Carter leads in Florida Democratic caucuses amid counting delays
In Florida Carter holds a statewide lead in the Democratic caucuses but final tallies remain unsettled with 65 of 67 counties reporting. Brevard County split between George H. Canada who backs Carter and Lee Rabb who backs Kennedy, pending a possible draw. Carter enjoys strong establishment support and is favored to win the November straw ballot.
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David Powell
Associated Press
MIAMI
Carter
Florida
Brevard County
Monnie Yuughans
Rockledge
George H. Canada
Melbourne
President Carter
Lee W. Rabb
Merritt Island
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Afl-Cio
White House
Jody Powell
New York
Harold Ickes Jr
Canada
Rabb
St. Petersburg
Dade County
Fort Lauderdale
Broward County
Dade
Labor
Bob Graham
Palm Beach County
Palm Beach
Stocks Fall for Sixth Straight Session as Fed Tightens
The Dow dropped 3.84 to 835.15 at noon as declines outpaced advances 7 to 3 on the NYSE. Traders fear Fed rate hikes and reserve requirements will slow business. Marriott leads volume with 296,700 shares. AMEX index falls to 212.95 while NYSE composite slips to 59.03.
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New York
Federal Reserve Board
New York Stock Exchange
Fed
Marriott
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Contaminated Oil Found On East Texas Roads
A congressional subcommittee urged revised regulations to require toxicity testing of all recycled wastes before disposal after finding toxic oil on nine roads near Corrigan Texas. Nitrobenzene and trace cyanide were detected. company removed contaminated sections under state orders.
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Washington
Texas
House
Subcommittee On Oversight and Investigations
Corrigan
Texas Department of Water Resources
Bob Eckhardt
Louisiana
Mississippi
Court leaves sentences intact in Texas murders
The Supreme Court today left intact the convictions and death sentences of four Texas killers. It refused to hear three appeals raising constitutional questions. Names include Bobby McCormick and Billy McMahon for the 1976 Center contract murder of Earl Hammond, Harvey Earvin for the 1976 shotgun death of Ertis Brock in Lufkin, and Edward Corley for the 1974 rape and murder of Vicki Lynn Morris in Tyler.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
Bobby McCormick
Billy McMahon
Earl Hammond
Center
Harvey Earvin
Ertis Brock
Lufkin
Edward Corley
Vicki Lynn Morris
Tyler
Pecos Receives 6607.58 in One Percent Tax Rebates
State Comptroller Bob Bullock releases Pecos City rebate of 6,607.58 for the period ending Sept 27 from the one percent local option sales tax. 1979 year to date Pecos totals reach 271,571.35, up from 256,109.30 in 1978.
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Bob Bullock
Pecos City
Pecos
Bates
Bullock
Texas
Dallas
Houston
Fort Worth
Big Oil protest rallies across the nation spark like-minded action
Boston observers note early snowfall reinforces heating oil concerns as the Campaign For Lower Energy Prices mobilizes 200 local groups in a national protest against big oil. Local organizers report a surge in participation with civic labor and consumer groups backing demonstrations aimed at pressuring government to lower energy prices.
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Associated Press
Tom Corrigan
Boston
New England
Corrigan
Louisville
Ken Dupree
Dupree
Gray Panthers
NFL Player's Association
United Auto Workers
Washington
Bob Brandon
Citizen- Labor Energy Coalition
William Winpisinger
International Association of Machinists
Winpisinger
Edward M. Kennedy
Coalition
Massachusetts
Democrat
American Petroleum — Institute
Chicago
Jane Fonda
Tom Hayden
Standard Oil of Indiana
Gulf Oil Corp
What to teach kids State commissioner outlines role of schools
Texas education commissioner Alton Bowen lays out a basic mission for public schools teaching literacy and job skills. He backs back to basics and discipline, opposes extra college degrees from outside Texas, and favors firm school order including occasional corporal punishment to keep students focused.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Commissioner of Education
Alton O. Bowen
Marlin Brockette
Bowe
Bowen
McKinney
Josephine
Rosebud
Mexia
Bryan
Ing
Anticob University
Deadwood
Public Service
Department of Education
Weather update for West Texas and Pecos region
Pecos rainfall totaled .12 inch last night and yesterday's high reached 92 degrees. This morning's low was 56. The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with a chance of rain. Widely scattered showers are expected over the eastern third of the region, with fair conditions elsewhere through Tuesday. Highs will be mostly in the 80s, with mountain lows in the 40s and extreme southern areas in the low 60s.
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Pecos
West Texas
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