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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1980
Page
1
District Judge Larry Fuller said he will issue a decision by Monday in the suit filed by Dr. Robert Holston against Ward Memorial Hospital Board of Managers. He heard both sides Thursday and would review testimony from the hospital staff hearing last summer regarding Holston.
The Supreme Court upheld Master Judge Breitenstein’s finding that New Mexico illegally restricted Pecos River flow. It ordered remediation including potential water releases or compensation to Texas since 1948, using a January 1 1947 water level as the baseline. Ward County projects up to 28 000 additional acres could be farmed pending final resolution.
An 18 year old man Benjamin Ray Munoz died in Monahans City Jail after hanging himself with a T shirt tied to a cell bar. He had been arrested after driving a pickup into two parked cars in the 300 block of South Faye around 7 25 p.m. He was booked by 8 45 p.m. and later found unresponsive at about 9 45 p.m. Justice of the Peace L A Wester pronounced him dead at 9 57 p.m. Authorities gave no clear reason for the suicide, and the death is noted as the third in thirteen months.
Olie Strickland, 65, replaces Albert Line as Monahans Municipal Court Judge on May 28 after serving as Associate Municipal Court Judge for three years. Born in 1915 in Bessemer Alabama, he traveled widely, served 24 years in the Army, then moved to Monahans from Virginia Beach in 1977 to care for his mother in law and stayed. He arrived via an ad in the paper seeking a municipal judge and soon earned his associate post. CONTINUED ON PAGE 12.
Architects Robert and David Messersmith met with county officials school board and city council to seek commitments for next study phase. County favors Option 1 a small library-adjacent center with a separate activities center while the school board backs Option 2 a large joint complex. City funds maintenance via motelhotel tax. Estimated costs: Option 1 155000 to 190000 Option 2 135000 to 160000. Next county meeting June 9 and school board June 10 to potentially declare leanings.
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