Detroit Classes Resume as Nationwide Teacher Walkouts Ease
The nation’s largest strike ends with Detroit reopening for 189000 pupils. Walkouts continue in 10 states affecting about 292000 students, with Spokane’s dispute nearing settlement and Chicago area plans to ratify a three year contract. Illinois and Michigan districts also return to classes amid ongoing labor actions.
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Barry Hanson
Associated Press
Detroit
New Orleans
San Francisco
Michigan
Illinois
Spokane
Wash
Leona Cater
Spokane Education Association
Detroit Federation of Teachers
Mary Ellen Riordan
Olympia Stadium
Jefferson Parish
Louisiana
Edwin Edwards
Champaign
Charleston
Ill
Allegan County
Oxford
Alabama
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Carter says he meant no reference to Chappaquiddick
President Carter writes in his own hand that his remark about handling a crisis without panic did not reference Chappaquiddick. Edward Kennedy accepts the gesture but says the note is not an apology and vows to focus on issues in the 1980 campaign. The exchange follows Kennedy's dinner appearance after Carter’s note and a related town hall remark about leadership.
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Don McLeod
Washington
Carter
Edward M. Kennedy
Chappaquiddick
Kennedy
Jody Powell
New York City
White House
Mass
Mary Jo Kopechne
United Democratic Party
Judge clamps down on Cullen Davis attorney in trial
In Fort Worth Texas Judge Gordon Gray restricted Richard Racehorse Haynes from linking the murder solicitation trial to Cullen Davis divorce proceedings. Haynes faced contempt threats as he pressed Priscilla Davis testimony and argued a conspiracy. Prosecutor Jack Stickland noted the judge will require relevance before speculation.
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Cullen Davis
Fort Worth
Gray
Mark Hill
Davis
Haynes
Jack Stickland
Priscilla
Pecos millionaire and El Paso man jailed eight years
John R. Dorr of Pecos and John Grant Passmore of El Paso were sentenced to eight years in prison for a federal drug smuggling scheme involving hundreds of pounds of Mexican marijuana. Each man was fined 25,000 dollars and ordered to pay 22,000 dollars in prosecution costs. Testimony showed Dorr financed the operation and Passmore assisted in arranging imports from Mexico. One shipment burned in a Mexican lake bed after the airplane got stuck. another led to the arrest of key witness Terry Wayne Fagan. Defense lawyers plan appeals.
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San Antonio, Texas
West Texas
John R. Dorr
John Grant Passmore
el Paso
United
U.S
D.W. Suttle
Dorr
Passmore
Mexico
Terry Wayne Fagan
New Mexico
Fagan
Midland
Weather Outlook for Pecos and West Texas
Warm afternoons with fair skies expected through Friday in Pecos and vicinity. Wednesday’s high reached 97 degrees with a 54 degree low this morning. West Texas remains warm through Friday with highs near 90 to mid 90s in the north to extreme south, cooler 80s in the mountains. Lows range from the mid 40s in the mountains to around 60 near the Rio Grande. Friday highs expected upper 80s to low 90s.
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Pecos
West Texas
Rio Grande
OPEC ministers weigh dollar impact on oil revenues
In Vienna OPEC finance ministers say a sagging dollar cuts oil revenue but deny plans to switch pricing currency. Spokesman Hamid Zaheri says talks will cover dollar value, aid fund replenishment, and closer member cooperation. no dollar conference or immediate price hikes expected.
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Vienna
Austria
OPEC
Hamid Zaheri
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Zaheri
GSA Chief Admits Longstanding Management Failures
General Services Administration head Rowland G Freeman III acknowledged chronic mismanagement and weak planning that bred corruption within the agency. He told a Senate subcommittee he spent three months formulating fixes and ordered preapproval review by the general counsel for contracts above ten thousand dollars to prevent future abuses.
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Washington
General Services Administration
Rowland G. Freeman III
Federal Supply and Housekeeping Agency
Freeman
Senate Judiciary
GSA
Pecos City Council Hedges Demolition of Earl Bell School
Mayor W R Bob Bickley announced the city would withhold demolition of the Earl Bell School property until after a meeting with Pecos-Barstow Toyah Independent School District representatives. West Texas Economic Development Agency urged a three month delay to pursue funding, citing possible community use for the buildings and a deed transfer to a government entity.
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W.R
Bob”’ Bickley
Pecos
West Texas Economic Development Agency
Earl Bell
Pecos-Barstow-Toyah
Manuel Orona
WTEDC
Economic Development Agency
Austin
Orona
Reeves County
Bickley
Ray Whitley
Jesus Muniz
Muniz
Saragosa Park
Royce Cassell
Reeves County Hospital
Reeves County Commissioners Court
Won Bang
Terry Burkholder
Gulf Oil Company
Texas
J.J. Maxey
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Pecos Inn
Lindsay Manufacturing Company
Ben Polzkill
Lindsay
Shawn
Ted Brewster
Brewster Irrigation
van Horn
Zimmatic
Jack Bloomer
San Antonio
Columbus
Neb
Don Lampe
Robert Hinojos
Ting
Rais
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