A decision on which city would be selected for the teaching hospital was still pending at the end of the year. Following Lockwood's announcement, the Odessa Chamber of Commerce gathered 19,000 signatures supporting the branch here, and Ector County Commissioners offered to donate land in the vicinity of Medical Center Hospital if Odessa was chosen. In other medical news, Medical Center Hospital completed its expansion project, bringing its total bed capacity to 380. The Rev. Curtis Norris organizes the The House of Prayer Baptist Church on Broughton Ave. As part of post-Vietnam military cutbacks, Pentagon closes Webb Air Force Base in Big Spring.
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