Special Olympics Meet Final Texas Track Event
The final Texas Special Olympics track meet will be held Saturday at W. T. Barrett Stadium from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. About 150 entrants from Odessa Midland Big Spring Andrews and Pecos will compete. Top winners advance to the state contest in Houston in May. Odessa Jaycees will judge and provide transport from Blackshear Junior High at 8 a.m. and from Ector High School at 8:15 a.m. Promoters include Kenneth Brethouwer TSO director Bob Clark Jaycee TSO director and Anne Freeland president of Teens Aid the Retardeds TARS group supervising training.
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Texas
W. T. Barrett
Odessa
Midland
Big Spring
Andrews
Pecos
Houston
Odessa Jaycees
Blackshear
Ector High School
L.A
Kenneth Brethouwer
TSO
Bob Clark
Jaycee Tso
Anne Freeland
E. L. Freeland
Everglade
Teens Aid the Retardeds
TARS
Warm Springs Foundation Seeks Aid as Finances Sour
The Georgia Warm Springs Foundation, once central to polio fight, faces a $500,000 deficit and losing March of Dimes support after May 1974. Governor Carter and state lawmakers are asked to consider state takeover or federal help as costs outpace reimbursements.
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Warm Springs. Ga
Georgia Warm Springs Foundation
National March of Dimes
March of Dimes
Gabriel
Gabriel Stickle
Jimmy. Carter
Georgia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Carter
Stickle
Federal siting council urged to plan major energy facilities
Senator Henry M. Jackson proposed a federal siting council to plan power plants pipelines refineries and deep water ports with input from consumers environmentalists and the poor. The panel would be led by the interior secretary with seven agency chiefs and broad public participation in early planning.
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Washington
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Jackson
National Wildlife Federation
Secretary of the Interior
William D. Ruckelshaus
Ruckelshaus
Russell E. Train
Council On Environmental Quality
Train
Health Care Meeting Set For Students
About 225 Big Bend high school students will attend a one day health occupations conference at Sul Ross State University in Alpine. Brewster Memorial Hospital coordinates the program with the Texas Health Careers Program and Sul Ross. Sessions start at 8:30 a.m. with a field trip to Memorial Hospital and a final assembly at 3 p.m.
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Alpine
Big Bend
Sul Ross State University
Brewster Memorial Hospital
Texas Health Careers Program
Sul Ross
Bill Donohoe
Memorial Hospital
Persian New Year Celebration at Odessa College
About 17 Odessa College Persian students plan Nowrooz festivities marking the 2,500 year old New Year. They describe customs from feast days to visiting elders, gifting, and the seven item Haft-Seen table as spring arrives in Iran and in West Texas.
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Odessa College
Nowrooz
Persia
Iran
Hashem G Hasemzadeh
Ghasemzadeh
Mehraz Espili
Espili
Odessa
Texas
Jamshid Behzadi
West
Japanese Traders Once Heroes Now Gangsters
The ote shosha, large Japanese trading firms led by Mitsui Mitsubishi and Marubeni, once fuels of growth, are now denounced as economic gangsters. They dominate exports and imports, invest heavily in land and stocks, and are accused of driving up prices through cash purchases and market manipulation. Prime Minister Tanaka faces inflation and policy blame as the firms defend their role and profits.
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Tokyo
Ote Shosha
Mitsui
Mitsubishi
Marubeni-lida
U.S
Oe Shosha
Kakuei Tanaka
Tte
Japan
Tanaka
Pacific Coast
Self love and sacrifice in Christian teaching
Discussion on loving oneself and denying ego within Christian practice. Emphasizes balance between self respect and self denial, citing Jesus calls and biblical references. Encourages valuing oneself as creation of God while following Christ and loving others as oneself.
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Eivenhe
Jesus
Church of Christ
Jno
Moses
God
James
Program Set For FHA Week in Midland Chapters
Midland area Future Homemakers of America units schedule a full week of activities for National FHA Week. Midland High School plans a grandmother adoption party at Trinity Towers, school grounds beautification, teachers coffee, church visit, and a retreat at Amistad Lake near Del Rio. Midland Lee unit will run an Easter egg hunt for underprivileged children, host a faculty tea, arrange a dinner for girls families, dine out, attend church with families, and hold a retreat at Colorado City Lake.
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Midland
Future Homemakers of America
Trinity Towers
Amistad Lake
del Rio
Midland Lee
Colorado City Lake
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Zales
BankAmericaide
Great Oil Basin Center
Warm Springs Foundation
Lesron
Bates
Val
Western Mattress
Abileme
Osan Angelo
Council
Morteza Kamalvand
Hashem Ghasemzadeh
L-R
Shahla Goshgai
Mostafa Shaaf
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