Alamogordo Considers Bonito Lake Purchase To Meet Water Shortfall
The city weighs acquiring Bonito reservoir water via SP option to meet 1960 demand projections. Turney and Associates project Bonito can supply up to 100 million gallons monthly, boosting city output to 620 million yearly but still short of combined city and HAFB needs.
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Bonito Lake
Alamogordo
W. F. Turney
Turney
Bonito River
Alamogordo- Hafb
Bonito
Fort Stanton
Nogal
Carrizozo
HAFB
Bonito Lake water deal moves forward after eight months
Alamogordo city officials and partners push for Bonito lake water project with Air Force input. Feasibility report outlines benefits and costs, suggesting water from the lake will aid Alamogordo and Holloman AFB, though final flow could be delayed by two and a half years.
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Bonito Lake
Dan Brenton
Air Force
Alamogordo
Carrizozo
Ruidoso
Capitan
Bonito
Holloman
Alamogordo Townspeople Urged to Attend NMSVH Concert
NMSVH invites Alamogordo residents to support a children’s concert. Many performers’ parents live in other cities, making a strong local turnout crucial to fill the 28 seats. The students, though handicapped, are expected to give creditable performances and deserve an attentive audience.
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NMSVH
Alamogordo
Optimists Club Circus Comes to Town Tomorrow
The Optimists club sponsors a clean cut circus tomorrow with no side shows. Profits will fund improvements to a local baseball field for junior players. A worthy cause supports a solid crowd and an entertaining event.
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Optimists Club
Optimists
Wrestling card gloomy despite strong show promised
Promoters say Friday night draws were the lowest of the season though the wrestling was top notch. Ali Bey the Turk sparked a ring and aisle brawl with a referee before exiting to the dressing room. Baron Leone is set to headline tomorrow night for a fresh in town attraction.
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Ali Bey
Baron Leone
Cemetery plan for private development eyed by city
Cemetery board members again propose turning parts of the burial ground to private developers. Minor contract delays slow the recommendation, but officials anticipate soon approval. If the plan proceeds Alamogordo would gain a sprinkling system monuments and many lots on perpetual care.
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City Commission
Alamogordo
Baccalaureate Set For Alamogordo High On Sunday
Alamogordo High School will host baccalaureate services Sunday May 16 at 8 p m in the school gym. Rev Almon Babbitt of St Johns Episcopal Church will deliver the main address. Bob Lacey a graduating senior and ministry student will give the invocation. Rev R L Swanner of First Baptist Church will give the benediction. Processional music by the high school orchestra and chorus will perform Creation. The Triple Trio will sing I Believe.
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Alamogordo High School
Almon Babbitt
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Bob Lacey
R. L. Swanner
First Baptist Church
Inter-City Union Plans Dam On Eagle Creek
An inter city group formed Wednesday night in Ruidoso to build a dam on Eagle Creek on a cooperative basis. Capitan and Ruidoso lead the effort with Ft Stanton Alamogordo Carrizozo and others represented. Watershed use water sharing and possible recreation were discussed as next steps.
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Eagle Creek
Ruidoso
Capitan and
LWU
Cilitos
Southern Pacific
Alamogordo
Ft. Stanton, Capitan and
Ft. Stanton
Dan Swearengen
Capitan
Carrizozo
Swearengen
Commission
Jerry Foley
Holloman
Amarillo Escapee Dempsey Blackwell Captured in Cloudcroft
A 20 year old Amarillo rape suspect escaped earlier today from a bus stop in Amarillo. He was identified by a 14 year old boy on KALG radio, captured in Cloudcroft at about 8 30 am after attempting to flee a store with a candy salesman. Blackwell is in Otero County jail awaiting disposition. Roadblocks were set statewide following earlier stops. Two accidents on Cloudcroft highway 83 were reported. Local officers involved could not comment.
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Dempsey Blackwell
Cloudcroft
Amarillo
Tex
Darryl Phelps
Blackwell
KALG
A. D. McLean
Artesia
Darry
E. L. Tafoya
George Shasteen
Otero County
Tularosa
Bazaar And Round Mountain Commemoration At Saint Francis De Paula
The Saint Francis De Paula parish bazaar in Tularosa will host its Round Mountain commemoration alongside the bazaar. Mescalero Apache dances a procession games and other amusements highlight the Saturday night program starting at 5 pm and continuing into Sunday May 5.
