Reeves County approves 12 percent retirement benefit increase
Reeves County Commissioners Court approved a new retirement plan boosting benefits for all 70 county employees by 12 percent at a special meeting. An alternate plan favored by County Court at Law Judge Darrell H. Glover and Commissioner Wendell Faulkner would have given Faulkner 16 percent, but plan two, adopted, grants a 14 percent rise.
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Reeves County Commissioners Court
Darrell H. Glover
Wendell Faulker
Bob Dean
Faulkner
W.O. Bill’ Pigman
Dean
Jack McGowen
Senators press for quick SALT II ratification despite concerns
President Carter told 19 senators he would press for prompt Senate approval of the SALT II treaty. The lawmakers expressed worry over U.S. military strength and urged further talks to close a potential “nuclear window of vulnerability.” They signaled possible conditions tied to defense spending and NATO readiness.
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Robert Farlow
Associated Press
Washington
Carter
Soviet Union
America
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
White House
U.S
NATO
Europe
Senate
Nunn
Henry Bellman
R-Okla
Lloyd Bentsen
D-Texas
David Boren
D-Okla
Rudy Boschwitz
R-Minn
Lawton Chiles
D-Fla
John Danforth
R-Mo
Dennis de Concini
D-Ariz
Pete Domenici
R-N.m
David Durenberger
James Exon
D-Neb
S.I. Hayakawa
R-Calif
John Heinz
R-Pa
Larry Pressler
R.D
Harrison Schmitt
Rn.m
Alan Simpson
Rwyo
Richard Stone
Dfla
John Warner
R-Va
Edward Zorinsky
Dneb
Kennedy slips in Iran poll as Carter gains with voters
AP NBC poll shows Carter handling Iran crisis seen well by 69 percent while Kennedy faces 56 percent disapproval for commenting on Iran. Carter leads Kennedy and Brown in a Gallup simulated Democratic primary, reversing prior margins as the 1980 nomination race intensifies.
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Evans Witt
Associated Press
NEW York
Jimmy Carter
Edward M. Kennedy
Carter
Kennedy
NBC News
California
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Gallup
Brown
Ap-Nbc News
Iran
San Francisco
Militants deny Christmas hostage releases at U.S. Embassy
Militant students at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran said none of the 50 American hostages would be released by Christmas and declared all captives would be tried as spies. Foreign Minister Ghotbzadeh suggested some hostages may be released by Christmas, but a student spokesman contradicted that, saying no releases will occur.
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Tehran
Iran
U.S
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
Associated Press
Pecos area sees fair, cold day with warming ahead
Fair skies and cold temperatures prevail in Pecos and vicinity today with warming forecast tomorrow. Sunday's high reached 49 degrees and the low dropped to 21 this morning as west Texas expects clearer, warmer conditions in the north and parts of the south with highs in the 40s to 50s.
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Pecos
West Texas
Texas Past and Promise Industry Influx to State
In the 70s Texas attracted industry and talent, anchored by Dallas Fort Worths airport growth and American Airlines return. Houston emerged as an energy hub as banks and tech firms expand. Texas Instruments and Docutel helped shape a high tech, credit, and banking boom fueling a regional go go era.
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Texas
Tom DeCola
Lone Star
Associated Press
South
Chambers of Commerce
Dallas-Fort Worth
American Airlines
Manhattan
Metroplex
New York
Texas International
Braniff
Southwest
Dallas
Houston
San Antonio
New Orleans
Petrochemical
Taco
Richardson
Texas Instruments
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Docutel
Chilton Corp
Chilton
United States
Lone Star State
Police Chief Wounded In Jacksboro Shooting
Police Chief Guy Sullivan who had been in office under two months was wounded when a man shot him with his own gun at his home Friday evening in Jacksboro Texas. Sullivan, 32, underwent surgery and was moved from ICU as doctors planned further procedures.
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Jacksboro
Texas
Guy Sullivan
Sullivan
Sulivan
Arthur Reaves
Reaves
Wichita Falls
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