Dean Park Kindergarten Site Picked For $1.2 Million
Pecos Barstow Toyah school board selected Dean Memorial Park blocks for a new kindergarten costing 1.2 million dollars. Purchase set at 12 thousand from the Dean estate plus 15 thousand to remove transmission lines. utilities relocation costs waived for the district. Architects Covington Shelton Taylor presented hexagon rooms and broader plans including new stadium seated 5,975. other expansion projects noted.
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Dean Memorial Park
Pecos-Barstow- Toyah
Dean
Ray Whitley
Ward
Meadowbrook
Covington
School board extends sale date in tax suits
The school board voted to extend the redemption deadline to May 1 for homeowners tied to 22 tax suits amounting to 17,745.99. Owners may redeem by paying 20 percent down and the rest within 36 months, plus 10 percent interest and current taxes, or face public sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Ferguson
Teenage girls face murder charges in Pecos case
Two Louisiana teenagers are being returned to Pecos from Lake Charles to face possible murder charges in the death of 31 year old Salt Flatresi.
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Louisiana
Pecos
Lake Charles
Salt Flatresi
Loving
Elgin Jones
Grable
Wickett
Texas
Tol Dawson
Reeves County Sheriff’s Department
Gary Ingram
Dawson
Big stick boosts US ability to talk with rivals
Deputy Defense Secretary William P. Clements says America can speak softly to Russia and China because it wields a big stick but warns guilt over Vietnam and lower military spending could imperil the nation. He cautions about declining allies and notes the Soviets may outpace the US in arms spending. He refrains from discussing Vietnam troop redeployment. Meanwhile, Texas murder case details unfold as Louisiana suspects await extradition to Pecos.
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Dallas
America
Russia
China
William P. Clements
Vietnam
Clements
Dallas Council of World Affairs
Southeast Asia
Rauscher-Pierce Wins Bid for School Bonds
The Rauscher-Pierce Securities Investment bid of 5.547817 for the 2.7 million in school bonds was accepted by the school board, yielding 1,318,380 in interest over 13 years with May 1 start and 1988 retirement, funding a cafeteria and band hall at Zavala Junior High and a new football stadium at Pecos High School. The board also confirmed trustees election results, named members to the board of equalization, approved bus routes, and denied a church purchase of Saragosa school facilities while retaining ownership for head start use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ior High
Chester Kesey
Frank Perea
Rotary Field
Philip Ferguson
Geraldine Keely
Louis Cowart
Bob Covington
Rauscher Pierce Securities Investments
C.W. Wright
Barstow
Pecos
Elvin Reynolds
Rauscher-Pierce Securities Investment of
San Antonio
Zavala Junior High School
Pecos High School
Carter Johnson
Paul Williams
Reynolds
Williams
Joel Daniel
Ronald Miller
Board of Equalization
BOAD
Saragosa
Eli Davis
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Harvey Ramsey
Henry Blackwell retires from First National Bank board
Henry Blackwell announces retirement from active participation on the First National Bank board but will remain as an advisory director. He recalls 25 years of growth and service to Pecos and West Texas while praising the bank’s strong leadership and civic involvement.
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Johnson
Cullen Center Bank and Trust of
Houston
Underwood Newhaus and Company of
First National Bank of Dallas
White-Weld Inc. of
Dallas
Henry Blackwell
First National Bank Board
S. Henry Blackwell
First National Bank
Blackwell
Pecos
Chamber of Commerce
Blackwells
First Methodist Church
J.T. Moore Jr
Henry
Moore
Architects bid for Reeves County hospital design
Three more architectural firms are scheduled to present estimates for a new 60 bed Reeves County hospital, in the District Court room, bringing the total bidders to eight. Presenters include DuSang from El Paso, a Roberts from Lubbock, and Page Southerland Page from Austin. All bids stay within the $3.5 million voter-approved budget as deliberations begin to select the designer.
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Reeves County Hospital Committee
Memorial Hospital
el Paso
Lubbock
Austin
Darrell Glover
George DuSang
Carroll, Double, DuSang and Rand
Mr. Roberts
Stiles, Roberts and Messerschmidt
Page-Southerland- Page
Glover
Reeves County
Wichita Falls
Odessa
Corpus Christi
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Dean Park
Zavala Junior High
Pecos High
Austin Elementary
Crockett Jun
Middle East
Clement
Soviet Union
Rauscher-Pierce
Charles Mitchell
Louis Matta
Ben Meek
Archie Scott
Security State Bank
West
Jack May Men’s Store
The
Downtown Lions Club
R. Henry Blackwell
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