Tucumcari Names New School Superintendent Robert Russ
Tucumcari NM June 11 The Board of Education voted unanimously to hire Robert Russ as superintendent of schools replacing Dr Noland W Strawn Russ is current superintendent and mayor of Cloudcroft NM He holds a bachelor and master from Hardin Simmons University and has pursued doctoral work He once served as superintendent of education for a Venezuelan Gulf of Corporation and is a Baptist, married with two children.
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Tucumcari
N.M
Tucumcari Board of Education
Robert Russ
Noland W. Strawn
Russ
Cloudcroft
Hardin-Simmons University
Gulf of Corporation
Venezuela
Baptist Church
Dr. Strawn
Drouth Strains New Mexico Livestock and Crops
The drouth in New Mexico is taxing livestock with supplemental feeding beginning in dry areas. Weather officials report deteriorating ranges except in eastern plains counties where rains occurred. Soil moisture remains critically short across most areas while northeastern counties saw beneficial rains for dryland crops and earlier planting.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
U.S. Weather Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Plains
Weather Bureau
Mesilla
Seven Plead Guilty in Potter County Court
Judge S F Rose sentences seven defendants in county court. Mare Cline, 24, fouls pass with a worthless check and pays a $1 fine and 20 days in jail. James Rumbeck, 23, DUI, $50 fine and three days in jail. Betty George, 27, DUI, $100 fine and three days in jail. Robert Lee, 38, DUI, $50 fine and three days in jail. Morris Collins, 41, DUI, $50 fine and 15 days in jail. John Mills, 45, unlawful possession of amphetamines, $1 and costs. Jimmy Garrison, 49, DUI, $100 fine and 10 days in jail.
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Potter County
S. F. Rose
Lowell Cline
James Allen Rumbeck
Thorne
Betty Crisman George
Westway
Robert Alvin Lee
Highland
Morris Hardy Collins
John V. Mills
Jimmy Lee Garrison
Suit Filed Against Potter County Assessor
The City of Amarillo filed suit Tuesday against Loren Jones Potter County tax assessor collector for delinquent personal property taxes over 1961 62 and 1962. The claim totals 89.06 covering household furnishings 1961 62 and 62 taxes on a 1958 Thunderbird. Also named is Vernice Jones secretary to Potter County Justice of the Peace Bonita Potter Jones and his wife reside at 1225 Bryan.
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Loren Jones
Potter County
Amarillo
Vernice Jones
Justice of the Peace
Bonita Potter Jones
1225
Bryan
State rules aid for NM non independent school district
New Mexico Attorney General ruled that a non independent rural district within a county system is eligible for state construction aid even if the county unit as a whole has not reached bonding capacity The opinion directs the state school superintendent and clarifies that the bonding requirement applies to the individual rural district within non independent systems only
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Santa FE
Tom Wiley
Public School Plant Facilities Commission
Asst
Thomas A Donnelly
Wiley
Public School Finance Division
Pampa Man Averts Major Train Crash
James W. Jennings of 624 N. Carr Pampa collided head on with A. J. Hall of 1630 36th St Lubbock at Starkweather crossing. Hall’s car was knocked off crossing. Jennings reversed to escape as Santa Fe freight train passed. G H Adams 621 E Kingsmill sustained minor injuries. Hall car sustained extensive damage.
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Pampa
James W. Jennings
N. Carr
A. J. Hall
36Th Street
Lubbock
Jennings
Santa Fe
G. H. Adams
E. Kingsmill
New Mexico Seeks Deferment on Tanker Mortgage
Manhattan Tankers Inc seeks a two year deferment of mortgage principal from the federal maritime administration. New Mexico investment officer Dr Edmund Kase reported the mortgage is federally guaranteed and that deferment would allow working capital recovery. If default occurs six percent interest applies and state can push to federal agency within set deadlines.
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Santa FE
Manhattan Tankers Inc
S. S. Manhattan
State Investment Council
Federal Maritime Administration
Edmund Kase
Kase
Manhattan
New Mexico
Maritime Administration
Council
Prin
Maritime Commission
Roswell Adds 10 000 Kilowatts Boosting Power Output
Roswell New Mexico confirms a 10000 kilowatt addition to its power plant raising total output to 42 million watts. The unit, described as a long railcar shaped module, is first of its kind in the 45000 square mile Southwestern Public Service area and was activated by Mayor Lake Frazier Col Emmett Clements and Joe Key. H O Hodson Amarillo VP noted private capital and strong government and military support behind the project.
