Postal unions caucus in resumed talks to avert strike
United scale talks resume between Postal Service and three unions representing over 500000 workers. Meeting with mediator James Healy follows separate sessions as Sept 16 deadline nears and a judge extends restraining order to Sept 18. Arbitration could decide remaining issues if no deal by then.
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Owen Ullmann
Washington (Ap
Postal Service
James Healy
Emmet Andrews
American Postal Workers Union
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Andrews
Table. Healy
Harvard
U.S
John Pratt
Jurado acquitted in Pecos shooting trial
The eight women and four men jury in Pecos acquitted Juan Jurado of Odessa in the death of Blas Lopez, ruled self-defense. Judge Lawrence Fuller released Jurado after bond and the verdict came around 5:25 p.m. on Sept 1 with jurors asking clarifying questions about scene activity prior to Lopez’s death.
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Jurado
Pecos
Juan Jurado
Odessa
Blas Lopez
Lawrence Fuller
Lopez
Texas reports 45 highway deaths over Labor Day weekend
Department of Public Safety spokesman says drinking and excessive speed fueled the fatalities, two more than the forecast. Victims include Gerrit and Cornelia Hubbling, both 51, from Long Beach, killed when their tractor trailer overturned in Terrell County, plus James Willard Dillard, 28, of Grapeland, in Houston County, Javier Macias, 4, of El Paso, struck in El Paso, and Rodolfo Gamboa, 18, of Irving, whose pickup hit a disabled car on I 30 service road.
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Austin
Texas
Department of Public Safety
DPS
Richard Grimmett
Gerrit and
Cornelia Gertrude Hubbling
Long Beach
Calif
Terrel County
James Willard Dillard
Grapeland
Houston County
Javier Macias
el Paso
Rodolfo Gamboa
Irving
Atheist Leader Ousted Over Oath at Court
Madalyn Murray O Hair, atheist leader, was asked to leave a state district courtroom after objecting to a juror oath that includes So help me God. A confrontation arose as she refused the religious phrase.
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Austin
Texas
Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Mrs. O’hair
Mrs. O'Hair
O’hair
Cofer
Study claims Pentagon wastes millions yearly
A Brookings Institution study led by Martin Binkin alleges the Pentagon overpays civilian and white collar workers, with about 377,000 military positions could be civilian staffed to save money. It warns continued overstaffing risks defense pace and asks reform without raising costs. The report notes current pay formulas push many blue collar wages above private industry levels.
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Washington
Pentagon
Brookings Institution
America
Soviet Union
Martin Binkin
Brookings
Tisan Research Organization
Carter Administration
Defense Department
Winds lash Dallas as 100 mph storm causes heavy damage
A fast moving thunderstorm with gusts up to 100 mph struck Dallas at about 5 p.m., causing extensive damage in the West Dallas and Love Field areas estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Southeast Texas saw scattered funnel clouds and heavy rains, with no major injuries reported. Fires and roof damage affected plants including Sewell Plastics and Morton Foods, while a UT Health Science Center building suffered window damage.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Slaton
Cleburne
Fort Worth
Waco
Beaumont
West
Love Field
National Weather Service
Sewell Plastics
Morton Foods
Lupe Gonzales
University of Texas Health Science Center
Dallas Medical Center
Migrants Press Ohio Probe Into La Raza Unida
About 140 Farm Labor Organizing Committee members marched toward Columbus from Carey Belmore and Leipsic in Putnam and Henry counties seeking a congressional inquiry into federal money supporting migrants. La Raza Unida denies direct funding of the strike, saying dollars flowed under Labor Department guidelines. Baldemar Velasquez led the trek as the movement enters a second phase.
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Carey
Ohio
Columbus
Farm Labor Organizing Committee
la Raza Unida of
Leipsic
la Raza
Paul Cunningham
Putnam
Henry
Ramiro Estrada
la Raza Unida
U.S. Department of Labor
Baldemar Velasquez
Texas wealth figures may cut urban school aid in 79 80
Texas private wealth including real estate and intangibles totals 464.4 billion per the School Tax Assessment Practices Board. Intangibles account for 154 billion with Harris County alone at 39.8 billion. The board urges tax relief amendments to ease district burdens and expects many districts to appeal property figures.
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Austin
Texas
School Tax Assessment Practices Board
Governor’s Office of Education Resources
GOER
Walt Parker
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Postal Unions Caucus
Joe Wright
Wink
Balmorhea
Wright
Robert Hinojos
National Safety Council
West Texas
Hume Cofer
Frijole
Tammy Climer
Art Climer
Elodia Martinez
Tomas Martinez
Connie Granado
Tom Granado
Belmore
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