Continen tal Telephone Company promises upgrades in Pecos
At Pecos City Council session officials from Continental Telephone outlined steps to modernize service and phase out old equipment. An estimated 86000 dollars in 1978 79 plus 26000 dollars in 4 8 weeks will fund improvements and a 152000 dollar new build was discussed.
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Continental Telephone Company
Pecos
Norman Gumm
Gumm
C.L. Hagen
Continental
Texas Municipal League
Ted Painter
Painter
Bickley
The
Meet
Manuel J. Orona
Camara de Comercio
Mexican Chamber of Commerce
Airport
Pecos Transit Mix
Pool Company
Rodeo Fund
Rodeo Grounds
Reeves County
Zoning and Planning Commission
Miners vote on new contract after briefings
United Mine Workers leaders finished membership briefings on a new contract proposal as a 107 day coal strike nears its end. The plan, hammered out in Washington with the Bituminous Coal Operators Association, would shift health coverage to company plans with costs up to 200 a year and would not equalize pensions between older and younger retirees.
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Associated Press
United Mine Workers
Washington
UMW
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Arnold Miller
Miller
Natural gas price limits backed in brief Senate House talks
Congressional energy negotiators moved toward resolving the long deadlock on natural gas pricing by backing a compromise to lift price controls from newly discovered gas in 1985 and to raise the re regulated price gradually. The two sides differ on timing and ease of reimposition, with Senate seeking Jan 1 1985 and House preferring six more months. Both plans would raise consumer prices compared with the original House plan but less than Senate deregulation. The Senate conferees approved the plan 10-7, the first majority approval among negotiators.
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Washington
Congressional Energy
Senate
House
Congress
Senate approves 70 age retirement bill nationwide
The Senate passed a bill raising the mandatory retirement age to 70 for private sector workers with 20 or more employees and for federal employees starting this September, with 62 to 10 votes. It also allows continued work past 70 for some executives and delays in colleges and universities, while keeping 65 for Social Security benefits. President Carter is expected to sign, and further moves to eliminate mandatory retirement may follow.
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Washington
Senate
White House
House
Carter
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
U.S
Pepper
Rapid rise in physician fees outpacing inflation
A government study finds physician bills rose 9.3 percent in 1977 while overall consumer prices climbed 6.2 percent. It cites widespread employer paid insurance as a key driver and notes medical insurance covers about 80 percent of Americans, insulating fees from market forces. Dr Sidney Wolfe warns supply and demand fail to constrain costs.
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Washington
Council On
Sidney Wolfe
Easter driving Texas motorists pay less for gasoline
AAA surveyed 191 Texas service stations during Easter weekend finding full service regular gas at 60.7 cents per gallon versus 61.0 at Christmas and unleaded 63.6 cents, premium 65.4. Self-serve savings average six cents on regular and 5.5 cents on premium. About 30 percent expected to close Easter Sunday. no supply problems anticipated. All stations planned to stay open Friday and Saturday.
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Texas
American Automobile Association
Aid for farmers measures eyed after Easter recess
Economists and lawyers parse the Senate emergency farm bill amid inflation concerns as conferees plan to revise the measure after the Easter break. If enacted, Carter’s $5.5 billion farm budget could exceed $10 billion, with price supports up, debt refinancing, and cash incentives to idle acres. Talmadge notes planting season is underway and farmers need government help details soon. The Pecos area hit 89 degrees, with a forecast of partly cloudy weather, scattered storms, and variable highs and lows across West Texas.
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Senate
Carter
Robert N. Giaimo
D-Conn
House Budget Committee
Herman E. Talmadge
D-Ga
Senate Agriculture Committee
Pecos
Associated Press
West Texas
Big Bend
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