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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1981
Page
1
Monahans approves emergency 911 dialing plan
City Council considers a costly but beneficial 911 dialing system with a three month installation delay avoided by a signed work order to Southwestern Bell. Mayor Hoyer cites 3 949 residential and 859 business phones and notes the cost is about 3.6 cents per month per citizen. Emer gency equipment for the fire department is approved with bids from Texas Firefighters and First Line Equipment. A backhoe rental for one month at 5000 is approved as part of the agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monahans
Richard Hoyer
Hoyer
Southwestern Bell
St. Louis
Texas
Lawrence Dain
First Line
News pauses Sunday edition for Christmas holidays
The News will not publish Sunday December 27 to allow staff time with families and will combine that edition with the Thursday December 31 issue. Christmas greetings ads appear in this issue with messages from local businesses and individuals. The office closes Thursday through Sunday and resumes Monday December 28, with New Year week following the same schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa
Mom
Monahans Chamber elects 1983 officers and directors
At the final 1981 meeting the Monahans Chamber of Commerce named Lloyd Stoebner as president elect and Jerry Larned as vice president elect for 1983 Bill Goin announced the appointments indicating a year in advance selection Jay Derrick was named treasurer for one year and Bob Parks Robert White three other directors were chosen for one year Thrasher Cooper and White joined a three year term group with Pat Ramsey as the remaining new director Local discussion covered expansion with a water district move and efforts to extend city services while industrial development included new bonds for Dowell Geosource and Baroid plus an out of state firm seeking bonds and a successful pecan show victory for Ward County resident Dale Wood as grand champion
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monahans Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Karl Richey
Chamber
Monahans
Bill Goin
Lloyd Stoebner
Jerry Larned
Stoebner
The
Industrial Foundation
Larned
Jay Derrick
Goin
Bob Parks
Robert White
Richey
J.W. Thrasher Jr
Johnny White
Pearson Cooper
Pat Ramsey
Dowell
Geosource
Baroid
Thrasher
Cooper
Coliseum
TX 18
Bryan Stuckey
Ward County
Dale Wood
County considers $2 million in industrial bonds
County commissioners meet Monday with a packed agenda led by a request from Ward County IDCs Board to approve about $2 million in industrial revenue bonds for All Minerals Corp of Salt Lake City to develop a Monahans tract. Other items include possible local bingo elections, a complaint against the sheriff over prisoner groceries, and new deputies and staff changes in the sheriff and county clerk offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward County Industrial Development Corporation
All Minerals Corp
Salt Lake City
Monahans
Richard Sitz
All Minerals
Colorado
L. A. Wester
Precinct 4
Ben Keele
Wester
Keele
John Ashcraft
County government critique sparks calls for reform in Odessa
San Antonio lawyer Doug Harlan argues in a Odessa American column that county government suffers from mutualism and lack of central authority. He urges a city council style reform with a single professional administrator and notes voters seldom know officials’ daily work. He warns against early retirement as a political ploy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doug Harlan
San Antonio
Odessa American
Harlan
Ward County
Weather summary from a brief period
The report notes clear weather from Saturday through Monday with partly cloudy skies on Tuesday. A strong wind and a substantial dust presence are noted in the air.
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