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Tularosa
Battle of Round Mountain
Sutton Family Reunion At Alamogordo Home
Mr and Mrs Charles Sutton host a family gathering at 422 Catalina Lane Alamogordo with visitors Mrs Geraldine McLeskey of Pittsburgh Pa Mrs Dixie Egbert of Santa Monica California and Mrs Vic tor Piollet and son Vic Jr of Miami Beach Florida.
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Charles Sutton
Catalina Lane
Alamogordo
Suttons
Geraldine McLeskey
Pittsburgh
Dixie Egbert
Santa Monica
Calif
Victor Piollet
Vic, Jr
Miami Beach
Fla
Forest Road Improvements Are Authorized
U S Senator Dennis Chavez announced in a letter dated April 28 that a gap on Highway 83 between Mayhill and Artesia will be closed. The highway bill authorizes the Commission of Public Roads to contract for forest highway improvements with a small federal appropriation, about one million dollars nationwide. Chavez said the move will boost progress on Highway 83 and other public-domain highways.
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Mayhill
Artesia
U. S
Dennis Chavez
The
News Today
New Mexico
U. S. Senate Committee On Public Works
Commission of Public Roads
Chavez
Met
Intions
Feed Men Offer Advice at Poultry School
A poultry school will be held at 7:30 o clock Tuesday in the Ag building in Tularosa. T B Hicks of Lincoln County Feed and Implement Co will discuss local poultry problems with John Roundtree Purina Feeds district sales man as featured speaker in an informal session. Hicks recently moved to Ruidoso after 11 years as Coke County Texas county agent.
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Tularosa
T. B. Hicks
Lincoln County Feed and Implement Co
John Roundtree
Purina Feeds
Hicks
Ruidoso
Coke County
Texas
La Luz Golfing Dream Nears Realization
The Air Force eyes La Luz land near Alamogordo for a new golf course for base personnel. The plan includes a water-righted tract with no impact on Alamogordo’s water system and a volunteer labor committee of four Alamogordo businessmen and three Holloman officers to oversee construction.
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Alamogordo
Holloman Air Force Base
Air Force
la Luz
Holloman
Ted Bonnell
Otero County State Bank
Harold O'Dell
Dandaire, Inc
Howard Hightower
Plaza Cafe
Fred Bonnel
Maurice F. Biddle
Judge Advocate
W. R. Clifford
George W. Mehling
3225
Alamogordo Prepares First Foreign Teacher Exchange
Alamogordo will host its first foreign teacher exchange next fall with Irene Baird of Alamogordo High School and Margaret Park Alexander of Buckhaven Scotland trading jobs for one year. They will also swap living quarters to minimize moves, with Mrs. Baird in Buckhaven and Mrs. Alexander in Alamogordo.
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Alamogordo
Irene Baird
Alamogordo High School
Margaret Park Alexander
Buckhaven
Scotland
Baird
Alexander
Kirkcaldy Fife
Springfield
Arthur Rhodes
12Th St
Glasgow
West of Scotland Commercial College
Jordanhill Training College
University of Missouri
Delta Kappa Gamma
St. John’s Episcopal Guild
Seen
J. Manuel Regine
International Educational Exchange Servic
Washington, D. C
Holloman City Combine Plans Biggest AF Day on Saturday
Holloman officials announce Armed Forces Day events in Alamogordo with a Saturday parade featuring more than 1,000 Airmen plus base and area bands. A Sunday open house includes demonstrations such as a high speed sled display, a B-17 and T-33 live demo, fire rescue, and a street dance.
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Holloman City Combine
Armed Forces
Holloman
Alamogordo
Tularosa
American Legion
Disabled Veterans
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Charles Dean
Wayne Phelps
City Court House
KLAG
Holloman’s Air Police
Billie Holder
Chamber of Commerce
Harry M. Powel
Opportunity County Auction Saturday at Fairgrounds
The county sales day at the Opportunity County Fairgrounds begins at 1 p m this Saturday. The event, organized by the Chamber of Commerce, aims to beautify the fairgrounds and support the upcoming Otero County Fair set for September 17 18. County boosters donated a tractor sprinkler system and trees for planting to aid preparations.
