Carter Offers Compromise Tax Cut Amid Reform Battles
President Carter proposes a no frills 15 to 20 billion dollar tax cut for next year as part of a compromise with House Democratic leaders. He retains reform hopes but shelves capital gains tax relief and seeks floor votes on reform measures while committee deliberations continue.
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Washington
Carter
Congressional
Administration
House
Ways and Means Committee
Thomas P. O'Neill
Dmass
Ways and
al Ullman
D-Ore
James Jones
D-Okla
Congress
Census awaited in segregation suit in Pecos
A 1972 class action suit filed by Remigio Gonzales and others alleging a dual, segregated Pecos school system for Mexican descent children and other minorities was paused with the court retaining the status quo pending the 1978-79 school census. Chief Judge Adrian Spears announced the abeyance in Pecos in open court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
U.S. District Court For
Western District of Texas
Remigio Gonzales
Et al
Van Horn Man Pleads Not Guilty in Gun Charge
Gary M. Green a Van Horn resident indicted by a Pecos Division grand jury on four counts of violating federal gun control laws pleaded not guilty and was released on a $20,000 bond after surrendering to deputy U.S. Marshals in Pecos on June 21. He appeared with counsel before U.S. Magistrate J M Preston for arraignment and bond terms.
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van Horn
Federal
Grand Jury
Pecos
U.S
Gary M. Green
U.S. District Court For
Western District Court For the Western
Green
J. M. Preston
Preston
Drought Damage Brings Emergency Loans From FmHA
Farmers Home Administration offers emergency loans to drought hit farmers ranchers and aquaculture operators through county offices. Applications in disaster counties accepted until December 11 1978 for physical losses and June 14 1979 for production losses. Loans for actual losses at 3 to 5 percent, repaid as able. operating loans at 8 percent. Eligible applicants must have suffered disaster losses and lack alternate credit.
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Farmers Home Administraion
Fmha
Dale A. Keith
Keith
Farmers Home Administration
West Third
Pecos
Farmers Home
Supreme Court limits police searches and hearsay in murder case
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that police must obtain warrants for extensive murder scene searches and that statements made by wounded suspects in hospital cannot be used as evidence. Justice Potter Stewart warned against sacrificing the Fourth Amendment for efficiency. The Mincey case demands a new trial if warrants are not sought. The decision also touched on tariffs, union discipline, and appellate powers in separate cases.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Potter Stewart
Tuc
Arizona
Mincey
Pittsburgh
Florida
Decision on special Texas session to cut taxes debated
Gov Briscoe weighed a 30 day July session after 22 hours of talks with Lt Gov Hobby and Speaker Clayton. Hobby backs repeal of the 10 cent property tax and utility sales tax while proposing a constitutional tax limit amendment. Clements also urged a session for tax relief ahead of November voting.
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Jack Keever
Associated Press
Austin, Texas
Dolph Briscoe
Bill Hobby
Bill Clayton
Bill Clements
Hobby
Briscoe
Weather Watch Pecos Sees Hot Temperatures Amid Forecast
Pecos endured only slight relief with a 107 degree high and a prior day 114. The AP forecast calls for sunny hot weather in West Texas today and Friday with highs near 100, possibly near 110 in Big Bend, and lows in the 60s in the mountains and around 70 elsewhere.
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Pecos
Associated Press
West Texas
Big Bend
Mayors urge states to share revenue to avert tax revolt woes
At the U S Conference of Mayors meeting Denver Mayor McNichols urged in state revenue sharing to back cities strained by property tax cuts. Atlanta Mayor Jackson backed local funding, while Commerce Secretary Kreps warned California's Prop 13 could trigger panic and urban decline.
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Atlanta
U.S. Conference of Mayors
William H. McNichols
Denver
Commerce
Juanita Kreps
California
McNichols
Maynard Jackson
Carter
Fun Fair Fest IV Night At City Park
Gail Box announces Fest IV night at the city park on June 29 at 7 30 with balloon toss races for shortest and longest distance. Winners receive Earl’s Barbecue Sandwiches and dairy queen sundaes. The Pig Chase follows at 7 45 with ribbons for the top three in each division. An entry fee of 10 cents applies.
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City Park
Gail Box
Dairy Queen
Train and truck collide in Fort Worth suburb fire
A train loaded with fuel and a fuel truck crashed and exploded in southwest Fort Worth. The truck driver, Bobby Thompson, 35, Dallas, was critically burned with 60 to 80 percent body burns and taken to John Peter Smith Hospital. One victim had a broken leg and several minor injuries were reported as firefighters from the city and Carswell Air Force Base fought the blaze for about an hour.
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Fort Worth
Bobby Thompson
Dallas
John Peter Smith Hospital
Carswell Air Force Base
Dorothy Stewart
T.H. Johnson
Stewart
Air Force Base
Southern Pacific
Texas Electric Service Co
Weatherford
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Adrian Spears
District of Texas
Ariz
Rufus Mincey Jr
Tucson
Clayton
John Hill
Pecos Inn
Highway 80
Rene Abila
Pito Abila
Bibi Abila
Otis Mawhiney
Robert Hinojos
New York
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