Carter pledges nationwide report on Soviet Cuba troops
President Carter said he would address the nation within a week about efforts to pressure the Soviet Union to remove its 2,500 troops and 40 tanks in Cuba. He warned that failure to change the status quo could prompt action, while noting intelligence indicating a combat unit but no weapons threatening the United States.
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Washington
Carter
Soviet Union
Cuba
Moscow
New York City
Andrei Gromyko
United States
Gromyko
U.N. General Assembly
Capitol Hill
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
U.S
Jackson
Frank Church
Idaho
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Church
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
Lam
Senate
Howard H. Baker Jr
Tennessee
Baker
GOP
John F. Kennedy
John Warner
R-Va
Cyrus R. Vance
New York
Vance
Anatoly Dobrynin
State Department
Hodding Carter
Windfall tax battle grows as new oil exemptions loom
Senate Finance Committee moves to carve exemptions from the House windfall profits tax on oil. Ambitious changes would let newly discovered oil escape the levy, cutting projected revenue from 104 billion to around 22 billion, with further amendments potentially erasing the rest. Experts warn exemptions could increase production while senators debate the policy during a busy week.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Carter
House
Treasury
Donal C. Lubick
of the Treasury
Richard Smith
Energy Department
Bob Dole
R-yan
Finance Committee
Lloyd Bentsen
D-Texas
Clements Harassed by Demonstrators as He Lays Plans
Governor Bill Clements, taunted by 23 demonstrators outside a LULAC reception, called for a stronger good neighbor policy with Mexico. He condemned critics of Texans and the Alamo, and discussed talks with Arizona Governor Babbitt, a potential lawsuit by Texas AG White, and plans for a special session on a wiretapping bill and referendum questions.
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Bill Greek
Associated Press
EL Paso
Texas
Bill Clements
Mexico
Clements
League of United Latin American Citizens
Chicano Coalition For Economic Justice
Campaign For the
Barrios
LULAC
Chicano Interests Coalition
Carmen Felix
Southwest Border Commission
Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Arizona
Bruce Babbitt
Alamo
Los Angeles
Gov. Babbitt
Babbitt
U.S
Congress prepares quick action on 5.5 percent pay raise
Senate Appropriations Committee plans a markup today as the House passes a 5.5 percent pay raise for Congress and top-level bureaucrats binding into a spending measure. The package funds government operations after Oct 1 with a water project amendment aiding the measure, while Carter's stance shifts with the bill's signing.
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Jay Perkins
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Tellico Dam
Carter
White House
Tom Bevill
D-Ala
Bevill
Wes Watkins
Dokla
Treatments continue for former first lady Mamie Eisenhower
Mamie Eisenhower, 82, bedridden at home, is receiving treatment for a right side stroke at Walter Reed Army Medical Center after being transported from Gettysburg. A medical bulletin says the stroke affected right-side functions. permanence of effects unknown. Her condition remains stable. son John Eisenhower visited the hospital.
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Washington
Mamie Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Fire Department
Gettysburg
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Eisenhower
Railroads to move next week under ICC order
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered resumption of Rock Island service and Kansas City Terminal Co to run the 13 state network for 60 days. Mondale said grain shipments would start moving early next week as unions, after Carter’s back-to-work directive, indicated they would return to work under the ICC plan.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rock Island
Walter F. Mondale
ICC
Kansas City Terminal Co
Mondale
White House
Daniel O’neal
Carter
Weather forecast for Pecos and vicinity
Weather outlook stays fair with warm afternoons through Thursday. Tuesday’s high reached 94 degrees and morning low was 50. West Texas will have highs in the 90s, mountains in the 80s, and lows from the upper 50s west to middle 60s east and north.
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Pecos
West Texas
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