Wright Faces Ethical Questions Over Campaign Debts
U S Representative Jim Wright, newly named House majority leader, says he accepted contributions from special interests to help pay about 70,000 in campaign debts after failing to clear them through personal investments. He reports net worth of 68,000 and notes large campaign expenditures amid stiff opposition.
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Dallas
U.S
Jim Wright
D-Tex
Dallas Times Herald
Fort Worth
Democrat
Wright
Public Works Committee
Times Herald
Virginia
Guerrillas massacre 25 workers at Rhodesian tea estate
Mozambican based guerrillas killed about 25 black laborers with machine gun fire at a tea plantation near Melsetter in the eastern Rhodesian highlands. Reports say families were rounded up and some women and children released, with no official details yet issued.
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
Melsetter
South Africa
The
Johannesburg Star
Mozambique
Southwestern Bell requests rehearing after rate cut in Texas
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co filed new statewide rates with the Public Utility Commission that would reduce residential and business charges by 64 million dollars. The company also said it would seek a rehearing on a prior order granting a 57.8 million dollar statewide rate increase.
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Austin, Tex
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Public Utility Commission
Southwestern Bell
Doyle E. Rogers
Austin
Texas
Rogers
Stock market slips as Dow falls amid pressure
New York stocks eased with the Dow down 2.33 to 976.73 at midday after a morning of weakness. Declining issues outnumbered advancers 7 to 4 on the New York Stock Exchange as traders weighed the industrial average near a 2 percent high and bank prime rate cuts offered mixed signals.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Brezhnev Honored On 70th Birthday In Kremlin Ceremony
Soviet leader Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev received two medals and a sword at a Kremlin ceremony attended by leaders from across the Soviet bloc. A luncheon followed with speakers praising his devotion to the people, firm principles, and progressive outlook, led by Mikhail Suslov.
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Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Kremlin
Brezhnev
Leonid Ilyich
Mikhail Suslov
Communist Party
Arab leaders push peace talks with Israel in Cairo drive
President Sadat and Syrian leader Assad press a new Arab push for negotiations with Israel. Mubarak says talks will yield a bombshell while Fahmy notes quiet steps affecting the two countries and the wider Arab world. The plan seeks to pressure Palestinians to join a Geneva conference and urges U S pressure on Israel. The PLO rejects Geneva and the 242 framework, insisting on a Palestinian state and refusing to negotiate.
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Elias Antar
Associated Press
Cairo
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Fahmy
Sadat
Assad
Geneva
Israel
United States
Khaddoumi
PLO
United Nations Security Council
Outdoor Christmas Program Set At 7
An outdoor Christmas program is planned for 7 o clock tonight on the east side of the Snyder courthouse square featuring music groups and ministers from several city churches. The event is part of a community observance with leaders from local churches and civic groups participating.
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Courthouse Square
Snyder
Scurry County Junior College
Front Brings High Winds Across Texas Coast
The National Weather Service issued high wind advisories for the Texas coast as a cold front moved eastward. Gusty northerly winds were expected to diminish and move out of the state by early afternoon.
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Associated Press
National Weather Service
Texas
Carter names Kreps in first Cabinet post and Bell as attorney general
President elect Carter announces educator Juanita Kreps as secretary of commerce and Griffin Bell Atlanta lawyer as attorney general. He aims to recruit more women and minority group members for sub Cabinet roles and promises at least one black in the top team.
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Frank Cormier
Associaed
Plains, Ga
Carter
Juanita Kreps
Commerce
Atlanta
Minnesota
Dr. Kreps
Duke University
Griffin Bell
Federal Appeals Court
Bell
Robert Bergland
Walter F. Mondale
Rep
Andrew Young
United Nations
Kenneth Gibson
Newark
N.J
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Scurry County approves privately owned hangars at Winston Field
The court voted to draft specifications and leases for individuals to erect hangars, with four spaces to start and more if needed. Some commissioners urged county ownership to aid orderly development, while others backed private construction to meet urgent airport needs. Community and airport board members attended as Goodfellows distributed food and toys to about 131 local families.
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Scurry County
Eldon Perry
Charlie Yoast
Yoast
John Thomas
Jackie Womack
Winston Field
County Airport Board
Peanent
The
Air
Sneed
Goodfellows
Goodfellow
Art Feinsoh
Feinsoh
Resignation of Rabin Expected Ahead of Elections
Yitzhak Rabin appeared ready to resign later today or Tuesday to trigger spring elections after purging the National Religious party from his coalition. The move would end his Knesset majority and raise the chance of a confidence vote. Rabin aims to act before the vote to keep political initiative, though a May election seems unlikely as he desires a meeting with President-elect Carter.
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Yitzhak Rabin
Rabin
Labor Party
Carter
Only Three Prizes Remain Unclaimed in Snyder Santa Spectacular
The Snyder Santa Spectacular ends with 10 of 13 numbers claimed by mid morning as prizes totaling 3800 in merchandise certificates are awarded. Remaining green tickets 017985 030897 and 009410 are worth 100 and 50 each. winners must claim by 3 p.m. Thursday at the Chamber of Commerce office.
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Chamber of Commerce
the Chamber
Roy Townsend
Estelle Lee
Bonnie Bailes
Wallie Stokes
Benard Gleastine
Gerry Vernon
Linda Sturdivant
W. R. Sterling
Pat James
Juanita Farquhar
Eecitieahen
Snyder
Weather Summary for Snyder Texas Readings Ahead
The forecast covers West Texas with highs 65 Saturday and 66 Sunday, lows from 27 to 38, and a 7 am reading of 41 Sunday and 27 today. Generally fair tonight, colder south, with a warming trend Tuesday and highs mainly in the 50s.
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Snyder
West
Texas
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