Offshore oil sale opens Gulf coast tracts seen with risk
The Interior Department plans a late fall sale of 159 seabottom tracts totaling 886 548 acres off Mississippi Florida and Alabama. Studies warn of spills and environmental impact while proponents cite oil and gas potential and revenue. Opponents plan hearings in Tallahassee beginning August 21 as safety and regulatory questions loom.
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Bill Crider
Associated Press
NEW Orleans
Mississippi
Albania
Floriday
Department of the Interior
MAFSA
Edward Laroe
Naples
Florida Audubon Society
Tallahassee
Fla
Texas
Louisiana
Nixon
U.S. Geological Survey
Interior Department
Gulf
Richard A. Boykin
McIntosh
Ala
Boykin
Pascagoula
Miss
Mobile
Pensacola
Interior and Defense Departments
Mafla Frontier
Mississippi Sound
Pensacola Day
Tampa Bay System
Paducah Ties and Family News Highlight Local Arrivals
Montie Reynolds and family return to Fort Worth after visiting Paducah relatives. The piece chronicles local wiring business roots of Reynolds, their Paducah move in 1939, and his father and brother in the electrical trade. Also notes numerous family visits, quilting club events, and regional travel among Paducah residents and guests.
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ORA Lee Frazier Index
Montie
Howard H) Reynolds
Fort Worth
E. W. Thomas
Richards Memorial Hospital
Ella Mae
Homer) Fish
Reynolds
Paducah
Slaton
J. H. Reynolds
J. L. Heim
Heim
Lon Grisham
Thomas
David Paul Carr
Big Spring
Marlin Johnson
Danny
Ronald
Albuquerque
N.M
Ira Johnson
Clayton Ryan
Charles Burkett
LaMarque
W. T. Goodgame
C. R. Ellis
Fred Ellis
Auza
Calif
Kenneth Ellis
Tammie
Richard
Mike
Wichita Falls
Clayton Ryans
Randall Ryan
Heather
Quinlan
Phillip Coley
Laura
Clint
Hal Ryan
Ralph Hardin
Lubbock
Leslie Gillet
Ray Gillet
Tracy
Leslie
Tammie Mayberry
Plainview
W. P. Mayberry
Thomas L. Mayberry
Brenda
Becky
James
Mayberry
Walter Mayberry
LeAnn
Keith
Richard Ellis
Georgia Ellis
John McPherson
Friona
David Baird
Sidney Shaver
Jerry
Texas Tech
Bill Baird
Hubert Matney
Lake Kemp Cabin
Cecil Wotan
Danny Maidens
Graham
H. T. Frazier Jr
Allen
Bonavista
Ollie Frazier
Ora Lee
Childress
Jimmy Trammel
George Ralston
Dale James
Lilly Williams
Rhonda Cox
Cross Plains
Gerald Piper
Steve
Grace Stephens
Matador
Ronny Davidson
Davidson
Oil drilling in July shows growth amid tax change fears
Houston AP reports July average rotary rigs reached 1,159 the highest for July since 1969. IADC officials warn Schultz tax proposal curtailing intangible drilling costs and outside investments could hinder expansion, threatening supply amid energy shortages.
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Houston
International Association of Drilling Contractors
Treasury
George Schultz
Chester B. Benge Jr
Drilling Contractors’ Accounting and Taxation
Warren L. Baker
Association
Baker
Benge
Congress
Oil Drilling Funds Drive Investment in Exploration Programs
The article notes investments up to 400 million dollars in oil and gas drilling exploration in recent years. It states investors may deduct intangible drilling costs since 1913 and urges Congress to stimulate drilling to ease energy shortages. It also recounts the George Schultz Watergate tape hoax and Abel's FBI interrogation regarding the incident.
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Benge
Congress
Watergate Hoaxer Alan Abel Under FBI Probe
Alan Abel, a longtime hoaxer, faced FBI scrutiny last month over a Watergate hearings related ruse. A close source notes he and a female colleague staged a Washington news conference in which the actress posed as a repentant call girl claiming high level political entanglements involving Republicans and Democrats. The hoax, run by Abel who began his career in 1959, targeted the fourth estate.
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Abel
Sam Ervin
D-N.c
Senate
Treasury
George Schultz
Ervin
White House
FBI
Manhattan
New York
BBC Radio
New Yorkup
Alan Abel
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Fourth Estate
Washington, D.C
Washington
Paper fibers diverge from wood grain in structure
The text notes that paper is formed from intersecting wood fibers that run in various directions, unlike lumber where fibers align more parallel. This difference explains why paper does not shrink or swell like wood under moisture or humidity.
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USGS
Cape San Blas
Tampa Bay
St. Joseph Bay
Florida
Chambers of Commerce
Laree
Audubon Society
Paducah News
Ella Stinson
Dunlap Quilting Club
Grady Havens
Mmes. Stinson
S. A. McGowen
Willie Henderson
H. H. Majors
Oscar Mints
W. E. McClendon
Mines
Lawrence Moore
Lee Jackson
Jamie Cate
Nora Perkins
Effie Russell
Raymond Wall
Pat Hodge
Joe Isbell
Havens
Majors
Goodgame
Isbell
A. C. Tucker
By Roger Bollen
Man
Mtr Terre
Auto—Life
Frank Barksdale
Ave
F NW
China
Great North Wasteland
Heilungkiang Province
Weekly Oil Report
BY Jay Sharbutt
AP Television
Bao Taxi Cab Co
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