Predictors See Growth in the Basin
West Texas counties Ector and Midland are projected to outpace Texas growth by 2000, with population rising 54 percent to 178,500 in Ector and 57 percent to 129,700 in Midland. The forecast, by the National Planning Association, also notes faster job growth slowing nationwide, and highlights mining, services, finance, and retail as booming sectors in the basin.
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Rex Henderson
Texas
Ector
Midland
National Planning Association
Washington, D.C
Ector County
California
New York
Harris County
Dallas
Bexar
Travis
Martin Holdrich
NPA
Heldrich
Odessa
Midland County
West Texas Petroleum Center
Water taps resume flow in Rankin after dry spell
Rankin residents again had tap water as the county reservoir feeding the city recovered overnight after two days of zero water. Officials blamed heat and dry wells, noting high mineral content and dissolved solids in the limited supply. County officials discussed a failed $19 million bond issue and warned shortages may persist without new water field development.
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Rankin
Upton County
Thomas Workman
Workman
Odessa
City
Peggy Garner
el Paso
U.S
Texas
Garner
Rankin City
Pat Wrinkle
McCamey
Satirical blank book targets Orrin Hatch ally in Utah race
A Democratic state senate candidate published a perforated blank book titled The Political Wit & Wisdom of Orrin G Hatch and His Political Protege C. McLain Haddow. The 144 page gag raises funds for the campaign while skewering Haddow and Dix Holt McMullin. Haddow calls it negative and gamesmanship. Thompson says satire aimed to boost support and money.
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Salt Lake City
Senate
Orrin G. Hatch
C. McLain
Mac’ Haddow
Utah
W. Paul Thompson
Sandy
C. McClain Haddow
McClain
Dix Holt McMullin
Haddow
U.S
Thompson
Bumper crop of migrants finds job pullbacks in NC
In SLEMBURG North Carolina migrants at Billy Tim's camp wait for work as rain mud and rotting crops cut job opportunities. Officials estimate about 27 000 migrants may come to pick tobacco peppers cucumbers and sweet potatoes with many likely unemployed due to rain drought and frost across the state. Steve Adams of the rural manpower program notes warnings to migrants about scarce work.
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Slemburg
N.C
Billy Tim
North Carolina
Piedmont
Steve Adams
State Employment Security Commission
Dallas priming for convention
Dallas officials and Republican National Committee organizers are securing hotel rooms tables and chauffeured cars for the 1984 Republican National Convention. Dallas planner Charles Bass said he reserved 26 900 rooms at 123 hotels in Dallas County and neighboring Tarrant County and expects a Texas sized gathering of more than 25 000 visitors.
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Scott McCartney
Associated Press
Dallas
Guy Calluaud
Republican National Committee
Calluaud
RNC
Charles Bass
Ronald Reagan
Bill Clements
Bass
Chamber of Commerce
Convention and Visitors’ Bureau
Dallas County
Tarrant County
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