State Police praised for efficiency and 24 hour readiness
The state provides radio equipped cars for constant contact with Santa Fe headquarters. State patrolmen handle extensive duties including 1,700 accidents, 30,000 motorist assists, 1st aid in 380 cases, 8,500 obstructions cleared, 3,000 investigations, 17,000 warnings, 139 financial responsibility orders, 147 stolen items recovered, and 2,223 arrests. They logged 1,250,000 patrol miles and delivered 96 safety talks, with high commendations from the FBI and a reform minded, understaffed force.
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Santa Fe
Department of Financial Responsibility
F.B.1
United States
Our State Government and Highway Safety in New Mexico
The New Mexico State Police, created in 1933, built a strong reputation while focusing on arresting criminals and enforcing traffic laws. By 1949, after legislative funding, uniformed officers rose from 41 to 57 to improve rapid communication and enforcement on state highways.
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Churchill
New Mexico
State Police 1
Letter from railsman on near collision with car in Fremont
Chester E. Belt of Council Bluffs Iowa 38 saw a car cross in front of a speeding passenger train near Fremont Sunday night. He wrote an open safety letter to the youth and his girl carried by the Omaha World Herald, praising safe driving and recalling the moment from the cab.
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Fremont
World Herald
Omaha
Nebraska
Sis
I For
Omaha World-Herald
Union Pacific
Chester E. Belt
Council Bluffs
Iown
Belt
Letter aims to save lives through public readership
The article notes a letter published across newspapers and magazines with the aim of reducing low accidents. The Liberal offers it to readers hoping many will read and reflect on its meaning and potential lifesaving impact.
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The
Liberal
Dove and Pigeon Season Dates Proposed for New Mexico
State Game Warden Elliott S. Barker announced proposed season dates from September 1 to October 12 for doves and September 16 to October 15 for pigeons as set by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The proposed bag limits mirror last year at ten pigeons and ten doves, with pigeon shooting restricted to areas south of Highway 60. Protests are requested by the Service, with local officials and sportsmen invited to submit recommendations if changes are desired.
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U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
New Mexico
Elliott S. Barker
Interior
Oscar Chapman
Federal Service
U. S 60
Clovis
Socorro
Quemada
Fish and Wildlife Service
Barker
Highway 60
Department of Game and Fish
Notice of hearing on will and estate in Hidalgo County
Ancillary executor John B. Ritter filed final report in the Hidalgo County Probate Court New Mexico docket No 342. A hearing to determine heirship and ownership and to distribute the estate of W F Ritter is set for October 7 1950 at 10 00 am in Lordsburg. Garland and Sanders represent the executor. Clerk Marshall Fuller. Deputy Margaret Fuller. First publication August 25 1950. Last publication September 15 1950.
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Margaret B. Ritter
John B. Ritter
Robert R. Ritter
William P. Ritter
Robert J. Barrett
Guardian Ad Litem
Margaret Ann Ritter
Margaret Ritter Hammond
C. M. Grider
M. P. Walker
W. F. Ritter
Hidalgo County
New Mexico
Lordsburg
Garland and Sanders
P. O. Box
Las Cruces
Marshall Fuller
Margaret Fuller
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Thomas J. Mabry
Ford CP
Good Motor
Spencer & Son
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