Economy Seems to Turn Up as Recession Fades in 1979
Evidence accumulates that the economy is rising not falling as 1979 ends. The index of leading indicators jumped 0.8 percent, factory orders rose 3.9 percent, yet inflation battles persist with wholesale prices up 1.1 percent in October. Unemployment edged to 6 percent, while employment climbed by 305,000, signaling a robust economy despite forecasts and mixed signals from officials. Treasury Secretary Miller receded from claiming a recession, acknowledging the market’s misleading signals as GNP grew 2.4 percent in the third quarter.
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R. Gregory Nokes
Associated Press
Washington
Treasury
G. William Miller
Miller
National Bureau of Economic Research
Lifesaver or burden one cent sales tax ride in Texas
Municipal League members in Houston backed a one to two cent rise in local sales tax to help city treasuries, but warned securing legislative and voter approval will be tough. Debates focus on collection, constitutionality due to a U S Steel suit, and potential refunds running into tens of millions.
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Garth Jones
Associated Press
Austin, Texas
City Dads
Texas
Municipal League
Houston
Bill Clements
Bob Bullock
Bullock
U.S. Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
Ray Attempts Escape From Brushy Mountain Prison
James Earl Ray, serving a life plus 100 years for the King assassination, and fellow inmate Donald Eugene Wolverine tried to break out of Brushy Mountain Prison in Tennessee. A guard fired a warning shot. no one was hurt. Ray had previously escaped in 1977 and was recaptured.
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Tenn
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Brushy Mountain
Ray
Tennessee
Ray Tucker
Donald Eugene Wolverine
Tucker
King
Memphis
Voting Tomorrow on Three Proposed Constitutional Amendments
Ken Dulaney urges readers to vote on three proposed constitutional amendments tomorrow. He warns against alienation and apathy in participation, stressing the ballot as the last stronghold of freedom and urges support for the measures as explained on page two of the Enterprise. Also mentions Pecos Retail Merchants second monthly Dollar Day Sale on Wednesday November 7 with ads and local values.
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Pecos
The
Enterprise
Four Dead as Anti Klan Rally Gasps Court Hearings Open
The FBI probes civil rights violations as 14 men face murder and conspiracy charges for the anti Klan rally killings in Greensboro. Caudle and Clinton seek court-appointed lawyers. Police and officials call for internal reviews.
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Monte Plott
Associated Press
Greensboro
N.C
FBI
Cecil
Gulford County Public Defenders Office
Caudle
Clinton
God Save
America
Ku Klux Klan
National Socialist Party of America
Andrew Pelczar
William Webster
William Swing
Swing
Reeves County voters set to decide three constitutional amendments
Reeves County residents will vote Tuesday on three constitutional amendments with light turnout expected due to few contests. Absentee ballots totaled 21 in person plus four by mail, with three more outstanding if received by noon. Seven thousand nine hundred ninety seven voters are registered. Polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at designated sites in Pecos, Orla, Saragosa, Balmorhea, and Toyah.
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Reeves County
Catherine Ashley
Ashley
Jimmie Preslar
Pecos
Orla
Commissioners Court
Saragosa
Balmorhea
Toyah
Enterprise
Surprise Witness Shocks Cullen Davis Trial
A surprise defense witness testified at the Cullen Davis murder-for-hire trial, claiming Gale Helms and FBI informant David McCrory checked into an Oklahoma City Holiday Inn on June 10. Davis contends he met McCrory in Fort Worth on June 9 to discuss a supposed conspiracy to kill or frame him.
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Mike Cochran
Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas
Cullen Davis
Gordon Gray
Bill Dickerson
Oklahoma City
Dickerson
Gale Helms
FBI
David McCrory
McCrory
Helms
Oklahoma
Davis
Jack Strickland
Weather forecast for Pecos region and Panhandle
Skies in Pecos and vicinity will be mostly fair turning partly cloudy. Sunday high 87 and low 40. West Texas fair to partly cloudy with increasing clouds Tuesday. Highs upper 50s Panhandle to low 80s extreme south. Lows upper 20s Panhandle to mid 40s south. Tuesday highs near 50 Panhandle to upper 70s in Big Bend lowlands.
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Pecos
West Texas Fair
Panhandle
Big Bend
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Charles L. Schultze
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Lyle E. Gramley
Gramley
Lifesaver
Richard D. Brown
TML
George Perry
Brookings Institution
Fed
By Ken Dulaney
District Court
Robert Cecil
Raymond Milano Caudle
Michael Eugene Clinton
Winston- Salem
Paul Carl Bermanzohn
Communist Workers Viewpoint Organization
Bermanzohn
China Grove
Jim Melvin
Tom Osborne
Tarrant County District Attorney's Office
Strickland
Raytec
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