Pact still in jeopardy Carter administration may yield on treaty
The Carter administration likely will concede on defense spending to win support for SALT II, but a Senate vote next week may fail to ratify without drastic revisions. Armed Services Committee critics push for a majority vote against the treaty, with filibuster threats and stalled work into 1980. The plan includes real growth in military spending and new ships, but critics say it lacks key strategic nuclear initiatives.
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Lawrence L. Knutson
Associated Press
Washington
Carter
Senate
Senate Armed Services Committee
Frank Moore
Capitol Hill
Congress
Salt II
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Freighters limp into Galveston after Gulf collisions
Two unmanned offshore platform collisions in 24 hours sent freighters to port for repairs near Galveston Texas as the Burmah Agate burn continued. 17 crewmen are confirmed dead or missing, with Babor and Skymnos both reporting platform navigation lights issues.
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Galveston
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Burmah Agate
Mimosa
Coast Guard
Don Zelazny
Zelazny
Tenneco Oil Co
Skymnos
Skyminos
Houston
Occidental Oil Corp
Skylinps
Babor
Occidental
Cmdr
Stewart Walker
Marine Safety Office
Port Arthur
High Seal
United States Steel raises prices after plant shutdowns
United States Steel Corp announces a roughly 2.6 percent average price increase across two thirds of its steel products effective January 1, two days after revealing the closure of 16 plants employing about 13 000 workers. The move aims to offset rising costs amid inflation and is expected to affect sheets bars rails pipes and related items.
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Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
FBI director says no arrests imminent in Judge Wood slaying
San Antonio AP report states FBI chief William Webster notes no immediate arrests in the six month old murder of U.S. District Judge John H. Wood. He cautions a slow, meticulous investigation with momentum and possible future charges linked to narcotics networks and the Bandidos motorcycle club.
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Greg Thompson
Associated Press
San Antonio, Texas
U.S
John H. Wood
FBI
Jimmy Hoffa
Wood
William Webster
Webster
John
Jamie Boyd
James Kerr
Kerr
Boyd
Teamsters Union
Hoffa
Hoff
San Antonio
Kerr and Wood
Bandidos
Weather forecast for Pecos and West Texas
Clear skies and warmer through Saturday. Thursday high 51 and 18 low here this morning. West Texas mostly fair not as cold through Saturday with highs in the 40s to near 60 in Big Bend. Lows teens to 30s in mountains and Panhandle. Saturday highs upper 40s to near 60 with mountains warmer.
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Pecos
West Texas
Mountains
Panhandle
Big Bend
Clements Says Nuclear Waste From California May Enter Texas
Gov. Bill Clements stated he has information low level nuclear waste from California is stored in Texas and vows to halt interstate shipments if confirmed. He cited Todd Research and Development on Pelican Island and directed staff to obtain a report on waste origins. Senator Schwartz criticized the Coast Guard’s handling of the issue.
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Clements
Texas
Austin
Bill Clements
California
Todd
Pelican Island
Jerry Brown
Doug Brown
Health Department
Cle
Ments
Christmas Parade in Pecos Sets Four Thirty Start
The annual Christmas Parade runs this afternoon at 4 30 p m in Pecos starting at Elm and Third by the First United Methodist Church. It features seven floats three bands and Santa Claus with routes through Cypress Oak and Cedar streets ending at the fountain by the museum before disbanding at Sixth Street. Merchants plan a 6 8 p m open house after decorating windows and closing during the parade. Stores in Airlawn and downtown expect evening openings.
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Santa Claus
Pecos
Elm
Third St
First United Methodist Church
Cypress
Fifth
the Savings and Loan
Oak Street
Oak St
State Theater
First St
Fountain
Cedar
Museum
Cedar St
Sixth St
First National Bank
Airlawn
Carter matriarch stuns New Hampshire audience in Bow
Lillian Carter told a Bow Men’s Club crowd that if she had a million dollars she would hire someone to kill Ayatollah Khomeini, drawing applause. At the White House a spokesman urged not to take the remark seriously as the Iran hostage crisis loomed with 50 Americans held in Tehran. Mrs. Carter, 81, defended her son's handling of the crisis and faced cheers from Republicans as she spoke of Billy Carter and politics, ending with a voter remark about the president’s mother.
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Bow
N.H
Lillian Carter
Ruhollah Khomeini
White House
Lillian
Iran
Carter
U.S
Tehran
United States
Blow to teachers in Texas targets district funding of unions
In a Sunday Enterprise report Attorney General Mark White declares it unconstitutional for school districts to pay teachers for time spent working for teacher organizations. The ruling is a blow to the Texas State Teachers Association and other groups representing about 150,000 educators.
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Mark White
Texas State Teachers Association
J.E.R. Chilton III
Chilton Corporation of
Dallas
Fort Worth
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