OPEC raises oil price. utilities warn of higher bills
OPEC approved a four step plan to lift crude prices by 14.5 percent by October 1 1979 beginning with a 5 percent rise January 1 Analysts predict a 4 percent boost to electric rates and a 10 percent rise in steam costs for Con Edison Bertram Schwartz says oil fuels a large share of electricity and steam costs The move could widen Americas trade deficit and dampen the dollar economists caution about broader recession risks while noting the price increase preserves oil purchasing power since 1977
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Michael Evans
Chase Econometrics
Chase Manhattan Bank
U.S
John Lichtblau
Petroleum Industry Research Foundation
OPEC
United States
Kahn
Oil OPEC winter meeting shows mediation and price talks
Sheik Zayed bin Sultan and Mana Said Otaiba led mediations between Saudi Arabia and Libyan and Iraqi ministers over oil price increases at OPEC's 52nd meeting in Abu Dhabi. Saudi favored 5 percent, Libya and Iraq pushed 12 to 25 percent, while Iran kept a low profile. Afterward, ministers praised a spirit of reconciliation and avoided a pricing split like January 1977.
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OPEC
Sheik Zayed bin Sultan
Mana Said
Otaiba
Saudi Arabia
Libya
Iraq
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Ezzedin Mabrouk
Sheik Zayed
Mahrouk
Tayeh Abdel-Karim
Yamani
Hassan Ali Mahran
Iran
Wichita Falls oilman Jack C. Staley dies at 61
Jack C. Staley a pioneer North Texas oil and banking figure died Sunday at his Lake Possum Kingdom home. He led Staley Oil Co and served on the North Texas Oil and Gas Association board. Survived by wife Connie, two sons Jack Carr Staley Jr and Jim Carr Staley, two brothers Joe Staley and J.J. Staley Jr, and two grandchildren.
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Wichita Falls
Connie Staley
Jack Carr Staley Jr
Jim Carr Staley
Houston
Joe Staley
J.J. Staley Jr
Mild weather forecast for Basin area continues this week
The National Weather Service at Midland predicts warm, dry conditions in the Permian Basin through Tuesday with highs reaching the 70s and lows in the mid 40s. By midweek highs hover in the 50s, with nighttime lows in the mid 30s and no precipitation expected through Friday.
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Permian Basin
National Weather Service
Midland
Permian Area
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Panhandle
el Paso
Gulf Coast
Death notices from multiple Texas towns reported
Obituaries detail services, burial plans, and survivors for Mrs. L C Boyd of Big Spring Alpha Clara Sutton of Abilene Carl Calvin Hicks of Big Spring Danny Meacham of Sand Springs Herman Ricks McDonald of Odessa Clint Keith of Lubbock and related family connections across Ozona Andrews Crane and Odessa communities.
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Big Spring
Carl Calvin Hicks
Carl D. Hicks
Odessa
Larry Sheppard
Chapel of Memories
Trinity Memorial Park
Hicks
Sand Springs
Danny Meacham
Dan Meacham
Ozona
Arlin White
Crane
Nalley-Pickle Funeral Home
Rosewood Chapel
Charles Meacham
Afton
Forsan
Meacham
Texas Tech University
Malone- Hogan Hospital
Weather Forecast for Midland Region
National Weather Service at Midland Regional Airport calls for considerable cloudiness and warmer conditions through Tuesday. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph today, gusty, easing tonight to 10 to 15 mph. High today 65, low tonight 45, high tomorrow 75. Yesterday's high 52, overnight low 37. Sunset 5 47 pm, sunrise 7 44 am Tuesday. Year to date precipitation 17 09 inches.
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National Weather Service
Midland Regional
County Court records list licenses and divorces
Marriage licenses issued include Armando Losoya Baeza with Martha Chavez Samaniego and multiple other couples. District Court shows divorce suits filed among several pairs. Medical Center Hospital reports numerous patient admissions and discharges, with a long list by date. Women’s and Children’s Hospital records births on Dec 14 to Dec 16 for several families.
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Armando Losoya Baeza
Martha Chavez Samaniego
Randall Collins Brooks
Mandy Lynn Ramsey
Woodie Marcellous Grizzell
Glenda Jean Hesson
Ramiro Trevino
Rosa Linda Silvas
Michael Oscar Lankford
Carla Jan Washburn
Raymond Richard Loss Jr
Thelia Faye Woods
Michael Rene Kendrix
Lovelia Gladys Green
Jimmy Cecil Camp
Irene Frances Grandon
Louis Glynn Harrell
Sharron Kolleen Laverance
Roy Lee Permenter
Linda Faye Hair
Jackie Albert Smith
Cynthia Celeste Rose
James 5. Green
Betty L. Green
Ray Kent Obel
Linda Kay Obel
James Michael Royalty
Paula Sandy Royalty
Carmelita Cavazos Salinas
Robert Salinas Jr
Charles W. Young
Lola Mae Young Medical Center Hospital
Loyd Gaddis
John Novak
Chester Burwell
Dorothy Barrett
Linda Kiser
Onetta Chaney
Otto Kennedy
Henry Meier
Edward Stewart
Tracy McCracken
Mary Franklin
Domingo Sauceda
Larry McAfee
Frank Duran
Trudie Stafford
Michael Underwood
James Womble
Brenda Bushart
Buster Lethgo
George Garrett
Lois Bledsoe
Emma Whitlock
Katherine Tuck
Betty Davis
Charles Beck
Freddy Orona
Minnie Steen
Barbara Ramos
Dortha Bennett
Leta Fontain
Tammy Jones
Odell Collins
Mary Brooks
Inez Reed
Carl Ragon
Mark Taylor
Otto Letterman
Sharon Beck
Dale Gregg
Queen Patterson
Ewell McKnight
Joseph Terrill
Tomasa Fuentes
Louise Danley
Ethel Haner
Toefio Rangel
Leila Butts
Kay Beasley
Aspermont youth awaits sentencing in double murder case
HASKELL Texas AP Roy Glenn Swink 17 was convicted of murdering his 14 year old brother Royce at the Aspermont home and faces formal sentencing while prosecutors decide if he will stand trial for the shooting deaths of his father 38 Herman Swink and stepmother 27 Ilene Swink on January 24.
