Echeverria delivers last state of the union amid peso float
Mexican President Luis Echeverria used a six hour speech to explain the decision to float the peso as his six year administration ends. Banks and markets were closed before the move. The move aims to fix a swelling balance of payments deficit and is seen as a shift for Mexico’s economy.
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Mexico City
Luis Echeverria
Congress
Echeverria
Jose Lopez Portillo
Mexico
Latin America
Tabasco
Chiapas
United States
Bank of Mexico
Nine inch rain closes highways in West Texas
A nine inch rain in Sonora prompted the Texas Department of Public Transportation to close Texas 163 between Comstock and Ozona and U S 277 nine miles south of Sonora. Flagmen were posted and bypass routes arranged amid ongoing road closures.
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Austin
West Texas
Sonora
Texas Department of Public Transportation and Highways
Department
Texas
Comstock
Ozona
U.S. 277
Faith and bold steps spark great endeavors
A reflective musing highlights Noah heeding divine warning and building the ark as a model of faith guiding all major ventures. August Schlegel echoes that in life every grand enterprise begins with the first forward step taken in faith.
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Noah
August Schlegel
Building permits top August totals in local city records
City records show August building permits totaling 92 267 dollars with Western Builders contracted works at 1734 Jackson and Rafael Bejarano at 324 North Walnut reporting a 500 dollar addition. The report notes an improving economic health for small builders with overall permits rising to 52 267 dollars.
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Kenneth Winkles
Jackson
Western Builders
Rafael Bejarano
Walnut
Don Justice
S. Park
Clarence B. Pearce
Palm
Morris
Falling farm prices drive down wholesale costs in August
Washington reports the steepest farm price drop in 18 months, pulling wholesale prices down 0.1 percent in August. Agricultural products fell 2.9 percent for the month, the fifth decline this year, with grains hogs cotton and oil seeds leading the drop while poultry cattle eggs and coffee rose. The change signals potential lower supermarket prices as farm-to-retail pass through may occur, aiding the Ford administration amid slower overall inflation.
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Washington
Labor Department
Protests in Austin on Textbooks Stir Debate
Gene Douglas discusses Libbers demanding equal women's imagery in journalism texts and a critic, Norma Gabler, who has spent a decade opposing school textbooks. He recalls junior high pranks about offensive words, arguing indoctrination harms critical thinking and leaves students unprepared for real-world reading.
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Gene Douglas
Austin
Thailand
Norma Gabler
Beckwith Named Pecos Warner Cable Manager
Glenn Beckwith joins Warner Cable as Pecos office manager at Seventh and Cedar Streets. He brings three years in cable TV management and 20 years in Air Force communications. He aims to survey the district, fix microwave issues, and improve customer response. Mrs Beckwith and three children plan to join by December.
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Glenn Beckwith
Warner Cable
Pecos
Seventh and Cedar Streets
Beckwith
Warner
Williamston
S.C
Air Force
Beckwish
Bell trucks documents to utility commission
The Texas Public Utilities Commission opened its first day of operation by reviewing Southwestern Bell's request for a statewide telephone rate hike totaling nearly 300 million dollars annually. The package includes the rate increase and directory assistance charges. If approved, the first year would add about 271.8 million dollars in revenue, with 26.5 million saved from payroll and 2.4 million from directory assistance charges. The process allows 150 days for a decision, then bond posting and potential refunds, followed by a 60 day window for final action. The first hearing is slated in about two months.
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Austin
State Public Utilities Commission
Southwestern Bell
Bell
PUC
al Erwin
Erwin
Huffman Named to District Construction Engineer Post
Marshall D. Huffman, long time Supervising Resident Engineer in Pecos, is transferred to Odessa and promoted to District Construction Engineer. Since 1970 in Pecos his duties expanded to highway maintenance oversight for Reeves County. He began with the State Highway Department in 1960, moving from Fort Stockton. He resides in Odessa with his wife Eula and their three children Collerson 16 Cory 15 and Chrisee 12.
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Marshall D. Huffman
Highway Department
Odessa
Pecos
Reeves County
Tion
Huffman
State Highway Department
Fort Stockton
Eula
Rex Shipp
Carver Resource Enter
Collerson
Cory
Chrisee
Executives Acquitted in Kepone Pollution Case
In Alexandria Virginia two Allied Chemical executives Frank L. Piguet aged 52 and Gerald P. Williams aged 36 were acquitted on conspiracy charges in a Kepone pollution cover up case. Judge Robert R. Merhige ruled he was not satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt after a bench trial.
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Alexandria
James River
U.S
Robert R. Merhige
Frank L. Piguet
Gerald P. Williams
Allied Chemical Corp
Wreck victim identified in Odessa hit and run
Police identify the Monday hit and run victim on S Cedar Street as Roy Wesley Moore, 41, of Odessa. An autopsy was performed to determine the cause of death, with results due in a few days. Police Chief Charles Smith said they are seeking a yellow car with right side damage.
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S. Cedar Street
Roy Wesley Moore
Odessa
Charles Smith
Smith
Coastal management hearings end in Texas plan review
Public hearings on the Texas Coastal Management Program concluded in Austin as the 10th session wrapped. The plan, described as middle of the road by Steve Frishman, aims to balance coastal economic development with environmental quality before the 1977 legislative session. Governor Briscoe named Armstrong to lead state coordination.
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Austin
Tex
Steve Frishman
Coastal Ben Conservation Association
Texas
Dolph Briscoe
Armstrong
September Rainfall Sparks Widespread Texas Floods and Cool Start
The Texas climate section reports heavy rains and floods across central and southern areas, with 9 inch downpours near Sonora and 6.8 inches near Ft. McKavett, plus 5.45 inches pushing Ennis to 8.15 inches in 36 hours. Cooler fronts bring 65 to 86 degree readings as scattered showers linger across the state and nearby regions.
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Texas
Devil’s River
San Saba
Ft. McKavett
Mendard County
Llano River
Junction
Ennis
Ellis County
Hill Country
Corsicana
Waco
Austin
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Juncton
Kerrville
Lampasas
del Rio
Wendesday
Cotulla
Palacios
Dalhart
Panhandle
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