Carter selects Blumenthal and Adams to reshuffle cabinet
President-elect Carter names W Michael Blumenthal as Treasury secretary and Rep Brock Adams as transportation secretary. Adams says the picks aim for competence and signal support to business and Congress while Blumenthal pledges to serve broadly and notes his background in trade and industry. Adams travels a cautious line on auto air bag policy.
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Atlanta
Jimmy Carter
Congress
Commerce
Carter
W. Michael Blumenthal
Treasury
Brock Adams
D-Wash
Transportation
New House Budget Committee
Blumenthal
Thomas B. Lance
America
Germany
China
United States
Bendix Corp
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Michigan
Adams
Secretary of Transportation
William Coleman
Council OKs Sewer Rate Resolution in Point Comfort
Point Comfort City Council unanimously approves a water and sewer rate resolution setting minimum monthly fees, deposits raised to 30, and charges for shutoffs taps and meter size. Mayor Rambikar says new rates appear on January bills. Attorney to redraw animal control ordinance for next meeting. Special session set for CL& P rate increase talk.
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Point Comfort City
David Roberts
A. A. Rambikar
Theola Holder
Point Comfort City Hall
Central Power and Light Co
Britain Cuts Spending and Raises Taxes to Stabilize Economy
In London, Labour Chancellor Denis Healey announced 4.2 billion dollars in public spending cuts over two years and tax hikes on tobacco and alcohol to qualify for a 3.9 billion IMF loan. The measures target welfare, housing, health, and transport, drawing opposition from leftists and unions amid 1.2 million unemployed and a weak pound. Healey aims to save up to 3.2 billion dollars next year while Prime Minister Callaghan warned the plan may not please Britons.
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London
Britain
International Monetary Fund
IMF
James Callaghan
Healey
Marijuana Sentences Confirmed in Port Lavaca Case
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed maximum 10 year terms and $5,000 fines for Sigifredo Gonzales and Floyd Phillips. Indicted with Cenovio Trevino and Rubin Becerra after February arrests. Trevino found guilty in April, free on bond pending appeal. About 260 pounds of marijuana seized from two culverts near Calhoun County Airport.
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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
24Th District Court
Port Lavaca
Sigifredo Gonzales
Pearland
Floyd Phillips
Houston
Cenovio G. Trevino
Rubin Becerra
Mission
Calhoun County
Trevino
Gonzales
Phillips
School Cost Data Due Board's Eye
The school district will present cost estimates for proposed campus and facility projects planned by Warren Young and Associates. Items include a 37000 square foot vocational building, a 27000 square foot physical education building, Wilkins school renovations, air conditioning for junior high and elementary schools, and a new Port O'Connor music room. The board will also review convention details, TEA principles, a Q&A session, an executive session and personnel items.
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Warren Young and Associates
Victoria
Wilkins
Port O'Connor
National School Boards Association
Houston
Texas Education Agency
TEA
Driver license office hours updated at Court House annex
The driver's license office will be open from 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. DPS clerk Dianne Anderson announced the change.
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Court House Annex
Department of Public Safety
Dianne Anderson
City Council Set to Study Rate Hike and Funds
A special City Council meeting is scheduled for Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the City Hall Annex to discuss Central Power and Light Co rate increase before the Public Utilities Commission. Councilmen will report on a Linton meeting and set a date for a public hearing on community development fund projects.
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Central Power and Light Co
Public Utilities Commission
City Hall
Linton
OPEC Ministers Open Price-Fixing Talks in Doha
OPEC began a price fixing meeting in Doha with Saudi Arabia appearing cautious about a possible price rise. Saudi oil minister Yamani favored postponing any increase for six months amid a shaky economy while noting Saudi light crude as the benchmark. Indonesia chaired the session, stressing the impact on global health and recovery.
