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Newspaper
Andrews County News
Location
Andrews, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1972
Page
1
The Andrews hospital board led by Jake Roach pursues a regional medical concept with cautious preparation. Feasibility studies and consultant work aim to determine components and costs while McCamey hospital closes and ends hospital employment and emergency care signage.
Citizens at a semiannual hearing in Seminole criticize a San Antonio federal court decision declaring Texas school financing unconstitutional. They urge aid for poorer districts while opposing universal equal medical care and note disparities in facilities among big cities. See SANDS, Page 12.
The county generated $10,891,841 in crude oil production taxes and $829,783 in state taxes from oil and gas. Producers drilled 63 wells with $5,694,330 spent, including $1,046,436 lost on six dry holes. The industry employed 424 workers with a $12,900,928 payroll, while plants add to the economy with two petrochemical and eight natural gasoline facilities totaling 438 million cu ft daily.
County commissioners approved hiring G. Pierce Goodwin and Flanagan for architectural programming and planning for a potential hospital expansion. They also retained the firm with Richard and Huckabee for Permian General Hospital improvements and authorized a redevelopment-study letter to the Secretary of Commerce. Additional hires included Jesse Swift Jeanne Edge Faye Turner Lola Beth Jones and Johnny Majors with changes to sick leave and veteran travel allowance set to 100 dollars per month.
A Seminole public hearing on school financing called for local control over pub lic schools. The West Texas Legislative Committee led the session with educators and citizens weighing an alternate funding method after a San Antonio court found ad valorem taxes unconstitutional for distribution fairness.
Dr. Henry Thomas Leigh, 55, of Andrews, Texas, pleaded innocent in San Antonio to five federal counts accusing illegal prescribing of amphetamines. A Midland indictment returned March 9 named Leigh, as Judge John Wood Jr. kept a defense motion for dismissal under consideration and signaled a possible Midland trial within two months.
Judge Russell Austin set Monday July 31 for the murder trial of Roy West charged with murder with malice in the death of his wife Pamela Gilbert West 23 found stabbed in their home on February 16. The calendar was cleared for this trial after a conference with Odessa attorney Bill Alexander and District Attorney Calvin Wesch.
The council revised the sidewalk ordinance to allow new residences to build curbed sidewalks but not require old homes to convert. They appointed a board of equalization: Jeanne Arnold Frank Stickney and Gary Tucker. A report on the water reclamation plant startup was heard, a final payment approved to Water Industries Inc, and a possible federal grant noted. Council discussed Blanco Street abandonment and viewed budgets, slurry seal work, and the swimming pool plans.
The second Driver's Education session will register at the high school under the dome at 1 30 p m. Class assignments will be made at that time per Charlie Russell the driver ed coordinator.
The Andrews arena hosts a four night Run The Andrews Junior Rodeo ending Saturday at 8 p.m. with a record turnout. In the opening parade, Martin County Sheriff's Posse won senior division while Howard County and Dawson County placed second and third. In juniors Gaines County 4-H Horse Club led, followed by Howard County Youth Horsemen and Kermit Saddle Club. The two Andrews units participated.
Allen Strickland of Andrews, a Baylor College of Medicine freshman, links chemistry to medicine and aims to study immunology and viruses related to cancer. He holds a joint B S and M S from Caltech 1970 and plans to return to Texas after schooling.
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