Inflation at 10th straight month of 1 percent rise
The Labor Department reports October CPI up 1 percent from September led by housing costs including mortgage rates, prices, and rents. Food rose 0.7 percent while gasoline and fuel oil prices slowed. earnings fell, and analysts warn inflation could reach about 13 percent this year.
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Washington
Labor Department
Jackman
U.S
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Caracas
Venezuela
Senators Meet With Carter After Hostages Release
Senator Bennett Johnston after a White House breakfast with President Carter said the US may take retaliatory action against Iran once hostages in Tehran are freed. He stressed the president values national honor over hostages while Powell noted no planned punitive steps, only that the incident will affect US Iran relations and will not yield to blackmail. Republican and Democratic leaders urged restraint to avoid risking hostages, amid concerns over possible actions against the Shah’s regime.
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Maureen Santini
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Bennett Johnston
Dla
Carter
Iran
Tehran
Johnston
United States
White House
Jody Powell
Powell
U.S
Sen
Russell Long
North Korea
Pueblo
Oil-state senators seek first-round victory on windfall tax
Senators allied with oil interests press for limiting the windfall profits tax by excluding the first 1000 barrels per day from independent operators. The move would cut revenue estimates from the Senate committee plan from about 138 billion to 128 billion over 11 years, while the Senate votes on the amendment.
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Washington
Carter
Senate Finance Committee
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Senate
Bentsen
Senate Committee
Dale Bumpers
D-Ark
House
Carter signs measure to aid poor fuel bills
President Carter signed legislation providing 1.35 billion to help several million poor Americans pay fuel bills this winter. Governors will distribute much of the funds under state plans. The program, called the Low Income Energy Assistance Program, varies by state and targets SSI recipients and the elderly, blind, and disabled with payments up to 250 dollars in some states.
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Brooks Jackson
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Carter
White House
Connecticut
Ella Grasso
New Hampshire
Iowa
Wyoming
Utah
South Dakota
North Dakota
Montana
Minnesota
Idaho
Alaska
Hawaii
Congress
Fire diminishes on Burmah Agate as oil spills continue
In Galveston the Burmah Agate fire subsides slowly but full containment remains elusive with 11 of 30 tanks still full and oil seeping from the vessel. The Liberian freighter Mimosa collided earlier near the ship channel entrance. 17 crewmen were killed and 15 remain missing. Capt. Robert Ingraham notes the ship buckled at midship but still holds strength per naval architects.
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Galveston
Texas
Coast Guard
Robert Ingraham
Marine Safety Office
Ingraham
Galveston Ship Channel
Weather rundown for Pecos area through Wednesday
Fair skies persist in Pecos and vicinity with colder temps today and tonight. Monday high was 84 and the low 50 this morning. West Texas shows fair, cooler conditions with clear nights. Sunny and colder in many areas. Wednesday highs range from the middle 40s Panhandle to near 70 Big Bend, with lows from the middle teens Panhandle to low 30s Big Bend.
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Pecos
West Texas
Panhandle
Big Bend
Mountains
Reeves County names Nan Cates home extension agent
The Reeves County Commissioners Court named Mrs. Nan Cates as the new assistant county agent for home extension effective January 1 1980. She said she looks forward to working with adult leaders 4 H members and has support from Loving County.
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Reeves County Commissioners Court
Nan Cates
Home Extension
Cates
Susan Bolen
Paul Gaillardet
Bozeman Drug
Pecos City
Coun
Two Judges Confirmed for Western District of Texas
The Senate confirmed Harry Lee Hudspeth a U.S. magistrate in El Paso and Lucius Bunton an Odessa attorney as federal judges for the Western District of Texas. Both await President Carter’s signature to swear in, with Hudspeth filling a newly created seat and Bunton replacing the senior status move of Judge Adrian Spears. Two vacancies remain after these confirmations, with Sen. Lloyd Bentsen’s October recommendation guiding Carter’s initial nominations.
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Washington
Senate
Harry Lee Hudspeth
Lucius Bunton
Western
Texas
Hudspeth
U.S
el Paso
Bunton
Odessa
Carter
Congress
Adrian Spears
Lloyd Bentsen
Bentsen
Hipolito F. Garcia
Clyde Frederick Shannon
San Antonio
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Patrick Jackman
Robert Hinojos
Santos Porras
Leff
Tory Herndon
Ron Alligood
Ray Talamantez
Justin Foster
Abel Natividad
Scott Sims
Simon Renteria
Andre Allan
Eddie Hill
Ronnie Daniel
John Robert Daniel
Slade Daniel
John Brademas
Cind
Ty of
Reeves
W.O. “Bill” Pigman
Pigman
Balmorhea Emergency Medical Service
Balmorhea Ambulance
Reeves County
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