Third Street signals draw mixed feelings from Pecos drivers
Pecos motorists and pedestrians express confusion and concern over blinking red and yellow signals on Third Street at Cedar and Eddy Streets. Police Chief Gene Martin notes only one collision since the flashing lights started and says traffic changes may reduce accidents while pedestrians need safer crossing provisions.
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Third
Cedar Streets
Pecos
Third Street
U.S. Hwy. 80
Cedar and
Eddy Streets
Oak
Gene Martin
Martin
Cedar, Cypress
Ment
Hwy. 80
El Paso Gas eyes Alaska to West Coast LNG route
El Paso Natural Gas Co begins feasibility studies on a 42 inch Alaska pipeline from Prudhoe Bay to a South Alaska terminal, liquefaction plant, and LNG tankers to the West Coast. Preliminary estimates exceed 2 billion for Alaskan facilities and over 1 billion for tankers and terminals.
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Anchorage, Alaska
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Alaska
Alaskan
United States
Howard Boyd
el Paso Natural Gas
Anchorage
Boyd
Prudhoe Bay
South Alaska
U.S. births fall below replacement fertility rate
The New York Times reports that the United States fertility rate dipped to 2.08 children per family in the first nine months, the first breach of the 2.1 replacement level. If sustained for 70 years, population would stabilize around 320 million.
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New York
New York Times
the Times
Federal Monthly Vital Statistics Report
Indians paid to leave town
Washington AP reports Indian protesters who occupied the Bureau of Indian Affairs building were paid about 66 650 dollars to depart Washington. Deputy OMB director Frank C Carlucci said the payments covered travel costs at 10 cents per mile and 6 dollars a day for about 1 200 Indians and helped defuse potential violence.
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Washington
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Frank C. Carlucci
Office of Management and Budget
House
Interior Affairs
Carlucci
Nixon
Office of Economic Opportunity
First Russian grain ship visits Houston since war
The MV Kasimov, a Russian flagged vessel, docks at Houston to load part of the 16 million tons of wheat in a three year 75 million dollar deal with Russia. NMU leader Joseph Curran voices concern over U S compliance and ship quotas while a second Russian ship is expected later.
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Houston
United States
Russia
National Maritime Union
Afl-Cio
Joseph Curran
Kasimov
Cargill Inc
Curran
Soviet Union
Metalurg Baykov
NCC Hosts Black Poet Baraka Stirs Jewish Groups
At the NCC general assembly in Dallas church leaders hope their hosting of poet Leroi Jones Baraka does not harm Christian Jewish ties. Jewish observers condemn Baraka as anti-Semitic while Jones defends his poetry and claims oppression. The event centers on the theme Demands of the Gospel in a World of Conflict with 33 denominations and about 43 million members involved.
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George W. Cornell
Dallas, Tex
Council
Leroi
United Presbyterian Church
Baraka
American Jewish Committee
Jones
Pole Sacks
Mile Lion
Church urged to fight immoral world system
Auxiliary Bishop Patrick Flories of San Antonio told the National Council of Churches assembly that the global economy enriches the few and keeps most in poverty. He condemned corporate governance, urged people to demand reform, and warned of a militarized economy hurting the poor and shaping education into a tool of acquisitiveness.
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Dallas
Patrick Flories
San Antonio
Tex
General Assembly
National Council of Churches
U. S
Fis
Vietnam
Pentagon
Boy Survives Harrowing Milelong Ditch Ride In San Diego
Eddie Smith and 11 year old Diane Huston escaped a rain swolen drainage ditch after a mile long ride. Eddie said he and Diane clung to each other while swept through culverts and submerged twice. They reached Sharp Memorial Hospital with bruises from rocks after a frightening ordeal.
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San Diego
Eddie Smith
Diane Huston
Eddie
Diane
Tommy Smith
Sharp Memorial Hospital
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Cargill Elevator
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