Speech given by Senator John Tower to two Texas petroleum organizations discussing various topics related to politics and oil in the Middle East, international terrorism, the energy industry, and the relation of various factors on the U.S. interests.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Southern Baptist Missionaries Jim and Leola Ragland, shown here in a 1984 photo at the Beirut Baptist School, were having a daily devotional together when the news came that the U.S. government had ordered that all Americans leave Lebanon. Ragland, who is principal at the school, said "we just sat there and wept together ... a trying time for us." They hope peace is restored and that they will be able to go back someday. He is an Ada, Okla., native, and Mrs. Ragland is from Duncan."