Senate energy panel rejects standby gasoline rationing plan
The Senate Energy Committee voted 12 to 6 to reject Carter's modified standby rationing plan despite changes aimed at broadening support. The panel's setback follows last minute amendments expanding state allocations and tying rationing to vehicle counts and historical gasoline use. House opposition and lingering broad concerns threaten any chance for floor passage.
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Tom Raum
Associated Press
Washington
Carter
Senate Energy Committee
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Senate
Jackson
John Dingell
D-Mich
House Energy and Power Subcommittee
House
Dingell
Congress
SALT Pact Advances Toward Carter Brezhnev Summit
Washington reports the United States and the Soviet Union have reached agreement on key strategic arms provisions for a treaty to be signed at a summit next month. Negotiators will decide timing and location for the leaders meeting and potential related agreements.
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Congress
Russell B. Long
D-La
Carter
Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Leonid I. Brezhnev
U.S
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
State Department
Cyrus R. Vance
Vance
White House
Senate
Pecos Enterprise Sweepstakes Winners Named
Mary F. Robinson of Pecos wins 50 in Scrip and 50 savings account prize details. J T Marsh of Toyah takes 25 savings bond. Edward Compton of Walthall Trailer Park wins 50 savings account. One week left to register for Las Vegas vacation grand prize with participating merchants.
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Mary F. Robinson
Daggett Street
Pecos
Pecos Enterprise
Ms. Robinson
J.T
Edward Compton
Space 43
Walthall Trailer Park
Security State Bank
Las Vegas
Fabulous Showboat
Entertainment City
Senate budget pass trims House plan in Texas 1980 81
The Texas Senate approved a $20.8 billion state budget in under two hours, sending the measure back to the House for possible amendments and a conference committee. Differences include teacher and state employee pay raise levels and funding for local school districts, with the Senate seeking broader increases.
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Austin
Texas
Senate
House
Truan
Jones
Ed Howard
Texarkana
Commission seeks review of Whalen Lake disposal case
The Railroad Commission in Austin asks for an economic review of using Whalen Lake in Andrews County as an oilfield brines disposal site. A ban on dry lake discharges remains while the office of special counsel investigates costs versus other local disposal sites.
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Austin, Texas
Railroad Commission
Whalen Lake
West Texas
Andrews County
John Poerner
Mack Wallace
Jim Nugent
Poerner
Whalen Corp
Playa Lake
Commission
Productio
Weather Outlook and Temperatures for West Texas and Pecos
Mostly fair conditions in Pecos and vicinity give way to partly cloudy skies by Wednesday. Monday's high reached 98 with a 54 degree low this morning in Pecos. Elsewhere in West Texas winds rise, temps ease a bit, with highs in the 70s to 90s regionally and cooler nights into the 50s and 60s.
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Pecos
Texas
Panhandle
Big Bend
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