Texas weather speeds up spring farm activity in 1960s report
Springlike Texas weather hastens land preparation and planting from the Rio Grande Valley to the Panhandle. Crops show uneven growth with moisture shortages. cattle move off poor pastures as markets stay strong and home gardens resume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Tex
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
John E. Hutchison
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
South Plains
Panhandle
Bill Grisham Jr
Amarillo
R. S. Loftis
Overton
Bill Lehmberg
Jasper County
Frio
la Salle
Ward County sees oil production across multiple wells in Ward County fields
Mobil Oil Corp No 366 George Sealy in Ward County flowed 121 barrels of oil in 4 1/2 hours after acidizing at 3,367-3,371 feet. Earlier tests failed in open hole sections. Location near Pyote, with prior discovery 110 barrels daily. Additional wells in Ward County include L A Watson and Myrtle McDonald areas, drifting toward deeper Pennsylvanian formations, with wildcat plans and reacidizing efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnolia-Sealy
Yates
Ward County
Mobil Oil Corp
George Sealy
Pyote
L.A. Watson
Block 16
H&tc Survey
Mobil
Myrtle McDonald
Et al
H&tc Sure Vay
American Quasar Petroleum Co
Midland
Sabine Gas
Barstow
Ellenburger Gas
Mi Vida
Fusselman Gas
Quito
Atlantic Richfield Co
Dunigan
Fusselman
Hamilton & Estes
Pecos County
Smith
Bayview
Crane County
H&gn Survey
Girvin
R. L. Burns Corp
San Antonio
Wofford
Pecos
Waddell Gas Pay
Upper Clearfork
Gulf Oil Corp. No. 9
L. H. Millar
Wilbros (Queen
H&gn
Finance assumptions remain unquestioned
New York AP surveys common finance beliefs and misperceptions. It cites credit card use versus checks, housing price trends in 1969–1970, and the impact of compounding on small savers. The piece notes that higher income correlates with more card use and checks, and that price declines can reflect smaller housing sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Georgia Tech
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Americans may build more in 72 housing units
New York AP reports that it is possible though not probable Americans may build three million or more housing units in a single year. Population growth and movement are cited as factors that could push the total within reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
America
Collegiants seek job security amid the 70s shift in values
A national survey of 80 colleges finds many students in the 1970s turning toward well paying jobs and service, with employers eager to hire. Despite earlier idealism, the 60s era emphasis on non monetary careers appears waning as unemployment fears and market conditions rise.
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Washington
Youth Corps
VISTA
Wil
Liam W. Carlson
University of Toledo
Toledo
American Association of State Colleges and Universities
AASCU
John J. Kamerick
University of Northern Iowa
H.K. Hughes
State University College
Potsdam
N.Y
Norman A. Baxter
Fresno State College
California
Inflation pinch proves volatile force in economy
Inflation, even a small amount, triggers a risky chain reaction from price rises to costs and profits. The analyst warns government intervention may be needed to prevent a boom bust cycle, noting 1972 readers now wiser than 1966 and a slow, painful postrecession balance ahead.
US energy leaders urge lessons from Britain's coal strike
Energy officials warn the United States could face a future fuel shortage akin to Britain’s coal crisis. They cite high oil and gas dependence, call for hearings on a national energy strategy, and stress the long lead times for nuclear and synthetic fuel projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
U.S
Great Britain
United States
Britain
Wayne Aspinall
Dcolo
House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
Aspinall
Gene P. Morrell
Interior Department
Office of Oil and Gas
Morrell
Robert C. Gunness
Standard Oil Co
Indiana
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Zane Q. Johnson
Gulf Oil Corp
Johnson
C. Howard Hardesty Jr
Continental Oil Co
American Mining Congress
National Petroleum Council
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Winter Garden
Hutchison
James Simons
Vernon
North Central
West Central
Allen Turner
San Angelo
Blackland
South Central
Bryan Swaim
James Selman
Bob Hughes
Hughes
No.1
Grove
Abell
Imperial
Prairie-Sinclair
E. Grove
George T. Abell
W. R
Manuel Macias
M.C. Martinez
Optimist
Macias
E. 2Nd St
E. 4Th St
Zeke Levario
M. C. Martinez
Levario
Boy Scouts
Cedar Falls
Iowa
R. Leestarper
Worcester State College
Massachusetts
John Cunniff
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