Lethal gas outbreak kills nine in Texas oil town
Nine people perished as hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide from an Atlantic Richfield well leaked through Denver City into rain soaked streets. Tom Merrill and his family escaped after warning neighbors as others were found dead near a residence and in vehicles. Windham of Atlantic Richfield said the gas came from an experimental injection well used to boost oil recovery.
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Denver City
Tex
Tom Merrill
Merrill
J.C. Patton
Glenda
DeeDee
Clara Peevey
Panhandle
Atlantic Richfield
Sparger
Shell Oil Co
Pattons
Glenda Patton
Windham
Gaines County
D.H. Henry
Essie Merrill
Ford budget paints grim economic outlook for 1976
President Ford sent a 349 billion dollar fiscal 1976 budget to Congress with unemployment projections around 8.1 percent for next year and possibly 7.5 percent in 1977. A record 52 billion dollar peacetime deficit and an 11.3 percent average price rise are forecast, along with warnings of a difficult year ahead and calls for spending cuts. Fire at Church of God in Christ causes heavy damage to two rooms with investigation under way.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
Oval Office
Church of God In Christ
S. Locust
Dickie Wadley
Wadley
Reducing timestables to 36 facts in schooling
John Pitts argues cramming is ineffective and proposes trimming the multiplication table from 156 facts to 36 by removing zeros and ones and eliminating duplicates. He suggests teaching up to nine, using a forward backward mastery within weeks, and notes educational timetable restraints and potential teacher ire.
Pride in Pecos campaign kicks off in Enterprise
The Pecos Enterprise launches Pride in Pecos with editorials and ads to build a state of mind. Chamber Manager Terry Burns explains the symbol aims to remind residents of Pecos’s pride and rally support for local projects while merchants will soon feature PIP ads reflecting reasons to be proud.
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Pip
Pecos
Terry Burns
Burns
Amarillo
Doctors Convene in Pecos for Annual Texas Medical Meeting
Physicians from El Paso Iraan Alpine and Lubbock joined 46 attendees in Pecos at the District 1 Texas Medical Association meeting held at Pecos Valley Country Club. Sessions covered scientific papers alcoholism program from Texas Tech Lubbock and a keynote by E W Schmidt on government’s role in medicine. Officers elected include W W Schuessler El Paso as chair Doyle Lancaster Fort Stockton as president Joe Heath as vice president and Larry Nickey El Paso as secretary treasurer. Next annual meeting scheduled for El Paso in early February with Monahans Fort Stockton and Kermit represented.
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Jose Castillo
UMAC
Louis Joe Matta
Ben's Spanish Inn
Severo Jaquez
Fernando Hernandez
Frank Perea
Hernandez
West Texas
Pecos
Texas Medical Association
Pecos Valley Country Club
el Paso
Iraan
Alpine
Lubbock
Texas Tech School of Medicine
W.W. Schuessler
Doyle Lancaster
Fort Stockton
Joe Heath
Larry Nickey
Monahans
Kermit
County court jurors told to report at 10 a.m
County court jurors must report by 10 a.m after county clerk Catherine Ashley corrected an earlier 9 a.m. time. Prospective jurors chosen for jury duty are asked to be in the courtroom by 10 a.m. Monday.
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Catherine Ashley
Ashley
Blood drive requested for J R O'Callahan in Texas center
Leo Elliott reports J R O Callahan at Texas Medical Center Hospital Houston needs 12 pints of blood. Blood can be donated at Odessa Medical Center Hospital on Monday and Wednesday from 10 a m to 9 p m and on Tuesday Thursday and Friday from 10 a m to 3 p m. For more information contact Elliott at 445 3754.
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J.R. O'Callahan
Texas Medical Center Hospital
Houston
Leo Elliott
Elliott
Odessa Medical Center Hospital
Groundhog Day Outlook Damp as Storms Hit Texas
Overcast weekend kept the groundhog indoors with little chance of six more weeks of winter. Rainfall reached .35 inch, with a three day total near half an inch and temperatures from 54 to 63 degrees. Floods eased in Texas but deaths and damage were reported in Nacogdoches and Houston area as fog reduced visibility and travel remained treacherous across the Great Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley.
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Low
Texas
Associated Press
Texas Panhandle
Nacogdoches
Bobby G. Rector
Bertie Johnson
Katherine Corley
Houston
Thomas C. Havnen
Janine
Tulsa
Okla
Richard L. King
Lawton
James E. Mathews
Thomas T. Parks
Dallas
Truett Norfleet
Mesquite
Kenneth Wallas
Lake Tawakoni
Mike McMinn
Great Plains
Mississippi Valley
Georgia
South Carolina
Montana
Oregon
Washington
Great Falls
Mont
Newport
Ore
North Dakota
South Dakota
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Pete Amerson
Edith
Portales
N.M
J.R. May
Eugene Sparger
May
Amerson
Cas Windham
Essie
Bar Ditch
Paso
By John Pitts
Enterprise
Eagle Band
The
E.W. Schmidt
Schmidt
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