Oklahoma energy congress finds Carter plan may not boost domestic output
Delegates from 25 states criticize the Carter energy program for not delivering enough steps to raise production of coal oil and natural gas while urging deregulation of new oil and gas and phasing out old controls. Oklahoma Governor David Boren expected to push an alternative range of suggestions previously offered.
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Congress
Oklahoma
David Boren
Boren
Fred Weinhold
James Schlesinger
OPEC
United States
William Talley
Advisory Council On Energy
Carter
Midessa Drapery Wins Memorial Hospital Bid
Midessa Draperies of Odessa won the Memorial Hospital drapery bid with $6,015.74 at a May 16 commissioners court meeting. Other bids: Home Decorating Center $9,381.35 Borg-Warner Health Products $9,839 Hazel's Drapery $13,512. The court also voted to seek funding for sheriff's department communications terminals through the Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission.
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Davenport
Midland
Odessa
Crane
Big Spring
Kermit
Lamesa
Midland Fire Department
Midland Sheriff's Departent
Permian Basin
Criminal Justice Division
W.B. Conklin
Midessa Draperies
Memorial Hospital
Commissioners Court
Home Decorating Center
Borg-Warner Health Products, Inc
Woodland Hills
Calif
Hazel’s Drapery
Pecos
Com
Saturday Story Hour at Reeves County Library Opens
The Reeves County Library will host a Saturday Story Hour from 9 30 to 10 30 a m each Saturday led by volunteers read aloud for pre schoolers aged five and six. Mothers should pick up promptly at 10 30 as the library closes at noon.
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Reeves County Library
Elizabeth Schmidt
Blood Donations Sought At Community Center Today
Blood Services of El Paso collects donations at the community center until 7 p.m. Otis Mawhinn ey of the Lions Club says the drive is active today with volunteers supporting the effort.
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Blood Services of
el Paso
Otis Mawhinney
The
Lions Club
Wreck Victim Still in Hospital After Elm Street Crash
Johnny Montoya, 19, remains at Memorial Hospital with a lacerated scalp and a broken collarbone from a May 27 car train collision at Elm Street crossing. Juan Portillo II and Robert Munoz were released after minor injuries. Joe Lopez reportedly escaped before the crash. No charges filed yet.
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Johnny Montoya
N. Oak
Memorial Hospital
Elm Street
Juan Portillo II
W. 8Th
Robert Munoz
N. Cypress
Joe Lopez
Barstow
Legion Post 91 Calls Meeting to Elect Officers
American Legion Post 91 will hold a meeting at 8 p.m. Monday at the Post home 900 S Cedar St to elect officers for the coming year. All members urged to attend per post commander A J Carpenter.
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Richard Briscoe
American Legion
S. Cedar St
A.J. Carpenter
Congress limits energy chief power in new cabinet plan
Congress moves to curb the will of the proposed energy secretary James R. Schlesinger by creating a five member energy regulatory commission to set natural gas prices. The House votes to deny the secretary oversight over price rules, while the Senate posture remains similar. The plan also abolishes the Federal Power Commission and consolidates agencies under a new energy department.
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Washington
Congress
Carter
Department of Energy
James R. Schlesinger
Schlesing
House
Energy Secretary
Senate
John Moss
D-Calif
Jack Brooks
Dtexas
Ham‘cing
Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Power Commission
Moss
FPC
Federal Energy Administration
Energy Research and Development Adminstration
Department
Department of Transportation
Odessa American reporters arrested in three separate incidents
Odessa Texas AP three Odessa American reporters were arrested on charges including indecency with a minor burglary drunkenness and driving while intoxicated. The arrests intensified the ongoing feud between District Attorney John Green and the newspaper as Green had previously accused the paper of libel and barred reporters from his office.
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Odessa
Tex
Luckett
Green
Las Vegas
Weather watch: Thursday high 103 degrees
Forecast calls for showers scattered tonight with thunderstorms. Partly cloudy conditions persist through Saturday as heat remains high. Above normal temperatures expected Sunday through Tuesday with warm nights.
Texas Basks Under Warm Dry Start To Week
A weak high pressure system kept Texas mostly warm and dry with light winds. Only the Upper Panhandle saw a shower of 0.1 inches in Amarillo while fog lingered in East and Southeast Texas and temperatures rose from mid 50s in western mountains to upper 70s in the northeast. Thursday highs reached up to 100 in Dallas and Midland and 101 in Wink.
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Associated Press
Texas
Upper Panhandle
Amarillo
Dallas
Midland
Wink
Mixed responses to gas price control plan in Enid
Report from Enid Oklahoma on House action allowing a five member board to set natural gas prices rather than a single official. Consumers praised the move as stabilizing while producers warned of increased business instability.
Vietnam hands over 20 missing Americans in new list
Vietnam provided names of 20 more missing Americans as talks with the United States on normalizing relations continued. Holbrooke said identifications await confirmation by the Hawaii lab. remains could be returned with two others promised by a Carter commission.
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Paris
Vietnam
United States
Jasst
Sate
Richard Holbrooke
Phan Hien
Holbrooke
U.S. Army
Hawaii
Hien
Hanoi
Special Commission
Carter
Washington
Rep. G.W. Montgomery, Dmiss
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Permian Basin Law Enforcement Academy
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Enid, Okla
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Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission
Legion
Chamber of Commerce
Miguel Castillo
S. Eddy St
Jay Dycus
Jerry Swaim
David Hinz
J.J. Maxey
Golden
Kim Allen
Bill Hubbs
Eliora Muniz
Chamber
Nita Smith
Oma Fallis
Bill Pigman
Larry Busby
Enid
Okla
Energy Congress
Lee Richardson
Baton Rouge la
American Federation of Consumers
Emile E. Ogden
Abilene, Tex
Texas Governor's Energy Advisory Committee
Office of
Consumer Affairs
Steve Conner
South Carolina Energy Management Office
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