Mayors protest Carter budget cuts over urban impact
A group of Democratic mayors led by Boston's Kevin White protests proposed budget cuts to President Carter fearing urban decline. They cite Cleveland default and Newark layoffs while warning cuts could endanger the $400 million Urban Development Action Grants program and slow city recovery.
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Michael J. Sniffen
Associated Press
Washington
Carter
U.S
Conference of Mayors
Boston
Kevin White
White House
John Gunther
The
Mayors Conference
Joint operation yields grand jury marijuana indictments
Two men with Marfa addresses, James Nathan Hewitt and Henry Alacorn Naegle, are jailed in Reeves County Correctional Facility Pecos on a two count federal indictment charging conspiring to possess for distribution and possessing for distribution marijuana. Arrested after a joint operation by U S Marshals Pecos Police and Sheriff, both men face $25 000 bonds and pending court dates. Hewitt was arrested at a Marfa ranch while Naegle was taken at a Marfa job site. Counterfeiting of details not present in source.
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Marfa
Reeves County
Pecos
U.S
Steve Balog
Maffa
Bob Bigler
Presidio County
Rick Thompson
James Nathan Hewitt
Henry Alacorn Naegle
ACCF
Hewitt
Naegle
OPEC price rise to lift US gas costs by late winter
OPEC raised crude prices 14.5 percent with a January effect and an expected 3 cent per gallon U.S. rise in 1979. Gulf Oil predicts higher pump prices by late January. Amoco estimates about 3.6 cents by year end. Federal controls on prices could be lifted, potentially adding 2.7 cents more, despite opposition in Congress and from public groups.
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Gulf Oil Corp
United States
OPEC
U.S
Gulf
Kurt Vogley
Carl Meyerdick
Standard Oil of
Indiana
Amoco
Meyerdirk
Shell
Texaco
Mobil
Department of Energy
Department
Congress
Plane hijack suspect pilots held. missing pilot reported dead
Police believe the charter aircraft was hijacked after leaving Huntsville and that the missing pilot Milton Sims was possibly shot. Investigators found the plane in a Texas City airport hangar with blood stains, a bullet hole, and fuel for long-range flight. Mexican citizens were later jailed on immigration charges.
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Houston
Texas City
Renkin DeWalt
Cers
DeWalt
Milton Sims
FBI
Huntsville
Sims
Bank Raises Lending Rate at Chemical Bank
Chemical Bank, the nation's sixth largest, lifted its prime lending rate from 11 percent to 11.5 percent today. The move, the 15th increase this year, signals potential further credit tightening by the Federal Reserve, with higher rates or stricter credit for consumer loans likely.
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NEW York
Ap) Chemical Bank
Federal Reserve System
School Tax Office to Close Over Christmas Week
Philip Ferguson, tax assessor-collector for the Pecos Barstow Toyah Independent School District, announced the office will close Thursday, Dec. 21, and remain closed through Wednesday, Dec. 27. It will reopen Thursday, Dec. 28, and Friday, Dec. 29 before the New Year holiday.
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Philip Ferguson
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent
Weather outlook for Pecos and West Texas turns cooler
The latest forecast shows clearing and continued fair weather through Thursday. Pecos and vicinity expect a high around 78 yesterday with a 48 low this morning. Windy and cooler in most sections today with fair tonight and Thursday. North highs near 50 to 70 in Big Bend. lows 20s to upper 30s. Thursday highs mid 50s to near 70.
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Pecos
West Texas
Big Bend
Commercial airliner crashes in Dallas schoolyard
Air Central Flight 14 with seven aboard crash lands in a Longfellow Elementary Schoolyard during Christmas vacation. Seven transported to Parkland Hospital with five in satisfactory condition and two minor injuries. Passengers include a pilot and six others from Dallas Love Field bound for Oklahoma City.
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Dallas
Air Central Flight 14
Oklahoma City
Love Field
Air Traffic Control
Arthur N. Mitchell
Parkland Hospital
Diane Mayer
Florio denies offer to testify for Cullen Davis case
Convict Sal Florio ends testimony denying any expectation of compensation from Davis defense for his evidence in Cullen Davis murder conspiracy trial. Dallas Times Herald reports a defense lawyer said Davis would testify, while Florio and uncle John Florio claim prosecutors sought perjured testimony in exchange for freedom.
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Associated Press
Houston
Sal Florio
Cullen Davis
Florio
Dallas Times Herald
Davis
Wilson
Priscilla
Fort Worth
Ed To
Florios
Governor's Office
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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Jose Manuel Avila-Mancinas
Eusebio Ramos-Barrera
Manuel Ramirez- Carrasco
J.M. Preston
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