Hahn offers extra land for service roads near I 20
Lawrence Hahn urged the Commissioners Court to pursue a fuller right of way for north side I 20 service roads. He offered 4.5 additional acres at 5000 per acre for a first class job, while consenting to the highway department’s use of 3.88 acres for drainage and re entry. A joint meeting with City County and Highway officials was postponed to next week as officials weigh adequacy and future needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Hahn
Commissioners Court
Hahn
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Odessa
King
Area Chamber Managers Meet Here Today
Monahans Chamber Manager Joe Corby hosts the July area meeting of Per mian Basin Chamber of Commerce Managers. The one day Mex Texacan Association session starts at 10 a.m. in the C of C office at 401 S Dwight with about 15 expected to register. Topics include water and oil depletion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monahans
Joe Corby
Permian Basin Chamber of Commerce
Mex - Texacan Association
S. Dwight
Leslie James Wounded In Viet Nam
Marine PFC Leslie James son of Mr and Mrs Charley James of Monahans was wounded in the legs and head during a search and clear mission in Quang Nam Province Vietnam with the First Marine Division 2nd Btn Co G 3rd Platoon He is hospitalized aboard the hospital ship Repose with good condition and prognosis He had been in Vietnam about one month and joined the corps in November 1968 He is a 1968 graduate of Monahans High
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Leslie James
Charley James
Monahans
Quang Nam Province
Vietnam
First Marine Division
2Nd Btn
Co. G
Corps
Camp Pendeleton
California
Monahans High
Budget plan for County totals about 1.53 million dollars
Commissioners and the County Auditor reviewed the draft 1970 budget projecting 1.5279 million dollars in expenditures excluding debt service with total including host costs and interest reaching 1.5279 million. The plan assumes a 70 million assessed value and 25 percent true value with department allocations such as Justice of the Peace 12 240 dollars Library 25 050 dollars Sheriff 69 865 dollars and various community center and park funds. Final adoption is slated for August with potential revisions.
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Justices of the Peace
District
Barstow Community Center
Monahans Community Center
Grandfalls Community Center
Pyore Community Center
Wickett Community Center
Barstow Park
Wickett Park
Grandfalls Park
Monahans Parks & Recreation
Sandhills Park
Pyore
Delbert Jones Faces Kansas Charges in Wichita Case
Major H A Twichell reports Delbert Winston Jones is jailed in Kansas on two counts felonious assault and possession of a firearm. If convicted he faces life, tied to an April assault on a Wichita waitress misreported initially as a 16 year old. Jones has remained in Kansas after release on bond pending his Monahans murder appeal.
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H.A. Twichell
Wichita
Kansas
John Ashcraft
Delbert Winston Jones
Ashcraft
Monahans
Major Twichell
Jones
Kansas State Penitentiary
Lamesa
Reyes Garcia
Jimmy Stewart Wounded by Land Mine in Viet Nam Injury
Jim L. Stewart, a 27 year old Seabee, was wounded in a land mine blast near Da Nang on May 30 while helping build a Marine camp. He received first aid in Vietnam, was evacuated to Guam then to Corpus Christi Naval Hospital for therapy and expects discharge after treatment. He is on his second Viet Nam tour and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Stewart.
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Jim L. Stewart
Viet Nam
da Nang
Seabee
Guam
Corpus Christi Naval Hospital
Quan Tri
L. B. Stewart
Grandfalls Highway
Monahans High School
Navy
Seabees
Final Payment On 54 Hospital Bond Issue
The final payment on the original $400 000 county hospital bond issue from 1954 will be made July 10. Auditor R T Harris announced to the Commissioners. The payment, with interest, totals $30 355.00 reducing total county bonded debt to $484 000 across Agricultural Livestock Exhibition Buildings, Park, Road, Hospital Addition, and permanent improvement bonds. Other debt includes $45 500 in time warrants and $25 000 authorized for Cow Palace and Monahans Community Center upgrades.
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R.T. Harris
Wickert
Cow Palace
Monahans
Two New Band Directors Hired at Monahans Schools
Monahans High School announces two faculty additions to the band department. Donald G. Curtis becomes assistant director at Monahans High, while Ronnie Vaughn is named band director at the junior high. Curtis steps into a new post creating transition.
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Monahans High School
Dan Gibbs
Donald G. Curtis
Ronnie Vaughn
Curtis
Monahans High
Vaughn
Jaycee Carnival Dates Set for Four Day Run
Jaycees announce the mid summer carnival will run July 16 17 18 and 19 with a tentative site east of the football stands. John Franks said treasure chest tickets will be given to sponsoring merchants on Saturday and four color television sets will be awarded one each night to ticket holders. The event features rides booths games and refreshments and funds Jaycee civic projects and youth programs.
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Jaycee
John Franks
Jaycees
DSA
Chuck Wilson New Rotary Head Becomes President
Chuck Wilson becomes the Rotary Club president next week succeeding Ed Cox who stepped down at the Ladies Night meeting Tuesday. Other officers include Fred Conradt as vice president Bill Watson Harry King Bob Croft Ed Meaders and Hub Buchanan serving as secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chuck Wilson
Rotary Club
Edd Cox
Fred Conradt
Bill Watson
Harry King
Bob Croft
Ed Meaders
Hub Buchanan
Who's Got The Duty On Monahans Loop Road
State High way Department official Russell Neal of Odessa said Monahans Loop Road is not being maintained by the state. City and county officials voiced surprise as a state takeover had been agreed earlier. The road remains under county maintenance pending state action and repairs.
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Monahans Loop Road
State Highway Department
Russell Neal
Odessa
Monahans
Austin
Jack Forgas
Howe
The Case Against Congress Telling It Like It Is
Drew Pearson and Jack Anderson critique Congress citing flaws among members while praising Fulbright Mansfield and Aiken as scattered exceptions. The piece notes Fulbright’s oil bloc pressure and potential Arkansas backlash, and recalls McCarthy era tactics used against Mansfield.
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Mr. Hahn
Delbert Jones
Hill Park Pool
Jimmy Stewart
Donald Curtis
Ernie King
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Congress
Senate
House
Capitol Hill
J. William Fulbright
Arkansas
Orval Faubus
Fulbright
Faubus
Mike Mansfield
Montana
George Aiken
Vermont
Mansfield
Zales Ecton
R-Mont
Ecton
Joseph McCarthy
K-Wis
McCarthy
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