Underground group aims underwater oil strike at Red Bluff lake
An alleged underground operation used $120,000 vibrator trucks to probe beneath Red Bluff lake for trapped oil or gas. The plan involved a driver firing from a truck within half a mile of shore while a control room operator directed the attack by radio. Exxon or a competitor could benefit from the potential treasure as millions of dollars hang on the drilling prospects.
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Red Bluff Lake
Treasuer
Exxon
Dresser Olympic Exploration Company
Underworld
Dresser Uses Sound Echoes to Scout Lakebed for Oil
Workers carry field phones and lay nearly a mile of extension cord across a muddy lake on a rented barge to map rock layers below. Engineers hope to identify hump shaped reservoirs and salt water seals that could hold oil, with Exxon as a likely drill target.
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Dresser
Cable project halted amid droop and tension issues
A planned extension cord across the water was abandoned because of sagging behavior and high tension on the cable, ending the effort noted in a staff photo by Gene Douglas.
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Gene Douglas
Eastern Half of Nation in Deep Freeze and Snow
Gusty winds and bitter cold grip the eastern half with snow from Minnesota to New York. Low temperatures set new date records in Charleston and Raleigh while Alamosa and Meridian report extreme lows. Texas warms to the 50s and 60s with mild precipitation through Saturday.
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Associated Press
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Upper Michigan
New York
du Bois
Utica
N.Y
Sault Ste Marie
Mich
Grand
Charleston
S.C
Columbia
Raleigh
N.C
Macon
Meridian
Miss
Alamosa
Colo
Santa Ana
Calif
New England
Bryant launches new firm in Texas with grand opening
Jimmy Bryant leaves 15 years at his previous company to join the newly formed State Finance Company at 115 W. Second. The firm opened last Saturday with refreshments and a mariachi band. Hours are 8:30 am to 5:30 pm Monday through Saturday, offering loans for Christmas. Bryant is active in the Eagle Booster Club and community projects. Weather notes report varied Texas temperatures with showers and sleet in the east and south, clearing in most areas and cooler nights in the mountains.
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Jimmy Bryant
W. Second
Gene Payne
Bryant
Jimmy
Eagle Booster Club
Resignation of Raul Florez On City Council Agenda
City Council sets 7:30 a.m. Thursday meeting to discuss Raul Florez resignation from the police department and his upcoming Sheriff appointment on Jan. 1. They will also consider a highway department request for speed control and school zone on S Eddy street and Cedar street, ambulance service questions, street lights at Second and Gibson, and bids on 100 garbage containers.
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Raul Florez
Florez
Highway Department
S. Eddy Street
Cedar Street
Second
Gibson
Christmas weekend business closures across town noted
A telephone survey by the Enterprise shows many offices and stores will close for Christmas and New Year. The Enterprise will be closed Friday, Free Press delivers Sunday, post office runs as usual with Saturday closure, and various agencies including CPS, the army, banks, and state workers plan time off around Yuletide and New Year.
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CPS
Southern Union
Continental Telephone
Banks
Savings and Loan
Minu-Mart
Town and Country
Verhalen Farm Road Construction Starts This Spring
The farm to market road from Verhalen to five miles west begins today. The $285000 project will pave and widen the gravel road with lightweight asphalt this spring and heavy asphalt in June. Henry Stafford Company of Lubbock will perform the work.
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Verhalen
Jack Ferguson
Highway Department
The
Henry Stafford Company
Lubbock
Daley Celebrated As Chicago Leader In Life And Legacy
Chicago mourned Mayor Richard J. Daley at a funeral marked by political tributes and crowds. Daley died Monday at 74 from a heart attack, leaving a lasting imprint on the city’s machine politics. The service drew President-elect Carter, Vice President Rockefeller, and Sen. Edward Kennedy, among others, with 100000+ paying respects as church bells rang. Deputy mourners included local officials and critics, and Chicago’s political scene faced questions about succession as a temporary mayoral selection loomed.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Carter
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Guy Daniel Walker
Crescent Jewelers Grand Opening Door Prize Winners
Aurora Renteria won a $100 Crescent Jewelers gift certificate in the grand opening drawing. Mary Wafer placed second for a $50 certificate and Duane Poitevint won $25 in merchandise. Jo Anne Beauchamp, owner and manager, reported the results.
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Aurora Renteria
Crescent Jewelers
Dee
Mary Wafer
Duane Poitevint
Crescent
Jo Anne Beauchamp
Region approves Pecos civic center funding request
The Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission endorsed a 1.8 million dollar Pecos civic center grant with favorable comment. County Judge Darrel Grove noted funds are not guaranteed and the plan moves to Austin for statewide competition among 54 million Texas allocations. The package includes an auditorium rodeo grounds parking lighting and fair barn improvements. A Balmorhea sewage treatment project was also approved.
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Pecos
Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission
Darrel Grove
Texas
Austin
Two Winners Split $10 Gift Certificates in Win A Gift
B J Tarango and Eddie and Mildred Ferguson Sr won two prizes this week in the Win A Gift contest. Tarango deposited his coupon at R S Electronics while the Ferguson family used Big T Restaurant. They will visit the Enterprise office Thursday to draw the merchant supplying the certificates.
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B.J. Tarango
Eddie & Mildred Ferguson, Sr
Tarango
R&s Electronics
Fergusons
Big T
Enterprise Office
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