Hospital lease debate highlights community control concerns
County officials debated leasing a hospital to Southwest Adventist Health Services. Ivan Taves argued the nonprofit group would not profit, citing lower costs, a national network, and a ten year lease with binding clauses. Locals pressed on control, board authority, indigent care, and potential budget deficits as discussions moved toward a possible lease agreement.
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Buck Renshaw
Wendell Faulker
Beeville
San Marcos
Menard
Renshaw
Ivan Taves
Southwest Adventist Health Services
Keene
Guadalajara
Texas
Ed Robinson
Taves
Byron Lackey
Darrell Glover
Commissioners Court
Lackey
Glover
Joel Daniel
Reeves Memorial
Vance Kelly
Blue Cross
McGee
E.W. Schmidt
Cecil Cothrun
Monahans
Kermit
Dan Sagan
Oscar Beck
Beck
Balmorhea School Halloween Carnival and Local News
Halloween carnival and queen voting highlight Balmorhea schools with booths, cake walk, bingo and a horror movie on the auditorium stage. Candidates Cherry Elliott Norma Carrasco Alexa Gallego Terri Reyes are collecting pennies for votes. Mayor’s column notes tree cleanup plan and doctor ambulance talks. Bal mor hea Bears host Presidio Friday while community updates cover local visits and hospital news.
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Cherry Elliott
Norma Carrasco
Alexa Gallego
Soph
Terri Reyes
Midland to hold public oil lease sale April 7 1977
Midland officials announce the Board For Lease of University lands will auction oil and gas leases in Midland on April 7 1977. Geologist James B. Zimmerman said the state auctions have totaled over 253 million in lease bonuses across 65 sales and were previously held in Austin.
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Midland Midland
James B. Zimmerman
Midland
Zimmerman
Midland Chamber of Commerce
Austin
Calendar of Pecos area events this week and weekend
A Pecos area calendar lists events including a Communion and Healing Service at St. Mark's Episcopal Church with Rev. F J Eastman and music by Renee Hoover at 5 15 p m on Friday. Also noted are a Senior Citizens Halloween party, a Pet Parade at City Park with a $1 50 entry fee, an Optimist United Way Battle dance at Saragosa Hall, Junior Olympics at Prairie Dog Park, Lions Club and Optimist meetings, Alcoholics Anonymous and Al Anon, TOPS Club meetings, and community council activities across Friday through Tuesday.
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Carlsbad
Police Department
F.J. Eastman
Renee Hoover
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
S. Plum
Cedar Sts
City Park
United Way
Saragosa Hall
Prairie Dog Park
Friday Is Last Day to Vote Absentee in Texas
Secretary of State Mark White warns Friday is the final in person absentee voting day and the last day to apply for an absentee ballot by mail for the November 2 election. Voter hotline 800-292-9602 assists with problems.
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Mark White
Texas
White
Mixed noon market. Dow slips as volume wanes
The Dow Jones average fell 3.74 to 952.38 at noon after two-day gains as advances dwindled. Continental Illinois cut its prime rate from 6 to 6 1/8 percent, but traders remained unmoved amid light volume. Cotton futures declined, while livestock, grain, and commodity quotes across New York, Fort Worth, Amarillo, and Chicago showed scattered movements.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Kennecott Cooper
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
New York Cotton Exchange
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Odessa
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Presidio
Bob Burnett
San Angelo
Nelson Lethco
Toyahvale
Lethco
Pearl Blakemore
Bill Davis
del Rio
Orville Brey
Truman Burnett
Fort Davis
St. John
el Paso Hospital
Albuquerque
N.M
Our Balmorhea Methodist Church
Roy Brey
The
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Midland Hospital
Cavern City Air Services
Cavern City Air Terminal
Larry Lamb
McCausland Aviation Inc
South Odessa
Ector High School
Kermit — Kermit City
Kermit Volunteer Fire Department
Richard Goertz
Fort Stockton
Cooper-Scott Co
Lubbock
Belding
Stockton
Juarez
Texas Court of Appeals
West Texas
Francisco Talamentes Juarez
Eastland County
Court of Criminal Appeals
Terry Davis
Pecos
Lions Club
American Motors Inn
Amistad Lions Club
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Pecos Optimists
Chaparral Village
Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon
S. Oak St
Tops Club
Federation
Tops TX 259
St. Community
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Douglas
Osborn
Yorts
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WBEN
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Jeff Davis
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Chicago
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St Ut
Hart-Hk
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IBM
Jhn-Man
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Litton
Marathon
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RCA
Safeway
Sears
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Time Inc
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Xerox
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Tony Acosta
Challenger
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