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Newspaper
Andrews County News
Location
Andrews, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1966
Page
1
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A reflective piece honors the father as the unsung Christmas hero who bears the financial burden of gifts. It celebrates his quiet joy in family happiness, despite looming bills, and urges readers to give Dad an extra hug this holiday season.
License tags for Andrews County arrived at the county tax assessor office with seven prefixes for passenger cars CVH CVJ CVL CVM CVN and CVP and truck prefixes IS IT. Personalization allows five letters for a fee. Robbie Casey bought a CASEY tag last year amid a low statewide uptake.
Weather over the past week in Andrews shows a 55 degree variance from a high of 71 on Sunday December 18 to a low of 16 on Friday December 23.
A boiler in the Andrews High School shop area blew its stack around 7 30 p m on a Wednesday night. The blast damaged a wall partition and blew doors from the boiler. no injuries occurred. Officials say two of four safety devices failed simultaneously, a rare event. The state boiler inspector had inspected the unit in October. The firebox suffered most of the damage. insurance will assess the boiler.
Charlie Ward accepted the chairmanship of a five member housing authority board formed to seek a federal survey on using surplus housing for the aged. Ward was away when chosen by the City Council and answered by telephone. Other members are Harold Cox Eddie Brenholz Jim Underwood and Mrs. Gertrude Averytt. The board will travel and plan the survey needed before requesting the program here.
Andrews County News combines December 29 issue with this edition to allow staff to spend Christmas with families. The next edition will publish New Year’s Day, with staff returning Thursday morning to collect news items and advertisements.
The Texas Safety Association issues its Accidental Death Alert for the Christmas period urging drivers to respect others and drive defensively. The alert runs 6 p.m. Friday December 23 to 11:59 p.m. Monday December 26, coordinated with DPS Operation Deathwatch. Police urge citizens to stay alert and reduce holiday traffic hazards as projections warn of multiple accidental deaths.
Andrews high on Ricky Laminack 20 points as the Mustang cagers edge Crane 58 57 to notch their tenth win. Leading 13 12 early they built a 10 point cushion, 42 33 at third quarter, then a rough fourth period. Beilue pulls 10 rebounds while Smith adds 11 points. See MUSTANGS Page 6.
Andrews Independent School District approved the low bid for the vocational school project after a 24 hour review. Casey Construction Inc. of Odessa submitted the lowest bid at 142100, with Bob Hunter of Lubbock and Oasis Builders of Kermit close behind. The project, funded partly by state funds, is slated to start five months from now with an opening date of September 1.
Most Andrews businesses close Monday for Christmas with banks open due to a regulation change. City and school offices, federal offices, and the Post Office will be closed. The Courthouse is closed Monday and Tuesday while school resumes Wednesday, January.
Two Andrews youths Michael R. Porter and Ronnie Green were fined 100 dollars each after a fireworks incident at the courthouse. They were charged with disturbing the peace and shooting fireworks in city limits and were arrested by sheriff's officials after a description of their car. In a separate action, Mrs. Robert Kay was arrested for worthless checks, fined 1 dollar and costs, and placed on 60 days probation.
Tidewater Oil Company will open an Andrews area office January 3 moving from Odessa 14 miles away to the former Sinclair office on the Kermit Highway. J M Helm will lead operations with B J Kilman Shirling Berley R F Flowe Edward Cook and Bill Jenkins also on site. The office covers from Levelland to Kermit Monahans and includes the Spra berry Field in the Glasscock Reagan area. Gerald McCaskill of the Chamber of Commerce welcomed Tidewater and noted partial move-in completed over the final weekend of the year.
Four men were injured in a one car turnover on an oil lease road near the Kermit highway around midnight Thursday while fleeing from law officials in a 115 mile per hour chase. Manuel Valezuela 19 driver of the 1958 vehicle and Alfredo Pando Apolonio Espaza Jr. and Frank Castro were brought to Permian General. Pando in serious condition suffered severe leg and head lacerations and exposure after fleeing on foot in 24 degree weather. Local police and Hale County deputies searched for about an hour and a half before locating him.
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