Carter summons private citizens to Camp David for economic talks
President Carter, after hearing advice from Congress members and officials, invited prominent private citizens to Camp David to address inflation running above 13 percent and a looming recession. The discussions followed dinners with figures including Federal Reserve Chair G William Miller and Robert Strauss, signaling a focused effort on domestic economic policy.
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Brooks Jackson
Associated Press
Washington
Carter
Congress
Camp David
Federal Reserve Board
G. William Miller
Robert Strauss
Carter to announce Mexico Canada oil deal amid fuel crunch
Boston Globe reports Carter plans to announce negotiations with Mexico and Canada for increased crude oil shipments to ease this winter’s fuel shortage. Details were not given, but Mexico and Canada supplied 451000 and 548000 barrels daily earlier this year. The plan may include an energy mobilization board and synthetic fuel programs.
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Carter
United States
Mexico
Canada
Boston Globe
Camp David
The
Globe
Washington
Estes jury keeps hope for acquittal in Horton case
Defense lawyers say co defendant Horton has favorable odds of acquittal as jurors seek when he first learned the steam cleaning equipment did not exist. Proceedings pause after a seven hour session without a verdict. both men face charges of fraud and conspiracy over selling non existent oil field steam cleaners and hiding Estes assets from the IRS.
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Sharon Herbaugh
Associated Press
Dallas
Billie Sol Estes
Raymond K. Horton
Horton
West Texas
Estes
Estes and
Postponement granted in Cullen Davis murder case
Fort Worth Texas AP a missing witness central to the defense has prompted a three week delay to July 30 in the murder for hire trial of Cullen Davis. Judge Gordon Gray postponed after defense said Pat Burleson cannot be located.
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Fort Worth
Davis
FBI
David McCrory
Eight Indictments Opened by Pecos TX Federal Court
Grand jury in the Pecos Division of the Western District of Texas returned eight indictments. A Dallas couple, Craig Laughlin and Janice Laughlin, face a two count case for conspiracy to possess marijuana with intent to distribute. Three Dallas Fort Worth area defendants Soward Stodghill and Teresa Stodghill face three counts for illegal marijuana importation and conspiracy to distribute. Pedro Bustamante Arras and Juan Manuel Zuniga Arias of Mexico were indicted for illegal reentry. Baudillo Hernandez Valencia of Mexico faces four counts for aiding aliens to evade inspection. Two defendants are jailed in Reeves County Facility. others released on bond.
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U.S. Immigration and Naturalizaton Service
Pecos
Federal District Court
Western District of Texas
Dallas
Craig Richard Laughlin
Janice Miller Laughlin
Southwestern No
Dallas-Fort Worth
George Michael Stodghill
Teresa Sanders Stodghill
Arlington
Pedro Bustamantearras
Juan Manuel Zuniga-Arias
Mexico
Baudillo Hernandez-Valenzuela
U.S
Reeves County
Vance Testimony Continues On SALT II Ratification
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance warned that failure to ratify the SALT II treaty would jeopardize anti-satellite talks nuclear testing bans and force reductions in Europe. He said many nations could build nuclear weapons quickly and that ratification would reassure NATO allies and curb the arms race while paving paths to SALT III.
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Lawrence L. Knutson
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Cyrus Vance
Vance
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
America
Euro
Pean
U.S
NATO Alliance
Senate
George M. Siegnious
Arms Control and Disarmarment Agency
Defense
Harold Brown
Seven DPS troopers resign over salaries in Kaufman
Seven Department of Public Safety troopers quit in Kaufman County Texas over low pay creating chaos on highways. One remaining trooper in Kaufman handles incidents while two others in Forney and a lone officer in Terrell face gaps. Ex deputies cite financial strain and potential impact on traffic tickets as concerns.
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Kaufman
Texas
Department of Public Safety
Kaufman County
Dallas
Forney
Terrell
David Bullard
John McMullen
McMullen
Bullard
Weather Outlook for Pecos and Vicinity This Week
Weather calls for clear to partly cloudy skies through Wednesday with hot afternoons and a chance of scattered thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight. Highs range from 94 to 107 across West Texas, with temperatures dipping to 66 to 75 in most areas and cooler readings in the mountains.
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Pecos
West Texas
Panhandle
Rio Grande
Upper 50S
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