Inflation Near 13 Percent Prompts Quick Consumer Price Rise
July saw consumer prices up 1 percent led by gas and home heating oil. Food prices rose modestly while eggs fell. energy spikes pushed housing and transportation costs higher. Wages, after inflation, fell 0.3 percent month over month.
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Eileen Alt Powell
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Labor Department
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Richard Marriott
Marriott
Public safety alert on uncovered irrigation wells
Reeves County commissioners seek to locate about a dozen uncovered irrigation wells found near Pecos by Al Cate head of Madera Valley Water Supply. Wells 10 to 400 feet deep pose fall hazards. owners may be fined 100 to 500 dollars per well if not covered or permission not granted. Dove season begins September 1. report any uncovered wells to local commissioner or Jack McGowen.
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Pecos
Jack McGowen
Reeves County
al Cate
Madera
Cate
Permis
Sion
Jayne Robinson
Mexico Refuses Talks on Oil Spill Damages
U S official Robert Krueger says Mexico will not discuss paying damages for Gulf of Mexico spill harming Texas coast. He noted Washington seeks liability discussion and options for compensation of clean up costs and property losses and resources.
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Washington
United States
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Robert Krueger
State Department
U.S
Krueger
Special council meet scheduled over mineral lease offer
The Pecos City Council will hold a special meeting tonight at 7 to review an offer of 89,837 dollars for a five year mineral lease on about 1,600 acres near the Municipal Airport. The session was postponed yesterday as Mayor W. R. Bickley was away. The Mexican Foreign Ministry rejected claims of international liability for oil spill damages, stating no basis exists for recognizing Mexico or Pemex as responsible. President Carter noted the U.S. could not force payment. Krueger declined to pledge full financial damages and cited no damage estimate. spill affected Texas coast and tourism. well output declined from 30,000 to about 10,000 barrels daily.
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Pecos
W.R
Bob”’ Bickley
Foreign Ministry
Mexico City
Mexico
United States
Governent of
Petroleos Mexicanos
Carter
Krueger
U.S
Senate
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
City orders demolition of Earl Bell property extension granted
The city agreed to demolish all six Earl Bell School buildings with help from the school district and Reeves County, after discussions on restoring or removing substandard properties. The Pecos-Barstow-Toyah district voiced no objection to removal, while several other properties received extensions or demolition orders pending city attorney input.
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Pecos
Earl Bell
Reeves County
Ray Whitley
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent School
J.J. Maxey
Eces City
N. Oak
North Carolina
S. Mesquite
Injunction denied as U S lacks oil price jurisdiction
U S District Judge A Andrew Hauk rejected an antitrust suit by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers against OPEC member nations. He ruled U S courts have no jurisdiction over sovereign nations exporting oil and that OPEC meetings involve sovereign acts to stabilize prices. Attorney James Davis said an appeal would follow.
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Los Angeles
United States
U.S
A. Andrew Hauk
Hauk
OPEC
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Beverly Hills
Las Vegas
Opec Cartel
Eign
Hank
James Davis
Feasibility study on Civic and Convention Center complete
At Thursday's meeting the feasibility study for the Civic and Convention Center was reported as completed. The committee of chamber of commerce and Reeves County representatives will meet on Sept 11 to review the 12,000 square foot building proposal and present study details.
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Pecos
Chamber of Commerce
Reeves County
Weather Outlook for Pecos and West Texas
Fair skies expected in Pecos and vicinity through Saturday with slightly warmer temperatures. Yesterday’s high reached 97 degrees and the morning low was 62. Partly cloudy days and fair nights continue across West Texas through Saturday with isolated mainly afternoon and night thunderstorms in the mountains and Panhandle. Temperatures rise to the 80s in mountains and north, up to mid 90s in the south, near 102 in Big Bend valleys, and lows range from the 50s in mountains and northwest to upper 60s in the south.
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Pecos
Texas
Panhandle
Big Bend
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