The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 8, 1974 Page: 4 of 15
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Domestic Drilling Said At Decade’s Highest Level
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HOUSTON — Domestic oil
and gas drilling operations have
reached their highest level in a
decade.
“All signs indicate the search
for new sources of crude oil
and natural gas production in
the United States will continue
at recent 10-year high rates
through the rest of 1974,” said
Warren L. Baker, executive vice
president of the International
Association of Drilling
Contracts.
‘Everything presages drilling
activity during the last half of
the year will exceed first half
volumes. Activity has been
undergoing steady growth
month by month.”
Baker said an average of
1,400 rotary drilling rigs were
active the first six months of
the year. Continuation at this
level or higher the balance of
1974 would give the industry
its best year since 1964 when
an average of 1,502 active rigs
was recorded.
July got the second half off
to a good start with a 1,483
average, which Baker said was
the highest monthly level in
115 months.
Other monthly averages for
the year were January 1,372,
February 1,356, March 1,369,
April 1,383, May 1,412 and
June 1,432.
The January-June average of
1,400 represented a 29 per
cent increase above the 1,089
level for the comparable 1973
period and a 57 . per cent
increase over a low of 892
recorded during the same
months of 1971.
“Rig activity should hold at
the July level through the
second half of the year,” Baker
said. “Current trends indicate
1974 will achieve an annual
average of 1,435 active rigs, 20
per cent more than in 1973.”
Both World Oil magazine
and the Oil-Gas Journal are
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f'assehgey tires used on taxicabs, and motor vehicles
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SALE
PRICE
2ND TIRE*
PLUS
F.E.T.
EACH
A78-13
6.00-13
$40
16.00
2.15
E78-14
7.35-14
$50
20.00
2.67
F78-14
7.75-14
$52
20.80
2.83
G78-14
8.25-14
$55
22.00
3.01
H78-14
8.55-14
$59
23.60
3.20
G78-15
1 8.25-15
$57
22.80
3.07
H78-15
8.55-15
$60
24.00
3.28
J78-15
8.85-15
$64
32.00
3.40
L78-15
9.15-15
$67
33.50
3.50
‘With trade-in tire.
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TUBE-TYPE
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7.00- 15
7.00- 15
6.50-16
7.00-16
PLY
RATING
REGULAR
PRICE
EACH
$40
$48
$52
$43
$50
$60
NO TRADE-IN REQUIRED
SALE
PRICE
EACH*
$32
$40
$36
$40
PLUS
F.E.T.
EACH
2.36
2.77
2.52
3.60
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TOTAL GUARANTEE PERIOD: 60 48 42 36 24 1 8 Mos.
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family or personal use.
For service under this guarantee, return battery with
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mufflers installed on commer-
or to mufflers damaged in
on auto accident.
apply to
cial vehicles i
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124 South Oak Kermit 586-6634
forecasting more than 32,000
wells will be drilled this year
compared with last year’s
26,400.
“The total probably would
be considerably higher were it
not for a shortage of tubular
goods and drilling rigs,” Baker
said. “Completions in 1974
will represent more than 160
million feet of hole, contrasted
with only 133 million in
1973”
Baker said drilling activity
still has a long way to go to get
back to peak levels that existed
in the mid-1950s when more
than 55,000 wells and more
than 200 million feet of hole
were drilled annually.
“Today’s current enerev
shortages demand further
increases in drilling activity,
but the rate of growth
henceforth will be slowed by
material shortages at least
another three or four years,”
he said.
Baker said the substantial
growth in rig activity resulted
in the completion of 14,776
new wells the first six months
of the year compared with
12,596 the same 1973 period.
New producing oil wells
totaled 5,859, an increase of
907 over 1973.
New natural gas wells
totaled 3,471, an increase of
585.
Dry holes totaled 5,446, up
907.
“It is significant that
expanded drilling led to the
discovery of an increased
number of new sources of oil
and gas production,” Baker
said.
“Exploratory drilling in
non-producing area discovered
467 new oil producing sources,
a gain of 28 over a year ago,
while new natural gas
producing sources totaled 683,
up 64.”
MESSAGE FROM
THE
DIRECTOR . .
by Clarence M. Kelley
FBI Director
Integrity is an indispensable
ingredient of law enforcement
performance. It should be as
clearly visible among the police
as their badges and uniforms.
Even the slightest doubt of
an officer’s honesty, as many
of us have seen, can make it
more difficult — perhaps even
impossible — for him, his
fellow officers, and his
department to discharge their
lawful responsibilities
effectively. The misconduct of
one officer is enough to lead
many to believe that his
actions are common practice
throughout the department he
represents. Indeed, the reports
of improprieties of a few
officers can spread quickly like
a virus to infect the entire
profession. Many career
officers have all too frequently
seen news of corruption among
the police in one part of the
Nation almost immediately
shake public confidence in the
efforts of dedicated officers
and their departments in
far-flung regions of the
country. It is a bitter
experience to have your own
integrity challenged for the
misconduct of brother officers
about whom you know
nothing.
Yes, it is in the glare of this
all-embracing spotlight that law
enforcement performance is
and will continue to be judged.
