Slow 0.1% rise in U S productivity amid inflation fears
Economists note a 0.1 percent annual gain in third quarter productivity reversing prior declines, but warn weak growth implies persistent inflation and living standards pressure. Labor Dept details show private output up 2.5 percent while hours rise 2.4 percent, with unit labor costs up 8.3 percent.
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Owen Ullmann
Washington (Ap
Labor Department
Charles L. Schultze
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Schultze
Texas Democrats fear purge of party officers
Democratic officials debate enforcing a 1971 rule that officers must support all party nominees or face removal. An appeals procedure amendment failed 7-6. subcommittee chair Wanda Britton warned against turning local chairs into a statewide grand jury. Names like Clements Connally and Reagan were raised during a five hour session as procedures were drafted for notifying defectors by certified mail.
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Max B. Skelton
Associated Press
Houston
Texas
Democratic Executive Committee
Carrin Patman
Canada
Hammett
SDEC
Wanda Britton
Gainesville
Austin
Democratic Party
Bill Clements
Clements
Loving County Courthouse Reopens After Remodeling
Civic officials from Texas and New Mexico attended the opening of the remodeled Loving County Courthouse in Mentone. Completed at a cost of 259000 dollars plus furnishings, the building now houses the commissioners court and key county offices. Guests came from Odessa Marfa Alpine Monahans Pecos and nearby New Mexico communities and were served barbecue by the Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
New Mexico
Loving County
Mentone
Donald C. Creager
Loving County Commissioners Court
Jeri Ann Blair
Louise K. Patrick
Edna Dewees
Elgin Jones
Oleta Wilson
Odessa
Marfa
Alpine
Monahans
Pecos
Chuck Wagon Gang
Reeves County
Weather Outlook for Pecos and West Texas
Fair skies persist in Pecos and surrounding areas with warm temperatures. Tonight cooler with increasing clouds and possible rain later in the week. Sunday’s high reached 78 and the morning low was 42 as reported in the Panhandle north to south regions with varying cloud cover and chances of rain.
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Pecos
West Texas Fair
Panhandle
New Bus Serves Special Education In Pecos District
Assistant superintendent Dalton Moseley announces a new school bus purchased with federal funds and equipped with an electric lift to transport eighteen Special Education students from Pecos Kindergarten Lamar Barstow Bessie Haynes and Pecos Elementary Schools. The bus will also shuttle students to Reeves County Hospital for physical therapy and features full safety devices. Moseley, in his first year, praises Special Education staff and calls the department a community asset.
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Dalton Moseley
Special Education Department
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah
Moseley
Pecos
Lamar
Barstow
Bessie Haynes
Reeves County Hospital
Reeves County
Carter urges windfall tax restore to 292 billion
President Carter told the Coalition of Northeast Governors the United States must restore the oil windfall profits tax to the original 292 billion level or risk a trillion-dollar giveaway to oil companies. He warned inflation and exports could push costs higher as he framed a shift from cheap to expensive oil.
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Providence
R.I
Carter
Senate
Northeast
New England
Edward M. Kennedy
United States
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Harold Hammett
Fort Worth
Mrs
Patman
John Connally
Ronald Reagan
Ed Miller
Texarkana
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James J. Wheat
John E. Wilkinson
Barbara McKeown
Moseley’s
Cliff Preslar
Jones
Preslar
Lew Barrett
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