Summer job openings for grads show clerical posts lead
A Labor Department survey finds high school graduates face best chances of permanent summer work in clerical roles with starting pay around 5 500 a year. General office clerks, secretaries and clerk typists top the openings, followed by administrative secretaries and accounting clerks. Salaries range from about 5 900 to 10 000 for secretaries and 5 500 to 8 700 for clerks and typists. More than 80 occupations listed, with 57 requiring only high school education.
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Owen Ullmann
Washington (Ap
Labor Department
Department
Graham
Job openings and pay ranges by education level
The text lists wages from 5 500 to 12 000 for an insurance salesperson and notes monthly openings for high school educated workers such as keypunch operators stock clerks survey workers and manager trainees. It also lists higher educated roles with 1000 plus openings monthly including accountants computer programmers engineers nurses and social workers.
Riots erupt in Houston housing project injuring many
Police in riot gear guarded a near Northside Mexican American barrio housing project after youths pelted a store with rocks and bottles on Monday night. The disturbance left at least 16 injured and 30 arrested as shops burned and looted in the surrounding area amid ongoing tensions after a Mexican holiday scene.
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Houston Housing Project
Houston
Fulton Street
U.S. Attorney's Office
Ben Reyes
Reyes
Travis Morales
Morales
People United
Jim McCann
Caldwell
Sebastian Monte
Victor Gonzalez
Fort Worth Vet Wins Honorable Navy Discharge After 34 Years
Fort Worth Navy veteran Calvin Graham receives an honorable discharge after a 34 year fight, aided by Sen. Lloyd Bentsen. The White House confirmed the review and noted that Graham must document WWII injuries to receive veterans benefits. Graham, who enlisted at 12, served aboard the USS South Dakota during Santa Cruz and Guadalcanal campaigns.
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Miller Bonner
Associated Press
Washington
White House
Navy
Calvin Graham
Fort Worth
Graham
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas Democrat
Bentsen
South Dakota
Santa Cruz
Guadalcanal
Clements Seeks Briscoe Support To Boost Gubernatorial Bid
Republican candidate Bill Clements said Briscoe supporters are shifting to him both politically and financially. He plans to launch Texans and Independents for Clements, move state headquarters to Austin, and meet with former governors Briscoe and Smith. He noted possible welcome from Briscoe and expects endorsements from other Texas leaders.
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Austin
Texas
Bill Clements
Dolph Briscoe
John Hill
Clements
Briscoe
Preston Smith
Texans and Independents
Dallas
Nora Haerle
John Tower
Balloon chase across Texas sends salesman to ICU
Hobbs New Mexico truck salesman Michael Garner, 30, remains in serious condition in Lubbock ICU after a weekend incident with a huge advertising balloon. Pilot Zip Franklin shot the drifting balloon down near Leveland, but the craft stayed aloft at high altitude until Garner was rescued wrapped in cocoon-like material.
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Bill McCullough
Leveland
Lovington
N.M
Zip” Franklin
Here
Hobbs
Permain
Ford
McCullough
Garner
Zip
Franklin
Attorney General Says Secret Ballot at Public Meet Illegal
Texas Attorney General John Hill declared that using a secret ballot at public meetings violates open meetings laws. He noted states have found secret ballots breach statutes and stressed the Open Meetings Act intends for decisions to be made openly with public oversight.
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Austin
Texas
John Hill
Chet Brooks
Dpasadena
Hill
Brooks
Pecos Weather: 88 High After 85 Previous Day
The Pecos high yesterday reached 88 degrees, up from 85, with a 49 degree low. An AP forecast shows West Texas fair through Wednesday with warm afternoons, highs ranging 77 to near 100 across regions and 83 to near 102 Big Bend northward, and cooler 49 to near 60 in mountains and panhandle. The piece also cites a Texas official arguing the Open Meetings Act bans secret ballots in government meetings.
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Pecos
Associated Press
West Texas
Panhandle
Big Bend
Mountains
Offshore policy pledge could boost Gulf industry says official
Houston AP officials say the Carter Administration aims to craft a policy to foster a clearer regulatory climate for offshore oil and gas. Assistant Secretary Guy Martin emphasized state and city roles, a new lease schedule, and stronger communications with industry while warning of potential future reductions without new reserves and exploration.
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Houston
Carter Administration
Department of Interior
Guy Martin
Land and Water
Martin
Tenneco Oil Co
Gulf of Mexico
F. Carlton Sheffield
Sheffield
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