Miners Out a Month as Coal Strike Widens
United Mine Workers President Arnold Miller ordered the bargaining team home after accusing coal operators of refusing to resume contract talks. 800,000 miners and families bear the impact as federal mediators plan to push talks next week amid sporadic clashes in Kentucky and Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Dobkin
Washington (Ap
United Mine Workers
Arnold Miller
Miller
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Washington
UMW
Pecos man held in shooting arraigned on aggravated assault
George Ibarra of Pecos is held after a shooting on Alberta Street that left a 22 year old Pecos man with a gunshot wound. Joe Flores is in guarded condition at Odessa Medical Center after being shot at 1 36 am. Ibarra faces arraignment and a warrant is out for Raymundo Ramirez. The sheriff said the incident stemmed from an argument. Weather: west Texas partly cloudy through Saturday with cooler nights and days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ibarra
Pecos
Alberta Street
Joe Flores
Odessa Medical Center
Raul Florez
Ibarra
Raymundo Ramirez
Florez
Ector County
Parity ratio sinks to 44 year low amid farm strike
The Agriculture Department reports the farm parity ratio averaged 67 percent in 1977, a 44 year low, with wheat parity at 2.47 per bushel though parity valued at 5.05. The strike led by American Agriculture drew protests across Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and along the East Coast. Agriculture Secretary Bergland met governors and strike leaders in Omaha to discuss expectations, saying the movement unlikely to lift farm prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Kendall
Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
American Agriculture
Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Seaboard
Georgia
Bob Bergland
Omaha
Neb
Bergland
Livestock Markets Report Strike Effects Declared Minimal
The report states that livestock markets and grain elevators have seen no change in overall slaughter and grain movement despite the strike, indicating the disruption did not significantly impact output or transport.
Texas gas and oil group slams federal price rule
H.B. Harkins of Alice, head of the Texas Mid-Continental Oil and Gas Association, denounces a federal price rule as a regulatory ripoff costing Texas producers 429 million dollars in sales. He warns national prices will miss Congress approved levels, reducing Texas severance tax by about 19.7 million and urging support from Texas lawmakers. The ERA may adjust crude prices under the 1973 Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act within 10 percent annual limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association
Texas
Congress
H.B
Hank) Harkins
Alice
Department of Energy
Harkins
Economic Regulatory Administration
U.S
Continental Telephone seeks $2.5 million rate increase in Texas
Continental Telephone of Texas filed with the Public Utility Commission for an approximately 2.5 million rate increase. President James F. Miles argues rising costs require steady investment to maintain service quality, forecasting 25 to 30 million yearly spending and noting substantial prior and planned investments since 1971. He emphasizes consumer benefit and financial soundness as essential for ongoing progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continental Telephone Company of Texas
Public Utility Commission
James F. Miles
Miles
Texas
Continental
Cattle blockade plans loom at El Paso border strike
Mexican cattle shipments become focal point as Texas farmers in El Paso discuss halting live cattle imports. Spokesman Mike McCathern says aim is to stop Mexican cattle entering the U S with no definite tactics yet. Tractors may be used. pickets not yet established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Texas
United States
Mexico
Mike McCathern
American Agriculture Group
McCathern
Fort Worth
Saginaw
Burrus Mills
Burrus
William Fielding
State District Court
James Wright
Gene Springer
Houston keeps grain elevator open under close watch
Port of Houston officials will keep the six million bushel grain elevator open while fire officials increase surveillance after a Thursday meeting focused on housekeeping and safety. Fire Chief W E Rogers warned the facility could explode due to extensive dust and inadequate housekeeping. The port plans a $3 million improvement program and will resist any attempt to close the elevator, citing revenue bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers
Galveston
New Orleans
Leach
Port Authority
End of Days Message Echoes Jeremiah Prophecy
A compact verse-like note cites Jeremiah 5 30 31 describing false prophets and corrupt priests, lamenting moral decay and the people's complicity as the end approaches. The phrasing resembles a biblical quotation and carries strong apocalyptic sentiment.
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Appalachian
Kentucky
Harlan County
Indiana
New Mexico
Odessa
West Texas
Oil
Southwest Microfilm
Yandell P.O. Cox
Tex
Continental Telephone
Far-Mar-Co
Union Equity Co-op
McKinney
Comanche
Fielding
Houston
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