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For Immediate Release: June 10, 1958

Award of a $304,785.00 contract for construction work that will nearly triple the capacity of Indian school facilities at Brad Springs, New Mexico, on the Navajo Reservation, was announced today by the Department of the Interior.

The project, which will enlarge the capacity of the Brad Springs day school from 32 to 90 pupils, will involve the construction of a new three-classroom building, a storage and maintenance building, and other related facilities.

The successful bidder was Wilson-Hockinson-Cantrall, of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Six other higher bids, ranging from $344,240.00 to $415,500.00 were received.