Reeves County Officials Seek 10 Percent Pay Hike
Auditors in six surrounding counties report assessed valuations for 1976 as the Reeves County budget hearing set for Monday at 9 30 a m. Officials seek a 10 percent wage rise to 10 000 for eight key posts and 10 240 for the tax assessor collector. Current salaries range from 2 160 to 8 100. The hearing will cover retroactive pay to Jan 1 and a year budget with a 10 percent county wide raise.
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Darrell Glover
Walter Holcombe
Pearl Barker
Tatum Eisenwine
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Postal Rate Commission
Bomb warnings prompt FBI bank bomb scare across three cities
Anonymous letters warning of bombs spurred police action in New York Chicago and San Francisco. In New York detectives disabled a battery timer bomb inside a safe deposit box at Marine Midland Trust. Chicago reported a bomb in a First National Bank safe vault. Handwritten notices received by media claimed the plan aimed to free political prisoners and threatened later attacks.
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Chicago
San Francisco
Marine Midland Trust Co
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First National Bank of Chicago
New York City
Kenneth O’neill
O Neill
Lower Manhattan
Charles Christopher Mohr
Robert Daley
Mohr
Wall Street Area
Howard Pierson
America
Lawyer says bonds are safe during education funding dispute
A UT Austin law professor told a Senate urban education committee that a Dec. 24 federal court ruling does not void Texas school bonds. He noted bonds are secured by ad valorem taxes and contrasted funding in Edgewood and Alamo Heights districts. Several groups study new financing options to meet the court deadline.
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Texas
Joseph Sharpley
Texas Attorney General’s Department
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Alamo Heights
Flu rise in Texas hospitals reports higher respiratory cases
Texas emergency departments report a sudden rise in upper respiratory illnesses with several hundred flu like cases in Tyler. The State Health Department confirms only two Hong Kong flu cases at Tyler and Austin, while other cities report increased absenteeism and hospitalizations.
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Presbyterian Hospital
Plea of privilege filed in Reeves County suit over Odessa shooting
Pecos attorney Roddy Harrison seeks transfer of Raymundo Carrasco v. Raul Florez and four Reeves County officials from Ector County. Carrasco alleges negligence after a gun discharged during a confrontation Oct 31 injuring his neck and leaving him largely paralyzed. Carrasco seeks about 500000 in damages. suit argues officers negligent in discharging firearm amid circumstances.
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Roddy Harrison
Reeves Nne
Raul Flore Ince
Odessa
Raymundo Carrasco
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Florez
Ector County
Reeves County
Robert Allen Moore
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Raymundo
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
Four Pecos High students win Presidential Classroom honor
Four Pecos High School seniors are accepted for the Presidential Classroom of America program, announced by principal Frank Kelly. The named students are Anne Slack, Jimmy Ater, Matt Avery, and Ralph Garcia.
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Frank Kelly
Anne Slack
Jimmy Ater
Matt Avery
Ralph Garcia
India establishes full diplomatic ties with Hanoi
India and North Vietnam now exchange full diplomatic relations with Hanoi an embassy and Saigon retaining a lower ranked consulate general. New Delhi says the move shifts India's ICC neutrality and draws protests from Saigon, warning of broader political repercussions.
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Jobless Rate Rises to 6.1 Percent in December
The unemployment rate edged up to 6.1 percent, just below last year’s 6.2 percent nine year high. A 1971 average of 5.9 percent marked the worst year in a decade with about five million out of work.
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William Proxmire
Dwis
Senate House Economic Committee
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Debt ceiling may rise again amid looming deficits
Washington officials say the Nixon administration will ask Congress within weeks to raise the national debt limit from 430 billion dollars as deficits for 1972 approach 28 billion. The move hinges on the 1973 deficit projection, with the budget aimed to avoid a value added tax and maintain operations through June while emergencies remain possible.
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Congress
Treasury
Nixon
George P. Shultz
Office of Management and Budget
Cravens Wins Soil and Water Essay Contest
Pecos High School English teacher Mrs. Sandra Bailey announced contest winners. Mike Cravens, a junior, won first place and a $25 savings bond and advances to the regional contest. Debra White and Gay Thigpen won second and third with essays on Conservation, The Key to Survival.
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Pecos
Mike Cravens
Debra White
Gay Thigpen
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