Lamesa bids rise for vocational building plans
Regional and Odessa items report building cost inflation as plans for a new vocational building near the Middle School campus face rebid. Haco of Odessa bid 50391, over 25 percent above Giary and Hobertz estimate of 40000. Other bids: Snead Odessa 58000, Snody Midland 60000, Eiland Lumber 68629. The board will renegotiate with the low bidder. The Odessa landfill fire required 16 firefighters over two hours, blamed on discarded acid with no water on site. Rimrock City fire required 13000 gallons. Canyon topics include a three week law course at West Texas State University and admission changes removing physical exams. Hale County Red Cross adds new board members Mike Wall, Joe Wall, Steven Cartley. terms renewed for Frank Curry, Mike Lemons, Ernest Ragle, Mrs. Tom Longnecker, Mrs. June teed, Claude Burnett.
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Haco, Inc
Odessa
Giary and Hobertz
Big Spring
John Gary
R. B. ‘Snead Constructios Company
I Odessa
D. Snody
Midland
Eiland ‘Lumber Company
Lamesa
Canyon
College of Education
Niow
West Texas
Uni-school
Teach- Sh
Joe Wall
Steven Cartley
Frank Curry
Mike Lemons
Earnest Ragle
Tom Longnecker
June Teed
Claude Burnett
Scholarship Fund Honors WTSU Leader
A scholarship fund in honor of Prof. J Herschel Coffee head of West Texas State University economics is established by the WTSU Foundation. The fund aims to award annual scholarships of at least 300 to outstanding economics majors beginning next spring. Coffee chairing the selection committee has 48 years in teaching and has served in civic roles in Canyon.
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Canyon
J. Herschel Coffee
West Texas State University
Wtsu Foundation
Milton Morris
Cofffee
Coffee
West Texas State
University
University of Texas
War Labor Board
Denver
Canyon Chamber of Commerce
Canyon Planning and Zoning Committee
Inmates Seize Four Hostages At Kentucky Penitentiary
Inmates at the Eddyville Kentucky State Penitentiary took four hostages, including two civilian employees, in the canteen after doors were opened. Prison officials pursued peaceful negotiations with the inmates who demanded concessions, with no injuries reported. The incident marks the third hostage episode at the facility in under a year.
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Kentucky
Eddyville
Charles Holmes
Frankfort
Luther Luckett
Luckett
Botulism Sickens Mother and Premature Baby in Idaho
A Boise mother Racquel Gonzalez 32 and her newborn daughter three pounds were in critical condition Sunday after eating home canned peppers. The woman's father Anselmo Sifuentes 69 of Nyssa Oregon died Saturday night.
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Boise
Idaho
UPI
Anselmo Sifuentes
Nyssa
Ore
St. Alphonsus Hospital
Racquel Gonzales
High Court Set to Rule on Education Aid Issue
The Supreme Court faces a decision on state aid to nonpublic education as term ends. Justices have previously ruled against parallel programs but signaled willingness to revisit the issue by reviewing New York and Pennsylvania laws. The cases question if state legislatures have crafted plans that avoid First Amendment prohibition on establishment of religion.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York
Pennsylvania
High Court
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Lamesa Vocation
Midland-Odessa Air Terminal
Centrol
Rimrock
Concave
WTSU
Carruth
US Priveria Sul
Board of Regents
T Paige Cardent
Hale County Red Cross Board
Plainview
Hale County
The
American Red Cross
Mike Walli
Brotherton Matador
Matador
Glen Brotherton
Matador Lions Club
Brotherton
Frvin Willard
Joe Smith
John M. Russell
Kirby Campbell
Loyd Hall
Tony Dean
Stan Irvine
Larry Hoyle
J. R. Whittworth
Forrest Campbell
R. M. Stanley
Lion Tanner
Tail Mwister
Pat Sheridan
Rachel Patton
Sweethheart
Naomi Simpson
Lions Club Queen
Friedrich Central
Ex Corporation
Slaton
Commercial Refrigeration Co, Inc
East 34Th
Vega
Holmes
Tubbock
James Edwards
Zenith
Livingston Hearing Aid Center
Bank of the West
South Plains
FDIC
Slide Road
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