Carter to unveil anti inflation plan using old remedies
President Carter plans a new anti inflation program relying on familiar measures to curb rising prices. He aims to gain cooperation from business and labor by avoiding wage and price controls and will outline the plan in the State of the Union and a Friday economic message. The budget for fiscal 1979 calls for over 500 billion dollars in spending with a near 60 billion dollar deficit.
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R. Gregory Nokes Washington
Carter
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Meany
John F. Kennedy
Labor and Management
End of first year leaves Carter with poor poll rating
A AP NBC News poll shows 57 percent rate Jimmy Carter’s overall job performance as only fair or poor after his first year in office. Only 41 percent rate him excellent or good, with 2 percent undecided, amid a nine day seven nation tour and Middle East talks.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
Oval Office
Associated Press
NBC News
Carter
England
APNBC
Middle East
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Texas eyes $2.28 target price for sorghum
Agriculture Commissioner Reagan Brown says talks with Secretary Bob Bergland could yield about 92 million for Texas grain sorghum farmers. Target prices rise to 2.28 per bushel, with deficiency payments roughly 40 cents annually, aiding 230 million bushels produced in 1977. Payments start in April as lenders seek assurances for farmers' costs.
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Austin
Texas
Reagan Brown
Bob Bergland
Brown
Houston
Duval Donors Help Pecos Blood Drive Reach 210 Pints
Otis Mawhiney of the Pecos Evening Lions Club thanked volunteers after a Pecos High School clinic donated 47 pints of blood, with 100 more pints donated by Duval Corp employees. Sam Smith led the Duval effort as 110 donors attended. Blood will replenish 31 hospitals in Southwest Texas and Southern New Mexico, via the Community Blood Center.
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Otis Mawhiney
Pecos
Pecos High School
Duval Corp
Duval
Sam Smith
Texas
New Mexico
Community Blood Center
el Paso
Farmers plan meeting on January 19 at Pecos public room
A meeting for area farmers and farming associates is scheduled Thursday January 19 at 8 p.m. The gathering will be held in the Community Public Service Reddy Room at 1126 Stafford Blvd Pecos. Local ASCS personnel will present and review the Agricultural Act of 1977.
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Community Public Service Reddy Room
Stafford Blvd
Pecos
ASCS
Permian Basin groups join national drug prevention drive
Permian Basin community groups join a year long nationwide campaign to curb drug abuse. The effort, Stop Drug Abuse Before it Starts, is led by the Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission with cooperation from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Texas Department of Community Affairs Abuse Prevention Division. A Speakers Bureau will visit civic groups clubs and schools and free posters and pamphlets will be distributed. For information contact Arlene Miller Alcohol and Drug Abuse Coordinator, Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission, Box 6391 Midland Texas 79701.
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Permian Basin
Permian Basin Regional
National Institute On Drug Abuse
Texas Department of Community Affairs
Arlene Miller
Supreme Court upholds pay raise for Congress
The Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that Congress may self set pay raises as constitutional. The decision preserves the current 57 500 salary, avoiding a drop to 42 500, and affirms a panel ruling on the act's methods. The ruling also notes Pressler’s suit against Congress and the Treasury.
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Supreme Court
Congress
Washington
Alabama
Larry Pressler
R-S.d
William H. Rehnquist
Pressier
High Court
Pressler
Treasury Department
High court upholds Texas death sentence
The Supreme Court rejected Billy Joe Battie’s appeal in the 1975 shotgun murder of a grocery store clerk. The court let stand Texas court rulings that Battie had a fair trial despite defense claims the judge blocked questions on the phrase criminal acts of violence. The case involved a provision allowing a death sentence when a life is lost during violent acts.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
Billy Joe Battie
Battie
Local Job Matching Fair Seeks Machinists Welders Mechanics
The Midland Odessa Job Matching Fair on January 21 will feature wide job variety. Texas Industrial Commission says state job seekers should attend, noting a strong need for machinists welders and mechanics and citing past success with over 5 000 workers found employment at a similar event.
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Austin
E.H. Sheffield
Community Services Department
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