Briscoe push for tax cuts in lame duck budget
Gov. Dolph Briscoe signals a budget plan with tax reductions matching Texan Gov.-elect Bill Clements. Clements seeks $1 billion in sales tax cuts 1980-81 while Briscoe favors using sales tax revenue to lower local school taxes. He opposes new state gas taxes, urging simple cuts and criticizing ad valorem tax as unfair.
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American Airlines chief vows more New York job cuts over Texas move
In New York, American Airlines head Al bert V. Casey warns that ongoing boycotts threaten more relocations of staff and operations to Texas. He cites 400 million in New York spending and friction with Warner Communications as catalysts while noting 10,000 jobs will stay in New York City and 900 more move to Dallas Fort Worth.
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Thanksgiving Day Across America As Storm Delivers Mixed Blessings
An ice storm in Eads Colorado left 900 residents without power until late Wednesday while Plymouth Massachusetts hosted large Thanksgiving events with Pilgrim re-enactments and a joint ecumenical service. In West Germany U S military families received subsidized meals and children tasted a traditional feast at Weierhof. President Carter celebrated at Camp David with relatives including his mother Lillian Carter.
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Mass deaths in Guyana Jonestown toll climbs to 775
U S Embassy reports at least 775 bodies found at Jonestown in Guyana with the count still rising. Embassy spokeswoman Patricia Moser says 485 removed by 1 p.m. local time and 270 more added in later hand counts, including many children found beneath parents.
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Thanksgiving Traffic Death Toll Rises Across Holiday Travel
By 11 a.m. EST, 149 people had died in traffic accidents as Thanksgiving travel worsened with snow and rain in the North and dense fog in the South. The National Safety Council estimates 470 to 570 may die over the four day observance, compared with 490 last year. The worst Thanksgiving toll on record was 764 in 1968.
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President Carter Back at Work After Holiday Break
President Carter resumes work at Camp David planning the next year’s budget to submit to Congress. He stays at the retreat until Sunday, hosting a Thanksgiving dinner for about 30 relatives. Rain dampened outdoor plans for swimming, biking and hiking during the holiday escape.
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Indictments Seen in Oil Price Fraud
New York report says federal prosecutors will seek Houston grand jury indictments for oil firms and individuals in a scheme that certified old oil as new to boost output. Uni Oil Co. of Houston linked. sources allege about 1 million dollars daily for four years. DOE records indicate over 1 billion dollars in fraud.
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Broadcasters oppose federal ban on advertising to children
The National Association of Broadcasters urged FTC regulators to drop proposed restrictions on TV ads aimed at children. The NAB argued the measures are arbitrary and unsubstantiated, while hearings begin in January in San Francisco. The group notes its members include over 4,600 radio and 560 TV stations.
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Kermit to Meet Fabens in Pecos Playoff Showdown
Kermit, 6-2-2, faces Fabens, 7-2-1, in a Class 2A playoff at Eagle Field Pecos tonight at 8. Kermit won a coin flip over Sonora for the berth after a 42-14 regular season win. Nearby, Fort Stockton and Lubbock Estacado meet in Midland with Fort Stockton making its first playoff since 1953.
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Bank teller funds ransom from bank in Fort Worth
Fort Worth Texas AP A teller David Eason took 17000 dollars from his bank to pay a ransom for his family. He worked Wednesday and said a masked gunman held him his parents and his 16 year old brother hostage overnight. FBI noted he did not violate laws and called him a victim as well as the bank. The gunman released the hostages after receiving the money.
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Weather Outlook for West Texas Causes Cloudy Skies
Foggy cool morning in Pecos with a low of 44. High yesterday 77. Forecasts show cloudy skies through Saturday with widely scattered showers and possible thunderstorms in the southwest and Panhandle. Temperatures range from mid 50s in the north to mid 70s in the south, with highs mostly in the 50s on Saturday and lows near 50 in the north and around 50 in the south.
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