Texans press for aid as farmers face cost squeeze
The House Agriculture Committee heard pleas from Rep. Bo Ginn and other lawmakers amid a rising cost price crisis for farmers. Senator Lloyd Bentsen and Rep. Ray Roberts backed higher target prices to parity, arguing many farmers will fail next year without government action.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Bo Ginn
Georgia
Robert Sikes
D-Fla
George Mahon
House Appropriations Committee
Atlanta
Capitol Hill
Senate
Lloyd Bentsen
Robert Dole
Kansas
Ray Roberts
Larry Abelot
Hope
National Grain Sorghum Producers Association
Congress
Bentsen
Texas
Williams to Challenge Incumbent in 16th District Primary
In El Paso Representatives Richard C. White and challenger Bert Williams compete in the Democratic Primary on May 8 for Congress in District 16, which covers Reeves County.
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Richard C. White
el Paso
Bert Williams
Reeves County
Reeves County Democratic slate filed for May 6 primary
Democratic chairman Howard T Collier announced the candidates filed before last night’s deadline for Reeves County offices including Reeves County Judge W O Pigman and County Commissioner Precincts One through Four. Independent candidate Jimmy Gomez filed for County Commissioners Court Precinct Four.
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Howard T. Collier
Reeves County
Democratic Executive Committee
W.O
Bill) Pigman
H.D
Darrell’’ Glover
Jane Ross
Frank X. Spencer
Wendell Faulkner
Doug Fernandes
Cecil Cothrun
Elvin Reynolds
Bernardo Martinez
Louis C. Guerrero
Phyllis Y. Salyer
Gilbert M. Ybar- Ta
David Hinz
Enterprise
Louis Armstrong
Hinz
Benito Orona
la Raza Unida
Democratic Party
Collier
Secretary of State
Austin
Jimmy Gomez
County Commissioners Court
Bill proposes social security tax relief by shifting funding
A Monday introduced bill would erase part of the January 1 Social Security tax hike for middle income Americans by removing disability insurance and Medicare from the system and funding them through income taxes. It would cost about 30 billion dollars in 1979 and faces slim chances this year.
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Washington
William Brodhead
Dmich
Brodhead
Carter
Abner Mikva
D-Ill
Timothy Wirth
D-Corp
Five hotly contested races in Texas statewide primaries
The May 6 Democratic primary features at least five competitive statewide races with the U S Senate governor and Railroad Commission contests drawing attention. notable entrants include Jerry Sadler Jake Johnson Jack Strong James Lacy and Mack Wallace rivalries shape the field while Henry Grover runs as an independent in the U S Senate race and John Hill Dolph Briscoe and Preston Smith headline the governor contest then Hutchison faces Bill Clements in the Republican side.
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Garth Jones
Associated Press
U.S. Senate
Longview
James W. Lacy
Midland Oil and Gas
Sadler
Grapeland
Commission
Jon Newton
Railroad Commission
Mack Wallace
John Thomas Henderson
Austin
Henry Grover
Houston
Dolph Briscoe
John Hill
Preston Smith
Ray Hutchison
GOP
Dallas
Bill Clements
Gas Company Denied Rehearing On West Texas Rate Rise
The railroad commission denied Southern Union Gas Co.'s motion for a rehearing on its request to raise rates in Monahans Pecos Wink Barstow and Pyote West Texas. The panel had ordered a 2.58 percent rate cut affecting about 7 600 customers last month.
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Austin, Texas
Railroad Commission
Southern Union Gas Co
West Texas
Monahans
Pecos
Wink
Barstow
Pyote
Southern Union
Weather Summary for West Texas and Pecos Region
Drizzle and fog affected Pecos with a high near 48 and a low of 32. The Panhandle faced hazardous driving from light freezing drizzle and snow. Forecast calls for intermittent light rain and snow north and light rain south tonight into Wednesday with colder temperatures and highs near 30 to 60 across the Panhandle and Big Bend.
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Pecos
Associated Press
West Texas
Panhandle
Big Bend
Miners Union Leader Seeks Ratification Of Tentative Pact
President Arnold Miller outlined a three year contract to the United Mine Workers bargaining council aiming to end a 64 day coal strike. The proposal would raise wages and fringe benefits about 37 percent and restore health benefits and pension improvements. The council must approve, with past rejections making approval not guaranteed. The walkout by 160,000 miners has halved U S coal output, and ratification would begin a multi day process before coal moves again. Federal officials praised the deal as largely favorable and urged swift ratification.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Arnold Miller
Miller
George White
Lincoln City
W.va
LABOR
Ray Marshall
Wayne L. Horvitz
West Virginia
Jay Rockefeller
Horvitz
Rockefeller
UMW
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Price supports urged to protect 1978 crop in Congress
Texas Democrat Rep. George Mahon told the National Cotton Council that agriculture leadership will take steps to ensure price levels improve for the 1978 crop. He warned Congress may pass legislation if prices do not rise and the administration does not act. Mahon noted export reliance and opposed delaying action, while OSHA cotton dust standards were described as easier to comply with than earlier proposals.
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Houston
George Mahon
Texas
Agriculture
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
National Cotton Council
Mahon
Robert Strauss
Carter
Cotton broker Nowlin sentenced in federal tax case
Childress cotton broker Vaughan B. Nowlin was sentenced to one year in federal prison for failing to pay taxes withheld from employees. He pled guilty November 30, 1977 in Lubbock federal court to one felony count after a grand jury charged 39 counts related to 1976 employment tax returns across three Childress businesses.
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Amarillo
Childress
Nowlin
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Pecos High School
Dora Worsham
Maribel Pena
Brenda Martinez
Robert Hinojos
House Agricultural Group
Catherine Ashley
Eva RK. Grammer and
Barbara Peer
Justice of the Peace
Pre
J.T. Marsh
Clayton Stallings
Cliff Preslar
Ismael Diaz Dominguez
Don Gass
Jerry Sadler
Jim Langdon
John Poerner
Honda
Ray Lemmon
Jake Johnson
San Antonio
Jack Strong
U.S
John Tower
Bob Krueger
New Braunfels
Joe Christie
Gas Company
Miner’s Union
Valerie Scarton
Pennsylvania
OSHA
Council
Grover Wrenn
The
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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