Lethco Receives Range Management Excellence Award
Nelson Lethco is honored with the Excellence in Grazing Management award by the Texas Section of The National Society of Range Management. Wynn Hamilton Jr., director of the Toyah Limpia Soil and Water Conservation District, presented the award for his work on his Davis Mountains ranch near Balmorhea, noting increased carrying capacity through improved grazing practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wynn Hamilton Jr
Toyah Limpia
Lethco
Davis Mountains
Balmorhea
Stock Market Mixed as Gains Narrow Early Session
New York stocks rose modestly after an initial profit take pause with the Dow Jones industrial average up 2.59 to 697.36 at noon as gainers nearly matched losers. IBM advanced to 181 1/2 after a court ruling in its antitrust case. Cotton futures and Wheat price quotes were mixed amid slow demand. A Cambodia firefight story described a grenadier pulling a pin as violence surged near Phnom Penh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sony
American Stock Exchange
IBM
NYSE
New York Cotton Exchange
Balmorhea and Alpine Marry in Balmorhea Church
Frankie Kingston and Mrs. Fred Stroade Jr. of Balmorhea wed Tom L. Burton of Alpine in a January ceremony at First Presbyterian Church Alpine. Rev. Robert C. Wallman officiated. Matron of honor Mrs. Tony Frerich. best man Tony Frerich of Alpine. The couple plan to reside in Alpine after he, a Moran High School graduate and Vietnam veteran, works at West Texas Utility Co. in Alpine. The notice also lists meal plans, local community notes, and school clean-up efforts with community participation encouraged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Stroade Jr
Balmorhea
Tom L. Burton
Alpine
Grady Burton
Moran, Texas
First Presbyterian Church
Robert C. Wallman
Tony Frerich
Balmorhea High School
Angelo State University
San Angelo Business College
Moran High School
Weak front cloaks Texas in fog and mild warmth
A weak cool front mixed with unseasonable warmth wrapped the Pecos River region in light to heavy fog early today as unusual weather continued. The Tuesday high followed by a 44 degree morning low suggests a short-lived change as the front moves southeast across the state. Fog persisted along the Texas coast and west areas with near zero visibility in places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos River
Associated Press
Kerrville
Texas
South Dakota
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
North Dakota
Missouri
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Weather Summary Notes And Public Advisory
Broad overview of weather pattern with mentions of a West trigger ed snow and rain showers in northern California and southwest Oregon. A winter storm watch was issued for northern Arizona. Dense fog along the central Gulf Coast. Clear skies return behind the storm belt in the central Rockies and adjacent Plains. Unseasonably mild conditions persist from the central Plains to the Eastern Seaboard with overnight temperatures in the upper 30s and 40s common.
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California
Oregon
Arizona
Gulf Coast
Central Rockies
Plains
Central Plains
Seaboard
Nebraska and Piaui Form Partners of the Americas Tie
Nebraska joined the Partners of the Americas program as the 42nd U.S. state partner. Piaui in northeastern Brazil becomes Nebraska’s partner state as the 19th Brazilian state to enter a U.S. partnership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Piaui
Lincoln
Neb
U.S
Partners of the Americas
Brazil
Deaths and Services for Sullins and Adkins in Oklahoma Texas
Death notices report Jackie Sullins age 29 of Tucson died in Tucson with services set for 3 p.m. Saturday at Sentinel Funeral Home in Sentinel Oklahoma. He is survived by wife Sharon and a baby girl, parents Walter and Mrs. Sullins of Dill City, a brother in Germany, and two sisters in Sentinel and Dill City. Also noted are Alton F. Adkins age 39 of Texas, with services at Pecos Funeral Home chapel and burial in Evergreen Cemetery. survivors include mother Hazel Adkins, wife Verna, three brothers and two sisters in several states.
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Jackie Sullins
Tucson
Ariz
Sentinel Funeral Home
Sentinel
Okla
Sullins
LE. Chesney
Earl Ligon
Pecos
Dill City
Oklo
Sharon
Walter Sullins
Donnie Pat Sullins
Germany
Jimmy Musick
Rick Ellis
Pecos Funeral Home
Alton F. Adkins
Hazel Adkins
S. Eddy St
Evergreen Cemetery
Adkins
Monday
Tex
Blooming Grove
Texas
Verna
Richard Adkins
Clifford Adkins
Fort Stockton
Jack Adkins
el Paso
FCC rules require breakup of newspaper broadcast combos
The FCC ordered the breakup of newspaper TV and radio combinations in several cities by January 1 1980 to boost diversity of viewpoints. It said ownership diversity, not antitrust, is central and allowed waivers with proper showing. Owners may sell the newspaper, stations, or both to comply.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Commission
FCC
Justice Department
Department
Associated Press
Gulf Oil sets offset in Worsham multipay field Reeves County
Gulf Oil Corp plans multiple wells in Reeves and Ward Counties, drilling No. 5 L. Horry in the Worsham multi pay south offset to Cherry Canyon, with depth 6,500 feet and precise drillsite coordinates. Other operators, including Lone Star, Skelly, Shell, and BTA Oil, report abandonments, testing, and ongoing drilling in the region, with depths ranging from 4,800 to over 14,000 feet and various locations near Toyah, Monahans, Pyote, Kermit, and Wink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Oil Corp
L. Horry
Cherry Canyon
Worsham
Reeves County
Pecos
H&gn
Lone Star Producing Co
Laris
Palafox Exploration
Toyah
T&p Survey
San Martino (Fusselman
W.A. Estes
Ward County
HSA
Monahans
Morning Optimists and community meetings schedule
Morning Optimists meet at 6 30 a m at American Motor Inn. Pack 91 meets at First United Methodist Church fellowship hall at 7 30 p m. Alcoholics Anonymous sessions at 8 p m upstairs at 212 S Oak. Balmorhea lines list contacts 445 4611 445 4413 375 2508. Various groups meet at community centers and Lions clubs across Balmorhea with weekly sessions noted.
