Zarb cites modest gas price rise through next summer
Federal energy chief Frank G. Zarb told petroleum writers in Houston that price controls end could lift gasoline by about six cents a gallon, but tariff cuts on imported oil might trim that to three cents. He urged deregulation of natural gas wellhead prices and predicted President Ford would veto bills extending interstate controls to intrastate sales.
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Houston
Frank G. Zarb
Zarb
Zark
American Gas Association
Ford
Fort Davis Cookoff Hopeful Chipper Prude Jr. Competes
Fort Davis resident John Robert Prude Jr. known as Chipper, 23, foreman at Prude Ranch for Exceptional Children, Sul Ross student, girls powder puff coach, and barbecue pioneer, will compete at Pecos World Championship Barbecue Cookoff Saturday. He originated the Bombshell Barbecue Sauce.
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John Robert Prude Jr
Fort Davis
Chipper
Pecos
Prude Ranch
Sul Ross University
Prude
Governor Briscoe urges responsive government in West Texas
Gov Dolph Briscoe in San Angelo says government must respond to people while citizens must ensure officials stay accountable. Speaking at Angelo State University during the West Texas Conference on State Affairs he praised the economy as the best in the nation and opened the Management Instruction and Research Center.
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San Angelo
Tex
Dolph Briscoe
Briscoe
Angelo State University
West Texas
Texas
Absentee Balloting Set for Nov. 4 Election
Absentee balloting in the Nov. 4 constitutional amendment elections will begin Oct. 15, according to clerk Catherine Ashley. Her office is currently taking applications for ballots and issuing them to eligible voters.
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Catherine Ashey
Ashley
Jares Leads Pecos High Vocational Club Officers
Pecos High School VICA chapter met Friday to elect officers for the school year led by Tony Jares as president with Israel Navarette vice president Curtis Johnson secretary Johnny Montoya treasurer Danny Squires reporter Jimmy Gallego sergeant at arms and Brenda Matthews parliamentarian. The group discussed VICA aims and member requirements.
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Pecos High School
Chapter of Vocational Industrial Clubs of America
VICA
Tony Jares
Israel Navarette
Curtis Johnson
Johnny Montoya
Danny Squires
Jimmy Gallego
Brenda Matthews
Jares
Stroud hospitalized during Harlingen visit for kidney stone
Bear Stroud, who traveled to Harlingen to cook for the Confederate Air Force, was admitted to a Brownsville hospital with a kidney stone after a misdiagnosed back strain. He aided by Jerry Matta as 400 CAF members attended the Bicentennial Air Show while Stroud recuperated. The Reeves County Fair opens Thursday with events from Martha Goose Parade to livestock shows, barbecue cookoff, and a weekend full of festivities, including a 6 PM barbecue dinner and dance Saturday night with Leon Ashley and Margie Singleton.
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Bear Stroud
Harlingen
Confederate Air Force
Brownsville
Stroud
Jerry
Matta
Art Scholls
Red Devils
Army Golden Knights
Reeves County
Pecos Museum
Oak Street
State Theater
Fair Grounds
Bailey Wheeless
David Day
Texas State Network
Ace Reid
Gordon Bankston
George Duesler
Kosa-Tv
Leon Ashley
Margie Singleton
Posse Barn
Debunking Cultural Myths About Art Fame And Taste
A caustic column argues that myths around caviar wine Sinatra classical music Shakespeare and Picasso inflate status and legend. It claims connoisseur culture is driven by PR rather than merit, urging readers to question academic praise and popular reverence.
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San Jose
Frank Sinatra
Sinatra
Ciriculum
Irving Berlin
George Gershwin
W.C. Handy
Shakespeare
Picasso
Salvador Dali
Booster Club Manages Fruit Cake Orders at Fair Booth
Eagle band booster club members will staff a booth at the fair to take fruit cake orders for their annual fundraiser. They will explain club functions and outline yearly projects while orders are forwarded to the baking company for delivery between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
City Council to Meet Thursday for Routine Reports
City councilmen will approve routine monthly reports at their regular meeting Thursday. The 7:30 a.m. session in council chambers will discuss joining a multi agency crime prevention project, Pecos ambulance service charges, and opening bids on a new police patrol car.
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City Hall
Pecos
School board to review plans for $2.7 million building project
The 5:30 p.m. meeting at the school administration building 1302 Spark St will approve final plans for the 2.7 million project and set Nov 4 as the bid opening date. Routine monthly agency reports will also be reviewed and approved.
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Spark St
Teenaged police chief takes helm in Bunnell Florida
In Bunnell, Florida, 19 year old Donald Brock was named permanent police chief after a six week acting period. He vows to curb juvenile delinquency by creating recreation options and closer community work. Brock, a Bunnell High School graduate and 400 hours police trainee, leads a six member force in a town of 1,500. He says the toughest problem is keeping juvenile crime down and urges community support. He married 10 months ago and aims to serve as long as possible.
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Bunnell
Fla
Donald Brock
Brock
Bunnell High School
Daytona Beach Community College
Bunnell Council
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Michael T. Halboury
Congress
Johnny Holub
Claudia Martinez
Miss Martinez
Earl Bell
John K. Morley
Paso
John Paul Pitts
Booster Club
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