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Roswell
N.M
Southwestern Public Service Company
Lake Frazier
Emmett Clements
Walker Air Force Base
Joe Key
Southwestern Public Service
H. O. Hodson
Amarillo
Hodon
Dedica
United States
Hodson
Southwestern Public Service Co
Ama rillo College honors three A students with dean’s list
Three students earned perfect 3.0 A averages at Amarillo College to lead the semester dean's honor list announced by Dean Joseph B. Davis. Named with straight A averages are Jimmy Connell Nancy Jane Nickles and Ruth Ann Smith among other list members.
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Amarillo College
Joseph B. Davis
Jimmy 0. Connell
Nancy Jane Nickles
Ruth Ann Smith
Judith Ann Bankhead
Elizabeth Carolyn Jackson
Paula Roads
Johnny A. Connell
Dean Keith Dunsmore
Bernice Lynn Ficke
Hamilton Kirk Hays
William Ken McCarty
Robert Stack
Virgil Clyde West William Robert Deaton
Doris Jeannene Holly
Evelyne van Bennett Ivers
Vicki Myra Melin
Carolyn Gayle Hartnett
Gayle de Ann McClure
James Gordon Parsons
Jeffrey Donald Stewart
Janet Trussell
Edwin von Bedwell
Gerald Dean Cagle
Sally Ray White McGregor
Roger David Melton
Ollie Eloyce Read
Walter Scott Rutledge
Betty S. Sandidge
Virginia Gail Sims
David Winston Wofford
Tanya Leigh Benton
Edward Wayne Davenport
Charles O. Davis
Kenyon Ibert Dugger Jr
Linda Kay Hunt
Jeanette Anne Nelson
Janie Lee Patton
Sharon Witt
John Paul Askew
Marian Linda Calverly
Carol Ann Collier
Marcia Ann Harvey
Robert Shepherd Hayes
Gary Richard Hedgecake
Michael Curtis Ingham
Jerry K. Irwin
Terry E. Irwin
Larrie
Fred Judd
Judith Ann Justice
Judy Ann McCaleb
Gary Pace
Jerry Wayne Pybus
Richard Allen Serrurier
Ronald Wayne Smith
Sandra Kay Wilson
Sara Dean Wyatt
Hereford Voters Pass Bond Election
Hereford voters approved a 350000 dollar hospital bond to expand Deaf Smith County Hospital by adding a 20 bed wing. The election total was 299 to 243 with about 3000 eligible voters participating in the first hospital bond vote in 16 years.
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Hereford
Deaf Smith County
Paige Ranch Sold for 340000 in Colorado Springs Area
The Paige Ranch between Pueblo and Colorado Springs sold for 340000 to Mr and Mrs. Murry Moore of Branson who will reside there and run Branson Ranch. The Paige land has roots back to 1905 with merger histories and was handled by Clarence Baxter and Bill Thach of Southern Colorado Land and Livestock Company.
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Colorado Springs
Paige
Pueblo
Murry Moore
Branson
Moore
Clovis
N.M
Paige Ranch
Ruth Paige
Margaret
Marion Paige
Clarence Baxter
Bill Thach
Southern Colorado Land and Livestock Company
NYS Thoroughbred Racing Revenue Sets Record in 1962
The New York State treasury collected a record 62 243 141 83 dollars in revenue from thoroughbred racing at three New York Racing Association tracks in 1962.
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New York State
New York Racing Association
500 Kiwanis To Tour Boys Ranch
About 500 Kiwanis Club members and families from Division 6 and 7, Texas-Oklahoma District, will tour Boys Ranch Sunday at 2 p.m. Kiwanis Governor Walter P. Moore of Houston and his wife will attend. After the ranch tour a barbecue will follow. tickets will be available at the ranch. Floyd Parnell of Lubbock and Arthur Aftergut of Pampa will also attend.
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Pampa
Kiwanis Club
Texas- Oklahoma
Boys Ranch
Kiwanis
Walter P. Moore
Houston
Arthur Aftergut
Floyd Parnell
Lubbock
Plainview Women Injured in Collision
Two Plainview women sustained minor injuries when their car rear ended a tractor three miles south of Happy on U S Highway 87. Driver Juanita Reed, 23, and Mrs. L T Mayhugh, both treated at Swisher County Hospital in Tulsa, report injuries. tractor driver Russell Paxton of Abernathy escaped injury. The crash occurred about 3:20 pm with both vehicles northbound.
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HAPPY
Plainview
U.S. Highway 87
Swisher County Hospital
Tulsa
Juanita Reed
E. Second
L. T. Mayhugh
Kokomo
Miss Reed
Russell Paxton
Abernathy
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