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Newspaper
Andrews County News
Location
Andrews, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1972
Page
1
A political process is described where parties craft platforms to match public sentiment and subsequently adjust candidate positions to align with the updated platform. This cycle shows strategic messaging and candidate positioning influenced by shifting party priorities.
A lighthearted note reminds readers that while Father’s Day is a single day, the nation dedicates a full week to pickles with playful tone.
Permian General Hospital faced an unusual high bed occupancy, filling all available beds this Tuesday. Nurses noted the scene as a rare summer surge, hinting at a regional concept idea taking hold.
Congressman George Mahon teased the national spelling champion from Lamesa about his dictionary as cameras rolled. Mahon said his dictionary dated to 1956 and that he had received many copies by mail, praising a Texas sender's edition of the American Heritage Dictionary with pictures in the margin.
Texas A M President Dr Jack K Williams testified before House and Senate appropriations committees Monday amid questions from Rep Neil Caldwell. Caldwell asked about the Aggie war hymn words and Williams replied that Chicaksaw Indian translates to Beat the hell out of the University of Texas.
Senate welfare hearings reveal figures showing recipients rising from 15 million to 20 million in 1977, 24 million under a plan, 72 million under a Ribicoff bill, and 114 million under the National Welfare Rights Organization proposal, prompting questions about cost and policy.
A wheel from a 1963 car driven by Dianne Cross struck a parked 1964 vehicle owned by H. L. Clements in the 200 block of South Main. Officer Paul Williams cited Cross for an unsafe vehicle. In Odessa a separate crash on Texas 302 and Loop 338 left James Howard Leddy with head injuries and Bobby Boyd Scivally treated for arm lacerations.
The Andrews Independent School District sets the 1972-73 budget at 4 068 781.05 with a 30 percent tax rate and 1.44 local maintenance, plus 26 cents debt service. Mike Peebles is named head baseball coach. Earnest Ruesch becomes junior varsity coach and math teacher. multiple new teachers were hired as resignations and positions were filled. Summer school enrollments reported and a finance plan guided by TAS executive committee discussed.
The Blackwood Brothers headline the fifth annual all night gospel sing in the Andrews junior high auditorium at 8 p.m. Admission is 2 for adults and 1 for students. Other groups include Soul Harbor Singers Blue Springs Missouri and Andrews Soul Seekers with a talent search and acts from Big Spring Monahans Hobbs and Andrews.
Ronnie Purtell former Andrewson now with the Whitney telephone company accepted a post with the Permian Basin Regional Planning Council in Terminal He will serve as director of alcoholism coordinating Alcoholics Anonymous and related agencies across 17 West Texas counties He and his family will live in Midland
The Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission in Midland is one of two regional planning councils awarded a $28,200 criminal justice planning grant for fiscal 1973 by Governor Preston Smith. Total grants amount to $793,718 from the Criminal Justice Council, with the region contributing $3,133. The funds will support updating the five year plan and implementing action projects across 17 counties including Andrews, Crane, Ector, Midland, Reeves, and Ward.
Oil tax representatives from major taxpayers in the Andrews Independent School District met Monday to discuss a proposed budget increase of 273000 dollars. Superintendent Dr Norman Hall detailed the increases and noted year old cuts including two buses and another vehicle. Killough of Humble was also mentioned as part of the discussion.
Murrell D. Hardin died in a mid morning car wreck near Montgomery West Virginia. He had moved from Andrews June to Beckley West Virginia and worked for the Cabot Corporation. Funeral services will be held in Arkadelphia Arkansas by Murry Ruggles Funeral Home. He is survived by his wife one son three daughters and his father. Memorials may go to a new chapel in Beckley for the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints.
Pre-wedding activities at J. E. Jordan Sr home halted when Keith Jordan Jr from San Antonio needed emergency surgery for appendicitis. The guest was allowed to leave the hospital in a wheelchair to attend the ceremony with Linda Thigpen and Jordan Jr. He recovers slowly after the vacation-stopping procedure.
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