Carter pushes arms treaty verification plan in New York
President Carter told publishers the strategic arms limit treaty will be verifiable from the day it is signed and pledged to explain the pact to readers. He urged support for ratification as negotiations continue with the Soviet Union and noted Iran’s station losses complicate verification while asserting satellites and other sources ensure detection of any cheating.
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New York
Carter
United States
American
Publishers Association
Senate
State Department
Cyrus R. Vance
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Iran
U.S
Bilingual plan fails in Texas Senate fight
Senator Carlos Truan seeks to flip two votes after a 19 to 12 defeat on a bill to extend bilingual instruction two more years. The measure, opposed by the board, aimed to help students stay in school and become fluent in English without mandating the program. The local district would still identify children needing it.
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Austin
Texas
State Board of Education
Carlos Truan
Senate
Truan
Texas House OKs 26.3B two year budget defying governor
The Texas House passed a 26.3 billion two year state budget after a late clash over abortion funding. The 87 to 51 vote left only 261 million for tax relief, as Gov. Bill Clements sought more reserves. A welfare abortion rider failed amid debate over Hyde Amendment limits and state versus federal funds. The bill includes raises for teachers and state employees and 5.1 percent raises for college faculty.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
House
Bill Clements
Senate
Clements
Conference Committee
Clay Smothers
Dallas
Smothers
Texas Department of Human Resources
State College
Sheriff Reports Theft by Check and Burglary Case
Reeves County Sheriff Raul Florez reports a misdemeanor theft by check case and a burglary of a pickup truck. A.M. Blackstock of 2131 Wyoming reported a heavy duty jack and a tire and wheel worth 135 dollars missing from his pickup while parked at the Wyoming address. The theft by check involved two checks cashed at a motel in the 1200 block of East Highway 80. a suspect is named in the case.
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Reeves County
Raul Florez
A.M. Blackstock
Wyoming
East Highway 80
Gas shortage may be worse amid heating oil plan
Energy Secretary James R. Schlesinger warned the summer gasoline shortage could worsen if crude oil is diverted to heating oil for winter. A House committee rejected a proposal giving the president standby power to close gas stations on weekends. Schlesinger will defend the oil decontrol at a hearing chaired by Sen. Kennedy with other witnesses including Schultze and Rivlin.
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Washington
Energy
James R. Schlesinger
Schlesinger
House
House-Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Charles L. Schultze
Council of Economic Advisers
Alice Rivlin
Congressional Budget Office
Kennedy
Carter
Four day junior rodeo opens in Pecos with 500 entrants
The Pecos American Junior Rodeo Association kicks off tonight at 7 30 at the Pecos Rodeo Grounds and runs through Saturday with events at 7 30 each evening. About 500 entries come from Texas and New Mexico. Silver buckles award all around boys and girls in each age group, with cash prizes for top three in each event.
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John Lewis
Pecos
Rodeo
Pecos American
Flood waters leave trail of destruction in Southeast Texas
The Associated Press reports retreating floodwaters reveal widespread damage as Neches River and Pine Island Bayou crest and move back. More than 300 families remain isolated near Lumberton as sandbagging ends after piling 78,000 bags in Jefferson and Hardin Counties.
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Associated Press
Texas
Neches
Pine Island Bayou
Jefferson and
Hardin Coun
Lumberton
Cook's Lake Road
Jury for tomorrow canceled
Judge Gene Ater of Reeves County District Court canceled the jurors’ Thursday report. Jurors instructed to return on Thursday, April 26 need not report and will not be required to report again until advised by the district court.
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Gene Ater
Reeves County District Court
Enterprise
District Court
Ater
Weather Outlook for Pecos and West Texas
Weather in Pecos and surrounding areas stays partly cloudy and windy with a cooling trend. Tuesday’s high reached 97 degrees, the year's hottest so far, and a 68 degree low was observed this morning.
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Pecos
Texas
Panhandle
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