Chrysler seeks wage and benefit freeze in UAW talks
Chrysler Corp the financially troubled automaker reported its largest second quarter loss and asked the United Auto Workers for a two year wage and benefit freeze in a one hour forty minute bargaining session led by Chrysler President Lee A Iacocca with UAW President Douglas Fraser there was no immediate reply from the union Chrysler has lost 466 million in 18 months and seeks 1 billion in government aid. In other notes Carter backs alternate fuels as Army researchers test peanut hulls as potential boiler fuel in labs at the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory. In Burlington Connecticut residents search for a missing 12 year old bicyclist Katherine Ebersold whose partly burned body was found near her home. Thunderstorms move across Texas with flash flooding and water seeping into homes near Fort Worth.
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Chrysler Corp
United Auto Workers Union
Chrysler
Lee A. Iacocca
UAW
Douglas Fraser
American Motors Corp
Champaign, Ill
Carter
Army
Construction Engineering Research Laboratory
Burlington, Conn
Katherine Ebersold
Money shortage letter to Dallas gas dealer and HEW rules cited
The Vernon Daily Record notes a Dallas gas dealer was approached with a home pickup payment plan due to a money shortage. The letter suggests odd dates and partial payments, with color signals for payment status, while a Hardin County hospital readies a management discussion but HEW cautions on reorganizing before Oct 1 1984.
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Orlin Brewer
Vernon Daily Record
Dallas
Sam
Hardin County
Health, Education and Welfare Dept
HEW
The
Hardin County News
No Gas Rationing Plan Until After Labor Day
Washington report on stalled standby gasoline rationing efforts as House and Senate conferees seek a compromise policy for Carter. The White House rejects the House version as written, calling it ludicrous, while senators warn enactment by early September remains uncertain.
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Washington
House
Senate
Carter
Sen
Bennett Johnston
D-La
White House
Robert C. Byrd
Vaccination Day Slated For Pets In Snyder Texas
Snyder Jaycees and the City of Snyder announce a special pet vaccination day at the county livestock and agriculture building on the Scurry County Coliseum grounds from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Veterinarians will vaccinate dogs and cats and issue tags for a cinco dollar fee per pet.
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Snyder Jaycees
Snyder
County Livestock-Agriculture
Scurry County Coliseum
Oil Slick Expected To Reach U S Sunday
NOAA official John Robinson said the Mexican spill could reach U S waters Sunday with first traces hitting the South Texas coast by Tuesday He warned the long battle to contain the slick will be costly and ongoing in the region Meanwhile health officials urged rabies vaccinations as cases surge statewide and Jaycees and city leaders seek strong turnout for a Saturday vaccination drive to protect pets and residents.
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Corpus Christi
U.S
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
John Robinson
South Texas
Robinson
Texas
Jaycees
Stall Space Sought for AJRA National Finals Horses
Snyder officials appeal for stall space for visiting AJRA National Finals contestants. Ticket sales continue for the Scurry County Coliseum event opening Tuesday night, with adult tickets $3 and children $2.50. Box seats $3.50 available only at the chamber office.
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Snyder
American Junior Rodeo Association
Chamber of Commerce
AIRA
Scurry County Coliseum
Chamber
Weather notes for Snyder and West Texas
Reading at 7 am today shows 68 degrees with none precipitation. West Texas remains partly cloudy to clear through Saturday with widely scattered afternoon and nighttime storms mainly south. Temperatures rise to highs of 86 to 98, with lows of 62 to 72 and upper 50s in the mountains. Saturday highs range 92 to 102. 1979 year to date total precipitation is 14.09 inches.
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Snyder
West Texas
Upper 50S Mountains
Unemployment Rates Rise Slightly in July Report
The Labor Department reported July unemployment at 5.7 percent marking a full year with jobless rates under 6 percent. The Associated Press notes modest uptick in joblessness across the nation.
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Eileen Alt Powell
Associated Press
Washington
Labor Department
Energy panel urges uranium tax and addresses waste storage
An energy advisory committee in Austin urged the Legislature to levy a uranium production tax, estimating at least 200 million dollars in the 1980s. It also discussed nuclear waste storage, noting eight salt domes in Texas for potential underground storage, including Keechi Palestine and Oakwood in East Texas, with Permian Basin sites under study. Unemployment data showed minor June changes but warned of a recession, predicting up to eight million jobless by mid-1980 and noting varied impacts by gender.
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Austin
Advisory Committee
Texas Energy Advisory Council
Columbus
Ohio
Gulf Coast
Keechi
Palestine
Oakwood
Texas
Permian
Amarillo
White House
Ask Us Ask Us Q Do 18 wheel trucks unload on West 25th St
There is no permit to block traffic but firms may load and unload merchan dise as part of business. If they create a hazardous condition, it is at their own risk.
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West 25Th St
Welcoming Planned for AFS Student in Snyder High
The local American Field Service chapter schedules a 10 a.m. welcome at city hall for Silvia Donadei of Berne Switzerland, Snyder High School exchange student 1979 80. She will reside with the Jerry Hendon family for 102 months and attend the ceremony attended by AFS officials and local leaders.
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The
American Field Service
Silvia Donadei
Berne
Switzerland
Snyder High School
Miss Donadei
Jerry Hendon
City Hall
AFS
Chamber of Commerce
Snyder High School Student Council
Earhart Buried Silver Box On Marshall Island Claim
AP report says a woman believed to be Amelia Earhart buried a silver container after a 1937 crash on a Pacific atoll. Vincent Loomis, an Orlando investigator, cites natives who saw Earhart and Noonan bury the box before capture by Japanese forces. Loomis seeks location on another Marshall Island trip and hopes to recover the downed plane.
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Amelia Earhart
Pacific Atoll
Marshall Islands
Amelia
Fred Noonan
Vincent Loomis
Orlando
Fla
Loomis
Miss Earhart
New Guinea
Howland Island
Marshalls
Marshall Atoll
Air Force
Atoll
Earhart
Billman
Majuro
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Big Spring Herald
Wacil McNair
Hermleigh
Scurry County
Jody Powell
Slick
Snyder Daily News
Energy Panel
Jack Bregger
Division of Employment and Unemployment Analysis
Bregger
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