To say — as we might easily
rationalize — that police
officers are, after all, human
and therefore prey to the same
weaknesses as others is not
good enough. Certainly, law
enforcement officers are very
human. But unlike many other
persons, they are charged with
extraordinary responsibilities
which require exceptional
responses.
Upon taking the oath as an
officer of the law, we are
thrust in the center stage of
many of life’s most vexing
dramas. When persons are
struck by disaster, when they
are helpless, when they are in
fear of their lives, when they
have exhausted all the familiar
resources to govern . the
problems that beset them, they
will most often turn to a law
enforcement agency for
assistance. When they do, the
help they receive should, above
all else, be unmatched for its
integrity.
For an officer of the law to
carry out his duties with
absolute fairness and
scrupulous honesty has
far-reaching rewards. The
integrity of his performance
builds pride in an officer and
insulates him from the
insidious temptations of
corruption. When he believes in
himself, so likely will his fellow
officers in whom he will then
tend to instill, by example, his
pride and integrity. It is a
self-generating process whifch
builds spirit within | a
department, encourages tke
maintenance of the highest
performance standards, and
greatly lessens the possibility
of shortcomings in any area of
an organization’s work.
Today, we are in the midst
of an era when the integrity of
government is under relentless
examination. Now,
particularly, is a time when
every law enforcement officer
from the ranks through the top
command should, by his own
example, insure the
overwhelming integrity of our
professioa
BIRTH RATE DOWN;
POPULATION ISN’T
The Census Bureau in
Washington has reported that
while the nation last year had a
population gain of 1,500,000,
three basic measures of
population growth dropped to
record lows.
Last year’s gain, which
upped the total population to
211,210,000, was compared
with an increase of 2,200,000
in 1970 and the record annual
growth of 3,000,000 in 1957,
the bureau said.
If the 1973 rate "of
childbearing holds steady,
families would have an average
of 1.9 children. This would be
below the so-called population
replacement level of 2.1
children for each couple.
P:
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A LITTLE COOLER —Two young fans at White Sox
Park in Chicago try to get a little cooler by eating sno-
cones during double header. Boy on right also brought a
cap to keep the sun out of his eyes as he watches.
, > ^ % %J.A Ly $ 2 b i>'
£ 4 §
GENERAL
REVENUE
SHARING
Genera! Revenue Sharing provides federal funds directly to local and state governments. Your government must publish this
report advising you how these funds have been used or obligated during the year from July 1. 1973. thru June 30. 1974
This is to inform you of your government's priorities and to encourage your participation in decisions on how future funds
should be spent.
ACTUAL EXPENDITURES
CATEGORIES (A)
CAPITAL (0)
OPERATING/
MAINTENANCE (C)
1 PUBLIC SAFETY
$ 14,258.23
$ 3,394.92
2 ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
s
$
3 PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION
$
$
4 HEALTH
$ 10,276.00
$
5 RECREATION
$ 29,860.36
$ 2.700.0C
6 LIBRARIES
s
S
7 SOCIAL SERVICES
FOR AGED OR POOR
$
$
8 FINANCIAL
ADMINISTRATION
$ 3,142.95
S 2,403.5c
9 MULTIPURPOSE AND
GENERAL GOVT.
$ 49,385.64
HHW
10 EDUCATION
$
11 SOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT
$
Siftiiiii
12 HOUSING & COM-
MUNITY DEVELOPMENT
s
Mil*
13 ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
$
IliiiRt
14 OTHERISpecify)
Debt Retire
* 9,000.00
Hi
IB TOTALS
$115,923.18
$ 8,498.43
NONDISCRIMINATION REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET
(E) CERTIFICATION: I certify that I am the Chief Executive Officer end.
with respect to the entitlement funds reported hereon. I certify that they
have not been used ''violation* of either the priority expenditure
reoia^^en^pect^xf03) l^X^ert;hing funds prohibition (Section
8-9-74
Signature of Chief Executive
.County vludge
Pete
Name and Title
THE GOVERNMENT OF
WINKLER COUNTY
has received General Revenue Sharing payments totaling
$193,189
during the period from July 1, 1973. thru June £0.1974.
^ACCOUNT NO. 44 1 248 248
WINKLER COUNTY
COUNTY JUDGE
P.0. DRAWER Y
KERMIT, TEXAS
79745
V(D) TRUST FUND REPORT
(1) Balance as of June 30.1973 ......... .$_^_
(2) Revenue Sharing Funds Received from 1 Q Q IRQ DO
July 1. 1973 Through June 30. 1974.
(3) Interest Earned....................$_7,673.61
(4) Total Funds Available .............. .£ 200,862.61
(5) Total Amount Expended.............^ 124, 42 I .61
(6) Balance as of June 30.1974......... $ 76,441.00
(F)-The news media have been advised that a complete copy of this
report has been published in • local newspaper of general
circulation. I have records documenting the contents of this report
and they are open for public scrutiny at of
County Auditor, Kermit, Texas
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Parks, Phil. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 8, 1974, newspaper, August 8, 1974; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1034993/m1/4/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Winkler County Library.