Costly burden of disability care grows across the economy
The AP reports rising costs of aiding disabled Americans from Social Security disability insurance to Civil Service pensions. The disability program faces inequities and rising claims while private firms expand protections and costs mount, with national trust funds at risk.
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Evans Witt
Associated Press
Washington
Social Security Administration
Congress
Conference Board
Bankers Trust
Tractors Back Lubbock Mayor In Farm Protest Meet
Lubbock Texas AP reports mayor Roy Bass will meet with American Agriculture movement representatives to hear farm demands. They plan a phase two strike with tractors entering the city before dawn, possibly declaring American Agriculture Day and pressuring stores to close for 24 hours.
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Lubbock. Tex
Lubbock
American Agriculture Movement
Texas
High Plains
American Agriculture
Roy Bass
Wheelsale
West Texas Chamber backs reservoir impound plan
The West Texas Chamber of Commerce adopts a resolution supporting the Colorado River Municipal Water District in seeking a permit to impound a reservoir below the Concho and Colorado Rivers near Leaday and Stacy. The 554000 acre foot lake would supply water for agricultural municipal and petrochemical uses and enable a major coal power plant. Financing via bonds would be repaid from water sales contracts. construction could start upon permit grant.
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West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Colorado River Municipal Water District
Texas Department of Water Resources
Concho
Colorado Rivers
Leaday
Stacy
Everett J. ‘‘Ebb’’ Grindstaff
Ballinger
Wtcc Water Development Committee
West Texas
Grindstaff
Texas GOP plans heavy vote drive in state primary bid
State GOP chairman Ray Barnhart announces a large organizing push to retain the 400,000 Texans who voted in last year's primary. He targets seven congressional seats as winnable and forecasts increased GOP strength in the Legislature while criticizing Democratic liberal dominance in Texas politics. Wayne Thorburn named executive director to build a strong grassroots apparatus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Dolph Briscoe
GOP
Ray Barnhart
Barnhart
Panhandle
Senate
el Paso
Carter
Briscoe
SDEC
Calvin Guest
The
Texas Party
Thorburn
Carter Cancels Cabinet to Focus on Economic Plan
President Carter canceled today's Cabinet meeting to confer with economic advisers and congressional leaders on a package of tax, employment and anti inflation measures to be revealed in January. He began a day of economic policy meetings with Cabinet members and White House staff before briefings with House and Senate leaders and budget discussions with the National Governors Association. Carter intends to unveil the 1978 policy goals around January 19 as Congress returns from recess. He is prioritizing the economy amid congressional criticism of early proposal load.
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James Gerstenzang
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Carter
House
Senate
National Governors Association
Energy Department
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
International Affairs
State Department
Plains
Walter Mondale
Mondale
White House
Fayetteville
N.C
Washington
Menahem Begin
First Baptist Church
Congress
Kizenstat
Pecos extension classes signups set for Odessa College
Registration for the Pecos extension center of Odessa College will be at 6 30 p m January 10 at Bessie Haynes Elementary School Prospective students may enroll if class size min limits are met and facilities and staff meet college and state requirements Mrs Jayne Robinson will assist and handle late registration High school students may obtain forms from Mrs Robinson or the principal Tuition ranges from 48 50 for three semester hours to 65 for two three semester hours and 54 for a four semester hour course All charges due at enrollment Contact Mrs Robinson or Dr Miles Eckert dean of student development for more information
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Pecos Extension Center
Odessa College
Bessie Haynes
State of Texas
Jayne Robinson
Daggett
Pecos
Robinson
Miles Eckert
Missouri Pacific seeks Supreme Court review of Palestine hiring pact
The Missouri Pacific Railroad asks the Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court ruling requiring it to keep 4.5 percent of its employees headquartered in Palestine Texas. The fight traces to an 1872 agreement tying the city to the railroad’s presence and jobs. Palestine sued after the ICC abrogated the 1954 pact during a 1970s absorption attempt.
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Washington
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Supreme Court
Palestine
Texas
Houston and Great Northern Railroad
John Reagan
U.S. Supreme Court
Missouri Pacific
Texas and Pacific Line
Trinity River Valley
Dallas
Houston
Former mental patients turned into prisoners profits exposed
Operators of unregulated halfway houses in Austin are alleged to convert former mental patients into virtual prisoners to profit from their social security funds. Reports say weekly cash kept for only incidentals, with potential profits in the thousands monthly per facility. Critics say patients are threatened with re-hospitalization if they complain, effectively warehousing them without adequate medical care.
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Austin
Tex
Austin American-Statesman
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Istake
Robert Hinojos
Bass
Texas Chamber
Eden
Ballinger, Coleman
Sweetwater
Snyder
Midland-Odessa
San Angelo
WTCC
United States Corps of Engineers
Texas Water Development Board
United States Study Commission
Gov- Study Commission
Governor’s Water Task Force
West
Walter F. Mondale
Stuart KE. Eizenstat
Eizenstat
Odessa
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