Cleanup program to hire workers after Frederic disaster
Mississippi and Alabama mobilize to clean up storm wreckage from Hurricane Frederic. In Pascagoula over 1,000 queued for emergency food stamps as welfare officials limit daily applications. Louisana’s jambalaya king served survivors while residents recall lost homes and stock, and Gov Finch unveils a $2 million job program.
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Charlotte Porter
Associated Press
Mississippi
Alabama
Louisiana
Pascagoula
Miss
Jackson County Fairgrounds
Hollingers Island
Ala
Freddie
Hattie Pendarvis
Walter
Gulf Coast
Florida
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Salvation Army
Arthur Lessard
King
Mobile
Cliff Finch
Davis FBI agent testifies on Davis driving pattern in Fort Worth
FBI agent Larry Tongate testified Cul len Davis drove erratically to cover his trail en route to a meeting with informant David McCrory on Aug 20 1978. He said the blue and white luxury car left the Mid Continent building and suspected surveillance consciousness as the trial nears its mid sixth week.
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Fort Worth, Texas
FBI
Cullen Davis
Larry Tongate
Davis
David McCrory
McCrory
Eidson
Tower predicts Kennedy will be Democratic nominee in 1980
Senator Tower told the State Republican Executive Committee in Dallas that Democratic colleagues see Jim Carter as an embarrassment and that Edward Kennedy is eminently beatable. He warned a bloody in party contest could hurt Republicans while predicting a GOP victory in 1980. The session approved a 5000 signature petition plan for May ballots and Houston as June state convention site.
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Dallas
John Tower
Washington
Jimmy Carter
Edward Kennedy
Tower
Republican Executive Committee
Kennedy
George Bush
Ronald Reagan
John Connally
SREC
Houston
Betty Andujar
Fort Worth
Republican National Committee
Hutchison
U.S
Jim Collins
Ted Kennedy
Andrew Young
Collins
David Cardner
Orange
Cardner
Mrs Ramsey Named Advertising Director for Pecos Enterprise
Publisher Ken Dulaney of the Pecos Enterprise announces Sue Ramsey’s appointment as advertising director for the daily and Sunday paper. Effective Sept. 10, she is a Kimble County native active in civic projects and local organizations. The Ramseys attend First Baptist Church and engage in youth activities.
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Ken Dulaney
Pecos Enterprise Today
Sue Ramsey
Daily and
Sunday Enterprise
Mrs. Ramsey
Dulaney
Ramsey
Kimble County
Texas
H.L. Ramsey
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah
Inde
Merle Norman Cosmetics
Ramseys
First Baptist Church
Tens of thousands strike as U S schools feel impact
More than 30,000 teachers in 10 states walked picket lines while San Francisco teachers held marathon talks with about 3,600 staff. In Paterson New Castle Ringgold and Union City districts tentative deals and walkouts reshaped schooling for hundreds of thousands as strikes entered a second week.
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Associated Press
Paterson
N.J
San Francisco
Dianne Feinstein
Pennsylvania
New Castle
State Education Association
Ringgold
Union City
Illinois
East Maine
McHenry County
Springfield
Dallas apartment fire in north city leaves $3 million damage
Dallas fire officials probe a Sunday blaze of suspicious origin that destroyed 64 occupied units and 24 more in another construction complex. No injuries or pets reported. Damage now estimated at $3 million, officials noting wood shingles aided rapid spread and wind could have worsened the fire.
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Dallas
Tom Oney
Dallas Fire Department
Travis Zuber
Public invited meeting on Reeves County appraisal district
Public invited meeting set tonight for Reeves County taxing units to discuss Senate Bill 621 and new Property Tax Code. Reeves County Commissioners Court and Pecos City Council back a nine man agency with equal and single seat allocations for towns and districts.
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Reeves County
Reeves County Appraisal District
Reeves County Commissioners Court
Town of Pecos
Dallas probe targets Connally era bank charter
The Senate Banking Committee reviews the Love Field National Bank of Dallas charter granted in 1972 while John Connally was treasury secretary. Investigators examine possible influence by Connally or associates, with officials noting it as part of a broader charter inquiry and citing unusual decision patterns. Weather and local notes follow.
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Dallas
Senate Banking
John Connally
The
Dallas Morning News
Connally
Love Field National Bank of Dallas
Treasury
the Treasury
Kenneth Mclean
Senate Banking Committee
Myers
Secretary of the Treasury
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Jackson County
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Oney
Pecos City
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent School District
City of
Balmorhea
Toyah
Balmorhea Independent School District
Senate Banking Group
Charter
Bill Camp
Mike Myers
William Camp
Comptroller
Treasury Department
Joe Mills
P.O. Box
Pecos Enterprise
Mr. Treat Donut
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