Alternatives in farm program reshape 78 planting choices
Texas Extension Service economists explain new 1978 cropping options under the farm program. Set aside rules affect 20 percent of wheat acreage, with deficiency payments at target prices of 3.00 or 3.05 dollars per bushel, and loan rates set at 2.35 dollars. They outline two main strategies and stress the program’s voluntary nature and the need for compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Ronald Knutson
Roland Smith
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
U.S
Knutson and Smith
USDA
Market mixed as stocks dip then steady in early trade
New York AP market report shows the Dow off early but trimming losses to 0.96 at 840.00 by noon. NYSE advancers lead decliners 3 to 2 while Sony stays active at 8 3/8. Dow down 173 points from last year’s high. volume 7.47 million. Cotton futures mixed with midday quotes and February to March positions.
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New York
Dow
Carter
Lance
Sony
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
New York Cotton Exchange
Pecos Soldier Assigned Duty in Germany
Army Private First Class Arturo Rodriguez, wife Sylvia of Pecos, is assigned as a truck mechanic with the 79th Engineer Battalion in Karlsruhe, Germany. PFC Rodriguez joined the Army in December 1975 after earning a GED. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Aguedo Rodriguez, reside at 117 S Locust St. Pecos.
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Arturo Rodriguez
Sylvia
Mesquite St
Pecos
79Th Engineer
Karlsruhe
Germany
Pfc Rodriguez
Army
Aguedo Rodriguez
Sic
S. Locust St
Daughter of Tom Mix Dies in Corpus Christi
Ruth Hill, 65, daughter of legendary cowboy Tom Mix, died in Corpus Christi after a short illness. She performed as a trick rider and roping artist in her father’s wild west show after his retirement from films and had lived in Corpus Christi since 1954.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Ruth Hill
Tom Mix
Teachers loan firm told to stop selling stock
Securities Commissioner Richard Latham ordered a fledgling teachers loan company, Texas Teachers and Associates Inc., to cease selling its unregistered stock. Offenders face potential prison terms. Promoter Jesse Truman Markum Jr. and president-elect Don Smith head the venture targeting teachers with installment loans by mail.
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Austin, Tex
Richard Latham
Texas State Teachers Association
Texas Teachers and Assocites, Inc
Jesse Truman Markum Jr
Cleburne School
Don Smith
Virginia Stacey
San Antonio
TSTA
Cecil Harper
Cleburne Schools
Latham
Consumer Credit
Sam Kelley
Cattlemen urged to cull late calvers and plan breeding
Texas A&M University System specialist Dr. John Spitzer says cattlemen should clean up open cows and focus on controlled breeding as prices stay low. He advises pregnancy testing this fall to estimate next year calving dates and cull late calvers to boost reproductive potential and calf weaning weights.
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College Station
John Spitzer
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas A&m University System
Spitzer
Notaries Due June First May Pickup Commissions
Commissions are read. All notaries qualified by June 1, 1977 may pick up their Notary Public Commissions at the Reeves County Clerk Office Room 101 County Courthouse.
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Reeves County
County
Court warns on shoplifting lists by merchants
Austin AP reports the state attorney general says a retail merchants' association circulating a list of suspected shoplifters is not prohibited by the penal code. However it may expose the group to libel or invasion of privacy suits if the findings are false. The opinion answered a request from Dist. Atty. Carol Vance of Houston.
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Austin
Oil firm sale planned to acquire Austral Oil for 164 million
Superior Oil Co. announced an agreement in principle to acquire Austral Oil Co. for 164 million dollars in cash. Austral shareholders would receive about 36 dollars per share if the transaction closes. Superior already holds 20 percent of Austral, whose directors back a March proposal to dissolve the company. Austral’s foreign operations include the Huffco Group in Indonesia and it owns interests in 44 domestic fields.
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Houston
Superior Oil Co
Austral Oil Co
Austral
Superior
Huffco Group
Indonesia
Workshop for Small Business Owners in Odessa
A one day workshop for prospective small business owners and managers will be co sponsored by SCORE Odessa Chamber of Commerce SBA and Odessa College at the Composite Technology building Odessa College room 107 on Wednesday Sept 28 starting at 8 30 a m with registration at 8 Topics include Odessa area opportunities recordkeeping financial planning sources of capital and regulations taxes and insurance A $2 50 fee covers all materials preregistration is by calling or writing the Chamber of Commerce Odessa Texas.
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Philips J. O’jibway
Lubbock
U.S. Small Business Administration
Odessa
SCORE
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
SBA
Odessa College
Charles Maisel
Odessa Score Chapter
Chamber of Commerce
Texas
Record of a hit and run and local court notices
A hit and run was reported by Jerry Valdez Dominguez after his Sonic Drive-In parking lot exit. Minor damage to the tailgate noted. The day also lists fire and ambulance calls, divorces granted, marriage licenses, and several criminal and traffic cases filed or appealed in district and county courts with Sept. 19 20 dates.
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Jerry Valdez Dominguez
Martinez St
Sonic Drive
Highway 80
Toyah
Duval Road
Elizabeth Payan
Samuel L. Payan
Guillermo G. Alaniz
Maria Louisa Alaniz
Teodora Machuca Garcia
Wilfredo Nueves Garcia
Larry Robert York
Gilbert D. Ortega
Lowery Walter McNeil
JP Court
Jimmy D. McNeil
Charles E. Armstrong
James B. Lauderdale
Rufus R. Spivey
Kenneth Ted Lindemann
Calendar of Pecos area events rundown
Calendar lists weekly activities: Catholic War Veterans meeting at Western Club 7 30 p m Thursday. AAUW tea 430 530 p m at First United Methodist Church. Senior Center game day 1 5 p m at 119 S Cedar Bingo 2 3 p m. Reeves County Library hours 9 12 and 1 6 open. Lions Club Amistad Lions Pecos Optimists Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous Alateen TOPS meetings Bible study B P W business gathering and more scheduled across Thursday to Tuesday with locations and times.
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Western Club
AAUW
First United Methodist Church
S. Cedar St
Reeves County Library
Fifth and Park Streets
Fifth
Park Streets
Lions Club
American Motor Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Pecos
Pecos Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon
S. Oak St
Federation Parlor
Tops Tx
St. Community
Tours Set For Blind Visitors At Permian Basin Museum
The Midland area program invites blind persons to tour the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum starting this fall. About 200 invitation letters will be mailed in September by the Odessa Texas Commission for the Blind office. Lion Tamers volunteers will complete docent training in October then guide tours, limited to two blind visitors per docent, with visits arranged in late October or November.
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Midland
Permian Basin Petroleum Museum
Odessa
Texas Commission For the Blind
Lion- Tamers Organization
Lions Club
Ann Dunn
Museum
The
Petroleum Museum
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Xerox Co
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DAA
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
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Pecos Texas
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Diane Osborn
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