Media Contact: Macfarlan -- 343-9431
For Immediate Release: May 14, 1969

Award of a $980,000 contract to construct a dormitory with sleeping rooms for 64 students, a kitchen-multi-use building adequate for 128 students, and adjunct facilities, , including utilities and paving at Eufaula, Okla., was announced today by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior.

When completed, the project will provide living facilities for elementary and secondary school-age Indian children attending public schools in the City of Eufaula.

The contractor will be C. A. Cowen Construction, Inc., of Shawnee, Okla., which had the lowest responsive bid. Three higher bids, ranging from $991,143 to $1,123,000, were received.