Aid for married women Changes planned for social security program
HEW Secretary CALIFANO Jr unveiled a 323 page Social Security Administration study urging a shift to treat women as individuals with benefits. It outlines two options replacing dependents credits: equal credits for spouses or a two tier flat benefit of 122 dollars at 65 plus worker benefits. The report calls for public debate and notes potential net benefit loss for traditional one earner households and higher funding needs.
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Associated Press
Washington
Social Security
Joseph A.califano Jr
Congress
Social Security Administration
U.S
Califano
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Angelo State Coach Jim Hess to Speak at Pecos Eagles Banquet
Angelo State University head football coach Jim Hess, born in Farmersville and with a 95-36-2 career record, will be the guest speaker at the Pecos Eagles Booster Club Football Banquet Saturday night in the high school cafeteria at 7 30. Tickets from Richard San Roman First National Bank Jay Dycus Security State Bank or Sheriff Raul Florez. Hess earned a BA from Southeastern State College Durant OK and an MA from North Texas State University in 1966.
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Angelo State University
Pecos Eagles
Richard San Roman
First National Bank
Jay Dycus
Security State Bank
Reeves County
Raul Florez
Hess
Farmersville
Texas
Carol
Kim
Terri
Southeastern State College
Durant
Okla
Oil price hikes engulf UAE and Qatar markets
Oil prices rose about 7 percent for various high quality light crudes in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. Saudi Arabia may follow with similar increases. The move lifts premium low sulphur crude to 15.12 dollars per 42 gallon barrel, effective Jan 1 after OPEC raised 1978 prices by 5 percent, potentially nudging U.S. gasoline up by about one cent a gallon.
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United Arab Emirates
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Pecos City Adopts Affirmative Action Policy for Mexicans
The Pecos City Council approved a resolution forming an Affirmative Action Policy for Mexican Americans in city employment after a Treasury Department study. The policy favors internal promotion when feasible and reserves subsequent hiring for other staff from within, while allowing the city to hire the best qualified applicant.
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Pecos
U.S. Treasury Department
Ted Painter
Treasury Department
Painter
Reeves County
W.R
Bob’’ Bickley
Don Carlile
Seventh St
Steve Armstrong
Sue Ramsey
Cecil Lee
Clark
Man held on drug charge in federal case
Presidio County resident Flavio Estrada Sr. remained in Reeves County Correctional Facility Thursday on a $100,000 bond after a Monday appearance before U.S. Magistrate J.M. Preston in Pecos. A DEA special agent states Estrada, 55, was in possession of heroin for sale, tying to a lengthy investigation. He was arrested at the Presidio County sheriff's office in Marfa.
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Presidio County
Flavio Estrada Sr
Reeves County
U.S
J.M. Preston
Pecos
Drug Enforcement Administration
Estrada
Bedford
Bond set at $75,000 for Pecos resident
A Pecos resident, Charles Edward Smith, 28, of 120S. Sycamore, faced aggravated robbery charges after his arrest by Pecos Police and Reeves County Sheriff's deputies for the Tuesday night Nik-Nak Grocery robbery at 1318 S. Eddy. He appeared before Justice of the Peace Phyllis Salyer and was held in Reeves County Correctional Facility in Pecos on $75,000 bond after the appearance.
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Pecos
Charles Edward Smith
Sycamore
Reeves County
Justice of the Peace
Smith
Weather Update from Pecos Area
Unusually warm in Pecos Wednesday with a high of 87 and a 42 degree low this morning. Forecast calls for partly cloudy cooler conditions today with a slight chance of rain tomorrow. North of area will turn windy and much colder while the south remains warmer. Tonight most areas will be cloudy and quite cold with scattered snow flurries mainly in the Panhandle. Friday brings a mix of snow north and rain south.
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Pecos
Panhandle
Roaring Twenties lighthearted comedy at Pecos High
Pecos High School presents The Roaring Twenties a lighthearted comedy tonight at 8 in the high school auditorium. Tickets are $1 at the door or from Junior class members. The play follows Jessie Dunning who discovers a mysterious $10 000 deposit and watches family and romance collide amid 1920s styles and dances.
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Pecos
Paul Briones
Senator Tower to headline Pecos Chamber Banquet March 17
U S Senator John Tower will be principal speaker at the Annual Pecos Chamber of Commerce Banquet on March 17 at Pecos High School Cafeteria. Dinner at 7 p.m. Tickets are 8 dollars. Tower, a Texan with long Senate tenure, has chaired key committees and served on ethics and transportation panels. He and wife Lilla Burt Cummings have four children living in Texas.
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Wadley
Continental Telephone Company
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Ture
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