cents a gallon over two years. The plan seeks windfall profit taxes to fund gasohol and solar energy while reflecting Three Mile Island concerns and potential nuclear safeguards review.
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Carter
Alfred E. Kahn
Kahn
Council On Wage and Price Stability
Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Iran
Congress
White House
Oval
Three Mile Island
Pennsylvania
Toyah Resident Toyah Candidate for Pecos ISD Board
Toyah resident Lynn Gibson announced his candidacy for the Pecos Barstow To Yah Independent School District board of education in the April 7 election. Gibson, a Toyah High School valedictorian, served in the U.S. Army and as Reeves County Justice of the Peace, leads the Toyah Ambulance Service, and advocates technical training balanced with literacy and personal responsibility for students.
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Lynn Gibson
Toyah
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent School District
Board of Education
Gibson
Stamford
Texas
Lagerton
Bledsoe
Barstow
Balmorhea
Toyah High School
Sul Ross University
University of Texas el Paso
Sandra
Jason
Sydna
Mediators set to resume talks in trucking strike standoff
A four day general freight shutdown jolts the auto sector as 500 carriers face 235,000 Teamsters. Talks resume under pressure with no rapid progress expected. Key issues include cost of living adjustments and pension funding while Chrysler warns most U.S. plants may shut Monday.
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Washington
Teamsters
Chrysler Corp
U.S
Carter
Radio Burglary Reported At Pecos Metal Yard
A citizens band radio valued at 140 dollars was stolen from a vehicle at Pecos Iron and Metal on East U S 80. Reeves County Sheriff Raul Florez said the burglary is under investigation and occurred earlier this week, with the incident reported late Tuesday.
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Pecos
Televised subpoenas eyed in Chagra drug case across two states
Defense lawyers may subpoena film stars Robert Redford Telly Savalas and Gabe Kaplan to testify in Jimmy Chagra's Austin drug conspiracy trial. The five count indictment accuses Chagra of conspiring to possess import and distribute cocaine and marijuana. The defense seeks to explain Chagra's gambling winnings of about 1.9 million dollars from a Las Vegas hot streak. They also pursue a venue change from Midland to Austin.
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EL Paso, Texas
Robert Redford
Telly Savalas
Gabe Kaplan
Austin
Jimmy Chagra
Chagra
el Paso
Lee Chagra
Midland
Joe Chagra
Las Vegas
Jimmy
Roberts Redford
5Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
U.S
John H. Wood
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