Beef industry sets multiple 1976 records in US livestock sector
Beefs industry records soared in 1976 with commercial cattle slaughter near 43 million head and commercial beef production around 25 billion pounds. Per capita beef consumption rose to about 128 pounds, while producer prices hovered near 34 to 35 dollars per hundredweight. Disposable income and farm costs also hit new highs.
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Ed Uvacek
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
U.S
Avacek
Gas costs force Beker Industries to halt anhydrous ammonia plant
Beker Industries stopped production at its plant 10 miles east of Carlsbad citing soaring natural gas prices. Vice President Louis Whitlock warned the plant may not restart until the gas situation improves as bills rose from 293000 in 1975 to 554000 in 1976 for similar usage. County Judge Darrell Glover will attend a Permian Basin Planning Commission meeting in Odessa with caucuses to elect 1977 board members.
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Carlsbad
New Mexico
Louis Whitlock
Beker
Southwestern
Whitlock
Darrell Glover
Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission
Odessa Country Club
Noon market trends show mixed losses on weak 1976 Q4 GDP data
The noon Dow fell 2.24 to 965.01 as 1976 Q4 growth came in below expectations, with overall NYSE issues split between gainers and losers. GNP rose 3 percent annualized after inflation, while optimism persisted for broader activity in coming months amid earnings shifts at Heublein.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
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Heublein
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
How to wreck your car in Texas small towns
A satirical Texas DPS style guide analyzes safest and riskiest driving times and places. It cites 7 p.m. as high risk in small towns and 5 a.m. as safer, with Tuesday the best day and Saturday the worst.
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DPS
Texas
Why the first US flag colors were chosen
World Book Encyclopedia notes that in 1782 the Congress of the Confederation adopted the Great Seal with red white and blue meaning hardness and courage purity and innocence and vigilance perseverance and justice. The article explains the tie between flag colors and seal symbolism.
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Continental Congress
Congress of the Confederation
The
United States
Federal court case tied to marijuana found in truck bed
Chester Lee Adams of Fort Worth 37 charged in federal court with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute after 443 pounds were found concealed in a false truck bed at Big Bend National Park. He appeared before a U S Magistrate Jan 15 and is held in Reeves County jail on 200000 bond. A separate incident involved Ray Lovett a 28 year old fugitive arrested near Pecos.
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Chester Lee Adams
Fort Worth
U.S
Reeves County
DPS
Rusty Hill
Cherry Creek Canyon
Pecos
Ray Lovett
Birmingham
Ala
Atlanta
Alberto Valeriano
Robert D. Miller
Raul Florez
C.C. Bullard
Alpine
Blas Chavez
Albuquerque
N.M
Manuel Sierra-Delgado
Joe Segura
Marfa
Marathon
Border Patrol
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Carlsbad Mayor urges meetings on grant funds use
Carlsbad Mayor Walter Gerrells asks residents to attend three meetings this week to discuss potential uses for Community Development Block Grant funds. Up to $600,000 may be available from HUD. He also reported on a Santa Fe DHI board meeting where development of a downtown Carlsbad Regional Medical Center unit as a mental health center was discussed.
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Carlsbad
Walter Gerrells
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Santa Fe
Department of Hospitals and Institutions Board
DHI
Carlsbad Regional Medical Center
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