Barstow Native Among Hardin-Simmons Alumni Awards Recipients
Barstow native Dr. Fred Earl Ingerson, geology professor at the University of Texas in Austin and Barstow High School alumnus, is honored at Hardin-Simmons University Alumni Association’s 7th Annual Distinguished Alumni Awards. Also noted are the death of author Brett Holiday pen name David Dresser, and local birthday announcements for Ben Villalobos, Elida Abila, David Stepp, and Sue Ann Parsons.
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Fred Earl Ingerson
University of Texas In Austin
Barstow
Ingerson
Barstow High School
Simmons University
Yale University
University of Texas In
Austin
Hardin-Simmons
University
Ben Villalobos
Elida Abila
David Stepp
Sue Ann Parsons
Market Hesitates as Fed Money Supply Figures Awaited
Noon market activity shows the Dow up 1.75 to 943.82 while NYSE and AMEX indexes edge higher or hold gains. Investors await Federal Reserve weekly money supply data amid concerns of inflation and higher interest rates if growth slows.
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New York
Federal Reserve
Fed
Eldon A. Grimm
Birr, Wilson & Co
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Continental Oil
Cotton Futures New York
New York Cotton Exchange
Fort Worth
Knick Question Baffles Clerks At Dallas Stores
A reporter seeking knickers for a Roaring Twenties party calls several Dallas shops. Clerks in men’s wear and sporting goods steer inquiries to other departments. A clerk offers to transfer to shoes, while a young clerk tries to clarify what is meant by knick.
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Dallas
Sporting Goods
Courthouse records oil and gas leases and releases
Courthouse records show oil and gas leases involving Earl Whisnand to Gulf Oil Corp and others, multiple predecessors and lessees across sections in H&GN PSL and PSL tracts, with durations five years and rents ranging up to 1 280 per year. Release of oil and gas leases include Gulf Oil to D C Costas and Pennzoil Co to C A Walker with tract details in Blk 57 T P and PSL sections.
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Earl Whisnand
Gulf Oil Corp
Security State Bank of Pecos
James W. Gill
James E. Brown
Exxon Corp
Margaret Brown Evans Telgheder
Beryl Catherine Ashburn Hill
W.J. McMurry
Bill Hightower, Jr
Tora Lee Nelson Logan
Orville Logan
James H. Essman
William J. Nelson
Ernest J. Nelson
el Paso National Bank
Girdy Pearl Flache
Walter B. Holton
Oscar K. Green
Gulf Oil
T&p
Mabel Kilgore Wise
Earl Whisand
H&gn
Tom McIlvain
Joyce Langston
Jack E. Blake
J.W. Manaugh
W.W. Hill
Audrey
Robert B. Ross
Ernest Angelo, Jr
First National Bank of Midland
Calvin G. Campbell
Leslie Cole
Chris J. Dixie
Chevron Oil Co
Paul Anderson Et al
Wilderspin & House Inc
D.C. Coastas
Orla Petco, Inc
Red Bluff
T&p. Pennzoil Co
C.A. Walker
Stolen 40-ton Jack From Pickup Reported
Claude Wynne at 2408 Sandia Rd reported a 40 ton jack was stolen from his pickup bed between 9 30 and 10 30 a m Wednesday from a parking space in front of Great Western Finance. Amelia Duran of 204 S Orange reported blank checks and receipts stolen from her car during Tuesday night. Gilbert Gomez owner of Las Palmas Restaurant said someone attempted to gain entry Tuesday night. first window east of entrance shattered but remained intact. Josie Rios of 714 S Hackberry reported her CB antenna stolen from rear of car during the night Tuesday.
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Jack Claude Wynne
Sandia Rd
Great Western Finance
Amelia Duran
S. Orange
Gilbert Gomez
Las Palmas
San Antonio Settles $504 Million Gas Suit
The San Antonio city council voted 6 to 3 to end its $504 million damage suit against Coastal States Gas Corp and its LoVaca Gathering Co subsidiary and accept an out of court settlement. The plan requires approval by remaining customers and the Texas Railroad Commission and calls for a winter rate relief for residents and a new gas corporation to be based in San Antonio.
