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Jay afternoon the sheriff me by and told me that thev re in jail.“I don’t know what the ha s and I will do.”Vit 11 her blonde hair braided mnd her head and wearing rt and play shorts. Roberta ik like a high school student, t the 18 soar old mother is rful and distraught Trying tocalm and make some plans e an adult and mature per i is something she hasn't had face and the effort is tellingRoberta Portis and her babies ed some Good Samaritan in amogordo to give them shelter r awhile until a court will de Je what to do with Benjamin »rt is who apparently stole to ly bread and milk for his two mgry babies and teenage wife,We're Managing'“We’re managing,” Roberta id with a courageous little rule as she indicated the crowd-I. bedding and clothes-strewn r interior “My babies won’t hungry and I won’t be parted run them, she added ficrcly.Regardless of howight judge the actions of her isband, Roberta l-oretta Portis showing ail the attributes of aung mother facing adversity protecting her children. And e’s growing up in the process.To a casual observer, it wouldruaw mu - t ... , , «n—iNo Help. No Friendsler family virtually has dis ned her and no help can bepeeted from that quarter She s no friends in Alamogordo, ly what money kindly citv and inly police officers have giv her out of their own pockets d a broken-down car for shel • at night in the dark utvrk‘It’s on babies that I'm wor ■d about,” she said bravelv I we had some place to stay, night be able to find work and me one to look after them ule I'm working Roberta has been getting urn food from restaurants fora children and buying cold gro ties for herself t sing the pub restrooms in the park, she is kept both herself and the ha es clean and neat, hut it is a dng battleShe thought that perhaps she ould go to El Paso to be near r husband in county jail there ; t without funds or friends ere, it seemed a pointless o v eTUES. - WED.
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Alamogordo Daily News
Alamogordo, New Mexico, US
Mon, Jul 22, 1957
Page 8
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