Pecos County Cotton Farmers Fight Economic Bondage
In Pecos County West Texas farmers struggle against inflation and collapsing cash flow as cotton dominance fades. Economically, few non professionals survive long. Econocot, a system of management blending weather varieties irrigation and costs, aims to improve profits though many farmers still resist switching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Vance
Pecos
Pecos County
West
Texas
Ray D. Siegmund
Luther Bird
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Leon New
Ken Lindsey
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Gary D. Condra
Lindsey
Trans-Pecos
Perry L. Adkisson
Texas A&m University
West Texas
Carter seeks energy bill aid from Democrats in Congress
President Carter appeals to House and Senate Democrats for support to preserve revenue from windfall profits taxes to fund his $142 billion energy program. He warns amendments could slash billions in revenue, with House already approving an oil profits tax and Senate Finance Committee to act before the August recess. Carter plans a prime time White House news conference to outline the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Washington
Carter
Congress
White House
House
John Brademas
Indiana
Hamilton Jordan
Senate
Brademas
Russell B. Long
Dla
Senate Finance Committee
Capitol Hill
Jody Powell
Powell
ABC
CBS
NBC
Connally criticizes shake up in White House
Former Texas Governor John B. Connally a Republican presidential candidate condemned last week's White House shake up saying Carter ruined his reelection bid. He told reporters at a luncheon sponsored by 20th Century Fox PAC that the cabinet reshuffle was driven by political necessity not to boost the administration's managerial ability and praised ex-cabinet members Califano Blumenthal and Schlesinger as men of unusual competence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Texas
John B. Connally
White House
Carter
Connally
20Th Century Fox
Political Action Committee
Joseph Califano
W. Michael Blumenthal
James Schlesinger
Congressmen seek meeting with Civiletti over Lozano death
A group of black and Hispanic congressmen urge Deputy Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti to meet and discuss the Justice Department decision not to indict in the death of Larry Lozano of Pecos. Lozano died in January 1978 in Ector County custody after allegations of a beating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sol Sussman
Associated Press
Washington
Benjamin Civiletti
Justice Department
Larry Lozano
Pecos
Ector County
Texas
Civiletti
FBI
Larry Ortega Lozano
Mickey Leland
Dtexas
John Conyers Jr
D-Mich
Robert Garcia
D-N.y
Edward
Scientists to update on giant oil slick off Mexico
CORPUS CHRISTI Tex AP scientists plan a news conference to outline predictions about the runaway well spill in the Bay of Campeche. Government experts analyze overflight data Gulf flow charts and other information to assess potential danger. Patches of oil were seen 200 miles off Brownsville with no forecast on Texas coast impact yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
Rosalynn Carter defends Carter reforms on Texas tour
First Lady Rosalynn Carter told Dallas supporters that while the nation faces serious problems, the president cannot solve them alone. Her four state tour highlighted energy and inflation concerns as she urged Democrats to unite for restoring faith in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Rosalynn Carter
White House
Jimmy Carter
Ster
Democratic Party
Fresno
Calif
Fairmont
Carter
Jimmy
Kennedy draft Kennedy fund-raising firm fired by DNC
The Democratic National Committee canceled its contract with Craver Mathews Smith and Co of Arlington Virginia after the firm sent 25000 letters urging support for a presidential draft of Senator Edward Kennedy. About 20000 more letters were planned as the party sought to avoid embarrassment. The DNC indicated there were no rancor or problems, just a mutually avoided issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Tom Mathews
Arlington, Va
Mathews
Edward M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Robert Neuman
Neuman
Military balance studied by committee
The Senate Armed Services Committee reviews the SALT II talks to gauge the U S Soviet balance as Defense Secretary Harold Brown faces further questions. Senators press on SS 18 missiles and MX deployment with Goldwater noting improved detection after secret intelligence briefings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
United States
Soviet Union
Harold Brown
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Foreign Relations Committee
Armed Services Panel
CIA
Stansfield Turner
Armed Services Committee
Brown
U.S
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Senate Intelligence Committee
Weather Outlook for Pecos and West Texas Through Wednesday
Partly cloudy to mostly fair skies with hot afternoons continue across Pecos and vicinity. Monday high reached 103 degrees and the morning low was 72 with no rainfall in the last 24 hours. elsewhere in West Texas, expect partly cloudy days and scattered mainly afternoon and nighttime thunderstorms in the mountains, with highs from 93 to 106 and lows 65 to 75, some 60s in the mountains.
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Pecos
West Texas
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Cliff Hoelscher
Coyanosa Area
Griffin Bell
Senate Judiciary Committee
Robert Hawes
Leland
Lozano
Houston
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Whirlwind
Democratic Committee
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