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^ n 11 ksj ii mi vss/ vs;42nd Year — No. 24IIVI II IIDimmitt, Texas, Thursday, March 27, 1969iivi ib tsi14 PagesCourthouse bond vote setHie eommbsioners court voted Monday to vail a $250,000 bond election to double th« si/c of the Castro Counts Court hlt; useTHE EXPANSION plan, which hasbeen on tin- drawing board three years, will enme up for a vote April 19 — ami is exp? cted to a hotly debated issue despite the obvious space shortage in the courthouslt;1 he commissioners' election order calls for the county's voters to decide whether to issue up to a quarter million dollars worth of 20-year bonds bearing an interest rate not to exceed the max unum prescribed by law at the time of issuance ”t cmplete text of the election older is ii Page 12 of this issueC'Ol XTY JlfWiE Haymond Wilson,chairman of the commissioners court, said the preliminary plan calls for in-i n asmg the curt house floor area from 0s 1-,'im nt 17.90) scj ft. to approximately 35 200 sq ftBy companion, Judge Wilson said, the Floyd County Courthouse has 12,-000 sq ft . and serves a county about the same' si/t as ours.Judge Wilson estimated that the .*x-pansion project would cost “less than $100 000, and added tliat the countynow has $150,000 in its permanent im-provemont fund — most of which bis accumulated just within the last few years at the current tax rate,He said many offices in the court-house are crowded to the point of being illegal.“Ol’R JAIL doesn’t comply with thestate minimum requirements' ' he said Me don t have women's or juveniles’ relis in our jail, and this has created some real problems. It's against th • (See COl’KTHorSK, Page 13)Plans shape up for CofC banquettnol r\llt;s 1 •!• inal plans are being made for the annual Chamber of Commerce banquet,Na7ar0th cuctom'cto be held April 18 m Dimmitt ffigh Sellout gymnasium.THE HANQt ET will an .. Alnvi Moves of Grain Americanism theme, and the county?; servicemen and their parents will he given special recognitionMm Lsta Vandiver is in charge of banquet Ixdl decorations. [j\ j. jq Blackburn is the banquet chairman. Speaker will bo John McKee of Dallas.
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Dimmitt Castro County News
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