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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1973
Page
2
Governor Dolph Briscoe proposes a state plan to cut energy use in schools by 15 percent. The board may consider it Tuesday with measures including lower winter thermostats to 68 and summer highs to 78, early dismissals, and afternoon activities in January through March.
The council will first consider a city health code ordinance and discuss street lighting amid an energy crisis. Terms for City Health Officer Dr. Martin Scaff and City Attorney Holt Magee end at the Tuesday meeting. Ward County and Monahans share in a PBRPC project funded 85 to 15 percent, totaling about $7,000, with a new 280 foot transmission tower planned for February 1974 on the city’s northeast side.
The University of Texas Board of Regents approved a lease to repair University owned buildings at Pyote Air Force Base. Four thousand dollars will fund roof repairs on the main hanger to support University of the Permian Basin use. UTPB classes have used the base for environmental and other studies this semester.
District Representative Oran McCallister addressed Pack 163 at First United Methodist Church. Bobcat awards went to James Aker Craig Collins and Chuck Goodrich, John Sikes earned Wolf badge gold and silver arrows, Den 2 led by Bill Beasley opened with a Presentation of Colors, Den 3 performed a skit, Den 2 received cubby award, and Den 3 conducted the living circle. Special guests included Mr and Mrs Oran McCallister from Wink and Mrs Dick Robertson.
The hospital posted expenses of 62 984 with revenue of 67 444. Admissions reached 164 patients while 319 were treated in the emergency room.
Two Clovis men, Juan Armando Hernandez and Robert Santod, 18, pled guilty in County Court to possession of less than three ounces of marijuana and were fined 500 dollars plus 51.50 in costs. Sheriff Ashcraft notes they may serve jail time at five dollars per day, potentially 110 days if they lay out fines. Also, Wickett resident Joe Garry Tolley awaits transfer to Fredricksburg on a forgery warrant. bond set at 5,000 dollars.
Funeral rites were pending for 57 year old Jesus Tavares of Mexico after a death on arrival at Ward Memorial Hospital from a heart attack in Monahans. He born April 26 1916 resided in Chihuahua and is survived by his widow and son Edward. Mrs Susia Anaya a former Monahans resident died in Odessa after living in Monahans for years and is survived by nephew Luis Orasco.
A two day Aviation Safety Clinic sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration and local flyer H A Lee Jr will be held Monday and Tuesday evenings from 7 to 9 30 in the Texas Electric Ready Room. The program is open to pilots co pilots wives and would be pilots and is free of charge. Monday covers accident prevention winter weather Part 91 and the vertigo chair. Tuesday covers Midland Tower approach and departure control Using The Air Space navigation and communication Mountain Flying and the vertigo.
Fifty nine Big Green Band members earn seats or alternates in the Class 3-A All Region Band at Midland Lee High School. Over 800 students from 12 schools competed. Monahans and Odessa Ector led the 3-A group with multiple placements across woodwinds brass and percussion.
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