Vance seeks Western support for joint Iran retaliation
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance met with Margaret Thatcher and Lord Carrington in London to press for Western coordinated retaliation if Iran refuses to release 50 Americans held hostage in Tehran. Talks touched on a possible trade embargo and food export cuts, with officials stressing consultation with Europe before any military action. The hostage crisis nears a 37th day as U S policy leans on diplomacy and economic pressure while warning Iran against trials or escalation.
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Barry Schweid
Associated Press
London
Cyrus R. Vance
Iran
Tehran
Vance
Margaret Thatcher
Lord Carrington
U.S
Foreign Office
Downing Street
Heathrow
Thatcher
Paris
Rome
Bonn
Brussels
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Japan
F. M. Okida
United States
Ter
Carter
State Department
Zbigniew Brzezinski
CBS
International Solidarity
Brezinski
County Commission postpones retirement plan decision
Reeves County Commissioners tabled action on increased county employee retirement benefits for a second time at the request of Commissioner Wendell Faulkner who seeks more details from the insurer. Plan two would aid most employees with a 12 percent boost, while the alternative favors those with prior county service. The court set a Monday December 17 meeting at 9 30 a.m. and a January 1 deadline for decision on the insurance plan.
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Reeves County Commissioners Court
Wendell Faulkner
Faulkner
Mike Mallett
Dale Toone
Mallett
Ceilings planned on oil imports
Paris reports that ten other industrial nations join the United States and the European Community in planning individual ceilings on oil imports for the first time since the energy crisis began. The IEA governing board is expected to endorse ceilings rather than vague targets, with the United States driving the shift and citing decontrol of oil prices and an 8 percent import reduction last quarter.
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Paris
United States
International Energy Agency
IEA
Organization of Petroleum-Exporting
America
Federal agents probe drug use by Tyler police officers
The Dallas Morning News reports U S Justice Department sources confirm a probe into how two undercover Tyler officers Craig Matthews and Kim Ramsey allegedly used narcotics during an eight month undercover drug operation that yielded 121 indictments and sparked a civil suit alleging officials knew of the conduct but hid it.
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Tyler
Smith County
Hunter Brush
Willie Hardy
Shah Presence Sparks Protests at Lackland and Nearby Bases
Security at Lackland and Kelly AFB tightened after intelligence warned of possible weekend demonstrations by Iranian students in support of and against the deposed shah. Despite barbed wire and guards at gates, no protests materialized as of Sunday. The shah arrived December 2 for recovery and awaits a home, with several nations ruled out as destinations.
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Associated Press
San Antonio, Texas
Iran
Lackland Air Force Base
Air Force
Lackland
Kelly Air Force Base
Brackenridge Park
New York
Robert Armao
Shah
Armao
U.S
Tehran
Kelly
Supreme Court rejects challenge to Odessa bond vote
The Supreme Court declined to overturn a 1978 Odessa Ector County School bond election approving 21.6 million dollars for two elementary schools a junior high a new stadium and major renovations. The ruling also denied damages sought by school officials against Robert Frias for a frivolous appeal. The district serves about 23 000 students with a 41 million dollar budget.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Ector County
Texas
Robert Frias
The
Frias
Texas Supreme Court
Odessa
Gloria Tanner Svanas
Alarming Texas youth voter registration trend seen
Texas Secretary of State George Strake warned at a regional conference that youth voter participation is declining while overall registration rises. He announced a drive to register eligible high school seniors before the May 1980 Texas primary.
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Austin
Texas
George Strake
Strake
Weather outlook for Pecos and West Texas areas
Weather report notes partly cloudy skies for Pecos and vicinity with cooler temperatures tonight and Tuesday. Sunday's high reached 66 degrees with a 31 degree low this morning. Cloudiness increases tonight, cooler north with partly cloudy south Tuesday. highs near 70 in most regions, upper 70s in the Panhandle and mountains, lows tonight mid 30s to near 50 in southeast areas.
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Pecos
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