Labor Day Drive Safety Push Pressed across Texas
Labor Day weekend traffic safety message emphasizes staying alert and driving defensively. Jaycees Rest Stops in Monahans offer free coffee and refreshments at Pyote roadside park for the 72 hour holiday. DPS estimates 48 fatalities statewide over the 78 hour holiday. Ward County has had no Labor Day fatalities in 16 years. Operation Motorcide and expanded radar and breath tests aim to curb speeding and drunk driving with help from about 500 Texas National Guardsmen.
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Jaycees
Monahans Chapter
Pyote
Wilson Speir
Texas Department of Public Safety
Ward
Speir
DPS
Texas National Guardsmen
M System Names New Assistant Bill Wade Barnes
Bill Wade Barnes, 19, of 1202 S Gary was named Assistant Manager of the M System Food Store. A 1971 MHS graduate, he attended Odessa College for one year and has worked for the M System for about four years. He is active at First Baptist Church with the Boys Mission Program and the Sunday night Training Program.
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Bill Wade Barnes
S. Gary
Barnes
E. J. Barnes
MHS
Odessa College
First Baptist Church
Boys Mission
Brunswick Hosts Europe’s Most Modern Bitter Magnet
The Physical Institute at Technical University of Brunswick houses a high magnetic field Bitter Magnet. It can reach 200000 Gauss, far exceeding Earth’s field, to aid atomic and nuclear physics research. About 350 tons of water per hour must circulate to prevent copper discs from melting during operation.
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Brunswick
Germany
Europe
Physical Institute of
The
Technical University of Brunswick
Best selling records of the week survey
The Cash Box Magazine nationwide chart highlights the top records of the week. Back Stabbers by the O Jays sits high as Goodbye to Love by Carpenters and Happiest Girl in the Whole U S A by Donna Fargo chart strongly. You Dont Mess Around With Jim by Jim Croce also features among popular titles.
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Cash Box
O'Jays
Love
Car
U.S. A
Donna Fargo
Jim
Jirm Croce
Special SWC Football Film Premieres on 25 Stations
A 30 minute SWC football film covering 1947-71 debuts on Sept 5-9 on 25 stations across the Southwest and will be available via Humble Oil Film library for group showings. It highlights Doak Walker and Bobby Layne eras and features numerous All-Americans including Lilly Nobis Maegle and Wuensch with seven classic games.
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Southwest
Humble Oil Film Library
Doak Walker
SMU
Bobby Layne
Texas
Froggy Williams
Lawrence Elkins
Kyle Rote
John David Crow
Jim Swink
E. J. Holub
Buddy Dial
Jerry Levins
Jimmy Saxton
Bob Lilly
Dicky Maegle
Tommy Nobis
Steve Wooster
Bobby Wuensch
TCU
Baylor
A&m
Arkansas
Rice
Houston
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Southland Center
Dallas
Tex
Glasses Linked to Higher IQ in Children
London AP reports Dr Charles Brown, in Practitioner, found many children who scored well on intelligence tests wore spectacles. He concludes that wearing glasses correlates with larger eyes and suggests larger brains.
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Intellect Insight London
Charles Brown
Practitioner
Brown
Taiwan puppet TV shows captivate island audiences
In Taipei AP reports Taiwan's televised hand puppet dramas draw huge audiences in villages and cities. The shows mix Chinese and Western tunes, halt daily life, and trigger government pressure over truancy and delinquency. Despite bans, popularity drives high ad rates.
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Taipei
Taiwan
Public Hearing on Zoning Change in Monahans
Monahans Zoning and Planning Board schedules a 2:00 p.m. hearing on September 6 1972 to consider rezoning blocks 2 4 and 6 Lynn Addition from R 1 to R 3 along 1100 blocks of South Leon and South Murray Avenues. Residents may attend to express views.
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Planning and Zoning Board of the
City of Monahans
Lynn Addition
South Leon Avenue
South Murray Avenue
City OF Monahans Zoning and Planning Board
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al Green
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Armour’s Star All Meat
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