Wall Street treads water amid grain trade fears
Stocks drift as fears over President Carter's grain sale limits and Soviet trade impact loom. Dow sits near 844, NYSE volume rises, Benquet Consolidated copper mine plans lift earnings, while gold mining declines and cotton futures edge higher amid a sluggish session.
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New York
Carter
Soviet Union
Russia
Afghanistan
Dow Jones
New York Stock Exchange
Benguet Consolidated
NYSE
Philippines
ASA
Hecla
American Stock Exchange
Nurse to speak at ostomy association meeting in Odessa
Miss Patty Beskit RN head nurse of Clinical Nutrition at Scott and White Temple will headline the Midland Odessa Chapter United Ostomy Association meeting at 2 30 p m Sunday Jan 18 in Odessa Medical Center Hospital auditorium Roy Minear Midland announced all interested persons are invited Beskit a 1976 University of Akron nursing graduate works with Dr Stephen R Newmark and serves on the Scott and White nursing recruit team Odessa chapter president Mrs Ernestine Adkins will officiate the meeting covering the 20 county area near Midland and Ector counties.
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Patty Beskit
R.N
Scott and White Clinic
Temple
Texas
Midland-Odessa
United Ostomy Association, Inc
Odessa Medical Center Hospital
Roy Minear
Midland
Beskit
University of Akron
College of Nursing
Akron
Ohio
Department of Internal Medicine
Odessa College opens spring term with broad class options
The spring semester starts Thursday at Odessa College with registration from 8 am to 4 pm and 6 to 9 pm. More than 1,000 daytime and evening classes are available. Registration is in the registrar's office on the second floor of the Student Union Building. Classes begin January 14 with late registration January 14 to 25. Ector County residents may take 12 semester hours for 85 dollars in tuition and fees not including books or lab fees.
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Odessa
Odessa College
Ector County
Public intoxication arrest near Pecos on Highway 285
Carlos Adam Brions aged 20 from Cayanosa was arrested by police two miles south of Pecos on Highway 285 for public intoxication.
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Carlos Adam Brions
Cayanosa
Pecos
David Mendez Chavez
S. Bois D’ Arc
W. Third
Nell Berry Declares Ward County Tax Assessor-Collector Bid
Nell Berry announces candidacy for Ward County Tax Assessor-Collector. A longtime resident active in 4-H and church work, she cites 17 years as a legal secretary and pledges open county service, community visits, and voter registration outreach ahead of the 1980 election.
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Nell Berry
Ward
Ward County
Neil Berry
Former Odessa teacher chosen for Europe study tour
Margie Millsapps, an Odessa High School teacher and former Pecos Schools instructor, has been selected by the American Institute for Foreign Study to accompany a student group on a four week Europe program. AIFS, founded in 1964, has arranged study trips for nearly 200,000 students and teachers. The “Spirit of Western Man” group travels through Rome, Florence, Leysin, Paris, Amsterdam, and London with Richmond College faculty in London providing courses and field trips aligned to each city’s culture.
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Margie Millsapps
Odessa
Odessa High School
Pecos
American Institute For Foreign Study
Greenwich
Conn
Europe
AIFS
Richmond College
London
Rome
Florence
Leysin
Wangs
Paris
Amsterdam
Graham
Tex
Crewmen Rescued After Offshore Rig Collapse near Galveston
Thirty five crewmen were rescued early today after two legs of the Triton II offshore oil rig collapsed near Galveston Texas. Coast Guard and regional vessels aided by aircraft rescued all crew, none injured. The rig, towed 65 miles southeast of Galveston, remained afloat pending divers' damage assessment.
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Galveston
Texas
Coast Guard
Corpus Christi
Houston
Laurel McMarlin
James Huie
Western Oceanic Inc
Gulf of Mexico
Texas farm exports top 2 billion in 1979 receipts
Agriculture Commissioner Brown reported Texas accounted for over 2 billion dollars of U S receipts from foreign sales of farm products in fiscal 1979. Cotton led, with 720 million plus 80 million in cottonseed oil, while soybeans, feedgrains, wheat, and rice also posted strong totals.
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Austin
Texas
U.S
Reagan V. Brown
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Brown
Texas Department of Agriculture
New Orleans
Ment
Southern
U.S. Trade Association
Europe
Japan
America
Russia
Afghanistan
Iran
NASA speaker and Polynesian dancers at OSU program
This is the fifth week of a six week period. A NASA speaker, Dr Jerry D Brown of Oklahoma State University, will address the student body. On Friday Polynesian dancers will present a Southern Assembly program with a small admission fee.
