Extension agent assumes new duties Reeves Loving Counties
Nan Cate begins as Assistant County Extension Agent for Reeves and Loving Counties replacing Susan Bolen. A longtime Verhalen resident, she has 24 years in the area and 10 to 15 years with the extension office. She will work with 4-H girls on foods and nutrition clothing and recreation, aids homemaker clubs, and help distribute Extension services through A M University programs. The Reeves-Loving Food Show is Jan 13 in the Community Public Service Reddy Room. For questions call 445-2438 or visit 324 S Cypress in the Western Insurance Building.
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Nan Cate
Reeves and Loving Counties
Susan Bolen
Jayne Robinson
Reeves and Loving
Cate
Verhalen
Madeira Valley Water Supply Corp
Sul Ross State University
Reeves-Loving County
Community Public Service Reddy Room
The
A&m University
Commissioners Court
Mike Mallet
S. Cypress
Western Insurance
Fed chair says tight money stays despite rate dips
Federal Reserve Board chairman Paul Volcker says recent rate declines do not signal loosening of tight credit policy. He calls the policy essential to fight inflation and notes some rate fluctuation is possible. Bank rate cuts followed by Citibank and others show mixed responses as the prime rate hovered around 15 percent.
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Eileen Alt Powell
Associated Press
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Paul A. Volcker
Fed
Volcker
Bankers Trust Co. of
New York
Citibank
First National Bank of Chicago
National Press Club
Carter
Congress
Tax Relief Amendment saves Texans via 1979 school tax cuts
The State Property Tax Board reports the 1978 Tax Relief Amendment saved Texans 114.3 million in 1979 school taxes. Mandatory homestead exemptions cut collections by 107.6 million, with 6.7 million saved where rural land assessment moved to productivity. Final data pending from 108 districts.
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Austin
Texas
Texans
State Property Tax Board
Kenneth Graeber
Property Tax Board
Graeber
Rift grows between independents and majors over windfall tax
In Dallas Sun Oil Co executives urge shareholders to pressure Congress against excluding independents from the windfall profits tax. Independent producers halt sales to Sun, warning of a major split as the debate centers on an exemption proposal by Senator Lloyd Bentsen.
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Dallas
Sun Oil Co
Theodore A. Burtis
Sun Oil
Texas
Itate
Lew Ward
Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association
Ward
Enid
Okla
W.F. Oxford
Sun
Lloyd Bentsen
D-Texas
Granville Dutton
John Miller
Independent Petroleum Association of America
Carter asks delay on SALT II action
President Carter asked Senate Leader Byrd to delay floor action on the SALT II treaty due to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Powell said ratification remains in U.S. interests but the issue is inappropriate now as Congress reviews Soviet moves and considers responses. The letter to Byrd stated only a postponement, not withdrawal.
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Carter
Washington
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
Afghanistan
Jody Powell
United States
U.N
Powell
Congress
Byrd
D-W.va
Search abandoned for Piper Lance missing in Arizona
Arizona Civil Air Patrol has called off the two week search for the single engine Piper Lance missing on a Jackson Mississippi to Phoenix flight. The New Mexico CAP had already halted its Arizona border search. If new evidence appears the search could reopen, such as a plane wreckage sighting. Pilot James Thompson, 46, of Jackson, flew to San Antonio and carried Air Force Maj. Priscilla Beck, a Scottsbluff Nebraska physician.
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Tucson, Ariz
Arizona Civil Air Patrol
Jackson
Miss
Phoenix
Arizona Cap
New Mexico Cap
Arizona-New Mexico
Joseph Kissel
James Thompson
San Antonio
Texas
Air Force
Priscilla Beck
Scottsbluff, Neb
Judge rules Hispanic not a race in police promotion case
U S District Judge Gerald Weber blocked Pittsburgh from promoting Edward Villalpando under a minority quota, insisting Hispanics are not a race. He extended a temporary restraining order on the sergeant promotion, noting the city must favor blacks and women per prior orders while briefs are filed.
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Pittsburgh
U.S
Gerald Weber
Edward A. Villalpando
Weber
Villalpando
Civil Service Commission
Commission
Michelle Cunko
Austin court ruling on desegregation prompts busing plan fears
In Austin, a federal desegregation ruling could push whites to the suburbs as a judge weighs a consent decree shaping AISD. Plaintiffs seek 15,000 students reassigned with 13,500 bused, amid warnings the plan may turn AISD into a predominantly Black and Mexican-American district.
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Ken Herman
Associated Press
Austin, Texas
AISD
Roberts
U.S. Department of Justice
Texas Education Agency
Northwest
Governor names two appointees to parole board
Gov Bill Clements named two new parole commissioners for the State Board of Pardons and Paroles for six-year terms. Donn Woolery of Amarillo, a salesman for an oil jobber, and Glenn Heckmann of Brazoria, a field major in security forces of the Texas Department of Corrections, were named.
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Austin
Texas
Bill Clements
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Donn Woolery
Amarillo
Glenn Heckmann
Brazoria
Texas Department of Corrections
Texas poster child moved from intensive care after shooting
The 1980 national Easter Seal poster child Jeanette Alvarado, wounded in a New Year’s Eve shooting, is out of intensive care as police pursue leads. Her aunt Alice Alvarado was released. investigators admit no clear motive or number of shots. Jeanette remains a paraplegic student aided by a walker and wheelchair.
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Greg Thompson
Associated Press
San Antonio, Texas
Jeanette Alvarado
Alice Alvarado
Bexar County Hospital
Marion Talbert
Walter Hall
Roberts
Jeanette
Easter Seal Foundation
Philadelphia
Aaron
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Fed Reserve
Dents
Don Gentry
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