Far Western Cotton Market Sees Mixed Trading and Steady Prices
The Far Western cotton market remains limited mainly to California and the San Joaquin Valley. Demand is good for most qualities with prices steady, middling around 29 cents per pound while new crop contracting rises in California. Arizona and El Paso regions report plantings proceeding and early crop prospects are positive.
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Consumer and Marketing Service
USDA
California
Arizona
el Paso
Carlsbad
Pecos
Fresno
Fresno Cotton Exchange
Phoenix
Luther first lit Christmas tree lights to honor Bethlehem
Quiz questions and answers note that Martin Luther possibly pioneered using lights on the Christmas tree to symbolize stars over Bethlehem. Giraffes can see behind without turning their heads, and Abraham is named as the ancestor of the Israelite nation via Isaac in this brief quiz.
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Martin Luther
Luther
Bethlehem
Christ
Abraham
Isaac
Helen
D. and
Barbs by Phil Pastoret
A fragment from Barbs by Phil Pastoret notes a confident briefing about secretary chatter from two days earlier and compares a neighbor’s singing to medicine, then mentions a rise in Easter church attendance.
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Phil Pastoret
Rig count dips in Permian Basin as rigs fall to 154
In the two state Permian Basin, 154 rigs were active this week, down eight from the 162 counted on April 1. A year earlier, 146 rigs operated across West Texas and southeast New Mexico. Scotland pilots robot submarine to track fish. Prof. Fred Holliday leads the Stirling University team. Funding comes from the Natural Environment Research Council at 18,500 pounds.
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Permian Basin
Reed Drilling Tools
Permian
West
Texas
New Mexico
Stirling, Scotland
Fred Holliday
Stirling University
Natural Environment Research Council
Martin County
Midland
Pecos
Ward
Lubbock
Hockley
Scurry
Lea County
San Angelo
Sutton County
Andrews Borden Chaves
Coke Crane Crockett
Crosby Dawson
Dickens Ector Eddy Floyd Fisher Gaines Garza Hockley
Howard Irion Kent Lamb Lea
Loving Lubbock
Martin
Menard Midland Nolan Pecos
Reagan Reeves Roosevelt Runnels
Schleicher
Scurry Sterling Stonewall Sutton Terry Upton
Val Verde Ward
Winkler
Yoakum
Helen Help Us Dear Helen column input
A reader asks about abortion guilt and future hopes after an unintended pregnancy and abortion. The response emphasizes emotional impact, not religious judgment, and urges coping through therapy and honesty. Other letters discuss marriage pressure, homosexual loneliness, pet care costs, and hair policy at a skating rink. Helen Bottel invites more trouble letters.
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Jere
Helen
Roger
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