Fourteen Balmorhea Pecos FFA members ill after Marfa session
Reeves County Hospital reports 18 Balmorhea Pecos FFA members including one teacher were hospitalized after a district meeting and luncheon in Marfa. As of midnight Wednesday 14 remain hospitalized with stomach illness. three from Pecos three from Saraosa and 12 from Balmorhea. Eighty plus students affected. health officials investigate possible food poisoning with samples sent to Austin for testing and results due next week.
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Reeves County Hospital
Balmorhea
Pecos Ffa
Marfa
Pecos
Saraosa
George Rodriguez
Balmorhea Ffa
Rodriguez
Future Farmers of American
Associated Press
Elvin Burnside
Texas Health Department
Burnside
Tinue
Marta
Austin
Big Bend
FFA
Beta Sigma Phi
Alpine Hospital
Claudale Hewitt
Alpine
Presidio
Iraan
van Horn
Marathon
Hugo
Okla
Roundup of Iranians Begins in Pecos City
A statewide roundup of Iranian students suspected of violating U S immigration laws began in Texas as border patrols detained Iranians at the Texas Mexico border and agents moved to college campuses. INS Director William Chambers said investigators would monitor campuses with 50 or more Iranian students to check papers and status.
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Associated Press
U.S
Texas
Texas-Mexico
Carter
Dallas
Immigration and Naturalization Service
William Chambers
Juarez
Mexico
Pete A. Reyes
INS
el Paso
United States
Weather Mixed Skies With Showers Ahead Across Texas
Fair to partly cloudy conditions persist through Friday with scattered showers possible. Highs range from upper 50s to mid 70s across Panhandle to Big Bend, with nights cooling into the 20s and 30s in many areas. Several Iranians among North Texas State enrollees trigger campus surveys and protests, while immigration actions and sales tax rebates outline state activity from North Texas to Balmorhea and Dallas to San Antonio.
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West Texas
Panhandle
Big Bend
Duval Plans Sulphur Mine in Culberson County
Duval Corporation plans a sulphur mine at Phillips Ranch in Culberson County Texas. George Atwood chairman and CEO says the mine will supplement the Culberson operations producing about 200 tons daily initially versus 6000 at Culberson. Construction will employ about 100 during build and 25 permanent workers. start up is targeted for late summer 1980 pending permits.
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Duval Corporation
Pennzoil Company
Phillips Ranch
Culberson County
Texas
George Atwood
Duval
Culberson
Atwood
Red Cross volunteers aid Pecos flood victims and service members
In Pecos the Red Cross, aided by United Way funds, supported flood relief and military families. Nellie Gomez coordinates emergency notifications, local lifeline services, and disaster relief, while T C Slack notes 44.67 percent of United Way funds stay local.
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Jack Carsten
The
Red Cross Disaster Relief Service
Robert Hinojos
American Red Cross
United Way
Red Cross
T.C. Slack
Pecos
National Red Cross Office
Nellie Gomez
Houston
West Texas
San Antonio
Gomez
Meany bids farewell at AFL-CIO convention
Ailing 85 year old George Meany delivers an emotional departure speech as he retires as AFL-CIO president at the federation's convention. Meany declares the house of labor solid and ready to battle foes, with Lane Kirkland expected to be elected as the new president.
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Washington
George Meany
American Labor Movement
Afl-Cio
House of Labor
Meany
AFL
CIO
Labor Federation
Lane Kirkland
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Fred Domingues
Crippled Children's Camp
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Moon City Lions Club
Paso
Bill
North Texas State
Denton
Chambers
Oklahoma
North Texas
University of Texas
Richard Casillas
Longshoreman’s Union
North Carolina
Iran
Port Houston
J.H. Raspberry
International Longshoremen's Association For the
South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District
Texas A&m University
College Station
Bob Bullock
Pecos City
Toyah
Bullock
Fort Worth
Comptroller's
David Hing
Home Decorating Center
Cedar St
United Way Funds
Slack
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