Balmorhea seeks local senior citizens group formation
Bill Smith of Midland, director of the Permian Basin Senior Citizens Society, traveled to Balmorhea seeking to organize a Balmorhea senior citizens group and is awaiting local leadership. Also noted are teaching duties of Patsy McIntire and several local students entering military service after summer work at Balmorhea State Park.
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Senior Citizens Society
Bill Smith
Midland
Permian Basin
Balmorhea
Patsy McIntire
Bill MccIntire
San Angelo
Market declines persist as rate worries weigh on stocks
New York stocks fell again with the Dow at 849.45 at noon, down 4.67, as losses outpaced gains by more than three to one on the NYSE. The composite index slid to a new yearly low while analysts cited rate concerns and expectations of a near term slowdown. AT&T led losers, trading down despite a large block sale, as futures and grain markets showed mixed moves across cotton and wheat.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Tucker, Anthony, R.L
American Telephone
Telegraph
American Stock Exchange
New York Cotton Exchange
Air bag demonstration set for Midland and Odessa
Motorists in the Midland Odessa area are invited to view and participate in an air bag passive restraint system demonstration on Thursday September 1. Sponsored by Midland College Traffic Safety Planning Office with the U S Department of Transportation. The event runs 8 30 to 11 30 a m at Midland College sidewalk south of the Student Center and 1 30 to 5 30 p m at Winwood Mall Shopping Center in Odessa. Sue Alford Midland College Traffic Safety Coordinator says the display is the first in the Southwest.
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Midland- Odessa
Midland College Traffic Safety Planning Office
U.S. Department of Transportation
Midland College
Winwood Mall
Odessa
Sue Alford
Balmorhea Fiesta Prep At Balmorhead September Fifth
Balmorhea gears up for a September fifth festival with arts displays at the Community Club, AARP rooms open Sunday, and a day full of games. Junior class runs the turkey shoot while food booths stock Mexican dishes and barbecue. A dance will close the day as the Balmorhea queen is crowned with music by The High Cotton Express.
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Balmorhead
AARP
Texas ends 12th season with grand finish at Palo Duro Canyon
Aug 20 marked the finale of Texas 12th season as the American flag led the rider down Palo Duro Canyon and lights dazzled a 600 foot cliff. After the show 140 workers wrapped up in two hours and the cast held a farewell party. 1977 attendance reached 99,000, pushing 12 season totals past 960,000. In Kermit, attorney John R. Lee buys 44.59 acres northeast of town for Purple Sage Addition with a planned small business zone and residential subdivisions. In Monahans, Ross Rucker named Odessa College adult basic education coordinator. he brings degrees from Texas A&M and UT Permian Basin and a background in radio, probation work, and Salvation Army service.
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Texas
Kermit
Kermit City
John R. Lee
John B. Walton, Jr
Purple Sage
Lee
Monahans
Ross Rucker
Odessa College
Rucker
Clarice Claiborne
Texas A&m
University of Texas of the
Permian Basin
Midland County
Salvation Army
Chamber opposes energy program in West Texas
Mike Godfrey of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce warns the administration's energy plan would trigger the largest peacetime tax increase in U.S. history, burdening West Texans with higher costs while urging greater energy production from all sources. He advocates free enterprise and voluntary conservation over higher taxes to raise oil and gas prices.
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Mike Godfrey
West Texas
Ber of Commerce
Caverns to install solar heating plant
Carlsbad Caverns National Park will install solar heating for the Visitor Center and relocate utility lines in a cavern shaft. Bids from small business concerns are invited with drawings and specs available from the Administrative Officer at the park office. The project spans about 120 days for solar work and 180 days for the utility corridor.
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Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Don Dayton
National Parks Highway
Small Business Administration
Burglary at Dan's Record Shop on Third Street
A Wednesday night burglary at Dan's Record Shop 314 W Third saw intruders kick in the door and pry open money boxes, with losses listed between 250 and 260 dollars. Also reported were a scratched car at Amistad Lions Club and a stolen yellow bicycle valued at 110 dollars, plus ambulance calls at 204 S Eddy and 611 F Seventh.
