Government cuts beef purchases to curb prices
The Carter administration announced major cuts in beef buys including hamburger for school lunches and halted raisin purchases to ease inflation. Three large buyers the VA, Defense, and Agriculture will trim beef purchases by 25 percent over 18 months, shifting to poultry and pork.
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R. Gregory Nokes
Associated Press
Washington
Carter
Council On Wage and Price Stability
Veterans Adminstration
Defense Department
Agriculture Department
Alfred E. Kahn
Esther Peterson
Commerce Department
West of the Pecos lawmen nab two robbery suspects
Two men wanted in an aggravated robbery Wednesday night were captured with help from air support, autos, and horseback patrols west of Pecos. Harold Branscum, 19, of Daytona Beach, Fla., is jailed in Reeves County. Kenneth Kinkley, 21, address unknown, is in Culberson County jail. Wil liam Allen, 29, of Los Angeles, was injured and hospitalized. Jeffrey Alexander, age unavailable, escaped harm. Bills reported the three were hitchhiking after jail release in Sierra Blanca. Both suspects face robbery by assault charges awaiting arraignment.
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California
Reeves County
Interstate 20
Pecos
Raul Florez
Running Spring
Calif
Cedu Foundation
Culberson County
Harold D. Branscum
Daytona Court
Daytona Beach
Fla
Kenneth C. Kinkley
van Horn
Jeffrey Lynn Alexander
Allen
Alexander
Branscom and
Kinkley
Balmorhea Ambulance Service
Sierra Blanca
Cuthberson County
Richard Upchurch
Branscum
Justice of the Peace
Debate over $20.2 billion Texas budget nears vote
In Austin the House debate on the 1980-81 budget stretched into a third day as Speaker Bill Clayton aimed for a final vote tonight or Friday. Net changes neared $18 million, leaving about $350 million for tax cuts or new spending. Major shifts included $6 million more for Texas Department of Public Safety salaries and $2 million for trooper overtime, with patrolmen and Rangers slated for boosted pay.
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Austin
Texas
Bill Clayton
House Appropriations Committee
Bill Clements
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texans clash over presidential primary proposal in Texas
Heated exchanges marked news conferences as Sen. Jack Ogg defended a bill to hold a March 1980 presidential primary while Sen. Ron Clower challenged the plan and disputed study claims. Clower argued costs and same day turnout, Ogg cited a Library of Congress study and Gov. Clements' backing as pivotal.
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Austin
Texas
Jack Ogg
Ron Clower
Garland
Ogg
Houston
Clower
Library of Congress
North Carolina
Bill Clements
Clements
Neches River tanker blast leaves crew missing and injured
A Liberian oil tanker struck by lightning exploded on the Neches River near Nederland Texas. One crewman is missing presumed dead while 30 others were injured or treated. Firefighters and Coast Guard crews battled fires as rain hampered rescue efforts. The ship rests in about 40 feet of water. cargo leakage was minor and the channel remained closed pending assessment.
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Nederland, Texas
Coast Guard
Neches River
Dave Galgay
Sun Oil Co
Susan Welch
Park Place Hospital
Fire Department
Jerry May
May
Kim Zigler
Robert Brown
Zigler
Texas
John Shaw
Sun Oil
Shaw
Gulf
Weather Forecast Pecos Area Cooler Through Saturday
Generally fair and cooler through Saturday for Pecos and vicinity. High Thursday reached 93 with a 50 degree low noted this morning in Pecos. West Texas forecast calls for generally fair conditions with partial clouds, scattered showers and thunderstorms in the eastern third today and tonight, cooler conditions in the Panhandle, and highs from the low 70s to the upper 90s across regions.
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Pecos
West Texas
Panhandle
Big Bend
Barstow woman given probation after forged prescription conviction
Marla Jo Baker Goode, 20, of Barstow was sentenced by Judge Lawrence Fuller to four years of supervised probation for a second degree felony charge of obtaining a controlled substance by passing a forged instrument. She pleaded guilty in Pecos in April, with the crime occurring February 26 at a Pecos pharmacy on 800 W Third, and the indictment dated March 19.
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Marla Jo Baker Goode
Barstow
Lawrence Fuller
143Rd Judicial District Court
Pecos
Fuller
Reeves and
Ward
Third
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G. William Miller
Federal Reserve Board
Miller
Addi
Aurelio Lopez, Jr
Pecos High School
Joe Smith
West of Pecos
William D. Allen
Los Angeles
Reeves County Hospital
Clayton
Appropriations Committee
Tip Hall
Denton
DPS
Pat Riley
Sea Tiger
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