Midland man wins Rhodes scholarship
Middleton, Conn. Pat M. Baskin of Midland a Davidson University student is one of three Texans among 32 U.S. Rhodes Scholars announced by U.S. administrators Baskin Santos and Jackson are the other Texans from Notre Dame and the Air Force Academy All winners will be scholars-elect for 1979 pending Rhodes trustees ratification after Oxford college acceptance The scholarship covers two years of study and possibly three at Oxford University England.
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Rhodes
Oxford University
England
Oxford
Jazz band leader Don Ellis dies at 44
Don Ellis, noted band leader and trumpeter who scored The French Connection, died at his North Hollywood home of an apparent heart attack. A renowned jazz innovator, he had recenty resumed freelance writing after a 1975 heart attack. He formed the Improvisational Workshop Orchestra after returning to Los Angeles in 1963. He is survived by his ex wife Connie two sons Bray and Tran and his parents the Rev and Mrs Ezra Ellis. Funeral arrangements were pending.
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North Hollywood
Calif
Don Ellis
Ellis
Charlie Barnett
Maynard Ferguson
Ray McKinley
Los Angeles
Connie
Bray
Tran
Ezra Ellis
Longtime Vernon newsman dies
Vernon Texas obituary reports Raymond Howard Nichols age 90 longtime Vernon Record editor with 75 years in journalism. He wrote his last editorial and died after a fall hospitalizing him. Services planned 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at First Methodist Church.
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el Dorado
Okla
Vernon
Nichols
Bethal
Mary Richards
Erma Cooper
W.O. Powell
H.B. Nichols
Robstown
Texas
First Methodist Church
Permian Choirs and Orchestra Set for Evening Performance
The Permian Choirs and Orchestra perform tonight at 7 30 in the Permian High School auditorium under Randy Talley and Jeryl Hoover with Charles Nail directing the orchestra. They will present portions of the Nutcracker Suite and the Halleluiah Chorus by Handel. Admission is 1 dollar for adults and 50 cents for students.
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Permian
Permian High School
Black Magic
Girls Quartet
Randy Talley
Jeryl Hoover
Charles Nail
Blanche Calloway Jones dies first woman to lead major band
Blanche Calloway Jones, sister of Cab Calloway and pioneering female bandleader, died after a long illness in Baltimore. She led Blanche Calloway and the 12 Clouds of Joy, sang with Earl Hines and Louis Armstrong, and later became a Miami disc jockey and founder of Afram House Inc. Survivors include three brothers and two sisters.
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Baltimore
Blanche Calloway Jones
Earl
Fatha
Hines
Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellington
Cab
Blanche Calloway
South
Miami
Odessa Morning Meetings and Evening Club Gatherings
Tomorrow in Odessa schedules include 6 30 A M Early bird Toastmasters at Sambo s Restaurant noon Grandview Lions at Bonanza Steakhouse noon Odessa Jaycees at Branding Iron noon Hi Noon Optimists at Sands Restaurant 7 30 P M Overeaters Anonymous at St Paul Presbyterian Church 3102 East University 7 30 P M Football Filmnight at Coors Distributing Co Hospitality Room East Highway 80 8 P M American Legion Post 430 at Legion Hall Eighth and Pueblo.
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St. Paul Presbyterian Church
East University
Coors Distributing Co
East Highway 80
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Oralla Costello
Rick
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Staley
Rolando S. Gonzales
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Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
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Sheffield
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Rosalio Gonzales
Rodolfo Gonzales
Rosa Gonzales
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Joseph Lujan
South Crane
St. Anthony's Catholic Church
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Medical Center Hospital
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Billy Joe Lujan
Susie Lujan
Fort Lauderdale, Fla
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Plains
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United Methodist Church
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Jack) Jones
Abilene
Beatrice Livingood
Haskell
Vera Baker
Hamlin
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Colorado City
Buford Ray
Pete) McDonald Jr
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Billy Ray McDonald
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Resthaven Memorial Park
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Texarkana
Ark
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Lorene Cade
Johnson's Funeral Home Chapel
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Chrystal Joyce
Lola Mae Weatherford
Werbest
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Claysville
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Elliott-Hamil
Elmwood Memorial Park
Sutton
Hendrick Medical Center
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Lamesa
National Business College
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Carl C. Hicks
Herman R. McDonald
Herman Ricks McDonald
Kenwood
Hubbard-Kelly
Sunset Memorial Gardens
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Milville
Margaret Schmidt
Amarillo
Gulf Oil Co
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Lubbock
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William Dyson
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James Morgan
W. B. Campbell
Monahans
Robert Dominey
Mavier Mungia
North Muskingum
James T. Luck
Cambridge
Jack Bynum
Stoner
James Tibbets
Winchester
Steve Wiscomb
Bernice
Marvin Wein
Eastlath
Charles Ellzey
James Pruitt
West County Road
Roy Glasscock
Douglas
Permian Orchestra
Blanche Jones
Sambo’s
Grandview Lions
Bonanza Steakhouse
Sands Restaurant
American Legion Post
Legion Hall
Eighth and Pueblo
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