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UT Permian Basin landmarks and Odessa weather decade recap
A 1974 roundup covers UT Permian Basin construction of The Mesa Building and gym, a faculty no confidence vote and Amstead departure, and a W R Cardozier replacement. It recalls Odessa storms on Jan 24 and June 14 with seven inches of snow and four inches of rain, winds to 50 mph, and major damage including a Montgomery Ward roof collapse.
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H. W. Hise
University of Texas Regents
Amstead
House Appropriations Committee
Odessa
UTPB
Hise
W. R. Cardozier
Montgomery Ward
42Nd
Grandview
Ector County Coliseum
UT Permian Basin
Wink
Louis Rochester
House Judiciary Committee
Richard Nixon
White House
Nixon
Gerald Ford
Spiro Agnew