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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1961
Page
5
Texas Selective Service director Colonel Morris Schwartz announced a July quota of 258 men for the state's draft boards. The July call is part of a national 6,000 man army quota with local boards already sent their figures. Candidates must be at least 22 on July 1 unless volunteering or delinquent. no pre-induction exam quota specified.
Miss Linda Powers of Monahans attends the annual High School Summer Workshop sponsored by the School of Fine Arts at Texas Christian University. She is enrolled in the twirling division.
The Rotary Club of Monahans is designated a 100 percent Rotary Foundation Club for contributing at least $10 per member to the Rotary Foundation. Announcement was made today at Rotary's world headquarters in Evanston Illinois.
Martinsville Virginia earns the nickname Sweatshirt Capital of the World as five textile plants produce about 27.5 million sweatshirts yearly, equaling 50.4 percent of global output.
A Texas Bar feature explains how liability arises when negligent acts foreseeably enable harm. Examples include selling gasoline in an open container, a inadvertently dangerous setup, and a contractor leaving equipment unlocked. Courts reward foreseeability in determining damages and responsibility.
Bobby Switzer and Robert E Ward Jr both of Mona hans reported Saturday at Fort Hood for ROTC training. Both boys are students at Texas Tech. The piece notes kangaroos can reach 25 mile per hour gaits and use their tails as rudders for broad jumps and quick turns.
Graveside services for 70 year old Truman Deams a Negro man who perished in flames when the old hotel building at 400 East B burned to the ground were held at Monahans Cemetery Saturday at 4 p.m. Barnes Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Local attorneys Holt Magee and R B McGowen will verbally argue points before the court. The panel will affirm or overrule Olsen's injunction. If El Paso Court grants a re hearing and affirms, Winkler County officials will take the case to the Texas Supreme Court.
Lightning starts about twenty seven thousand five hundred fires a year in the United States and kills hundreds of people, highlighting the danger posed by storms and the need for precautions.
Cadet Corporal Eddie Gene Sprinkle earns the Texas Society Songs of the American Revolution ROTC Medal of Honor for outstanding ROTC cadets at St Marys University San Antonio. He leads Marian Guard and Saber Team, is a junior math major, and son of Mr and Mrs Edgar Sprinkle.
Heavy rains swept parts of the region with Stanton recording five inches, Devil's River area six inches, and an area east of Sonora seven inches over two days. Rain fell gently, power briefly cut by a lightning strike in Farr Addition, downtown lights flickered briefly, and moisture stayed high as a Pacific cold front met warm Gulf air.
Tanganyika, once a League of Nations mandate and later a United Nations trust territory, transitions toward self rule with internal governance achieved on May 1 and plans for complete independence on December 28.
Ward County residents seek to form a Free Will Baptist Church in Monahans and are asked to contact Lonnie Hall at 425 South Walnut Street, Kermit.
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