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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1973
Page
2
Coach Charles Harvey of Sul Ross State University will announce annual sports awards at the banquet. Outstanding Player and Most Improved Player honors in basketball tennis volleyball and golf will be presented by head coaches. Track awards include Outstanding Field Man and Outstanding Track Man.
Floyd M. Seymour Jr. of Monahans was indicted on forgery and passing charges for allegedly obtaining a money order and passing it at Lyle's Pawn Shop. Bond was set at $1,500 by the grand jury. The indictment lists a $2,000 marijuana charge alongside the forgery counts.
Public constitutional revision hearings drew only six residents as well as the meeting chairman and reporters. Chuck Wilson, appointed to organize local hearings, noted the constitution’s length and suggested it resembles a statute book more than a guiding framework.
The fifth season opens July 14 at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with the St. Louis Symphony scheduling six Saturday and six Sunday concerts and a total of 22 pop rock and folk acts on Tue Wed and Fri nights and the festival’s seventh weekend. The tent seats 1 877 with lawn seating for about 30 000.
High winds and threatening skies brought .07 inch of moisture Friday night. The rainfall raised the year total to 3.68 inches. Early Saturday morning streets flooded in parts of the city as a tree toppled onto a power line near the County Annex Building and a Moore's Tire and Supply window was blown out by high winds.
Funeral rites for Domingo C Quintiela 60 of Monahans were held at St Josephs Catholic Church Fort Stockton with burial in St Josephs Cemetery. He died after a long illness in Kermit Memorial Hospital and leaves a large family. Mrs Mary V Lee formerly Mrs Bob Harrison had services in Dallas. The text also mentions a marching band trip to Disneyland and a travel note on South Africa tourism projections for the late 1970s.
Three Monahans police officers will take part in a 40 hour in service firearms course May 14 to 18 at the Fort Stockton Police Department. Patrolmen Fred Wilder Ronald Wright Sr. and James White are named for the training with Lt J L Miles and Sgt Jim Colburn of Midland Police as instructors.
Ward County announces May 15 is the deadline to claim a $3,000 homestead exemption on county taxes for residents aged 65 or older. Apply at the County Tax Assessor/Collector's Office in the courthouse. eligibility requires age 65 on or before January 1 of this year.
A daughter drawing a veteran death pension may work in summer without affecting eligibility since earned income is not countable for VA pension entitlement. The VA has no plans to close hospitals. several new facilities opened last year and more are under construction this year.
The Monahans News lists its address at 107 West 2nd Monahans Texas 79756 with phone 915 943 4313. It notes second class postage paid at Monahans Texas and subscription rates in city and in county.
A task force of high state court judges and legislators will forward meeting comments to the Constitutional Revision Commission. The panel aims to present a draft to the Legislature in November with January as the latest submission date.
Lester Smith Jr of Monahans and Fred J Yeaman of Royalty faced county court counts for tampering with a highway construction warning sign on Loop Road. Aged 19 and 18, they were observed attempting to push the sign and were arrested by trooper Mike Moore and deputy D Hall. Bond set at $1000 each. The charge carries up to one year in jail under a special statute.
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