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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 01, 1996

Page

9

Return to Giant chronicles Marfa film legacy and town change

The PBS documentary Return to Giant revisits the 1955 Texas town of Marfa where Giant filmed. It traces the production, notes the shift from cattle to oil, and shows Marfa’s decline from 4000 to 2400 residents while highlighting cast ties and the 40th anniversary re release.

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Pecos Bill Marries Slue-Foot Sue in Wild Mountain Vow

The tale follows Pecos Bill and Widow Maker as they ride to Pinnacle Mountain for Sue to wed. Sue arrives in wedding dress but swaps to ranch gear, then leaps aboard Widow Maker to marry the horseman, setting off a dramatic, comic river of Western bravado.

Bill Widow Maker Rio Grande River Sue Pinnacle Mountain Doyle Chuck SeFoat Sue

Study Shows More Students Borrowing for Education

A report by Education Resources Institute and the Institute for Higher Education Policy finds graduate and professional students borrowed 62 percent more between 1993 and 1995, rising from 620000 to over 1 million. Texas aid officials caution the full picture, noting loan balances grow as job choice and repayment concerns loom.

Education Resources Institute Inc Boston Institute For Higher Education Policy Washington Harold Whitis University of Texas Permian Basin Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Association

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