House advances bills to cut social security contributions and stiffen penalties
The Texas House approved measures freeing state employees from social security contributions in 1979 and increasing penalties for organized crime. Speaker Bill Clayton said a $170 million teacher retirement bill and other actions would await further votes later today in Austin.
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Austin, Tex
House
Speker
Bill Clayton
Dolph Briscoe
Tom Uher
D-Bay City
Walt Parker
Denton
Senate
Walter Mengden
Houston
Dean Receives Bill Dean Memorial Award at Senior Day
At the senior day program on Friday Kevin Dean accepted this year’s Bill Dean Memorial award. Rod Perkins, last year’s recipient, was listed as receiving the award.
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Rod Perkins
Bill Dean
Kevin Dean
Friday Perkins
Tornado sightings near Texas New Mexico border report
Tornado sightings were reported near Littlefield in the Panhandle and near Clovis New Mexico with unconfirmed funnel clouds near Mule Shoe as storms moved across West Texas and eastern New Mexico. No damage was reported as skies cleared in parts of Texas though showers lingered and temperatures varied from the Panhandle to the coast.
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Associated Press
Texas-New Mexico
East
South Texas
Littlefield
Panhandle Plains
State Line
Clovis
N.M
Muleshoe
Texas
Amarillo
Panhandle
el Paso
Corpus Christi
Presidio
Big Bend
West Texas
West
Plains States
New Mexico
Dora
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
South Atlantic Coast
Northern
Rockies
Plateau
Lawmakers discuss easing Texas appellate workload
Rep. Ben Z. Grant a Democratic lawmaker from Marshall suggests creating 14 new civil appellate courts to take criminal cases and ease the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals workload. He quips that a new set of courts is needed “about like a mermaid needs panty hose.”
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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Ben Z. Grant
D-Marshall
Tiny conodonts hint at oil and gas deposits
Scientists at the U S Geological Survey say fossilized conodonts show color changes linked to rock temperatures that indicate petroleum potential. Yellow conodonts suggest high prospects while black indicators are weak. processing costs run about 10 to 25 dollars versus pollen tests 30 to 180.
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Randolph E. Schmid
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
U.S. Geological Survey
Anita G. Harris
Geological Survey
Harris
Cono
Texas 1976 sales rise highs across counties and SMSAs
State Comptroller Bob Bullock reported Texas gross sales for Q4 1976 at 43.3 billion, pushing 1976 total to 142.4 billion, up 23.9 percent from 1975. Reeves County outlets reported 20.6 million in gross sales with 7.7 million taxed. Harris led counties with 11.2 billion, Dallas 7.0, Tarrant 2.5, and Bexar 1.9 billion, based on 287,672 tax permits.
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Austin
Bob Bullock
Texas
Bullock
Reeves County
Harris County
Dallas County
Tarrant
Bexar
Controversy judges heed gods laws in feasts and sabbaths
Ezekiel 44 24 declares judges must judge by divine judgments and honor holy days. Charles Forbes notes that without a Sabbath there is no worship and without worship no religion or lasting freedom.
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Charles Forbes
Fahd presses Carter toward pro Arab stance in Middle East talks
President Carter meets Prince Fahd of Saudi Arabia at the White House as oil power and strategic ties shape a push for a broader Arab-Israeli settlement. Fahd urges American influence against Israel while noting Saudi optimism over a Palestinian homeland and the need for a comprehensive peace.
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Washington
Carter
Prince Fahd
Saudi Arabia
United States
Fahd
Israel
Middle East
White House
Geneva
Egypt
U.S
Prince Saud
Khalid
Syria
Podgorny Dropped From Soviet Politburo
Soviet radio reports Nikolai Podgorny was removed from the Politburo by the 250 member central committee. At 74 he was one of Khrushchev’s 1964 successors, with Brezhnev and Kosygin remaining in power as the new ruling trio.
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Moscow
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Communist Party
Radio
Podgorny
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexei Nicosygin
Politburo
Central Committee
Poliburo
Brezhnev
Joint Chiefs cool to troop withdrawal from Korea
The Joint Chiefs accepted President Carter’s plan to pull all U.S. ground troops from South Korea with limited enthusiasm. Gen. Brown helped convey the chiefs’ Army Navy Air Force and Marines views while the Army warned the move could invite a North Korean attack if ground reinforcements are needed. A two man U.S. delegation arrived in Seoul to discuss the procedure.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Carter
U.S
South Korea
Pentagon
CGS
Joint Chiefs
George S. Brown
National Security Council
Brown
Army
Navy
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Seoul
Philip C. Habib
United States
South Kor
Eans
Korea
North Korea
South
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