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...heavy guard from the damaged missile site. Military officials, while not actually confirming that there was a warhead in the box-or that there ever had been one on the missile-indicated that the bomb was taken to Little Rock Air Force Base and shipped by air to an Amarillo, Texas, nuclear weapons plant for disassembly...
Mesa Petroleum of Amarillo last year put 55% of its $1.1 billion worth of oil and gas wells into a trust. Wall Street's response was sharp; in less than two months the stock shot up from $40 to $66. Some brokers had hitherto respected Mesa as a well-run company, but felt that it had too many large tracts of older wells. Aggressive investors usually look for small firms with assets concentrated in new drilling fields. By unloading its aging wells, Mesa transformed its image to that of a lean and hungry company oriented toward exploration...
Dianne Gawne Amarillo, Texas...
...geographical feature, the weather (good or bad), even notoriety. Many a place, in the Dodge City tradition, has nurtured its morale on a reputation for meanness: Harlan County, Ky., is famous for little else. Arizona hymns its dry air; Louisiana often builds a brag on its murderous humidity. Amarillo, Texas, brags about its yellow dust. Nashville has a swelled head over the racket, only occasionally musical, that it produces; Memphis lauds itself about the special quiet it has enjoyed ever since the late Boss Ed Crump banned auto horns. Apalachicola, Fla.? The oyster is its world. Hope, Ark.? The watermelon...
...ranked in their event. Still, the U.S. broke into the winner's circle when Karen Hawkins, 22, of St. Louis took a silver in the 200-meter dash. Then the U.S. collected four gold medals in Spartakiad's first five days: Wardell Gilbreath, 25, of Amarillo, Texas, in the 200-meter dash; John Powell, 32, of Cupertino, Calif., in the discus; Henry Marsh, 25, of Eugene, Ore., in the 3,000-meter steeplechase; and Vinson, 27, of Chicago, in the 400 meter...