Corporations pledge support for Carter anti inflation plan
Forty one companies requested exceptions from the wage guidelines but only five sought relief from price standards. Alfred Kahn said more than 200 of the 500 largest firms pledged support for voluntary wage price guidelines. He defended sanctions like withholding contracts, while ABA and GAO questioned legality.
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Cliff Haas
Associated Press
Washington
Carter
Barry Bosworth
Council On
Wave
House
Bosworth
Alfred Kahn
Council
Kahn
American Bar Assocation
General Accounting Office
House Banking Subcommittee
Charles Schultze
Farmers Move Protest to Congress as Bergland Speaks
Farmers facing low crop prices and high costs protest at Washington led by Gerald McCathern and Don Patterson while Secretary Bergland delivers a positive note on farm prosperity. Snow blankets the Capitol as 600 attend amid tense conditions and security.
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Mike Feinsilber
Associated Press
Washington
Bergland
House Agriculture Committee
Gerald McCathern
American Agriculture Movement
ABC
McCathern
Hereford
Texas
Don Patterson
the Plains
Potomac
City council meeting postponed to Feb 14 in Pecos
Pecos City Secretary Marilea Parsons announced that tomorrow's city council meeting is postponed until Wednesday Feb 14 at 7 30 a.m. in the city council chambers due to lack of a quorum.
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Pecos
Marilea Parsons
Carter urges end to stigma surrounding mental illness
Rosalynn Carter testified before a Senate subcommittee urging removal of stigma attached to mental health. She backed the President's Commission on Mental Health recommendations, pressed for more federal funding, prevention for children, and mental health care in national health plans. Carter noted budgeting constraints but stressed the broad reach of mental illness across families.
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Marueen Santini
Associated Press
Washington
Rosalynn Carter
Congress
Senate Subcommittee On Health and Scientific Research
Carter
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Eleanor Roosevelt
White House
Capitol Hill
Legislative Branch
Commission
Region forecast predicts fair, milder weather for Pecos
The Pecos region forecast calls for fair conditions through tomorrow and a warming trend on Thursday. Tuesday's high reached 50 degrees with a 21 degree morning low under clear skies. Expected highs range from the low 40s in the northeast to upper 50s in the extreme south, with lows from the low 20s in the northeast and mountains to the low 30s in the southeast.
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Pecos
West Texas
Panhandle
Tax hike referendums eyed for school districts and taxes
State Rep. Bill Clark proposes a bill to allow referendums on property tax increases above 3 percent for school districts, counties, water districts, and other taxing divisions. Petitions by 20 percent or 40,000 voters would trigger a vote, with critics arguing it harms schools while supporters say it protects homeowners and limits tax growth.
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Austin
Texas
Bill Clark
Clark
Tyler
House
Pat Shannon
Fort Worth
Shannon
Texas faces speed limit raise bill and federal penalty risks
Senate Finance Committee heard that raising Texas speed limit to 70 mph could cost federal funds this year. Engineers warned drivers’ speeding threatens up to 390 million dollars in lost funds, with potential doubling in four years. Officials noted 78 to 82 percent already exceed 55 mph.
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Jack Keever
Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
B.L. DeBerry
Phillip Wilson
House
DeBerry
Wyoming Senate
Wilson
Highway Department
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Congressional Investigative and Auditing Agency
U.S
Capitol
Edward Bittle
Pennsylvania Avenue
House Committee On Intergovernment Affairs
Charles Matthews
The
Texas Association of School Administrators
Matthews
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