Deadline nears for 1978 79 motor vehicle stickers in Texas
Austin warns drivers not to wait past April 1 for 1978 79 registration validation as counties close or limit hours around the date. Townsley notes no legal extensions and that midnight April 1 to 2 marks the deadline. Local peace officers may arrest drivers with expired stickers April 2. DHT offices stay open April 1 to assist with service needs.
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Austin
State Department of Highways
Bob Townsley
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Townsley
DHT Motor Vehicle Division
Senate OKs 20 percent increase in supports for cotton farmers
The Senate approved a McGovern amendment raising target prices for wheat, corn, and especially cotton, by about 20 percent, with direct USDA cash payments to cover the gap between targets and market prices. It would also lift loan rates on crops, aiming to curb surpluses and boost farm income amid looming price hikes.
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Brian B. King
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Today
George McGovern
D-S.c
Agriculture Department
McGovern
USDA
Senate
Tragic Austin Fire Linked to Unpaid Electric Bill
In Austin a mother says her nine year old son Michael Gray is seriously burned after a candle lit for light ignited a rug in a Sunday night apartment fire. Fire investigator Lt Noe cites the candle near the bedroom door as the blaze cause while city utilities manager Gutmon Phillips notes the mother had not paid bills since July and that meter boxes were found tampered with twice.
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Austin, Texas
Michael Gray
Brackenridge Hospital
Mike Noe
Michael
Jim
Dee Dee Howell
Austin
Gutmon Phillips
Howell
Curses fly in Estes trial as promoter’s daughter is warned
In Tyler Texas the daughter of paroled swindler Billie Sol Estes cursed Don Trull during testimony in his aggravated kidnapping case. Judge Glenn Phillips warned Pam Tedford she could face jail if such comments continue. The hearing also covered subpoenas to 70 witnesses, including Estes and his secretary, with jury selection ahead.
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Tyler
Texas
Billie Sol Estes
Mississippi
Estes
Pam Tedford
Don Trull
Tedford
Trull
Glenn Phillips
Smith County
Bill Mays
Tyler Financier
Billy Pyron
Pyron
Heritage National Bank
Mays
Sec
Gaston Swofford
Gerald Holcomb
Raymond Ray Cure
Lester O. Berg
Jack H. Bryant
Erwin
Tax Office Closes Two Hours for Move
The Office of the Tax Collector said the office at Reeves County Correctional Facility will close Wednesday from noon to 2 p.m. They will move back to the County Courthouse building and reopen at 2 p.m. at the courthouse.
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Reeves County Correctional Facility
Range fire spreads eight miles near Wichita Falls
Range fires along U S 277 287 spread eight miles from Wichita Falls as firefighters battled embers aided by seven departments including Sulphur Springs Como Pickton Mineola Quitman Mount Vernon Pittsburg and South Franklin. High wind and drought fed the flames with a potential northerly shift humidity around 40 percent.
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Associated Press
Wichita Falls
U.S. 277
U.S. 287
Weather Bureau
East Texas
Winnsboro
Cove
Pleasant
Como-Pickton
Mineola
Quitman
Mount Vernon
Pittsburg
South Franklin
Cameron Gardens
Sheppard Air Force Base
Exxon chairman calls slower growth for energy price shift
Exxon Corp. chairman C C Garvin Jr warned at the National Petroleum Refiners Association meeting that higher energy costs require a period of slower economic growth. He said the world runs out not of energy but cheap energy, and noted the transition to a new era of rising costs may slow expansion for a while. Gerald Ford was scheduled to deliver a keynote at the gathering of about 2,400 refiners.
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San Antonio, Texas
Exxon Corp
United States
C.C. Garvin Jr
Gerald Ford
Ford
Miners Vote Hint as UMW Contract Outlined
Bank and file members show cautious stance on the coal industry proposal to end the 106 day nationwide strike. Local UMW leaders present the 26 page contract to members with voting set to begin Friday after viewing by all miners by Wednesday.
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Associated Press
United Mine Workers
UMW
Washington
Arnold Miller
Miller
Association of Bituminious Contractors
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Felix Gonzalez
Randy Mathews
Pecos Civil Air Patrol
Colorado City
Robert Hinojos
U.S
Carter
Economic Policy Council
Congressional Budget Office
Curses
Cleaners
FBI
Attorney General's Office
Internal Revenue Service
Jack Bryant
Sue Goolsby
National Petroleum Refiners Association
Pecos
West Texas
Big Bend
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