Carter outlines detailed wage and price limits in anti inflation plan
The Carter administration details the 7 percent annual wage cap extending to fringe benefits and compensation including paid leave, holidays, retirement plans, life and health covers, and stock options. The program targets a 0.5 percent price rise below the prior year's level, with exceptions for cost-driven increases and certain excluded items. It remains voluntary but sanctions may apply for noncompliance.
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Michael Doan
Associated Press
Washington
Council On Wage and Price Stability
Public testing set for election equipment
Public testing of the automatic tabulating equipment will be held Wednesday Nov. 1 at 5 and 7 at Reeves County Court House 142nd Judicial District Court Room. All election judges alternates clerks and the public are invited. A representative of Computer Election Service will demonstrate the voting equipment and answer questions.
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Reeves County Court House
142Nd Judicial District Court Room
Tative
Computer Election Service
Five Travelers From Out of Town Face Charges in Pecos
Five highway travelers stopped in Pecos during the early morning hours to buy gas and a tire with a stolen credit card. They appeared before a local justice of the peace on marijuana possession charges and Kramer faced an additional charge for possessing a stolen credit card. The group, from New Jersey, Indiana, Louisiana, West Virginia, and Kentucky, were detained after a service station attendant reported the stolen card.
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Pecos
Justice of the Peace
Michele Kramer
Kramer
Electric utilities challenge Texas rate study in Austin
In Austin, Texas, electric companies rebut the Texas Public Utility Commission staff 266 page report on future rate setting. They warn against wrongful incentives to conservation and support gradual time of day pricing with shared metering costs. ACORN backs lifeline rates while the commission may adopt revise or reject the staff proposals ahead of January legislative submission.
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Austin, Texas
Texas Public Utility Commission
Commission
Bill Avera
Commission Economic Research
Cecil Johnson
Gulf States Utilities Co
Avera
Gary Burch
Texas Electric Cooperatives
Association of Community Organizations For Reform Now
ACORN
Texas
State GOP chairman attacks election official ruling on yellow certificate
Texas Republican Chairman Ray Barnhart accused an Oaks memo of enabling mass vote fraud by voters lacking yellow voting certificates. He said the memo unlawfully creates instant voter registration, while Bob Lemens defended the memos as misinterpreted but promised a follow up to ensure compliance with election law. Barnhart cited Pasadena 1976 where about 400 new names were added on election day.
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Austin
Texas
Ray Barnhart
Steve Oaks
Barnhart
Bob Lemens
Oaks
Lemens
Pasadena
Rags to riches Texas woman to appear for misrepresentation
Margaret Medders once in poverty in Memphis rose to wealth near Dallas on a claimed inheritance. Indicted in 1976 for larceny and obtaining about $35,000 under false pretenses, she faces court in Tennessee while previously convicted in Texas for a 1976 hotel bill. The case centers on fraudulent claims about Marest Publishing Co and coal land profits.
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Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
Texas
Margaret Medders
Nest
Dallas
Fairmont
Texas Department of Corrections
Huntsville
Shelby County
Tennessee
Medders
Pecos Weather Weekend Warmth Amid Cloudy Halloween Outlook
Cloudy conditions dominated Pecos on Tuesday with a chance of a shower that could affect Halloween events. The morning low reached 55 while Monday peaked at 77. Week prior highs and lows ranged from 67 to 45, with Sunday at 72 and a Monday low of 51.
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Pecos
Campaign Trail Boost From Minority Groups in Texas
Minority groups gear up for a Texas campaign push ahead of the November 7 election. More than 20 Mexican Americans in the Texas Legislature back Democrat John Hill and Bob Krueger, with a six day tour across 10 cities. The Texas Legislative Black Caucus launches a Campaign Stamp to support Hill in ten cities. State reps backing Democrat Mark White ask Republican Jim Baker to withdraw a radio ad alleging party interference. White plans to visit 47 cities in the final week. Senator Tower criticizes HUD Secretary Harris visit as a political push against his opponent. Krueger notes 76 Texas city mayors endorse his race.
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Associated Press
Texas
John Hill
Senate
Bob Krueger
Texas Legislative Black Caucus
Austin
Hill
Mark White
Jim Baker
Houston
Hugo Berlanga
Arnold Gonzales
Corpus Christi
Irma Rangel
Kingsville
White
Baker
Sherman
John Tower
Waco
Secre
Harris
Krueger
Pasadena
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Kentucky
Interstate 20 Gulf Service Station
Michele A. Kramer
Vincetown
N.J
Randall D. Skeels
Evansville
Ind
Thomas H. Hoazem
Chatham, la
William J. Oxier
Fillansbee
W.va
Fred George Bailey
Sheppardsville, Ky
United Way
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah
Pecos United Way
Austin Elementary School
Joe Shoemaker
Ricky Barrientos
Brad Gholson
Melissa Vasquez
Selina Lara
Ruby Arce
Sandie Mills
GOP
Parade
Juana Jaquez
Barbara Hernandez
Richard C. White
Robert Hinojos
Tary
Patricia Harris
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