Offshore oil bids exceed Interior estimate at Atlantic sale
Exxon led a surge bidding about 348.5 million across 34 tracts with Mobil oil group offering 107.7 million for a single tract. The 876,750 acres off New York to Virginia drew 1.13 billion in bids, far above the department’s 400 million to 600 million forecast.
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Terry Kirkpatrick
NEW York
Interior Department
Atlantic
Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
Mike Basile
Interior
Outer Continental Shelf
Statler Hilton Hotel
Long Island
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
Exxon Corp
Exxon
Mobil Oil Corp
Gulf of Mexico
DAR objects to text wording in free enterprise book
A DAR representative from San Angelo criticizes three economics texts from American Book Co. at Texas State Textbook Committee hearings. She calls a section on community action and contacting officials akin to Maoist thought and objects to references to Ralph Nader and Jack Anderson. Committee voting on selections occurs next month. final adoptions rest with the State Board of Education in November.
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LEE Jones Associated Press
Austin, Tex
Daughters of the American Revolution
Mao Tse Tung
Drusilla Bearden
San Angelo
American Book Co
State
Texas
Bearden
Mao
Ralph Nader
Jack Anderson
United States
Rights Mature as Privacy Protections Reach School Records
Parents gain the right to inspect their children's school records under new HEW regulations implementing the 1974 act. Schools must inform parents of access, allow corrections or deletions, and permit rebuttals. hearings can be requested if disputes arise. Restrictions limit disclosure of personal data without parental consent, with HEW complaints available for violations. The rule applies to all federally funded public and private schools.
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Health, Education and Welfare Dept
Office of Education
HEW
Police chief to testify against his own son in murder trial
In Media Pennsylvania police chief Thomas Bruton plans to testify against his eldest son Thomas Bruton Jr who faces murder charges. Also charged are the victim’s estranged wife Sarah Ann and roommate Alphonse Pritchard. State police say motive involved an affair.
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Media
Thomas Bruton
Bruton
Thomas Bruton Jr
Frank Sawyer
Drexel Hill
Delaware
Sawyer
Sarah Ann
Alphonse Pritchard
Utility overpayment credits to trim gas bills in Texas cities
The Texas Railroad Commission ordered Lone Star Gas Co to apply nearly 2.5 million in repayment credits to customers in Dallas Fort Worth and eight other cities including Irving Garland Richardson Sulphur Springs Arlington Murchison Grand Prairie and Killeen. Credits affect billing period including Oct 1 1976 and follow protests over charges dating to 1973. Exact application method to be reported within 30 days.
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Dallas
Fort Worth
Railroad Commission
Irving
Garland
Richardson
Sulphur Springs
Arlington
Murchison
Grand Prairie
Killeen
Lone Star
Midland College Introduces Petroleum Technology Two Year Course
A new two year petroleum technology program started in fall 1975 at Midland College to meet a shortage of trained personnel. Edwin Poulter leads instruction, bringing 20 years in Texas Pacific Oil and a Tulsa University petroleum engineering degree. A seven member industry committee shaped the curriculum after surveying over 80 Permian Basin firms. Entry level salaries for graduates are projected from $600 to $1,100 monthly, with many positions in engineering tech and office support.
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Industry and
Midland College
Edwin Poulter
Poulter
Texas Pacific Oil Company
Tulsa University
Permian
Fed moves to ban credit discrimination by age
The Federal Reserve plans rules banning denial of credit based on age race color religion national origin or welfare status with an emphasis on protecting the elderly. Amended law allows creditors to use statistics showing credit worthiness while forbidding arbitrary age cutoffs. Public comments invited before final regulations take effect next March.
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Federal Reserve System
Congress
Equal Credit Opportunity Act
Federal Reserve
Fed
Board of Governors of the
Washington, D.C
Conservationists to meet at Indian Lodge Fort Davis Sept 1
Conservationists gather for the Far West Texas Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts meeting at Indian Lodge Davis Mountain State Park Fort Davis on September 1 at 10 a.m. Speakers include David Firor and George C Marks.
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David Firor
George C. Marks
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Far West Texas Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Fort Davis
W.W. McElroy Jr
Indian Lodge
Davis Mountain
Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Far West Texas Association of
Swcd’s
el Paso-Hudspeth
Toyah- Limpia
Highland
Upper Pecos
Big Bend
High Point
Trans-Pecos
Rio
Barbs On Youth And Workplace Etiquette By Pastoret
The column muses on how younger people replace conversations with louder shouting, warns that losing a friend shifts social status, and urges vigilance to avoid clashing with peers. It notes a pilot aims for safe landings, not crowded laps, highlighting clear safety priorities.
Linotype memories evoke Point Pleasant life lessons
Flo Smith remembers starting at the battered linotype in 1917 and recalls World War I, Pearl Harbor, and local life in Point Pleasant. She later became a copyreader after the machine was replaced, continuing at 75, still enjoying work and hoping to operate the machine again someday.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
Point Pleasant Register
Flo Smith
Kaiser Bill
Pearl Harbor
Smaith
Shore’ S
W.va
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