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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1969
Page
1
Seaboard Coast Line plans an experimental auto train within two years from Washington to Florida with one car price around 125 dollars. Families ride 12 hours in train cars, watching movies as they travel to Jacksonville. The feature aims to popularize piggyback car travel nationwide.
Congressman Richard C. White announces a $159,009 contract to J H Ryan and Son of Albuquerque NM from the Bureau of Reclamation to clear salt cedars and water consuming vegetation from the Pecos River section in Reeves and Loving Counties from the New Mexico line to Orla Reeves County south of Red Bluff Dam. The work expands earlier New Mexico portion efforts and aims to increase Pecos water before broader Red Bluff irrigation project rehabilitation to support 22 000 acres across Reeves Loving Pecos and Ward counties.
State Highway Department announced letting of highway contracts for Monahans area totaling 1.315 million dollars. Jack A. Miller Inc of Austin wins 65,061 for IH 20 guard fence. Strain Bros Inc secures 852,268 for SH 20 paving. additional resurfacing on IH 20 and SH 1 near Grandfalls and Fort Stockton.
The Rev Bob Porterfield is named pastor of Calvary Baptist Church after two years at Emmanuel Baptist Marfa. He arrived in Monahans with his family and moved into the parsonage on North Main. The Porterfields have six children Elizabeth Ann 13 Jim 12 Tom 10 Steve 8 Ruth 6 and Joh 3. He previously served as secretary and treasurer of the Marfa Ministerial Alliance.
More than 200 entrants expected in the fifth annual Junior Rodeo to be held Wednesday through Saturday at the County Arena on South Highway 18. Performances run each night at Bo'clock with attractions including a sheepdog and monkey act and two Odessa television performers. Parade Thursday will start at 4:30 pm from Hill Park to Sealy Street led by Calhoun. Miss Janie Osborn leads mounted riders with sheriffs posse groups, civic floats, and 4-H entries. prizes for riding groups and other entries announced.
Johnny Bates and Mark Rogers lead weekly visits by the Texas Employment Commission to the Chamber of Commerce in Monahans offering job matching. They report strong local response, with high demand for auto mechanics nurses and managers, and encourage area employers and job seekers to visit each Thursday to update applications and connect workers with openings.
Ward County sends a large group to the State 4-H Roundup in College Station starting tomorrow on the A and M Campus. Youths compete in electrical demonstration natural resources safety vegetable preparation livestock judging and quarter horse judging with adult leaders guiding the group.
The piece depicts Speaker John McCormack near collapse after Kennedy's assassination and facing doubts about his grip on duty. It notes Representative Michael J. Kirwan’s power in pork vetoes and campaign funding as he controls key House districts and party finances.
West Texas Children's Home funding includes 431,896 for construction and 747,239 for operating expenses in the state appropriation bill awaiting the governor. Pay raises of 6.8 percent lift superintendent salary to 13,590 and business manager to 11,000 with free housing and utilities. Payroll for classified and exempt staff rises from 393,743 to 427,657.
The unofficial high reached 107 degrees in Monahans on Saturday, with a cooler front moving in Sunday lowering readings to the high 90s and expected to bring cooler weather today.
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