Texas trade mission to China eyes profits for oil firms
Lt. Gov. Hobby announced a 15 day state sponsored mission to China aiming to boost Texas business, especially oil related industries. Baker World Trade Inc. president J Ray Pace touted repeat orders and high level meetings. Officials expect a warehouse plant site in Shanghai or Tientsin within six months.
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Austin, Texas
Texas
China
Bill Hobby
J. Ray Pace
Baker World Trade, Inc
Houston
Hobby
Baker
Prc
People’s Republic of China
SEDCO
Bill Clements
CIA
Qin Wen Cai
Oil Ministry
Han Xu
Shanghai
Tientsin
Hare Krishnas win court ruling at State Fair of Texas
U S District Judge Patrick Higginbotham ordered fair officials to admit Hare Krishna members to solicit donations at the State Fair of Texas for a second time in a year. The group had been outside the gates since the fair opened and previously won a ruling against exclusion.
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Dallas
Texas
U.S
Patrick Higginbotham
Higginbotham
Inflation Medicine Fears Spark Market Selloff Across U S
Investors fear Federal Reserve inflation medicine will cause painful side effects and drove the Dow down 26.45 points to 857.59. President Carter pledged to do whatever it takes to beat inflation as Volcker urged restraint on tax cuts and exotic lending.
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Chet Carrier
NEW York
Federal Reserve
Carter
White House
New Orleans
Federal Reserve Board
Paul Volcker
American Bankers Association
Volcker
Kuwait
Mexico
Fed
U.S
Dow Jones
New York Stock Exchange
Wall
Thatcher under pressure to recognize Muzorewa rule
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher faced rising Conservative pressure to recognize the Muzorewa government in Zimbabwe Rhodesia as black guerrillas resisted major provisions of Britain’s proposed new constitution. Lord Carrington reported at the Conservative Party convention in Blackpool amid right wing delegates' campaign.
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Maureen Johnson
Associated Press
London
Margaret Thatcher
Zimbabwe
Rhodesia
Britain
Lord Carrington
Blackpool
Conservative Party
Ing
Abel Muzorewa
Carrington
Joshua Nkomo
Robert Mugabe
Muzorewa
Ian Smith
Zimbabwe Rhodesia
Patriotic Front
Koch plans John Hour on city radio to shame prostitution patrons
New York Mayor Edward Koch proposed broadcasting the names of men convicted of patronizing prostitutes on WNYC and WNYC FM to deter the sex trade. He compared it to stocks and urged newspapers to publish the list, while criticizing judges for lenient penalties and noting a high rate of case dismissals. The plan drew praise from a district attorney and sharp criticism from civil liberties groups and church leaders.
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New York
Edward Koch
John
Koch
Wnyc-Am
Manhattan Criminal Court
Queens
John Santucci
New York Civil Liberties Union
Dorothy Samuels
NYCLU
Howard Moody
Judson Memorial Church
Former steelworker wins 2.4 million over faulty Corvair
Harold L. Bryant, a Houston area steelworker, received a 2.4 million verdict against General Motors after a 1965 crash caused brain damage. The Texas Supreme Court found no reversible error in upholding a jury’s finding that the right rear suspension was defectively designed and manufactured.
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Austin
Supreme Court
1St Court of Civil Appeals
Houston
General Motors
Bryant
Armco Steel
Wallace Ellis
Appeals
Ellis
Magnolia Bayou Bridge
John Marcosky
Gary Fowler
Marcosky
Tom Bundorf
Fowler
Bundorf
Navy doctor faces term of hard labor
Navy doctor Lt Steven Suits, 26, faced a possible court martial and up to a year of hard labor after refusing to join the USS Iwo Jima crew for a six month Mediterranean cruise. Maj. T B Hamilton said the officer could have gained valuable training aboard the ship. Suits said he doubted his qualifications after a patient went into diabetic coma, and cited training gaps despite a medical degree on a military scholarship.
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Camp Lejeune
N.C
Navy
T.B. Hamilton
Hamilton
Steven Snits
Spartanburg General Hospital
Suits
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