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San Antonio, Tex
San Antonio
Coastal States Gas Corp
Oscar Wyatt Jr
LoVaca Gathering Co
Texas
Texas Railroad Commission
Deaths Services for Acosta in Monahans
Obituary notices report the death of Eleuterio R. Acosta 71 of Monahans with funeral services set for Friday at St. John's Catholic Church Monahans and burial in Monahans Cemetery. Rosary is tonight at 8:30 from Wilson-Miller Funeral Home Chapel. Survivors include wife Aurora five daughters including in Odessa and Renton Washington two sons a brother and sisters and 16 grandchildren. Also listed is Howard Lee Amberson 62 whose services were today at First Baptist Church Balmorhea with burial in Balmorhea Cemetery. He died Tuesday in Big Spring VA Hospital. born December 19 1914 in Collins County. He had lived in Pecos area since 1975 and was a WWII veteran. Survivors include five brothers and four sisters plus several nieces and nephews. The notice closes with reference to the historic long distance telephone call on November 10 1951 dialed without an operator.
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Eleuterio R. Acosta
Monahans
Pecos
St. John’s Catholic Church
Wilson-Miller Funeral Home
Acosta
Mr. Acosta
Terlingua
Aurora
Sandy Baker
Renton
Wash
Connie Salazar
Denver
Colo
Rosa Sanchez
Ominga Acosta
Andrew Garcia
Odessa
Frank Acosta
Andrews
Simon Acosta
Mike Acosta
Toribio Acosta
Santos Brown
Sonora
Ursula Valencia
Bakersfield
Calif
Cosme Gonzales
Imperial
Howard Amberson
Howard Lee Amberson
First Baptist Church of
Balmorhea
Amberson
Calendar of events in Pecos area upcoming week
A calendar of community activities lists events in Pecos and surrounding areas. Highlights include a foster care program at Balmorhea Community Center, a church luncheon, an AARP officer workshop at Holiday Inn, a Sunny Days musical at the Community Center, and a stop smoking clinic at the teen room. The schedule also notes Lions Club meetings, Optimist events, a Pecos Art Association demonstration by Jean Johnson Odess a, TOPS groups, and various club gatherings through Wednesday.
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St. Catherine's Catholic Church
Holiday Inn
Lubbock Christian College
Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon
S. Oak St
Tops Club
Federation
Tops TX
St. Community
Jean Johnson
Odessa
Modern Study Club
Royal Sturgeon Caviar Royal Privilege History
The sturgeon, whose roe becomes caviar, has long been treated as royal property. In Roman times it graced emperors and a medieval law under King Edward II declared any sturgeon caught in England the king’s property.
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Edward II
England
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Mona Webb
Gilbert Abila
Martin Gonzales
R.D. Murray
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Gene Douglas
Amarillo
Tex
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Brit. Pet
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Exxon
Fairchild Cam
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Elec
Gen Foods
Mtrs
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Gen Tire
Goodrich
Great
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Int Paper
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Litton
Marat Oil
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Safeway
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Std Oil Inc
Sun Co
Texaco
Texas Inst
Time Inc
UN Carbide
Uniroyal
US Steel
Woolworth
Xerox
Courthouse Records
Lon Clighorn
Bull Hightower Jr
Margaret Cleghorn Wadsworth
Bill Highttower Jr
Wilson
Thomas Resources, Inc
Lillian Winkler
Paul M. Winkler
Albert R. Lanphear
Marie Eugenie Bourg
Maurice Bullock
J.F. Pattee
Tom Mcellvain
Sarah McLaughlin
Henry B. Gonzalez
House Committee On
Richard A. Sprague
Texas Democrat
Thomas P. O'Neill
E.R. Acosta
Department of Public Welfare
Balmorhea Community Center
Lions Club
American Motor Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Pecos Optimists
Chaparral Village
Mtww
Royal Fish
Pecos Enterprise Inc
South Cedar Street
Peggy McCracken
Nova Gutierrez
Diane Osborn
Doris Welch
Ruben Baca
Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
Family
City Editor
Reeves County
Reeves
Ward, Loving, Culberson
Jeff Counties
T.V
J.F. Gassett
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