Club Launches War On Bugs In Odessa Area
The Ector County agent and the Odessa Federated Study Club announce a campaign against elm leaf beetles fall web worms and May beetles. Black warns elm trees may die without timely chemical or non chemical control and two worm hatches are due in coming weeks and August. The program aims to educate residents on insect timing and treatment.
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Ector County Agent's Office
Odessa Federated Study Club
Maurice W. Black Jr
Black
Federated Study Club
Extortion Plot Foiled in Brownsville Wording of Threats
Brownsville police said an extortion attempt failed when an $8,000 ransom was to be left in a car at Brownsville Medical Center. The call claimed wife and children were hostage and a separate call tested the wife by asking her to keep her phone off the hook. No one collected the money as authorities monitored key routes and the car. In Kingsville, James M. Ivy, 1964 Odessa College graduate and Falfurrias High School journalism instructor, joins Texas A&I University News Service for a fourth straight summer to work on a master's from East Texas State University.
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Brownsville
Tex
Russell Emper
Fed Mart
Emper
Brownsville Medical Center
Rio Grande
Kingsville
James M. Ivy
Odessa College
Falfurrias High School
Texas A&i University
East Texas State University
Viet Factions Move Toward Talks With Little Peace Assured
In Saigon and Paris, Kissinger and Tho prepare for a new Paris round but warn peace hinges on rival factions willing to end years of hostility. Key issues include joint appeals to stop shooting, commanders meeting levels, zones of control, and Viet Cong representation on the Joint Military Commission amid disputes over protections and immunities.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
South Vietnam
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Kissinger
Tho
Paris
Vietnam
Viet Cong
Joint Military Commission
North Vietnam
United States
Joint
New Presbyterian Group Shuns Council Affiliation
An organizing committee of a dis sident Presbyterian faction in Atlanta urged the new group to avoid affiliation with the National Council of Churches or the World Council of Churches. The advisory convention for the Continuing Presbyterian Church is set for Asheville in August, with the first general assembly planned for December.
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Atlanta
Continuing Presbyterian Church movement debated at assembly
A resolution urged evangelical outreach and world missions over internal spending. A second proposal urged churches to fund outside ministry as a priority, framing the movement as a new Presbyterian effort though the official name remains unsettled.
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General Assembly
Continuing Presbyterian Church Movement
Advisory convention voting limited to reaffirmation signers
An advisory convention will grant voting rights only to congregations ministers or missioners who signed the 1973 reaffirmations adopted May 19 in Atlanta. The group opened an executive office in Montgomery Alabama with Rev. Paul Settle and Rev. John Richards as staff. It proposes the Westminister Confession of Faith and its 1881 catechisms as doctrinal basis and 1933 Book of Church Order as the government base, considering dropping synods.
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Atlanta
Montgomery
Ala
Paul Settle
John Richards
Perry, Ga
Swimming lessons offered by Ector County Parks
Ector County Parks and Recreation will start 9 a.m. Monday at Sherwood and Floyd Gwin Pools with 45 minute sessions from 9 to noon Monday through Friday for three weeks. Pre-registration was light on Saturday. Fees are 2.50 per session for under 12 and 3.50 per session for 12 and over and adults.
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Ector County
Jerry Tschauner
Sherwood
Permian
Barrett Stadium
San Jacinto
Burnet
Bellaire
Southside
Slater and Gonzales
Floyd Gwin
Jim Parker
Zavala
Burnet, Pease and Gonzales
Trade Seminar Slated At OC
Odessa College and the Odessa Chamber of Commerce co sponsor a world trade seminar on June 13 in Room 107 at 24 39 p.m. The program targets management personnel seeking exporting tips with five guest speakers including Vince Travagini and Mark Stowe. Registration is $2.50. contact the Odessa Chamber of Commerce. Luther Corder of Odessa College named to American Business Law Association committees.
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Odessa College
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
International Sales Corporation
Peter Petersen
Gues
Vince Travagini
Washington D.C
Office of
Foreign Investment
U.S. Department of Commerce
Gabriel Quarterbush
Eckel Manufacturing Co
Eckel International
Art Green
Odessa Cpa
Elms
Faris. Green
Smath and
Sims
Peter Jay
Fort Worth
First National Bank of Fort Worth
Mark Stowe
Austin
World Trade Division
Luther Corder
American Business Law Association
Australia
New Zealand
Grayson
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Bugs
Todd & Todd
N. Lee
A. Bolero
C. Bolero
Shaw
BankAmericaid
Odessa
North Grant
Casstevens
Odessa Christian School
Back Row
L-R
Sonny Hollis
John Favor
Lonnie Hamil
Todd James
Daniel Harrell
Roger Horton
Carl Cunningham
Lance Riley
Keith
New Presbyterian Group
Veterans Administration
Pour Veter
Jackson
National Funeral Directors Association
Texas Funeral Directors Association
The
Texas Industrial Commission
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