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First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall
Alcoholics Anonymous
Lions Club
American Motor Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Tops Club
10Th St
Marriage Licenses and a Minor Auto Collision Report
The record lists marriage licenses issued on several January dates for couples including William Gonzales Montoya and Maria Elena Ramirez Pecos, Joel S Villa nueva and Virginia Granado, Silvino Vasquez Arias and Alicia Berta Madrid, Joe Louis Fuentes and Martha Ann Machuca, Rogelio Rodriguez Chavarria and Irma N. Lujuan, Jose Luis Delgado and Juanita Cruz Fort Stockton and Rudy Ordunez Martinez and Nancy Ann Coburn Carlsbad and Oliver Lee Renz and Teresea Fuentez Contreras Balmorhea. Officers investigated a minor auto collision on Third Street at about 7:10 a.m. involving Dorothy Barton and Johnny McKay, with no injuries reported.
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Joel S. Villanueva
S. Mulberry
Virginia Granado
S. Martinez
Silvino Vasquez Arias
S. Locust
Alicia Berta Madrid
S. Walnut
Joe Louis Fuentes
Martha Ann Machuca
Rogelio Rodriguez Chavarria
Irma N
Lujan
Dorothy Barton
Country Club Drive
Johnny McKay
Laura Lodge
Third Street
Third
Alberta
Plans to reenter Wolfcamp test in Barstow field
Scheduled plans to re-enter and plug back to 14 650 feet for a Wolfcamp production test in the Barstow field Ward County. The well was drilled by Mobil as a Fusselman test and plugged December January 1974 at 18 250 feet from northeast and 1 170 feet from northwest lines of section 43 block 33 H and TC survey three miles southwest of Barstow. Publication details of Buckner News Alliance Pecos Texas 79772.
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Skelly Oil Co
University
Fusselman
War- Wink
Ward County
Block 18
Pyote
Shell Oil Company
Sealy-Smith Foundation
Monahans
Winkler County
G&mmb&a
BTA Oil Producers
Midland
Ellenburger
Bone Springs
Delaware
Kermit
Leek, West
BTA Oil Producers of
S Winkler
Montoya-Ellenburger
Wink, South
Wink
Mobil Oil Corp
Barstow
Wrd County
Mobil
H&tc Survey
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Eee Lethco
Wynn Hamilton
Nelson Lethco
Stock Market Report
Great Basins Petroleum
Amex
Chicago
Russey Srok
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Main Street
Carolyn Stroade
San Angelo
The
Ad Rich
Borden
Petel Fo
Cat Trac
Celanese
Chrysler
Sve
Coca Cola
Cent Oil
Dow Chem
DuPont
Eastman
el Paso NG
Exxon
Fairchild
Ford
Elec
Gen Foods
Mtrs
Great
A&p
Gulf Oil
Int Paper
Jhn-Man
John Joh
Litton
Marathon
Marcor
Mobil Oil
Monsanto
Penn Cent
Penney
RCA
Safeway
Sears
Sun Oil
Texaco
UN Carbide
Uniroyal
US Steel
Woolwich
Xerox
By Frankie Kingston
Joe Kingston
Menard
Mable Wilkerson
Jimmie Wilson
Salvador Ortega Jr
Community Club
BY Phil Pastoret
FDA
Alton Adkins
Crittenden Field
Winkler Country
Gordon
By Gui Arriola
Weil 2D
William Gonzales Montoya
Morton
Maria Elena Ramirez
Pec- OS
Pecog Enterprise
Buckner News Alliance
Cedar St
Relitorio
Saitor Family
Reeves, Ward
Loving
Pecon
Joan Pitts
Peggy Mecracken
Lynn Web Hecky Rivera
Diane Oskorn
Mary Shute Kuben
Haca
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Joyce Miller
Reyes County
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