West Texas artist Gervasi of Marfa tops oil field life
Frank Gervasi, the sole Texas member of the National Academy of Design, rose from New York City painter to famed western landscape artist based in Marfa. Through a five year commission for the Petroleum Museum in Midland he painted 30 oilfield scenes, including Wink boom views, often panoramas spanning thirty miles. He commands premium prices in Houston, Lubbock and Canyon galleries and favors Shafter as a favorite subject. He lost an arm in World War I but pursued art, studying at the Art Students League and apprenticing under noted masters. He believes painting lives in the mind and stresses visualizing space air and light.
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National Academy of Design
Texas
National Academy
Frank Gervasi
Marfa
Gervasi
New York City
West Texas
Petroleum Museum
Midland
George T. Abell
Wink
Abell
Houston
Shafter
Lubbock
Canyon
Frank
Italy
New York
Weather turns colder as front sweeps Texas
A weakening cold front cools Pecos Valley weather after a 78 degree high and 35 degree low. Skies darken to overcast with mid morning temperatures dropping several degrees. East Texas reports dense fog reducing visibility to zero while Northwest Texas experiences drier, cooler air and partial cloudiness with possible coastal showers. Snow falls in parts of Wyoming and northern Illinois while many regions see clear or partly cloudy skies. Fog and mist linger in central California valleys ahead of a generally calm nationwide weather pattern.
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Pecos Valley
Texas
East Texas
Associated Press
Lufkin
Gulf of Mexico
Marfa
West Texas Mountains
Dalhart
el Paso
Amarillo
Lubbock
Rockies
New England
Wyoming
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Pacific Northwest
California
Texas lawmakers act on unemployment and pay raises
In Austin the House passed an emergency unemployment relief measure 135 to 1 to provide 5 million in federal benefits to about 25,000 jobless Texans. A Senate panel advanced a $100 million state employee pay raise, with the Finance Committee backing a substitute that offers 14.2 percent raises for lower paid workers and 10.5 percent for higher paid staff, plus 10 million for travel and insurance premiums.
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House
Senate
Houston
Senate Finance Committee
Que Paso traffic notes and adobe park plans in Pecos
Mrs. Virginia Brookshire complains Eddy Street is a fast danger zone and visibility is poor at corners near third street and the post office. A reader praises adobe construction and urges study as a housing option, while Park plans for Judge Roy Bean Park progress toward completion by rodeo time.
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Virginia Brookshire
Eddy
Eddy Street
Brookshire
Pecos hosts hundreds for municipal league meeting
Pecos prepares to host Region 4 Texas Municipal League members in a quarterly meet at Pecos Valley Country Club. About 100 125 attendees from 41 area towns will attend the business session and program, with a bicentennial skit on the courthouse lawn and a 7 30 p m business session led by Midland mayor Ernest Angelo.
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Texas Municipal League
Pecos
J.J. Maxey
Pecos Valley Country Club
TML
Big Spring
el Paso
Alpine
Country Club
Midland
Ernest Angelo
E.W. Schmidt
Garland Matthews
Bell calls taped talks half truth and hearsay
Southwestern Bell says transcripts from taped conversations between James Ashley and Bill Holman contain half truths and hearsay. The dispute covers alleged improprieties including slush funds illegal wiretapping and personal use of corporate money.
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Bell
Dallas
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
James Ashley
Bill Holman
Ashley
San Antonio
Holman
Austin
County summons petit jurors for January term
A group of 60 county residents have been chosen to serve as petit jurors for the January through March term in county court, according to County Clerk Catherine Ashley. Names include Larry Ross, Jack F Dearley, Dolores Garcia, H D Lawless, Steve Dean, Earl L Hill, Harold Williams, Leon H Brewer, Demetrio Aguero Jr, Santana Mendoza, Audrey Harris, Jerry Clayton, Michael F. Moore, Clemente Jaramillo, Donnie L. Hall, Billy C. Griffin, Gene M. Baker, Tom mi Abila, Newton J. Sparks, Jimmy G. Trichell and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Ashley
Larry Ross
Race Humphries
Bob Lewis
J.R. Mitchell
Roy S. Biggs
John F. Dearley
Frank Mendoza
Dolores Garcia
Eugene Walker
H.D. Law
Bogus $20 Bills Suspected in Pecos Area
Public alert issued after reports of about 2000 counterfeit $20 bills with serial number B559167100 in Pecos. DPS seeks occupants of late model car seen Wednesday as Secret Service confirms counterfeits. Citizens told to drop suspect bills at their bank for examination.
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Pecos
Department of Public Safety
U.S. Secret Service
Albuquerque
N.M
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John Pitts
ADOBE
Richard White
Southwest
White
Adobe Construction
Bill Pigman
Charles Massey
Ted
Massey
Maxey
Aginst
Southwestern Bell At
Texas Atty
Waggoner Carr
U.S. Senate
Carr
Ford Hall
Beevile
R.A. Goodson
County
Audrey Harris
Mrs. Dora
T. Pineda
Jerry
Newton J. Sparks
Jimmy G. Trichell
Mrs
Virginia A. Weaver
VY Price
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