Carter jobless rate falls to 6.1 percent in February
The Labor Department reports 93 million Americans employed in February, 6.1 percent unemployment, down from January. Manufacturing adds 120,000 jobs with gains in durable goods. Black unemployment drops to 11.8 percent, the lowest since 1974, while overall labor conditions vary by state.
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R. Gregory Nokes
Associated Press
Washington
Labor Department
Carter
THE
California
New York
Pecos FM 1776 Contract Awarded to Price Construction
The Texas State Department of Highways awards a $315,185.20 contract to Price Construction Inc. of Big Spring to widen and reconstruct 4.135 miles of FM 1776 in Pecos County from 15 miles south of FM 1450 to U.S. 285. Work spans 100 days with two 12 foot lanes and 6 foot shoulders. Bill Burnett will be the engineer in charge and Henry Pearson will supervise the project.
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Odessa
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Price Construction, Inc
Big Spring
Pecos County
U.S. 285
Bill Burnett
Pecos
Engi
Pecos candidate Royce Cassell seeks one year council term
Royce Cassell, longtime Pecos resident and business owner, announces his bid for the one year unexpired Pecos City Council term. A Pecos High alumnus with NM State BA, he says he grew up here and wants to help Pecos grow, asking for voters’ support.
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Royce Cassell
Adams St
Pecos
New Mexico State University
University of Texas
el Paso
Cassell
New Mexico State
Trinity University
Marshals Deliver Back to Work Order in Coalfields
Federal marshals spread through coalfields with a Taft-Hartley back to work order as contract talks resume. The 95 day strike strains utilities and industry while President Carter urges compliance and warns of potential national safety risks. UMW leaders and operators prepare to bargain with federal mediators absent. The order allows workers to return under the old contract terms until a March 17 hearing.
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Owen Ullmann
Associated Press
Washington
Carter
U.S
Aubrey E. Robinson Jr
UMW
Carter Administration
Griffin Bell
Justice Department
Bell
Robinson
Congress
Taft-Hartley
Buffalo Trails Council Scout Exposition Tomorrow
The Buffalo Trails Council of the Boy Scouts of America presents the Sand Hills District Scout Exposition tomorrow from 1 to 5 p.m. at the County Fairgrounds. Tickets are $1. under 12 admitted free. Uniformed scouts with membership cards admitted free. 40% commission to participating packs and troops on tickets sold. Top sellers earn patches and equipment prizes. elite seller over 100 tickets may tour the Dallas Cowboys. Mystery houses offer extra money credits. booths judged for awards. Participating units include Troop 191 and Pack 191 of First Presbyterian Church Randolph Harp, Pack 91 Methodist Church, Troop 400 West Texas Children's Home, Pack 65 Wink ISD, Pack 9 Kermit Intermediate, Pack 163 Monahans First United Methodist, Pack 169 Edwards Elementary, and Troop 149 Monahans Optimist Club.
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Buffalo Trails Council
Boy Scouts of America
Sand Hills
J.B. Gibson
Buffalo Trail
Dad
Dallas Cowboys
First Presbyterian Church
Randy Harp
Tommy Miller
First Methodist Church
James Alexander
West Texas Children’s Home
Ronnie Crawford
Wink
Wink Independent School District
Carolyn Raynor
Noel Maddox
Kermit Intermediate School
Hamp Kerby, Jr
Pecos district mulls fall price hike for school meals
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent District board discussed raising school lunch prices next fall. Current fees vary by student type and visitors. Proposed: reduced 20 cents, elementary 55 cents, junior high 60 cents, senior high 65 cents, teachers $1, visitors $1.50. Board gave no action, to study further.
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Pecos-Barstow-Toyah
Pecos
Odessa College to Host Rothstein Opening of Photography Facility
Arthur Rothstein noted photojournalist author and educator will speak Sunday at 2 p.m. on documentary photography. He will present work from the Farm Security Administration, meet the audience, and tour the OC photography department in the new Instructional Building. Public invited.
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Odessa
Arthur Rothstein
Odessa College
Rothstein
Farm Security Administration
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