Carter reshapes cabinet to push energy drive
President Carter completes cabinet shakeup and aims to accelerate energy policy. The Energy Mobilization Board and Energy Security Corp debates advance as Congress weighs proposals. Powell says focus shifts to energy issues while housing, Fed chair, and transportation posts remain open. Carter stresses loyalty and staff stability after weeks of uncertainty.
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Associated Press
Washington (Ap
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White House
Energy Mobilization Board
Energy Security Corp
Jody Powell
Congress
Senate Energy Committee
Mobilization
Housing and Urban Development
Federal Reserve Board
Powell
Hamilton Jordan
NBC
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Reeves County approves 7 percent across the board pay raise
Reeves County Commissioners Court votes 7 percent salary increase for all county employees in the 1980 budget. Tie vote with Judge Pigman casting deciding vote. Some commissioners advocate flat raises or a $50 monthly boost for those earning under $1000. Budget posting set for August 1. funds must be available.
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W.O. Pigman
Pigman
Marcos Martinez, Jr
Dale Toone
Wendell Faulkner
Bernardo Martinez
Toone
Marcos Martinez
Reeves County District Court
Lawrence Fuller
Darrell H. Glover
Amoco Texas City refinery blasts injure fourteen
Two explosions at Amoco’s Texas City refinery injured fourteen workers when a gas leak sparked blasts that shattered windows up to 20 blocks away. Plant officials cited a safety siren warning and noted three hospitalized, with no fatalities. Production impacts and broader capacity effects were stated.
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Texas City, Texas
Amoco
Texas City
Pat Donovan
Gulf Coast
Larry Durland
Weather Summary for Pecos and West Texas Regions
Partly cloudy with hot afternoons through Tuesday. Scattered mainly afternoon and night thunderstorms predicted in Pecos area. Sunday high 100, low 71, three day rainfall 1.66 inches. Panhandle and southwest: highs mostly in the 90s to near 102 in Big Bend valleys, nights 60s to 70s, mountains lower 60s.
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Big Bend
Possible violations of SALT II could end treaty
Defense Secretary Harold Brown told the Senate Armed Services Committee he would recommend terminating SALT II if the Soviet Union violated its provisions. He said verification would be possible through U.S. intelligence and that treaty relief would allow funds to upgrade other U.S. defense forces.
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Harold Brown
Senate Armed Services Committee
Soviet Union
Brown
Carter Administration
Armed Services Committee
U.S
Rosalynn Carter Defends Husband During Texas Swing
In Harlingen Texas Rosalynn Carter dismissed questions about President Carter mental fitness saying he is healthy happy confident and optimistic about the country's future. On a barnstorming eight city four day tour she visits La Clinica Familiar in Harlingen a YMCA Camp Carter near Fort Worth and a Democratic fundraiser in Dallas as part of a string of appearances in Chicago Pine Bluff Ark and Gov Bill Clinton's home.
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Susan Bolen
Reeves-Loving
Bolen
Harlingen, Texas
Rosalynn Carter
Texas
la Clinica Familiar
Harlingen
Carter
Fort Worth
Dallas
Report on assassinations called a hoax
Philadelphia based Ri chard Sprague, former chief counsel of the House Assassinations Committee, calls the panel 686 page Kennedy and King report a hoax. He says the report merely advances another conspiracy theory after six months in 1976-77. The interview notes possible single gunman participation in Kennedy’s death and suggests James Earl Ray’s brothers aided King’s killer’s flight.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Richard Sprague
Sprague
Sunday Bulletin
James Earl Ray
King
AMA convention opens amid debate on chiropractor referrals
At the AMA annual meeting in Chicago a committee chair urged allowing members to study a proposal to accept patients referred by chiropractors. The plan would test dropping the ban on referrals, with final action possible in Hawaii this December. The issue arises amid antitrust suits and FTC disputes, costing the AMA about $1 million yearly.
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American Medical Association
Doctors’ Organization
AMA
James Todd
Todd
Hawaii
House of Delegates
Illinois
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Federal Trade Commission
Storm Claudette Reborn as Tropical Storm Over Gulf
Tropical storm Claudette, once downgraded to a tropical low, regained strength as it moved northwest through the Gulf of Mexico. National Hurricane Center forecasters placed its top winds at 40 mph, just above the depression threshold, and predicted further strengthening through the day.
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