Fort Stockton hires new head coach Blocker
Fort Stockton High School selects John A. Blocker, current Stephen F. Austin High School head coach and athletic director in Port Arthur, as new head coach with contract effective April 1. Blocker chosen by the Fort Stockton School Board after a two hour executive session from a field of up to 43 applicants, narrowed to five then two before final selection.
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Trans Regional Air to fly Big Spring Midland trips
Trans Regional Air of El Paso will begin two daily round trips from Big Spring to the Midland Regional Airport next week. Manager Wilson Banks said eight passenger Cessna 402 aircraft will be used and that flights will also go from Big Spring to the Dallas Fort Worth Regional Airport, with no westward extension beyond Midland.
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Odessa plant cited for seven permit violations
The Texas Water Quality Board accuses Odessa's sewage treatment plant at Monahans Draw of seven permit violations based on a single discharge, while city officials admit inadequate surveillance but claim corrective action and current compliance.
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Odessa
Texas Water Quality Board
Monahans Draw
Sands Motel Fire Causes 400000 In Damage
A 4 a.m. blaze at the 38 unit Sands Motel on highway 297 west caused about 400000 in damage. High winds delayed containment to 5:30 a.m. No injuries. A Florida couple’s car outside was destroyed. A tire company driver alerted occupants and guided fire crews. the east wing and restaurant were saved.
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Highway 297
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Tire Company
Joe Shuster
Hector Granda
Joe Martinez
Farmer Knopp earns safety award for quick action
Frederickburg Texas farm owner Clayton Knopp received a safety award at the Texas Safety Association meeting in Houston for averting an employee's death by asphyxia on December 24 1974. Knopp acted to extricate Herman Lasko from a feed grinding mixer after he fell in.
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Gillespie County
Texas Safety Association
Houston
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Herman Lasko
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