Tax cuts move closer as growth slows says Commerce
Gregory Nokes reports that slowing GNP growth to 3.8 percent in the third quarter heightens pressure for tax cuts for both businesses and individuals. Kreps and Slater advocate reduction to sustain growth, while Blumenthal urges ignoring monthly swings. housing starts hold steady with permits down. Absentee voting for the November constitutional amendment election continues in Reeves County with office hours and a contact line.
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Gregory Nokes
Associated Press
Washington
Commerce Department
Juanita M. Kreps
Courtenay M. Slater
Carter
Slater
Reeves County
Pecos High School preps for 1977 Homecoming festivities
Parade will start in downtown Pecos at 5 p.m. and flow from Pizza Hut along Cedar to the museum, Oak Street, Third and Oak, ending at Sixth. The event features the Homecoming Queen nominees Bena Stickels Lisa Dominguez Kathy Salcido, two princesses Pat Perea and Lorrie Salcido, a parade with bands, color guard and floats, Exes Tea, pep rally, chili supper, and after game dances at UMAC Hall and Pecos Valley Country Club. Proceeds fund Pecos Eagle Booster Club as residents rally to show school spirit.
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Pecos
Andrews
Pecos High School
Eagle-Mustang
Eagle Stadium
S. Alamo
Joel Rodriguez
Pat Perea
Frank Perea
S. Oak
Lupe Villanueva
Lorrie Salcido
Alex Salcido
Kathy Salcido
Hector Perea
Beto Quesada
Terry Salcido
Chris Burling
Bill Burling
Building
Aileen Love Nabors
Eagle Gym
David Dutchover
Pizza Hut
Cedar
Museum
Oak Street
Third
UMAC
Sazy Machismo
Tri-K Klub
Pecos Valley Country Club
Pecos Eagle
Lone Star Gas says storage supplies adequate for winter
Lone Star Gas Co asserts sufficient underground gas in storage to avoid cutbacks similar to last year barring a harsher winter or federal intervention. East Texas storage up 4.6 percent boosts daily gas availability. plan approved to serve Wichita Falls from intrastate system improving local service.
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Dallas
Lone Star Gas Co
Harry King
Lone Star
Texas
Federal Power Commission
Wichita Falls
Final vote near for $1.05 wage hike to 1981 rise
The bill to raise the federal minimum wage by $1.05 an hour by 1981 nears a final congressional vote. The House intends to complete action today despite Texas Rep. Pickle's opposition to the conference amendment. The measure would exempt by 1982 firms with sales under $362,500, narrower than Pickle’s proposed $500,000 threshold for mid-1978.
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Washington
Carter
House
Texas
Itate
House-Senate Conference Committee
J.J. Pickle
D-Tex
Pickle
Texans to vote on off premise electronic banking proposal
An AP analysis outlines Texas Proposition No 6 to authorize EFT terminals at remote locations including grocery stores and machinery to share devices among banks. The measure, if approved, would let the 1979 Legislature authorize electronic banking away from bank premises and allow withdrawals and deposits via unattended machines. The ballot also includes veterans land fund funding and other measures.
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Garth Jones
Associated Press
Austin, Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals
Veterans Land Fund
State Judicial Qualifications Commission
Texas Bankers Association
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