Pecos United Way approves 30000 campaign budget
The Pecos United Way board met at Pecos Valley Country Club and set a 30000 goal for this year. Ten local groups will receive funding, including Salvation Army 4000, Boy Scouts 7500, Girl Scouts 6000, Red Cross 1500, Pecos Day Nursery 5000, Pecos Little League 1200, Girls Softball League 1000, Planned Parenthood Clinic 1600, Pee Wee Football Pecos Pony League 200, plus postage and admin costs. R.B. Jerry McGowen III chairs the drive with Ron Armbruster as vice chairman and Bob Miller as treasurer. Campaign directors include Connie Gomez, Charlotte Slack, Richard San Roman, Mary Margaret Scott, Sidney Sadler, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Way Campaign
Pecos Valley Country Club
Ron Armbruster
Jerry McGowen
Bob Miller
Robert Hinojos
Pecos
R.B. Jerry McGowen III
Connie Gomez
Charlotte Slack
Richard San Roman
Mary Margaret Scott
Sidney Sadler
Betty Massey
David Hess
Jesus Muniz
Ken Dulaney
Helen Weinacht
Manuel Trujillo
Emily Fernandez
Annual TSTA convention draws large Trans-Pecos educator delegation
A large delegation of educators will attend the District XIX Texas State Teachers Association fall convention November 3 4 in El Paso. Friday dismissal approved for Ysleta district staff while El Paso public schools oppose in service day. keynote speaker Dr William W Purkey discusses school success and learning invitations. Georgia Russell, district XIX TSTA president, will officiate the general session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas State Teachers Association
el Paso
Ysleta
Civic Center
House of Delegates
William W Purkey
University of Florida
Gainesville
America
Dr. Purkey
Purkey
Parkey
Georgia Russell
TSTA
Three Die As Oil Well Explodes At Elk Hills Reserve
In Taft California three workers were burned to death when a well at Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve exploded. A geyser of oil and flames shot over 100 feet as workers in a suspended basket were hurled away. Firefighters pour water while Adair's crew mobilizes. Officials cited possible human error or mechanical failure and noted no nearby structures or other wells in danger.
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Taft
Calif
Red Adair
Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve
Alaska
Ames
Kern County Fire Department
Ron Marshall
Marshall
Los Angeles
Adair
Howard Schlieman
Williams Brothers Engineering
Tulsa
Okla
Elks Hills
Schlieman
Congress stalls vote on hospital charges plan
Congress slows action on Carter's hospital cost proposal delaying a vote until next year. Kennedy criticizes the president for weak lobbying while administration projects higher costs for Medicare and Medicaid this year and next. The plan would cap cost increases at inflation plus 3 percent and set a national cap on hospital capital spending, with CBO estimating over 40 billion dollars in five years in savings.
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Jeffrey Mills
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Carter
House
Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Capitol Hill
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Kennedy
Congressional Budget Office
Federal funding rule stirs costs in upstate New York
In Ogdensburg, New York, contractors challenge a 10 percent minority bid rule under a federal local public works program funded by a 1977 amendment. They warn the mandate raises project costs and invites misrepresentation, with few minority contractors in the North Country and limited local suppliers.
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Mike Hendricks
Associated Press
Ogdensburg
N.Y
Skelly
U.S. Department of Commerce
U.S
Robert McEwen
R-N.y
St. Larence River
Canada
North Country
Cary Brick
McEwen
St. Regis
New York City
Henry Smith
Plan for Algerian LNG Imports Approved for El Paso System
A federal judge approved a 4.5 billion LNG import plan over 20 years to bring Algerian gas into the United States. The project, reviewed by the Energy Department panel, would add about 1.75 percent to 1980s gas supplies, with 65 percent allocated to El Paso Natural Gas and 35 percent to United Gas Pipeline.
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Washington
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Algeria
Walter T. Southworth
Economic Regulatory Commission
Department of Energy
U.S
Arizona
New Mexico
California
United Gas Pipeline Co
Louisiana
Alabama
Florida
Mississippi
Texas
Correction of football contest game number appears
A notice from The Enterprise in Pecos mentions a mislisted football game on the contest page. The Pecos-Monahans game was printed as game five but should be game fifteen, located on the page’s lower left corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
Oil income to decline prompts West Texas Chamber study
The West Texas Chamber of Commerce in Kerrville votes to form a broad based task force with business government and education to study Texas tax sources as oil and gas revenues decline. E Bruce Street of Graham notes that oil and gas now pays about half the state's taxes and urges an orderly plan to shift funding sources to offset future losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Texas Chamber
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Kerrville
Texas Oil and Gas
E. Bruce Street
Graham
Matic
Texas
Street
Tuesday's Warm Forecast With Continued Afternoons
The forecast calls for fair conditions with a high Tuesday and an overnight low. Expect continued warm afternoons as the pattern remains mild and dry.
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United Way
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Red Cross
Little League
Planned Parenthood Clinic
Trans-Pecos
Vermont
Pennsylvania
Don Bowles
Jenny Weinacht
First Methodist Church
el Paso Natural Gas
United
Antigua
Deeyaner Jewels
Farnum Jewelry
Jewelers
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