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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1973
Page
1
This Thursday the Moonlight Pajama Sale comes to town with stores closing at 4 pm and reopening at 7 pm for a grand bash of marked down goods. Pajama shoppers will see the pajama group in varied nightwear.
Obituaries and social notices appear in the section alongside society news and classified listings. TV Guide features and listings are noted with page references SPOTUS coverage appears on pages 4 5 and 10 11.
Monahans to receive a new American La France pumper valued at $32,000 with Ford diesel power and a 1,000 gpm pump plus 750 gallon reserve tank. Chief Grigry and A K Blain traveled to El Mira New York to pick up the white vehicle and drive it home.
A 260 square foot Ward Memorial lab is crammed with essential equipment. From 1968 to 1972 the lab's services rose from 448 to 12 409, with projections above 13 000 by end of 1973. An expanded facility would add a pathology physician and local testing for Pap smears and malignancies, reducing reliance on Odessa or Dallas testing and complying with state tissue analysis rules.
Senior Citizens Luncheon convenes today at noon for the June meeting. Rev Don Poole offers a devotional and Mt Zion Baptist Church members provide special music led by Mrs Rachal Powell. Desserts from luncheon hostesses, meat by Monahans Jaycees, door prizes, Chamber of Commerce bingo, with transportation by Mrs Ruth McGee.
Commissioners gather at 9 a.m. in the county courthouse for a light agenda including three business items, routine May claims, and officer reports. The court will also consider an additional agreement with the Permian Basin Regional.
A Sunday afternoon two vehicle crash on I-20 near the city left Betty Jane Wynne 29 Charles Edward Wynne 11 Sandra Lee Wynne 7 and Billy John Wynne 3 dead. Injured were nine year old Susan Jane Wynne two year old Betty Gean Wynne and Elouise Kalke all in the sedan. The truck driver Gaylord D. Blakenship of Victorville California was hospitalized for observation.
City Council advances two ordinances to final reading. Ordinance 662 tightens garage sales in residential zones with a $1 permit and up to three days per year per area, plus two signs. Ordinance 661 expands humane animal protections and bans animal fighting while regulating ear clipping by a licensed vet.
Monahans High School senior Jim Cannady was named June Young Texan of the Month by the Monahans Optimists Club. Committee chair Harvey Acker cited his strong B average, Honor Society admission, choir achievements, and yearbook staff photography role.
Final tally shows 33 absentee ballots cast by 5 p.m. in Monahans Community Park preferential referendum. City Secretary Marge Wilson notes low turnout and urges residents to vote Thursday, stressing civic duty and the stake for Monahans' future.
A water testing firm concludes that drawing water for Monahans Community Park Lake from unused city wells will not lower the water table or affect private wells west of the city. The report cites a seepage barrier under the airport area and supports earlier assurances by state officials that pits can be filled without harming adjoining water supplies once properly sealed.
Hospital Board of Managers presented expansion proposals to Monahans Industrial Foundation Industrial Team and Citizens Committee on Medical Development. A four doctor clinic adjacent to Ward Memorial would cost about 90 000 to build and 50 000 to equip for a total around 150 000. The plan aims to position Ward Memorial as a leader in patient services. A master plan was urged by J W Thrasher Jr with caution against indiscriminate building.
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