Carter to address nation on Soviet troops in Cuba
President Carter plans a 9 p.m. EDT national address on Cuba amid U S concerns over a Soviet brigade in Havana. Castro calls it an invented crisis while U S officials press Moscow for changes and warn of political risk to SALT II talks.
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Cliff Haas
Associated Press
Washington
Carter
Cuba
Fidel Castro
White House
Camp David
Dale Leibach
Cyrus R. Vance
Anatoly Dobrynin
State Department
David Nall
Vance
Administration
Harold Brown
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Leibach
Vance-Dobrynin
U.S
Castro
Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
New York
Havana
CBS
60 Minutes
Jacob Javits
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Javits
Soviet Union
All night vigil precedes John Paul II Boston visit
In Boston crowds braved cold and rain as about 2 million supporters were expected for Pope John Paul II. Officials anticipated mass gatherings and a 20 mile motorcade route with trains and buses bringing pilgrims. Police and National Guardsmen prepared the area around the Common while a large afternoon papal Mass drew hundreds of thousands to downtown and nearby parks.
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Boston
Pope John Paul II
Fred Bayles
Associated Press
Boston Common
John Paul II
U.S
Flags
Puri
Temple to formally enter Texas Railroad Commission race
Rep Buddy Temple announces Tuesday at the Capitol his candidacy for the Texas Railroad Commission challenging Chairman John Poerner for a new six year term. Jim Hightower plans October 8 entry against Jim Nugent for remaining term.
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Austin
Texas
Buddy Temple
D-Diboll
Texas Railroad Commission
Temple
Capitol
John Poerner
Texas Oil and Gas
Jim Hightower
Texas Observer
Jim Nugent
United States Turns Panama Canal Zone Over to Panama
In Balboa Panama the United States relinquished control of the 646 square mile Panama Canal Zone to Panama early today as bells rang and fireworks lit the sky. A giant Panamanian flag will fly from Ancon Hill as hundreds of thousands join a symbolic march into the zone marking 76 years of U S jurisdiction.
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Balboa
Panama
United States
Panama Canal Zone
U.S
Ancon Hill
Panama Bay
Canal
Matthew Haught
Jack Waters
Waters
Texas Democrats weigh presidential primary in 1980 race
Texas Democratic leaders consider a nonbinding presidential primary at their March meeting if Ted Kennedy enters the race. Republicans set a May 3 presidential preference poll, binding delegates to the national convention. The state Democratic convention is June 2021 in San Antonio with 104 delegates plus 48 at large.
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Billy Goldberg
Kennedy
State Committee
Billie Carr
National Democratic Committee
Texas
Texas Democratic Executive Committee
Carr
Houston
Detroit
San Antonio
New York
Jimmy Carter
California
Jerry Brown
Fall Fair Highights From Oct 2 to 7 Activities
Events for all ages at the Fall Fair include art entries, a Mother Goose Parade for children under 11 on Oct 3, and judging for adult and child entries on Thursday morning. Art exhibit judging at Pecos Art Association, entry fees one dollar for adults and fifty cents for children. A drawing of 24 paintings by art association members occurs Saturday night. Lamb, sheep, steer, and cattle judged Saturday morning at 8:30. The 4-H horse show is at the rodeo grounds at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. The fair closes with a sheriff’s posse barbecue at 6 p.m. and a dance at the Posse Barn. Carnival runs Oct 2–7.
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Pecos Art Association
Art Association
Rodeo Grounds
Sheriff's Posse
Posse Barn
Weather Outlook With Regional Temperature Variations
Fair skies prevail with hot conditions today then a cooler trend by Tuesday. Sunday's high reached 100 with a 58 low this morning. Cooler conditions expected across most sections by Tuesday, with mountain highs near 80, Panhandle mid 80s, Big Bend around 102, and lows from mid 40s to low 60s. Tuesday highs near 80s, Big Bend mid 90s.
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Panhandle
Big Bend
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Darryl Williams
Pecos Motors Inc
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C.V. Williams
Elm and
5Th Streets
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Austin, Texas
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D-Mass
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