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Dan
W. Third
Richard Jenkins
Pecos
Amistad Lions Club
Grace Orona
Walthall
S. Eddy
Deaths Mrs Lucy H Ford Eastland 89
Mrs Lucy H Ford 89 of Eastland died at 4 20 p m Wednesday at Eastland Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. Born September 22 1887 in Mason County she married Elmer Ford in Brownwood in 1916. She lived in Eastland until 1950 then Abilene before moving back to Eastland in 1976. Survived by two sons Dee Ford and C E Ford, five brothers and five sisters, four grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Wasps bees hornets and other winged insects cause more fatalities in the United States than any other nature’s creatures.
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Lucy H. Ford
Eastland
Eastland Memorial Hospital
Ford
Mason County
Elmer Ford
Brownwood
Abilene
Dee Ford
C.E. Ford
Pecos
Walter Deering
Charlie Deering
Alex Deering
San Angelo
Arthur Deering
Eden
Jackie Deering
Juntion
Elma Stewart
Coleman
Clara Burrell
Frani Blake
Hattie Deering
Ola Glenn
United States
Pilots demonstrate density altitude contest in Marfa
West Texas and Southeastern New Mexico pilots plan a density altitude and preflight contest in Marfa this Saturday with cash prizes, a flight kit, and smaller attendances. The FAA Accident Prevention Program helps run a free clinic on improving preflight checks and takeoff performance estimation, highlighting aviation safety and careful inspection before flight.
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West Texas
New Mexico
Marfa
Federal Aviation Administration
Larry Ellis
FAA
Ellis
August honors Van Depoele father of the trolley car
Washington marks August for the man who replaced horse cars with electric street rails Charles Joseph Van Depoele called the father of the trolley car he filed over 400 patents including an overhead conductor patent granted August 11 1885 His traction system was first used in South Bend Indiana and eight cities in its first year He also invented the carbon commutator brush and the under running trolley motor for electric railroad cars
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Washington
America
Charles Joseph van Depoele
van Depoele
South Bend
Ind
United States
Intellectual Property Owners, Inc
IPO
Multimillionaire’s downfall tied to blonde investment gamble
A financier with vast wealth reportedly lost his fortune by investing all his capital in blondes, illustrating a dramatic financial misstep and the volatility of high risk bets. The tale highlights a striking fall from riches, underscoring cautionary drama in a celebrity-tinged context.
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Balmorhea State Park
Phantom Lake
Clarence and
Clay Bryan
San Antonio
Air Force
Scott Crenshaw
C.H. Crenshaw
State Park
Navy
San Diego
Albert Matta
Georgia
Albert Matta Sr
Clarence Bryan
Alfred Matta JR
the Market Report
Chicago
Dow Jones
A.m
Indus
Associated Press
Alcoa
At&t
Armco
Air Rich
Chrysler
Coca Cola
Peppr
Dow Chem
Eastman
Exxon
Fairchild Cam
Gen Foods
Gen Tire
Goodrich
Great A&p
Gulf Oil
Glf Star
IBM
Int Paper
Jhn-Man
John Joh
Litton
Marat Oil
Mobil Oil
Monsanto
Penney
Phill Pet
RCA Safeway
Sears
Sony
Sou Pac
Sid Oil Cl
Sid Oil Ind
Sun Co
Texaco
Texas Inst
UN Carbide
Uniroyal
US Steel
Woolworth
Xerox Co
the World Almanac
Henri Arnold
Bob Lee
Hugh O'Brian
Margaret O'Brien
Carroll O'Connor
Helen O'Connell
Maureen O'Hara
Dublin
Ireland
Rochester
N.Y
Lima
Ohio
Zio
Premat
Luxte
Pecos Enterprise
Chamber
Mrs. Ford
Modern Study Club
Callie Holloway
Austin Elementary
PTA
Betsy Rider
Young Homemakers
CPS Reddy Room
Mt. Evergreen Cemetery Stockholders Meeting
S. Oak St
Lions Club
American Motor Inn
Lions den
Pecos Optimists
Chaparral Village
Pee Wee
Prairie Dog Park
Eagle Band
Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon
Federation Parlor
Tops TX
Pecos Enterprise. Inc
Sun'n Cedar S'ree
Pecis
Ken Dulaney
Peggy McCracken
Diane Osborn
Noris Welch
Huben Baca
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
Pubisher
Eaver
Compassion
O'ffice
Reeves Coun'y
Mrough
Reeves Ward
Pecos Texas
Hess Chevrolet-Buick, Inc
Wayside Mobile Homes
Hess
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