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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1978
Page
1
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President Carter summoned industry top executives including Edgar Speer of U S Steel and George Stinson of National Steel to the White House as optimism grows for a near industry settlement amid an 81 day coal strike. Meanwhile UMW reached tentative accords with independent producers in eastern Kentucky and Senate leaders weigh intervention options.
The Permian Basin Area Agency on Aging schedules a public hearing in Pecos on the Regional Plan for Aging Services. The session at Senior Citizens Center, 119 S. Cedar, Pecos, starts at 1 p.m. on March 8, with additional hearings in Big Spring, Kermit, Rankin, McCamey, Andrews, Midland, and Odessa. Public input is invited.
Mack Wallace of the Railroad Commission told a seminar that lignite production in Tyler Texas is expected to triple by 1985.
A November questionnaire by U S Representative Richard C White shows West Texans divided on eight tax proposals to be included in the Administration tax reform bill. Responses ranged from a 50 50 split on corporate tax rate reductions to strong support for tax simplification and a job credit, with several measures leaning one way. White noted only about 2000 responses, far below prior surveys, and ranked proposals by importance, led by individual tax cuts and simplification. The seminar, run by the Texas Energy Advisory Council, also discussed Texas energy reserves and lignite industry employment.
Weather update notes yesterday in Pecos with a 69 high and 32 morning. West Texas forecast calls for fair and warmer today with continued fair tonight and south Saturday. Increasing clouds and cooler conditions north Saturday. Highs 64 to 80 from Panhandle to Big Bend. lows 28 to 42. Saturday highs 53 north to 82 south. Quote from Numbers referenced proverbially about fruit and courage.
Options under review by the Carter administration include seizing strikebound mines and running them under government control with Congress authorization, seeking an 80 day cooling-off injunction under Taft-Hartley, seeking binding arbitration with a presidential panel drafting a new contract, or declaring a bargaining impasse to allow company by company pacts.
Texas Secretary of State Steven C. Oaks calls high schools to aid in nonpartisan Voter Registration 78 campaign targeting Texans 18 to 21. Pecos High School dean David Dutchover notes over 90 percent of eligible seniors already registered and urges continued student involvement and voting during elections. A toll free line 1 800 252 9333 offers project information with March 2 as a key school board registration deadline.
The Permian Basin Health Systems Agency board meets Monday Feb 27 at 7 30 p m in the new West Texas Education Agency Building Midland Air Terminal. Public invited. Main topic is final approval of the HSA Grant Application Health Systems Plan and Annual Implementation Plan to be sent to the Department of Health Education and Welfare in March. The agency seeks full designation for the 17 county region. Five grant applications will be reviewed. A report on public hearings Feb 13 17 will be presented before final Health Systems Plan recommendation.
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