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NASA
Jerry D. Brown
Foundation
Oklahoma State University
Pecos area graduates boost Sul Ross December diplomas
Four Pecos area students and 114 other graduates from surrounding towns earned degrees at Sul Ross State University’s December commencement. Sally K. Dodd earned a Master of Education in education. Rodolfo Contreraz Martinez of Saragosa received a Bachelor of Science in industrial arts. Joy E. Lewis of Verhalen earned a Master of Education in education.
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Alpine
Pecos
Sul Ross State University
Sally K. Dodd
Rodolfo Contreraz Martinez
Saragosa
Joy E. Lewis
Verhalen
Sheriff’s Report Arrests Man For Illicit Weapon
Ramon Rodriguez, 37, was arrested by the sheriff's office Monday for carrying an illegal weapon. Raymond Farris reported burglary at his Owens Farms home north of Pecos, with numerous items missing valued at about $5700.
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Ramon Rodriguez
Raymond Farris
Sheriff's Office
Owens Farms
Pecos
Hightower Says Texans Pay High Gas Rates
Railroad Commission candidate Jim Hightower told East Texas crowds that Texans face the highest gas rates in the nation and warned current commissioners will let gas companies raise prices further. He is challenging Commissioner Jim Nugent, arguing the panel should guard the public against utilities.
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Texarkana, Texas
Railroad Commission
Jim Hightower
East Texas
Hightower
Commission
Jim Nugent
January 1980 Calendar Highlights From Local Page
A compact calendar brief lists days numbered 1 through 31 for January 1980. The readable text shows a header January 1980 with a grid of dates, implying a monthly calendar layout.
Community Club Meeting Schedule And Local Notices
A dense list of weekly club gatherings in Pecos and surrounding towns. Includes Lions Club meetings at multiple venues, Amistad Lions Den, Cantaloupe City CB Club, Huff and Puff quilting, TOPS groups, Barstow Lions, Business and Professional Women, Rio Pecos Extension Club, Pecos Jayceeettes, Bible study at Senior Citizens Center, and various rotaries and Jaycees. Details specify days, times, room names, and occasional phone numbers for contact.
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Lions Club
American Motor Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Cantaloupe City
CPS Reddy Room
Senior Citizens Center
S. Cedar
Huff and Puff
Pecos
Saragosa Hall
Pecos AA
Al-Non
N. Oak
Balmorhea
Old Senior Citizens Center
Second
Hickory
S. Eddy St
Barstow Lions Club
Barstow Community Center
Hickory Housing Center
Rio Pecos Extension Club
Pecos Jayceeettes
AARP
Austin Elementary School
PTA
Downtown Lions Club
Holiday Inn
Modern Study Club
John Lewis
Merry Wives Club
Jim Blanchard
Pecos Rotary Club
Pecos Jaycees
Alpine Lodge
The Pecos area thefts and traffic incidents reported
Police logged multiple thefts of vehicle CB antenna parts at the Pecos Inn including a 40 dollar item from a 1979 green Ford pickup and a 25 dollar Midland antenna from another car at the same location. Reports include two illegal TV hookups at Devilla Trailer Park and Pecos addresses, a public intoxication arrest, and two traffic accidents involving teens and drivers on Washington and Stafford avenues.
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Philip James Remfert
Pecos Inn
Robert M. Hill
Shamokin
Service Warner Cable
Pecos
Devilla Trailer Park
Space 10
Park and
Washington
Carl Monroe Thorp
S. Morris
Stafford
Rosa Mendoza Valles
Sandia
Hazel Shipp Hayes
Jackson
Hazel Ceramics Shop
Third
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KFUN
Kim Calhoun
Donnee Chance
Robert Hinojos
New York Cotton Exchange
Mary
A.m
Indus
Trans
Utilities
Pecos Enterprise
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South Cedar Street
Pecos Texas
Ken Dulaney
Lewis Barrett
Linda Laniel
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Ruth Wells
Reeves County
Reeves
Loving
Culberson
Jeff Davis
Uss
Sheriff's Report
Texans
HES
Leres
Warner Cable
Cedar
700 Cedar
Space 8
Ruben Radico
S. Pecan
East Second
Locust
Jim Dan Moore
S. Alamo
Jack Elwood Donaghey
Alberta
Donaghey
Fourth and
Jim
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