Gulf Oil Gives 1.1 Million to Permian Basin Museum Plan
Gulf Oil Foundation pledges 1 100,000 to the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum Library and Hall of Fame in Midland Texas. The project aims for a 6 million facility highlighting the oil industry’s history and its regional impact. Gulf hopes to spark broader gifts and support from corporations and individuals in the Midland Odessa area and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Oil
PB Petroleum Hall of Fame
Gulf Oil Corporation
Gulf Oil Foundation
Permian Basin
Gulf of Foundation
Barney Hopkins
Midland Exploration and Production District
Gulf Oil Company U. S
Petroleum Museum pledge supports Midland Odessa project
Side Glances notes public school enrichment programs in earth science and related subjects. A Gulf foundation plans a Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame in the Midland Odessa area with a $1000000 total gift paid as $20000 installments over five years contingent on $4060000 in commitments by January 1, 1972. Estimated museum attendance reaches 200000 yearly, with large pleasure-trip traffic on Interstate 20 generating about 909000 vehicles daily.
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Oklahoma City
Fort Worth
Houston
Midland- Odessa
Hopkins
Gulf
Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame
Barrier Free Public Buildings Near Passage in Texas
Senate Bill 111 passed during the 61st Legislature makes all state, county, and city buildings receiving public funds barrier free for handicapped and disabled people starting January 1, 1970. The State Building Commission will certify plans and display a wheelchair symbol in compliant buildings, with yellow and blue directional placards guiding users. The new Treasury Building will be the first state structure to meet the standard.
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Senate
Texas
State Building Commission
Criss Cole
Building Commission
State Treasury
Barstow Community Notes From Bloys Camp Meeting and Events
Barstow residents attend Bloys Camp Meeting including Mrs J E Echols Mrs W E Knowles and others. Rain gauges show varied rainfall August 30. Denver Colorado visitor Mr EE B Hunter spent a week and attended the meeting. Mrs A L Young hosted the Wednesday Bridge Club August 19 at the American Motel. Pecos members enjoyed refreshments before games. J H Freeland family visited relatives east of the Mississippi and in Washington DC. Funeral services for John Henry Fleenor were held with many relatives attending. Melba Whitaker becomes a Coordinating Vocational teacher at East Pecos Junior High with a classroom at Earl Bell School.
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Barstow
Bloys
Je, Echols
W. E. Knowles
Ruth Hallard
Louisa Phillips
Lynn
Cindy Hauser
W. L. Fuller
Clint
Ernest Felts
Albert Rice
Wendell Nichols
Olive Hunter
John Wilson
Pyote
Mr. EE
Hunter
Denver
Colorado
A,l. Young
American Motel
Pecos
Walter Burkholder
Charles Dyer
Edna Johnson
Frances Manuel
Marion Russell
Iva Wadley
George Briggs
John Burkeholder
W.L. Fuller
Everett Morgan
Forrest Walker
J.H. Freelands
Wanda Felts
Fort Campbell
Edward Freeland
Freelands
Mississippi
Charles H. Freeland
Memphis
E B. Freeland
Ft. Campbell
W.A. Freeland
Springfield
Washington , D.C
John Henry Fleenor
Manor, Texas
J.H. Freeland
Elizabeth Felts
Rex Dodge
Tommy Collins
Larry Collins
Christine
Mke Fleenor
McCamey
T.T. Dykes
Capti
Fleenor
Monahans
T.T
Campti
John Swanson
B.C, Fleenor
Bandera
C.R, Fleenor
Altura
Z.T
Tehama
California
Melba Whitaker
Dutchover
East Pecos
Earl Bell School
Today in History highlights Sept 1 1970 events
Key historical notes mark Sept 1 with events from 1945 Japan’s surrender aboard Missouri to end World War II and 1582 English Quakers led by William Penn sailing for America. Also 1923 Tokyo Yokohama earthquake death toll around 150000 and 1939 start of World War II with Germany’s invasion of Poland.
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Associated Press
Japan
Missouri
William Penn
America
Richmond
Aaron Burr
Emma Nutt
Boston
Tokyo
Yokohama
Germany
Poland
Greece
George I
United States
Soviet Union
United Nations
Congo
U.S
State Department
Singapore
Central Intelligence Agency
Libya
Idris I
Brisbane inventor tests anti shark device at sea
Stan Barrand, 79, plans to test a one pound black box off Brisbane as an anti shark device during annual shark migrations. The device emits a high frequency beep every three seconds and claims to repel sharks within seven miles.
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Brisbane
Australia
Stan
Reeves County Courthouse Records Transfers and Rentals
Reeves County records list multiple land conveyances to Paul Armstrong and others, with parcels ranging from fractions of sections to hundreds of acres in H&GN PSL and T&P tracts. Terms include five year rentals varying from 60 cents to 64 dollars per acre and specific rights or depositories in several blocks and sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Camp
Paul Armstrong
Dorothy H. Reeves
J. E. Couch
Ratl
Bessie V
Mitchell Hays
Jesse W. Bush
Joe A. Laird
J. A. Matthews
H&gn
Fort North National Bank
W 2
Donald Frooler
Mobil Oil
Roy Lindsay
Jack E. Blake
Pecos- Barstow Consolidated Indep
John R. Dorr
Roy
Home Savings
Odessa
Tex
W. L Browning
Thanks for kindness after our mother’s death
The Davis family expresses sincere gratitude for flowers cards and food offered after the passing of Mrs. Annie Davis. Spouses Lennie Davis Emmett Capps Grace Pigman Eldon Davis join in thanking friends and neighbors for their support during this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Davis
Lennie Davis
Emmett Capps
Grace Pigman
Eldon Davis
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L.P. Garrett
John P. Butler
George T. Abell
Permian Basin Museum
By Gill Fox
Fred
GE Fcs
Pee
Stewart Henry Fonda
The
Boardwalk
Atlantic City
Encyclopaedia Britannica
SCA
Resis, Pet Bas
Minsky
Arta Lip
First United Methodist Church
Camp Misquiz
Bill Jaco
Milly Jamison
Jennie Wren
Ruth Butler
Garland Matthews
Ellen Martin
Mary Farnum
Mary
Francis Mannell
Betty Ivey
Helen Matthews
C. J. Whigham Sr
Judy Perkins
Marilyn Gann
Dixie Propp
Lonnie Pollard
Lillian Bounds
Randel Butler
Ed Schmidt
Milton Propp
el Paso
Harding-Orr and McDaniel Funeral Home
Julia Fleenor
ORAN
Whitten Oil CO
Atlantic Richfield Company Products
Phillip A. Pearce
ARCG
Reeves County
Elizabeth M. Laversy
Arthur W. Jones
T&p RR
Jimmy Don McNeil
T&Ép
Coy Nichols
Stanley N. Staples
Raey-s
Bloemfontein Zoo
South Africa
Wayside Mission Hospital
Seattle
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