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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1978
Page
1
President Carter forwards a $500 billion plus fiscal 1979 budget to Congress, the first half trillion plan in U S history. Outlays total about $462 billion with a near record deficit, a $25 billion tax cut and defense up to $126 billion in spending.
Dick Jacks of Southern Engraving Company visited Pecos High to assist students in ordering graduation invitations. Most ordered during Jacks visit. Dutchover helps afternoon work and absent students. Invitations delivered in late April after class officers select three samples and the class votes on one.
House Minority Leader John Rhodes and Senate leader Howard Baker offered cautious praise noting the plan's potential but urging deeper cuts and detailed allocation. Treasury Secretary Blumenthal predicted passage while warning on negotiations. Congress faces a light calendar with criminal code revisions and Panama Canal treaty hearings shaping the week. Carter argues tax relief must accompany broad reform as his plan promises up to 258 dollars in savings for a family of four earning 15 thousand to 25 thousand dollars annually.
Congressman Richard C White announced Orla resident James B Boroughs is nominated for an appointment to the U S Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs Boroughs address is Box 39 Orla White said he is now eligible for consideration for the academy appointment
Houston AP report details pickets outside the federal courthouse as lawyers prep for jury selection in the civil rights violation trial of four former Houston policemen linked to the Joe Campos Torres case. The quartet had been indicted after two received probated sentences for state court misdemeanor charges. Pecos records show 52 degree high with 26 degree low overnight. Weather: warmer today, colder north. highs 52 to 69, lows 20 to 46. Tuesday highs 33 to 64.
President Carter's 1979 budget sets unemployment at 5.8 percent within two years and projects GNP surpassing 2 trillion. It notes full employment may never return to 4 percent, with 4.9 percent seen as full employment now and 4.7 percent by 1983. The plan aims to halve unemployment and inflation annually, aided by a $25 billion 1978 tax cut.
Former Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Yarbrough faced a verdict trial in Austin as three defense motions were denied and one granted by District Judge Mace Thurman. Jury selection was set for 2 p.m. and jurors may set punishment if guilty. The defense sought individual questioning and an indictment challenge but were rejected.
The Enterprise reports the Successful Holiday Season program Helping Hand aided eight Pecos and Reeves County families during Thanksgiving and Christmas. Readers donated clothing furniture food toys and cash with church civic groups and individuals contributing. Coordinator Bertha Fuentes and publisher Ken Dulaney praised the community’s generosity and announced continued limited-year support.
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