Carter picks Shirley Hufstedler first Education Secretary
President Carter plans to nominate Shirley M. Hufstedler, a former federal judge, as the nation’s first Secretary of Education. The new department will have a 14 billion dollar budget and about 17,000 employees. Hufstedler, a California Democrat born in Denver, has a career spanning the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and California state courts.
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Cliff Haas
Associated Press
Washington
Carter
Education
Shirley M. Hufstedler
California
Department of Education
Hufstedler
Roy F. Greenaway
Alan D. Cranston
D-Calif
White House
Greenaway
Los Angeles Times
Three ex police officers get new jail sentences
A federal judge re sentenced three former Houston police officers to one year and one day in prison for civil rights violations in the Torres case. The men remain free on bond pending appeals. The 5th Circuit ordered re sentencing after probation terms were found improper.
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Houston
Jose Campos Torres
Justice Department
Sterling
Brian McDonald
Torres
McDonald
5Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Terry W. Denson
Stephen W. Orlando
James Joseph Janish
Buffalo Bayou
Denson
Orlando
Janish
Kennedy to announce challenge to Carter for 1980 nomination
Sen Edward Kennedy will announce in Boston on November 7 that he will seek the Democratic presidential nomination, challenging incumbent President Carter who will declare for a second term on December 4. The Kennedy campaign formalized with Stephen Smith unveiling the Kennedy for President Committee, signaling a fought contest over leadership and policy. The race centers on Kennedy’s opposition to Carter’s energy and economic plans, and the Chappaquiddick incident remains a campaign issue.
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Edward M. Kennedy
Boston
President Carter
Carter
Kennedy
Stephen Smith
Sen. Kennedy
Chappaquiddick
Mary Jo Kopechne
Powell
White House
The
Times
Senate
Leading Indicators Trim Upswing Ahead Of Fed Action
The Commerce Department said the Composite Index of Leading Indicators rose 0.8 percent in September, the strongest gain since April 1978, driven by fewer layoffs and higher orders for plants and equipment and consumer goods, with stock prices and building permits up while four indicators fell, signaling mixed early signals before the Federal Reserve moved to tighten credit. The overall index stood at 141.3, up from 140.2 in August and 140.1 in July.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Federal Reserve Board
Michael Evans
Kennedy Wins Early Endorsement From Federal Union
A 70,000 member federal employees union endorsed Sen Edward M Kennedy for the 1980 Democratic presidential nomination one day after he formed a campaign committee. The National Treasury Employees Union was the sixth union and first federal civil service group to back Kennedy in his bid to unseat President Carter. Union President Vincent L Connery criticized Carter for weak leadership and policies toward federal workers including last year’s 5.5 percent civil service pay increase cap.
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Washington
Federal Employees Union
Edward M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Independent
National Treasury Employees Union
Massachusetts
Carter
Vincent L. Connery
Weather Outlook Pecos Area Says Cold Front Moves In
Weather cooler temperatures and wind are in store for Pecos and vicinity as the first cold front of the season moves in. Precipitation is expected later today. Highs 38 to 82, lows 25 to 45, with windy conditions and mostly clear to partly cloudy skies across the region.
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Pecos
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Big Bend Valleys
Black woman named to coordinating group in Texas
A 29 year old black woman with a PhD in philosophy was named to the Texas College Coordinating Board for a six year term. Gwendolyn Caldwell Morris of Fort Worth will be the board’s youngest and only Black member. She holds degrees from Stephen F. Austin University and Texas Woman’s University and works as an employee relations counselor for Radio Shack. She founded the Greater Fort Worth Negro Business and Professional Women’s Club. Governor Bill Clements also appointed Sue Killam of Laredo to the Board of Regents of the University System of South Texas, replacing Ralph Durden, and Dr. Guy Eugene Shuttlesworth of Smithville to the Texas Board of License Nursing Home Administrators.
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Texas Woman's University
Denton
Morrison
Radio Shack
Greater Fort Worth
Negro Business and Professional Women's Club
Clements
Sue Killam
Laredo
Board of Regents
University System of South Texas
Ralph Durden
Corpus Christi
Killam
University of Texas
Guy Eugene Shuttlesworth
Smithville
Texas Board of Licensure of Nursing Home Administrators
University of Texas School of Social Work
Ut-Austin Gerontology Project
Senate moves to override state interest ceilings on loans
Senate advances Banking Committee plan to preempt state caps on mortgage rates and ease credit limits. The Cochran amendment would set farm and business loan ceilings at 5 percentage points above the federal discount rate, potentially about 17 percent, unless states opt out within two years. The bill also boosts federal deposit insurance to 50,000 and lets savings institutions issue credit cards.
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Senate
Banking Committee
Thad Cochran
R-Miss
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William Proxmire
D-Wis
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
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Cranston
Savings and Loan Associations
Federal Reserve Board
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Aspen Institute For Humanistic Studies
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