Midland pair donates fossil slide collection to UTPB
Midland geologists R V Hollingsworth and Harold L Williams donate a 250,000 thin section fusulinid fossil slide collection worth 10,000 to the University of Texas of the Permian Basin as Palentological Laboratories closes. The gift, prepared over 32 years, will become a repository of 7,377 boxes and about 70 slides per box, helping researchers study Permian Basin geology.
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Odessa
Midland
University of Texas
R.V
Dick) Hollingsworth
Harold L. Williams
Hollingsworth
Williams
Palentological Laboratories
Don Toomey
UT Permian Basin
Earth Science
University
Palentological Laboratories of
Noon market report from New York and livestock quotes
The noon Dow fell 3.93 to 987.31 after a three day rally, with volume easing to 8.45 million on the Big Board. Cotton futures dipped as prices slipped. livestock markets in Fort Worth Amarillo and Chicago showed varied moves across cows, bulls, feeders, hogs, and sheep amid mixed demand.
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Sony
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Cotton Futures New York
Fort Worth
Embezzlement Charge Draws Big Spring Man Back Home
Big Spring man Robert Brown, 49, arrested in Pecos on Sunday after driving while intoxicated led to discovery of a $600 cash stash tied to an embezzlement. Brown was returned to face charges with police noting the recovered money in his vehicle. A separate incident left L J Terry with a gunshot wound to the ankle as a revolver was reportedly loaded after cleaning.
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Pecos
Robert Brown
Reeves County
Glen Vandiver
Citizens Band
Vandiver
Brown
Cap
Grogan Motors
Cedar St
Bessie Haynes
Homer Graham
L.J. Terry
S. Orange St
Blowout prevention schools train Exxon drillers
Abnormally high pressure may arise unexpectedly and must be guarded against. Recognizing blowout symptoms relies on signs like drilling rate changes, drilling mud content, and drill cuttings properties. Exxon runs regular blowout prevention schools with simulated emergencies to build skill and experience.
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Exxon
Border Patrol Headquarters Bids Sought in Marfa
GSA splits bids for a new U S Border Patrol Sector HQ in Marfa with expected costs between 1 and 5 million dollars. Congressman Richard C White was notified. Details on the invitation bid and acceptance number are at the GSA Business Services Center Fort Worth Texas 819 Taylor Street. Bids due by August 3 1976 at 3 p m.
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General Services Administration
U.S. Border Patrol
Marfa
Richard C. White
GSA
General Services Administration Business Services Center
Taylor Street
Fort Worth
Texas
Raytheon Wins Fort Bliss Missile Test Contract
The Department of the Army awarded Raytheon Company Missile Systems Division of Andover Massachusetts a $1.6 million contract for tests and equipment maintenance at Fort Bliss. Congressman Richard C. White was notified. The work covers testing and maintenance on equipment in the basic and improved hot missile program.
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Fort Bliss
Department of the Army
Richard C. White
D-Texas
Raytheon Company Missile Systems Division
Andover
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Pecos County bids and school trustee election notes
The Pecos County commissioners rejected all bids on a golf course house but accepted Associates' Supply Co. for a loader and planned bids for fencing Texas Sulphur Road and road seal coating with openings set for June 28. In Fort Stockton, McLain's election suit moves forward as testimony unfolds. challenges drop and a voter questioned about background invokes the Fifth Amendment. Kermit ISD seeks a new board member, appointing Bill Heiser to fill the vacancy after Dean Gregor g y resigned. Carlsbad voters face a 2 million dollar three year school levy for a new cafeteria and renovations. In Odessa, perinatal care policy shifts see indigent patients sent to the county hospital with financial impact debated. Odessa Country Club hosts the West Texas men's amateur tournament while women vie in Amarillo. UT Permian Basin showcases a furnished student housing unit for August occupancy. Texas A&M researchers discuss converting farm residues into energy as part of statewide agricultural prominence.
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Pecos County
Associates’ Supply Co., Inc
Precinct 1
Ronnie McLain
McLain
Pete Terrazas
Terrazas
Francesca Acosta
J.B. Jackson
Ben Gallegos
Odessa
Ector County
Women's and Children’s Hospital
Medical Center
Joe Connally
Gordon Epperson
Epperson
Women's
Children's
W & CH
Kathryne Geisert
West Texas
Fort Worth
el Paso
Amarillo
Tascosa
OCC
Deaths and services for Armando Martinez Jr and Rev Stephen Till
Graveside services for Armando Martinez Jr 10 a.m. Wednesday at Santa Rosa Cemetery for a stillborn infant born June 14 at Memorial Hospital. Survivors include parents Mr and Mrs Armando Martinez Sr paternal grandparents Refugio Martinez of Van Horn and Dolfo Alaniz of Pecos maternal grandparents Rogolfo Alaniz of Pecos. Rev Stephen Till’s services at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Saint Catherine's Catholic Church with 8 p.m. rosary. Till died of an apparent heart attack Monday afternoon. His body was found outside the Santa Rosa Church rectory by Rev Jose Valadez and pronounced dead by peace justice Cliff Preslar. Body to Pecos Funeral Home then to El Paso for burial. Rosary for Lionel M Ortega 8 p.m. tonight Pecos Funeral Home Chapel and Mass at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Christ the King Catholic Church Balmorhea with burial in Balmorhea Cemetery.
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Santa Rosa
Memorial Hospital
Armando Martinez Sr
Refugio Martinez
van Horn
Rodolfo Alaniz
Pecos
Stephen Till
Saint Catherine's Catholic Church
Rev
Till
Santa Rosa Catholic Church
Jose Valadez
Valadez
Barstow
Cliff Preslar
el Paso
Lionel M. Ortega
Pecos Funeral Home
Christ the King Catholic Church
Balmorhea
Pecos Fun
Calendar of events in Pecos area and Balmorhea death notice
Calendar items list Tuesday through Saturday meetings and health drives in Pecos including Alcoholics Anonymous Al-Anon TOPS Optimists and Lions Club events with addresses and contact numbers. A Balmorhea obituary notes Mr. Ortega resident most of life with survivors including mother Barbara Ortega and siblings David names listed.
Free enterprise faith must be taught to citizens
A survey in Hobbs and Odessa shows 80 percent misunderstand how free enterprise operates yet favor it as the system undergirding democracy. The piece urges public education and a National Chamber of Commerce campaign to defend business, linking the Bicentennial to renewing trust and teaching the next generation.
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Hobbs
N.M
Odessa
National Chamber of Commerce
America
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