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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 15, 1978

Page

46

Drafting careers grow at Odessa College program on offer

Odessa College offers a two year drafting technology program with most courses at night designed for full time workers. Industry fields such as chemical and oil firms, machine shops, construction and pipelines hire draftsmen for machine, structural and piping drafting. The program covers industrial, architectural, electronic and technical illustration drafting while tuition runs about 175 dollars per long semester.

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Rupert Ricker portrait and UT's Permian Basin oil legacy

The Barker Texas History Center displays Rupert Paul Ricker’s painting titled A Lawyer, a Rancher, and an Oil Man. A plaque details his role in opening the Permian Basin’s oil wealth, his Texas roots, World War I service, UT connections, and the Santa Rita No. 1 oil well that funded university riches and West Texas cities.

Rupert Paul Ricker Barker Texas History Center University of Texas At Austin Permian Basin Reagan County Texas University of Texas Garden City Gazette Secret Service Ricker University Rupert Ricker West Texas

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