County votes hospital bond election set for March 22
Reeves County Commissioners Court reviewed a petition by Leo Elliott for a hospital bond election, certified the petition as valid with 701 signatures by Pearl Barker, and set the bond at 3.5 million dollars to mature within 40 years. Frank J. Medanich and Scott Flower Jr. of First Southwest Co. in Dallas presented the case.
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Reeves County Commissioners Court Today
Leo Elliott
Pearl Barker
Frank J. Medanich
Scott Flower Jr
First Southwest Co
Dallas
Williams enters school board race
School board vice president Paul Williams has officially entered the race for one of two seats up for grabs in April 5 voting. Frances Gunn said Williams seeks another term, bringing the candidate count to two alongside incumbent Dr. Elvin Reynolds. Filing ends March 5 at 5 p.m. for school and city elections. Incumbents Bob Bickley and Manuel Trujillo filed for city council. Clem Crowley has not announced. A bond election is planned with a tax levy to retire bonds in August, raising valuations from 32 to 43 percent. Estimated tax increases on a $15,000 home would be $15.68 yearly. farmland up 61 cents per acre. ranch land about $10 per section. Hospital funds totaling $3.5 million include building a new 60-bed hospital at a new site compliant with Medicare regulations.
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School Board
Paul Williams
Central Office
Frances Gunn
Williams
Elvin Reynolds
Bob Bickley
Manuel Trujillo
Clem Crowley
Bureau of Health Insurance
Medicare
Bond election urged for Reeves Memorial Hospital remodel
The hospital board after a thorough study urged a bond election. It argued remodeling the current Reeves Memorial Hospital is not feasible due to deficiencies including non-conforming exits, fire barriers, ceiling materials, hall widths, doors and windows, and aging plumbing, sewer, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems not meeting state standards.
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Reeves Memorial Hospital
State Department of Health
Tools Taken From Bob's Auto Parts Reported
About $800 worth of tools disappeared from Bob's Auto Parts at 406 E Second St Thursday, police reported. A thief climbed through a small window to access tool boxes housing pneumatic and other small hand tools.
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Bob
E. Second St
Pecos Doctors to Air Hospital Needs Discussion
Pecos physicians will discuss the current hospital and the need for a new facility on the radio program Inside Pecos. They will broadcast at 11 a.m. Tuesday and 6 15 p.m. Wednesday, according to spokesmen.
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Pecos
Pickup crashes through wall of Pecos Vision Center
A Balmorhea woman driver lost control as she pulled into the Pecos Vision Center parking lot and her pickup smashed through the building wall at Daggett and Eddy Streets around 9 am. No injuries were reported. The crash was one of two wrecks police investigated Friday through today, with several other minor accidents listed in the report.
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Wall of Pecos Vision Center
Lynn Webb
Pecos Vision Center
Daggett and
Eddy Streets
Charles Gann
Emiteria Rodriguez
Jose M. Camacho
Jose Nieto
S. Oak St
Camacho
Third
Locust Streets
Robert Cazares
Apts
Cazares
Locust
Memorial Hospital
Eliza Valliant
Pecos
Jennifer Clark
TraPark
Bois d’ Arc Street
Pinehurst Street
Country Club Drive
Jim Wheat given probation in Loving murder case
Loving County commissioner Jim Wheat of Mentone was sentenced to 10 years probation after pleading no contest to a murder charge in Lubbock. The 57 year old rancher faced a July 29 1974 slaying of Donald Montgomery of Kermit with a shotgun at the Wheat ranch home near Mentone.
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Loving
Jim Wheat
Mentone
Lubbock
Wheat
Loving County
Donald Montgomery
Texas Ranger Probes Jail Prisoner Death in Reeves County
Texas Ranger Tol Daw of Pecos investigates the death of a male prisoner at Reeves County jail after the body was found at about 2 27 a m. Officials have not released the deceased’s identity. Sheriff A B Nail said county attorney Walter Holcombe and Dawson lead the inquiry and that further details require contacting them.
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Texas
Tol Dawson
Pecos
Reeves County
A.B. Nail
Walter Holcombe
Dawson
Ques
Parents Without Partners regional conference planned in Odessa
A Parents Without Partners regional conference is set for February 28 to March 1 at Exhibit Hall A in Odessa. All single parents are invited to workshops banquets dances with live bands and bicentennial celebration. For reservations call 915-332-2323. The same paper reports an early morning accident on Third Street where Glenn A. Moore of Park slid 168 feet striking a light pole. Moore brake action led to a skid before impact. the body was sent to Pecos Funeral Home as investigations continue.
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Parents Without
Odessa
Glenn A. Moore
E. Third Street
Armando Gil
Moore
Church Women United of Pecos to launch FISH program
Church Women United of Pecos invites church leaders and other interested members to a 7:30 p.m. meeting at First United Methodist Church to discuss a Christian concern movement. The group aims to contact service clubs and organizations to learn local needs and how to direct help, led by chair Mary Farnum. Pastors are urged to attend with lay members.
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First United Methodist Church
Church Women United of
Pecos
Mary Farnum
Pecos couple held on child abuse charges and bonds set
Manuel Vasquez and his wife Irma were charged with injuring a child and each were ordered to post 5000 bonds. Peace justice Phyllis Sal yer noted the reading of rights and bond setting after deputies filed the charges.
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Pecos
Manuel Vasquez
Irma
Phyllis Salyer
Vehicle theft and tire vandalism report in local police notes
Police reports say a car owned by Robert Sparks at 1725 W Fifth St had a jacket tapes and a small amount of change stolen while he was at work. About 130 in vehicle damage from a broken window was listed, with missing items valued at 150. Tires were slashed on two other cars, including a 1975 pickup owned by Manuel Zapata and another owned by Refugio Anaya, both at Airbase Apartments on Locust Street.
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Robert Sparks
W. Fifth St
Sparks
Manuel Zapata
Airbase Apts
Locust Street
Refugio Anaya
Winter Storm Disrupts Texas Weekend Travel and Tornado Toll
Winter mini storm slows Texas weekend plans as snow and ice cripple roads. In Pecos area moisture totals reached 45 inches with light rain and snow on Saturday. Highs fell to 39, then 40, with a 24 degree low Sunday and 48 later as conditions eased. Statewide, scattered light snow persisted on the east Texas Panhandle into North Central and Southwest Texas, far from the Am arillo Panhandle five to six inch cover. Drifts up to seven feet closed US 70-62 near Floydada. routes later reopened though patches of ice remained. Tornadoes across the South and Oklahoma killed at least six people, injured dozens, and left hundreds homeless. Tuscaloosa and Mt. Juliet reported fatalities and damage, while Arkansas, Mississippi, and Oklahoma faced widespread destruction and power outages. Red Cross estimated 175 homes destroyed. utilities logged over 200 outages as Oklahoma saw four tornado deaths from Saturday’s storms. Heavy snow and tornadoes hit Duncan Oklahoma with millions in damage and thousands of homes damaged or demolished. Elsewhere, showers and thundershowers persisted in the lower Midwest and Northeast, with rain reported from Southern New England to the Pacific Northwest.
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