Reagan Gunman Wounds President and Three Others
President Reagan was wounded by a .22 caliber bullet as he left the Washington Hilton at 1 26 p m CST. Also injured were Press Secretary James Brady Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy and DC policeman Thomas Delahanty. Six shots were fired. John Hinckley Jr 25 of Evergreen Colorado was charged with attempted assassination and assault with intent to kill. Brady McCarthy and Delahanty faced serious injuries but were improving by Wednesday morning. FBI confirmed the weapon was one of two identical pistols Hinckley bought from a Dallas pawn shop on October 13.
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Washington Hilton
Reagan
James Brady
Secret Service
Timothy J. McCarthy
District of Columbia
Thomas Delahanty
John Warnock Hinckley Jr
Evergreen
Colo
Aflcio Building Trades Council
Gan
Brady
McCarthy
Delahanty
Washington University Hospital
Associated Press
Arthur Kobrine
Hinckley
FBI
Roger Young
Washington
Incumbent seeks reelection to Monahans school board
Arthur Carpenter announces his candidacy for reelection to Position 6 on the Monahans-Wickett-Pyote ISD Board of Trustees. A Monahans native, he graduated in 1953, served four years in the Air Force, studied at Texas Tech and Odessa College, worked as a parts manager at Golden Chevrolet, and has been with the Monahans Post Office since 1966. He and wife Mary have two children, a son in eighth grade and a daughter in eleventh.
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Arthur Carpenter
Monahans News
Monahans-Wickett- Pyote
Monahans High School
Carpenter
U.S. Air Force
Texas Tech
Odessa College
Golden Chevrolet
Goin Chevrolet
Golden
Monahans
Mary
Ward County voters face crowded city and school races
In Ward County polls Saturday voters will choose city council and school board trustees across Monahans Barstow Pecos and Grandfalls plus city officials including city marshal and secretary races. Incumbents often run unopposed while several contested alderman seats appear in Thorntonville Monahans and Barstow with multiple candidates vying for unexpired terms.
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Ward County
Thorntonville
Barstow
Ernestina Guerrero
Olga Abila
Abram Flores
Lupe Garcia
Garcia
Pecos
Jo Allgood
Pecos- Barstow-Toyah Independent School District
Greg Johns
al Lawrence
Grandfalls
Millie Eudaly
Couple Found Dead in Mobile Home Tragedy
An elderly couple Durward Pierson 69 and Virginia 61 were found dead in their trailer at 307 Kansas around 11:40 a.m. Tuesday from apparent asphyxiation possibly caused by a gas oven. Evidence suggested they died around March 18 while the stove burned. Pierson wore a windup watch stopped March 18. Graveside services were set for 10 a.m. today at Monahans Cemetery.
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Kansas
Ed Hammond
Durward Pierson
Virginia
Hammond
Piersons
Pierson
Monahans
Wilson-Miller Funeral Home
Hearings set for congressional state senatorial redistricting
The Texas Senate Redistricting Committee will hold an outreach meeting in Lubbock on Friday April 3 at 1 30 p m to gather input on redistricting for the state senate and U S congressional plans. Two panels will hear testimony chaired by Senators Peyton McKnight and W E Snelson. The 25th Senatorial District centered in Ward County is near ideal population while U S Representative Richard White's 16th District overflows the ideal figure.
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Thorntonville
Ward County
Marshall
Don Brown
Billy Phillips
Ralph Morgan
A.V. Armstrong
H.M. Thornton
R.P. Magill
Richard
Texas Senate
Lubbock
Senate
Congressional
Lubbock County Courthouse
Ated
Peyton McKnight
W.E
Pete’’ Snelson
McKnight
Snelson
State Senate
U.S
Richard White
el Paso
Ector County
Mona City Council hires fiscal agent for water project
In a special session, Mona City Council hired First Southwest Corp of Abilene as fiscal agent to prepare bond papers for about 300000 in certificates of obligation financing the first phase. The plan includes pipeline work and a new pump at Hogg Ranch well field to boost daily flow and provide a safety margin. Additional phases may cover a million gallon storage and lines east to Rudy Park, with a potential total cost around one million dollars.
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First Southwest Corp. of
Abilene
First Southwest
Hogg Ranch
Richard Hoyer
Rudy Park
Hoyer
Marge Wilson
Correction in Mona Hans News misnaming Cecille White
The Mona Hans News clarifies that a Sunday story and outline about the new Chamber of Commerce brochure misidentified Cecille White as Michelle White. The newspaper apologizes to Ms. White for any embarrassment caused.
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Chamber of Commerce
Cecille White
Michelle White
Ms. White
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