Truck Plows Into South Main Home In Early Morning
A Monahans residence at 710 South Main was struck by a 1958 international truck driven by Hal D. Morgan. The vehicle left the street, damaged the house, and narrowly missed Mrs. Bicknell and a sleeping child. Morgan was hospitalized in good condition. Mrs. Bicknell treated and released. The incident followed a curve misjudgment near the Y on South Stockton.
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Monahans
D. A. Bicknell
South Main
Monahans Ioof Lodge Hall
Bicknell
Bicknell’s
Stockton
Twelfthe Street
Sonny Henry
Ronald D. Hill
Royalty
Henry
Hill
Leslie Ray Gray
North Alice
Gray
West Second Street
Helen
Halliburton Company
Death Sentence Upheld For Negro In Pecos Robbery
Curtis Ray Roberts, 20, was given the death penalty in 148th District Court after admitting he shot attendant Kenny Richards during a Pecos service station robbery last June. Bennie Wilson, 20, received 60 years. Richards survived and testified. robbery nets about $47. Appeals planned.
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Pecos
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Austin
Curtis Ray Roberts
Kenny Richards
Bennie Wilson
Midland
Richards
Monahans
Roberts
Wilson
148Rd District Court
Murray Howze
Heart Association leaves Community Chest drives
Texas Heart Association announced it will not participate in Monahans-Wickett Community Chest campaigns. It will run independent fundraisers to speed up heart disease programs, citing limited support under the Chest and the need to avoid delays and suffering.
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Texas Heart Association
Hattie de Lapp
George E. Clark Jr
Austin
Ward County Tax Valuation Drops Amid Oil Slump
Ward County faces a steep decline in total tax valuation, estimated around one million dollars or more, as oil production trends downward. County Judge Toon Estes notes underassessment in prior years and says the board of equalization is correcting the issues while a formal decrease figure will be announced in about a month.
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Ward County
Toon Estes
Estes
Board of Equalization
G. W. Thurston
Johnny Harrison
Rodeo Grounds
Grandfalls Highway
Pony League Meet Set For Wednesday
Mona hans Pony League directors and managers will meet at 8 p m Wednesday at the Chamber of Commerce building Fourth and South Dwight. Ralph Chaney league president called the gathering.
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Monahans Pony League
Chamber of Commerce Building
Fourth
South Dwight
Ralph Chaney
League
Youth Center Council Meeting Tonight in Monahans
Monahans Youth Center announces a council meeting this evening at 7 30 at the Youth Center building. Eugene Bottoms says all interested residents and organization representatives are urged to attend.
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Monahans Youth Center
Eugene Bottoms
Two Chamber Men Attending Meeting in Odessa
R. T. Wilson and J. Ross Rucker of Monahans attend a West Texas Chamber of Commerce meeting at the Lincoln Hotel Cave Room in Odessa. Directors from Districts 6, 7, and 8 gather to review the WTCC program and elect a vice president from each district.
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R. T. Wilson
J. Ross Rucker
Monahans
Odessa
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Lincoln Hotel Cave Room
WTCC
City Council Plans 2 PM Meeting With New Manager
Monahans city council meets this afternoon at 2:00 led by new City Manager Don Edmonds. Agenda covers minutes, emergency electrical code bill, right of way along south Section 66, South Allen Street drainage engineering, fire hazard inspections at multiple addresses, 1961-62 budget hearing date, and public input.
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Monahans
Don Edmonds
South Allen Street
South Doris
East ‘‘D
East ‘‘B
East “B
North Bruce
North Main
North Betty
Monahans Pool Opens Swim Lesson Registrations
Registrations are now being accepted at Monahans Swimming Pool for swim lessons starting Thursday. All prospective swimmers should report Thursday at 9 a.m.
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Monahans
Sonia Hellinghausen
Vickey Rutherford
Nancy Womack
Priscilla White
Marietta Chaney
Nancy Barton
Mary Williams
Connie Criswell
Monahans Swimming Pool
608 Ward Countians Now Receiving Social Security Checks
By year end 1960 over 608 Ward County residents received old-age survivors and disability insurance benefits. December 1960 payouts totaled $35,307 with 402 aged, 206 children or young mothers among the group. Nationwide 15 million people received about a billion dollars monthly.
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Ward County
H. P. Thomas
Odessa
United States
Texas
Monahans Sees 11 New Families Move In
Records from Southern Union Gas and Texas Electric Service list 11 new residents in Monahans this week. Names include M. M. Moss, Josie DeFries, J L Williford, Walter R. White, Alva Jean Owens, Donald Rector, J L Hatfield, J H Purcell, T A Hart, Frank Lindsey, and W W Sills, with street addresses in the town.
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Monahans
Southern Union Gas Company
Texas Electric Service Company
M. M. Moss
South Cal
Alva Jean Owens
East Eighth
Donald J. Rector
South Calvin
J. L. Hatfield
North Allen
J. H. Purcell
West Ninth
T. A. Hart
South Main
Frank Lindsey
Forty-Five More Firms Added For Carnival Tickets
Forty five additional firms join Mona Hans Jaycees in selling nightly carnival drawing tickets for July 12 to 15. The total agents reach 84 across the area, with tickets available at Curry's Grocery Imperial and many other merchants listed, plus those from last Thursday's News.
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Monahans Jaycees
Curry’s Grocery
Imperial
Post Office
Corner Drug
Andy's
C. R. Anthony Company
Texas Electric Service Company
Basin Service Electric
Richard's Mobil Service
Monahans Drug
Popular Dry Goods Fair
Mildred’s
Reynolds Electric and Furniture Shorty Mosley’s
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Morgan
Eighth Street
E. J. Hodges
Heart Association
Vin
Josie DeFries
J. L. Williford
East Third
Walter R. White
South
Alice
Franklin
W. W. Sills
South Ike
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