Local readers weigh dry precincts amid licensing debate
The editorial page analyzes liquor and advertising issues in Andrews and nearby towns. It argues for maintaining dry status while noting economic pressures from growth in the Basin and the Permian cities Odessa Midland Monahans Crane and Kermit.
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Odessa
Anan
Permian Basin
Midland
Monahans
Crane
Kermit
Ewlse
Andrews
Andrew K Eep
Golf Meet Set This Weekend
About 250 area golfers will join the three day Andrews Pro-Am and Invitational at the Andrews Country Club starting Saturday with an 18 hole Pro-Am. A 54 hole Invitational begins Sunday morning with 112 players and prizes totaling around 2000 in merchandise and cash. Tommy Hale returns to defend his Invitational title as a new high school division debuts with 16 entrants.
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Andrews
Andrews Country Club
Tommy Hale
Break-ins Reported at Laundromat and Hospital
Local police reported two break-ins this week. An attempted entry at Permian General Hospital late Monday aimed to tear away pantry locks. Early Wednesday a Laundromat at 200 NW Ave B was robbed as burglars ripped open a change machine for cash.
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Permian General Hospital
NW Ave B
Holiday To Test County's Traffic Safely Record
Andrews County celebrates a long July 4 weekend as officials join with state agencies to preserve an accident free record. Sheriff and police chiefs will focus on speeding and drunk driving during the Fourth of July Traffic Safety Promotion Program led by Governor Price Daniel.
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Andrews County
Texas
Price Daniel
Department of Safety
Clinton Dame
Governor's Highway Safety Commission
Texas Association of Broadcasters
The
Texas Press Association
Safety Commission
City Council Denies Straight Line Phone Rate Hike
The Andrews city council votes unanimously to deny a proposed rate increase by Andrews Telephone Company citing public opposition and insufficient operating data. A stipulation delays reconsideration until after new equipment is installed and at June 30 1961. The meeting also starts plans for a joint city county school citizen liaison committee to study regional projects and discuss curb and gutter work on 14 blocks in Northwest Andrews.
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Andrews Telephone Company
Sammy Arnold
Charlie Ward
Arnold
Ward
Andrews
Directors Approve Cash Dividend At Commercial State Bank
The board of directors approved a ten percent cash dividend of $1.00 per share for Commercial State Bank stockholders. Record holders as of June 30, 1960 will receive $11,550 in total. This follows a ten percent stock dividend paid in January totaling $23,000.
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Commercial State Bank
Andrews Chapter Red Cross Officials Re-Elected
The Andrews Chapter of the American Red Cross re elected officers and board for another year at the annual meeting. Max Ramsey becomes board chairman, J W Moxley remains chapter chairman, and Mrs B F Seay continues as executive secretary. The budget is set at 4000 dollars with 228 dollars added by national headquarters and 200 dollars due to tripled local case load.
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RED Cross
B. F. Seay
Max Ramsey
Andrews
American Red Cross
J W. Moxley
J Lee Smith
J. A. Ulmer
Jim Jones
Harry Tompkins
Two Oklahoma Men Fined for Contributing to Delinquency
Two 20-year-old Oklahoma men were fined 75 dollars and costs for contributing to the delinquency of a minor after an all night party involving a 14-year-old Odessa girl and a 15-year-old Andrews girl. They were caught in Seminole on the way back to Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma
Odessa
Andrews
Seminole
Harold Biggs
Urban Renewal Plan Considered in Andrews Meeting
Andrews leaders discuss urban renewal as a remedy for overcrowded unsanitary housing of the Negro population. The city committee met with Fort Worth state officials to learn funding, relocation, and mortgage details and plan a referendum before proceeding.
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Andrews
County Commissioners
State Urban Renewal Office
Fort Worth
Jeanne Arnold
Break In Heat Wave Eases in Andrews Citizens
Andrews residents felt relief from a severe heat spell as weekend lows dropped to 92 and early evenings offered cooling. Data from Permian Basin Pipeline Co. shows June 22 to June 28 highs ranging from 92 to 106 and lows from 63 to 76 amid a pattern of alternating temperatures.
Tempo Rises in Andrews County Pre-Election Drives
Campaigns for and against liquor sales intensify with mailings from both sides and rising absentee voting. By midweek over 60 county residents had cast ballots, with 4 000 poll tax receipts issued in this presidential year. The July 9 election asks whether to legalize off premise alcohol sales, with voters to mark the opposed line.
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United Days of
Andrews County
Browns Prepare to Sail for England on Britannic
G N Brown plans a July voyage from New York with wife and granddaughter Susan to visit England relatives and sights. They will travel July 7 aboard the Britannic docking in Liverpool, with a June 2 train departure to New York and a jet return to Dallas to resume school.
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G. N Brown
New York
Susan
Brown
England
America
Freedomand
Bronx Zoo
Radio City
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London
Scotland
II Cobb
Ireland
Liverpool
Atherton
Blackpool
Ben Dintleman
Wichita Falls
Gene Irwin
West Texas
Dallas
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