Oil and Gas Appreciation Day Set for Saturday May 16
Oil and Gas Appreciation Day returns Saturday May 16 with free entry for industry employees, a full barbecue meal at Ward County Coliseum from 5 to 9 p.m., and a day of family events. Schedule includes golf at Ward County Golf Course, tennis at High School courts, swimming at the High School Pool, monathon at Hill Park to the Coliseum, miniature golf on East Hwy 80, and horseshoes and washers with contests throughout the day. Contact numbers and organizers listed for details.
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Monahans Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Ward County Coliseum
Jack Balzer
Milt Benham
Don Hughes
John Bettina
East Hwy
Bill Goin
Monahans City Council Awards Water System Contracts
The council opened bids for a water collection pipeline booster station and a one million gallon storage tank. Holloway Contracting of Lubbock won the pipeline pump station bid at 271 501 25 dollars, with completion planned by July first. Tank Builders of Euless won the storage tank bid at 188 700 dollars. Total project cost, after advisor fees, was set at 530 000 dollars, funded by certificates of obligation, slightly under the advertised amount.
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Monahans
Wade Howell
Holloway Contracting, Inc
Lubbock
Tion Co
el Paso
Clouse Construction
Odessa
Tank Builders, Inc
Euless
Holloway Co
Fort Worth
Cooper-Scott, Inc
Eidson Metal Products
Albuquerque
N.M
Joe Smith
First Southwest
Pope John Paul II Shot in Vatican General Audience
The pope was shot as he entered St. Peter's Square on a Wednesday general audience. Reports vary on how many bullets struck him and his condition after surgery with several arrests and others sought in connection with the attempted assassination. Initial word said the pontiff's condition was serious but not critical.
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John Paul II
St. Peter’s Square
Vatican City
Rome
Oil firms seek to keep tax status quo in school district
Gulf Oil accountant Don Hubbard and four company representatives urged the school board to retain the 52 1 2 percent tax ratio on mineral and industrial properties through 1981. They argued 100 percent valuation under SB621 is misapplied and urged phasing in reforms, noting delays in reappraisal by McMorries Co. and uneven local property assessments compared with Andrews, Fort Stockton, and Midland districts. The board questioned authority to change rules.
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Don Hubbard
Gulf Oil
Hubbard
Pritchard
Abbott
McMorries Co
Lathan Walker
Reward Offered for Theft of Monahans Airport Cessna 206
Crime Stoppers will pay a reward from 50 to 500 dollars for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons involved in the theft of a red and white Cessna 206 single engine airplane from Monahans Airport on Friday May 1.
Burglary Report Near West Sealy Details Stolen Gear
A building at 119 West Sealy was burgled on May 6. Items reported stolen include amplifiers, a guitar, microphones, power packs, a cassette tape recorder, and a strobe tuner.
Burglary at 803 East 3rd Street Reported
A residential burglary on or about May 6 at 803 East 3rd Street resulted in the theft of $50 cash a turntable and receiver stereo needle and a Remington bolt action rifle. Suspect details were not provided in the text.
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East 3Rd Street
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Ward County
Hill Park
Sonny Heath
Holloway
Panhandle Construction of
McCormick Construc
GRHS
Roger Tipton
Bill Tipton
Roger
Big Red Band
Texas Tech
Lori Moore
Robert Moore
Lori
FHA
Odessa College
Pope
Uedo
Wallace Watson
M.O. Lisman
Andrews
Fort Stockton
Midland
Wink
Rankin
McCamey
WMH
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