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Doha
Qatar
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Saudi Arabia
Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Persian Gulf
Yamani
Bomb Blast Kills Three at Baghdad Airport
BEIRUT, Lebanon AP Iraq accuses Syrian secret service of planting a bomb at Baghdad airport customs. Three killed and many injured, including 10 hospitalized, with London reports stating up to 400 injured. A dissident group calling itself Black June claimed the attacks.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Iraq
Secret Service Today
Baghdad
Syria
Arab Baath Socialist Party
London
Black June
Yasir Arafat
al Fatah
School and Business Burglaries Probed
Port Lavaca police investigate break ins at Jackson Elementary School and three local businesses. Entry at Jackson Elementary caused damage but itemized loss unavailable. Land's Drive-Inn steal included two speakers five beer cases and a blender. The Texas Bar on 133 E Main also reported thefts. A toolbox valued at 75 dollars was taken from Refugio Aleman Jr. on Leon Drive.
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Port Lavaca
Jackson
Joe Pena
Point Comfort Firemen Benefit Canceled
The Point Comfort Volunteer Fire Department canceled a chili supper planned for Tuesday evening after the chili spoiled. Fire Chief Roy Pilgrim apologized and asked ticket holders to keep their tickets for a future fireman activity. Proceeds were to fund a new emergency vehicle to replace the 1966 van.
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Point Comfort
Roy Pilgrim
Pilgrim
Citizens League Dance Scheduled
The United Citizens League plans its annual Christmas benefit dance at the Continental Ballroom from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday with The Crystals performing. Admission is 3 dollars in advance and 3.50 at the door. tickets available at local shops and from UCL members. Co chairs are Alfred Ramirez Eusebio Rubio and Gilbert Sanchez. The group funds scholarships and supports area charities including Calhoun County Day Care Center Knights of Columbus charity drive and Boy Scouts. Public invited.
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United Citizens League
UCL
Continental Ballroom
Crystals
Eric
Calhoun County
Knights of
Hill Hill Proposal Sparks Texas Attorney General Race Talk
Secretary of State Mark White says he may run for attorney general in 1978 and criticizes Atty. Gen. John Hill’s plan for statewide grand juries that could cross county lines. White, allied with Gov. Dolph Briscoe, questions concentrated power and supports the state DPS over a secret police concept. He noted no Briscoe involvement in CID funding decisions.
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Austin
Tex
Mark White
Offce
John Hill
Hill
White
Dolph Briscoe
Tors
U. S
Grand J Hill
Briscoe
CID
Department of Public Safety
Radiation danger discounted in Texas finds along highways
A Texas health official said small quantities of radioactive cesium found along Texas 35 south of Pearland likely came from a business that once operated there. Small amounts were also found in a bar ditch inside Friendswood and at an abandoned disposal site used by Pearland and Manuel. The administrator noted the amounts are too small to cause illness.
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Austin, Tex
Texas 35
Pearland
Friendswood
Manuel
David Lacker
Radiation Control
Texas Department of Health Resources
Weather outlook with winds and tides details
Partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Thursday with highs in the upper fifties to low sixties and lows in the mid forties. Northwesterly winds 5 to 15 mph, seas under three feet, winds 5 to 15 knots, rising to 10 to 15 knots Thursday afternoon. Tides show highs at 10 42 p m Wednesday and 1 37 p m Thursday, lows at 5 09 p m Wednesday and 6 04 a m Thursday. Sunset 5733, sunrise 7 14, barometer 30.03.
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Associated Press
Secrrtary of State
Cyrus Vance
Q. Wall Street
House Commerce Committee
W.M. Blumenthal
Council OK
Mary Westphal
Chicago
Timothy John
O'Hare International
Denis Healey
House of Commons
Callaghan
Mohammed Sadri
Citizens League
Hill Hill
Governor
Criminal Justice Division
Rio Grande
Organized Crime
Starr County
Tim James
Organized Crime Division
Ken Clapp
James
Attorney al
State Board of Control
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