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Otero
Chamber of Commerce
Otero County
Albuquerque motorcycle crash claims 113th NM highway death
A motorcycle collision in Albuquerque has been confirmed as the 113th fatal highway death in New Mexico since January 1. Authorities noted the statewide fatality count continues to rise.
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New Mexico
Albuquerque
Primary Ballot Returns Lag In Otero County Election
About 3 200 voters participated in the Otero County primary on Tuesday with 1814 Democrats and 516 Republicans casting ballots for state county and municipal nominees for the November general election. Precincts reported late totals, with Three Rivers first to finish and final counts not official until Friday.
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Otero County
Alamogordo
East School
Lynn Lemon
Glenn Allen Alexander
Three Rivers
la Luz
Tularosa
Pinon
Lulu
Mrs Mathilda Adams Visits Brother After 41 Years
Mrs Mathilda Adams of Petersburg Indiana visits her brother Dan Wiseman at his home north of town. The siblings had not seen each other for 41 years. Adams also has a niece in the area Mrs J T Goebel of Florida.
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Mathilda Adams
Petersburg
Ind
Dan Wiseman
Lieutenant Carter Injured in Car Crash near Cloudcroft
Special to the News-First Lieutenant Murray E. Carter of the 3225th Drone Squadron at Holloman Air Development was injured when his car left the highway two miles southeast of Cloudcroft and entered Bailey Canyon. He was admitted to the 6580th USAF Hospital at Holloman with head injuries and lacerations. officials described his condition as good.
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Murray E. Carter
Holloman Air Development
Cloudcroft
Bailey Canyon
Lieut. Carter
6580Th Usaf
Holloman
Guests of HAFB Attend Spring Firepower Demonstration
A group of Southwestern media and civic leaders travel to Eglin AFB Florida to observe the Air Force Spring Firepower demonstration led by Colonel Otto R Haney Hollo man AFD. Attendees include Wayne Phelps Billie Holder Clyde Hammett and W J Hooten among Holloman officers. The show features the B 36 bomber delivering a 60000 pound bomb load with bombing dive and ground attacks.
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Eglin Air Force Base
Florida
Air Force
Holloman Air Development Center
Otto R. Haney
Wayne Phelps
KALG
Billie Holder
Alamogordo
Alamogordo Weighs Airline Franchise Amid Holloman Need
Alamogordo City and Chamber of Commerce push Civil Aeronautics Board to grant Continental Air Lines a franchise to serve the area. An extended filing deadline of May 14 allows Dyer J. Taylor to present exceptions to the examiner’s view that the line is not feasible, citing overlooked evidence and miscalculated passenger potential and defenses.
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Holloman Air Force Base
Alamogordo City
Chamber of Commerce
Civil Aeronautics Board
Continental Air Lines
Alamogordo
Dyer J. Taylor
Ner
Holloman-Alamogordo
H. A. Waecher
Hughes Aircraft
Helloman
Proving Grounds
el Paso
Waecher
Taylor
Washington
Alamogordo- Holloman
Hughes
Air Express
Holloman
Alamogordo-Holloman
S. B. Redmond
Continental
Las Cruces
Albuquerque
Hathcock Wins County Democratic Nominating Vote
County voters gave Herbert Hathcock a near three to one edge over Mrs. M. C. Green for county treasurer in the Democratic primary with 1 458 votes to 568. Republican tally Put Norbert R. Roessler ahead of Calvin Boles 273 to 242.
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Herbert Hathcock
M. C
Niladine) Green
Hathcock
Norbert R. Roessler
Calvin Boles
Howard E. Beacham
Alamogordo Justice of the Peace
Wyatt Atkins
Atkins
R. Wilford
Beacham
William H. Carmichael
Morgans Report Two Blazes In Shop Furnace Room
Ralph Morgan of Morgan Printing at 901 Maryland says only minimal damage after a fire in the smeltering room lit again 45 minutes after initial suppression. Firemen arrived quickly and volunteers aided with a hose and stack removal to control the second blaze.
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Ralph Morgan
Morgan Printing Company
Maryland
Morgan
Morgans
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