Same girl wins talent with last year's song
Lori Smith Miss Hal tom Richland Area won preliminary talent at the Miss Texas pageant for the second year with the same blues number Moanin Low. Debbie Wilson Miss White Settlement also placed well in preliminaries while Miss Dallas last year, and other contestants drew cheers in front of 1 976 at the Tarrant County Convention Center theater.
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Fort Worth
Lori Smith
Haltom-Richland Area
Debbie Wilson
White Settlement
Chuck
Chuck Weisbeck
Miss Smith
Dallas,Fort Worth
Tarrant County Convention Center
Miss Wilson
Arlington Public Schools
Weisbeck
Peggy Oliver
Laporte-Bayshore
Judy Wee
Houston
Persis Forster
Arlington
Mary Ella Meek
Hurst- Euless-Bedford
Atlantic City
Weather swings as temperatures soar across the U S
The Associated Press reports widespread heat with many cities reaching 90s and 100s while cold eyes of last winter fade. Tornadoes number seventeen with twisters in Wisconsin Iowa North Dakota and Michigan. Severe storms caused injuries and damage from Fort Dodge Iowa to Conneaut Ohio Fort Smith Arkansas and across Wisconsin Delaware and Pennsylvania.
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Associated Press
America
Washington D.C
Alabama
Birmingham
Centerville
Atlanta
Las Vegas
Phoenix
Ariz
Richmond
Omaha
Neb
Des Moines
Iowa
Dallas-Ft. Worth
Canadian
Wisconsin
North Dakota
Michigan
Fort Dodge
Conneaut
Ohio
Denver
Wis
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Fort Smith
Ark
Needles
Calif
Houston
Maine
Butte
Mont
Strong Texas deposits show economy's strength in banking
Texas bank deposits rose from 38.6 to 53 billion dollars in three years, a 37 percent gain, outpacing national growth. Demand deposits gained 4.4 billion, while interest bearing deposits expanded by 10 billion. Private accounts climbed 40 percent to 42 billion in 1976.
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Texas
Quiz from The World Almanac Q&A
The almanac asks three questions on travel documents time zones and architecture. It tests which authority issues passports, the time difference between New York and Saigon, and the designer of the White House.
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United States
U.S. State Department
U.S. Public Health Service
U.S. Transportation Department
New York City
Saigon
White House
Washington, D.C
Stanford White
James Hoban
Frederick Law Olmsted
Balmorhea Weekend Visitors Bring Many Relatives
Balmorhea residents hosted relatives from Dallas Odessa Lubbock Pecos Fort Worth Carlsbad and Saragosa visiting over the weekend. People included Abel Baeza Manuel Vasquez Teresa Moreno and many Jasso Chavez and Bri jacar families along with others from surrounding towns. The gatherings featured extended family ties and a local Quinceañera mass and dance attended by kin from Fort Davis and nearby communities.
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Manuel Vasquez
Odessa
Teresa Moreno
Juan Jasso
Ruben Chavez
Toribia Payan
Saragosa
Abel Fuentez
Pecos
Manuel Jasso
Inez Luna
Roy Luna
Balmorhea
Texas Cotton Harvest For 1976 77 Mostly Mechanized
Texas growers harvested almost all of the 1976 77 cotton crop by mechanical means. Machine stripping accounted for 89 percent of the harvest, down from 93 percent the prior year. See figures for machine picked, ginning costs, seed requirements, and warehouse storage charges in Texas versus national averages.
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Texas
Economic Research Service
Agricultural Marehing Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Barbs. By Phil Pastoret
A humorous column questions payroll timing as workers face paychecks arriving near the start of the week, noting the inconvenience and public sentiment. The piece blends wit with social commentary on wage schedules and Friday-to-Monday gaps.
Noon market report shows small loss amid economic outlook concerns
The noon Dow Jones average fell 0.42 to 907.31 as losers edged gainers 7 to 6 among NYSE issues. Traders eyed Friday's wholesale price index for June hoping for favorable news while fear of slower growth this year and in 1978 weighed on cyclical sectors. British Petroleum traded 100,000 shares at 16 1/8 unchanged. NYSE composite stood at 54.67 and AMEX index at 120.10 with volume 8.83 million. Cash grain prices were also listed for wheat corn oats and soybeans with modest changes.
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NEW York
Wall
British Petroleum
American Stock Exchange
NYSE
Cash Grain
Chicago
Miss Texas plans marriage and move after pageant
Reigning Miss Texas Carmen McCollum, from Odessa, announced plans to marry an Abilene Christian College student on Dec 17 1977 and move back to Odessa after the pageant. She said she knew him before the competition and would marry soon.
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Fort Worth
Carmen McCollum
Dispositions in May for DWI and Related Offenses
May dispositions show several driving while intoxicated cases with probation for Alfonso Basquez Isabel Aguilar Molinar and Delfino Ortiz. Dismissals include Santiago Villanueva and Seledonia Ornelas with deportation noted. Others include fines for Robert Ramirez Lonnie Goben and a continuing case for Jessie Willard Garcia.
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Alfonso Basquez
Isabel Aguilar Molinar
Delfino A. Ortiz
Santiago Villanueva
Seledonia H. Ornelas
Mexico
Robert Ramirez
Lonnie Lynn Goben
Jessie Willard Garcia
Lino Fuentes Garcia
Arturo Cruz
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E.B. Crane
Boy Scout Ranch
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the World Almanac
Abel Baeza
Dallas
Mrs
Juan Baeza
Francisca Vasquez
Juan Chavez
Sve
Billy Lozano
Eugene Bejaran
Lino Garcia
SV Donna Brijalba
Faye Brisalba
Lubbock
Ben Dutchover
Jimmy Carrasco Sr
Norma
Fort Davis
Timoteo Hernandez
Felix Pacheo
Lamesa
Augustine Vasquez
Onesimo Vasquez
Sv— Fermin Briceno
Aurora Briceno
Mark Matta
Carlsbad, N.M
Timoteo Garcia Sr
Olga
Pete Baeza
Dan Brijalba
Abel Anchondo
Phil Pastoret
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Miss Texas
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Mrs. Markham
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TESCO
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Odessa College Board of Trustees
Ector County Independent School District
W.T. Barrett
Art Green
OC Board of Trustees
Green
Ector County Public School
Alpine
Sul Ross State University
Joel R. Hernandez
Greg Wilson
Criminal Justice Department
Georgette Bentley
PBRPC
Warren Burnett
Texas Observer Magazine
Burnett
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South Cedar Street
Ken Dulaney
Peggy McCracken
Diane Osborn
Doris Welch
Ruben Baca
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
Reeves County
Reeves
Ward
Having
Culberson
Jeff Counties
Irving Prick, Incorporated
TIXAS
South Palm Canyon Drive
Palm Springs
California
Red Bluff
Hudspeth
Loving
Irving P. Krick
Lovarea
Caan Nen
Texas Water Development Board
P.O. Box
Austin
Paul J. Caubin
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