Texas Legislature convenes 66th session on tax relief drive
The 66th Texas Legislature opens amid property tax relief aims and a test of Republican Governor elect Bill Clements. Key moves include electing a House speaker Bill Clayton for a third term, appointing Senate committees, and debating rules, committee assignments, and implications of the Tax Relief Amendment for homeowners and elderly.
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Lee Jones
Associated Press
Austin
Texas
House
Bill Clayton
Springlake
Bill Hobby
Senate
Bill Clements
Clements
GOP
Gerald Geistweidt
Mason
Oil workers halt strike as union awaits Carter reaction
The nations 60000 refinery workers delay a nationwide walkout while union officials seek guidance on applying the wage guidelines to oil industry contracts. Amoco argues its workers exceed the 7 percent target, while Grospiron reports offers from Gulf Mobil Texaco Conoco and Exxon rejected.
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John Mossman
Associated Press
Denver
Carter
A.F. Grospiron
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union
Amoco
Standard Oil of
Indiana
Grospiron
Gulf
Mobil
Texaco
Conoco
Exxon
Defense witness Lucas held on perjury charge in Davis case
Pro secutors vow to expose a jailed defense witness who says he was offered 20 000 to kill Cullen Davis. Ex convict Larry Gene Lucas is jailed on aggravated perjury charges as the Davis murder conspiracy trial continues.
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Mike Cochran
Associated Press
Houston
Cullen Davis
Tony Wilson
Larry Gene Lucas
Wilson
Lucas
FBI
David McCrory
McCrory
Davis
Fort Worth
Priscilla
Terry Wilson
Toly Wilson
Joe Espinoza
Espinoza
Grand Jury
Carter plan seeks generic drug substitution to cut costs
The Carter administration proposes a model drug substitution law to save consumers up to 400 million dollars annually, about five percent of the typical drug bill. The plan lists brand name drugs and cheaper therapeutically equivalent generics for states to adopt, aiming to fix pricing while FDA access to trade secrets would back the product equivalencies.
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Washington
Carter Administration
Federal Trade Commission
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
FDA
Pecos Youth Gets Two Year Sentence After Probation Revoked
Pecos resident Roman Herrera, 19, of 408 S Locust, had probation revoked on Monday in 148th District Court before Judge Lawrence Fuller. Convicted last June of third degree criminal mischief from December 1977, he was placed on two years supervised probation after two years imprisonment was suspended. Indicted January 1978 by Reeves County Grand Jury, Herrera violated probation late last year and was ordered into Reeves County Sheriff Raul Florez custody for transfer to the Texas Department of Corrections for a two year term.
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Lucas
Terry Wilson
Richard
Haynes
Wallace Moore
Fort Worth
Harris County
Houston
Pecos
Roman Herrera
S. Locust
Texas Department of Corrections
Judicial District Court
Lawrence Fuller
Herrera
Reeves County Grand Jury
Reeves County
Raul Florez
TDC
Gacy
Carey
Cook County
Robert Piest
Electric chair sought for Chicago mass killer Gacy
Chicago prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty for John Wayne Gacy, indicted for seven murders. Investigators found 26 bodies buried under his Des Plaines home and garage, with two recovered from the Des Plaines River. Gacy reportedly confessed to sex with 32 youths before killing them.
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Chicago
John Wayne Gacy
Bernard Carey
Cook County
Gacy
Des Plaines
Chinese Vice Premier May Visit Houston
Houston could be among four or five U S cities hosted for a visit by Chinese Vice Premier Teng Hsiao ping after talks with President Carter in Washington. Houston Chamber of Commerce president Louie Welch said White House contacts and Ambassador Robert Strauss hint Houston is likely. Initial reports noted interest in visiting an oil equipment plant. several Houston firms have announced contracts to supply to China.
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Houston
U.S
Teng Hsiaoping
Carter
Washington
Louie Welch
Houston Chamber of Commerce
White House
Welch
Robert Strauss
Tong
China
West Texas Weather Outlook Pleasant Warmth Fades Late
Pecos may warm briefly then turn cloudy with zero to light freezing drizzle possible tomorrow. Forecast notes a warmer day across sections before a cooler pattern, with highs from the 30s to 50s and lows from the teens to 30s across Panhandle to Big Bend.
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Pecos
West Texas
Panhandle
Big Bend
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Volun
Angelo
Np Committee
Deck
Briscoe
United Way Fund
Scott Stehling
Kerrville
Jim Nugent
Nugent
Texas Railroad Commission
Tom Rhodes
Sedco Oil Drilling Company
Emma Shepherd
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Future Teachers of America
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