Road Mishaps Leave One Dead in Lordsburg
Early Saturday three men and a woman were injured in two crashes near Lordsburg New Mexico. Rosa Martinez died at Hidalgo County Hospital after a rollover on Highway 70 west of town. Tho mas G Tucker was cited for DUI after colliding with a Texas Arizona Freight truck near the underpass.
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Rosa Martinez
Lordsburg
Hidalgo County
Highway 70
Thomas G. Tucker
Hamilton
Montana
Lordsburg on Route of Economy Run
The 1961 Mobilgas Economy Run may pass through Lordsburg on its Los Angeles to Chicago route from March 11 to 16. The 2000 mile six day event visits Tucson Roswell Dallas Little Rock and St Louis with stick shift cars rejoining a compact class.
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Lordsburg
Los Angeles
Chicago
G. J. Gregor
Mobil Oil Company
Southwest Marketing
Tucson
Ariz
Roswell
N. M
Dallas
Gregor
United States Auto Club
Hidalgo County Leads Heart Fund Campaign
John Jeffus named Hidalgo County campaign director for the Heart Fund with Sam Gass as adviser as New Mexico joins a February drive for heart research and education. John D. Robb serves as state chairman for 1961 Heart Fund activities across New Mexico. Debbie and Donna Horst, seven, are highlighted as Heart Fund Sweethearts with restored health.
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John Jeffus
Hidalgo County
Heart Fund
New Mexico Heart Association
Sam Gass
John D. Robb
College of Fine Arts
University of New Mexico
New Mexico
Debbie
Donna Horst
District Hoop Tourney Slated for Feb 23 25 Here
A meeting with the contractor, architect, and school authorities said the new high school gym will be ready for the District 4-B tournament running Feb 23 to 25. Seedings and final plans are to be set at a Hatch meeting this Saturday. Participating 4-B schools include Lordsburg Animas Cliff Cloudcroft Hachita Hatch Hot Springs Reserve Tularosa and Weed.
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Hatch
B. B. McAlister
Lordsburg
Animas
Cliff
Cloudcroft
Hachita
Hot Springs
Reserve
CAP Suspends Search for Missing T-6 Plane in NM Arizona Rescue
Major Felix Gauthier Jr, NM CAP commander, says search for missing T-6 trainer from Casa Grande to El Paso is temporarily halted. Over three days 11,400 square miles were covered by 23 CAP aircraft for 95 hours 45 minutes, with six mobile units and 13 Army Aviation Section aircraft aiding from Holloman AFB. If found, contact CAP NM Wing at Kirtland AFB or Animal Composite Squadron.
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Felix Gauthier, Jr
CAP
Animas Composite Squadron
New Mexico
Civil Air Patrol
Casa Grande
Arizona
el Paso
Gauthier
Army Aviation Section
Holloman Air Force Base
Alamogordo
Cap Kirtland Air Force Base
Albuquerque
Animal Composite Equaeron
Ailiuisuao
Marine arrested in New Mexico for car theft and assault attempt
An AWOL Marine, Robert James Juneau, 19, was arrested in Lordsburg for stealing a pickup and crossing state lines. FBI agents hold him in Luna County jail on federal car theft charges with $1000 bail after police, town officers, and state police aided the arrest. The suspect allegedly tried a knife-point holdup on four women, which failed.
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Luna County
FBI
Robert James Juneau
Camp Pendleton
Lordsburg
Gene Moore
Joe Roseh
Joe Rutland
al Townsend
Road Forks
Mickup
Romine
Moore
Juneau
Roach
Rutland
Yuma
Arizona
Knife Pont
New Mexico Milk Cleared in FDA Residue Survey
The FDA reports no antibiotic or insecticide residues in samples of milk shipped into or from New Mexico in the period July to September 1960. R. L. Horst and Daniel E. Johnson announced the all clear after testing 82 fluid milk samples and 237 dairy products.
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New Mexico
Food and Drug Administration
Fl Paso
R. L. Horst
FDA
Denver
Daniel E. Johnson
State Health Department
Division of Public Health Laboratories
National Agency
Saucedo Wins Re-Election to Lordsburg School Board
Raymundo C. Saucedo is reelected to a six-year term on the Lordsburg School District Board of Education after defeating Alan A. Koff 629 to 336 in the February 7 election. A total of 884 ballots were cast with 19 invalidated. long lines and cold weather kept some voters away.
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Raymundo Saucedo
Raymundo C. Saucedo
Lordsburg
Saucedo
Alan A
Koff
B. M. Kimbley
Youth Suffers Gunshot Wound in Silver City
Jerry King, 19, is hospitalized in Hillcrest General Hospital with a gunshot wound to the abdomen after a midnight incident at 1117 So Animas St. Police say King reported he shot himself. further questioning has been limited by his condition.
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Russel
Jerry King
Hillcrest General Hospital
Silver City
Gene Moore
Animas St
King
Southwest Receives first Birth Defect Center
The Southwest gains its first birth defect research and treatment center at the University of Oklahoma Medical Center funded by The National Foundation through the March of Dimes. The Oklahoma site is the third in a planned national network.
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United States
Metcal
Bob Conway
Conway
University of Oklahoma Medical Center
National Foundation
Oklahoma Center
Albuquerque
Tax Help Offered for Lordsburg Taxpayers
Mr. Cipriano Sandoval and Mr. Joe Padilla will be in the office of Emma J. Scofield county clerk Lordsburg Thursday afternoon February 16 to render assistance to the taxpayers of the Lordsburg area in filing their state income tax returns.
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Cipriano Sandoval
Joe Padilla
Emma J. Scofield
Lordsburg
County Road Planning Committee Sets 3 Priority Roads
Newly elected members met on Monday February 6 and elected H. M. Pace as chairman Frank Bowman as vice chairman and Ed Hitson as secretary. They kept the farm to market priorities: South Virden Road first Animas to Rodeo second and Banner Mine Road third. A committee including Buford Slover George Butler Geo Pendleton and T. B. Strickland will study Animas to Cloverdale for an all weather road with a special meeting to follow.
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County O
Tenn
H. M. Pace
Frank Bowman
Ed Hitson
South Virden
Animas
Rodeo
Banner Mine
Bueford Slover
George Butler
Geo. Pendleton
T. B. Strickland
Cloverdale
Jury awards $10,000 to Boyd Nally in retrial
A Sixth Judicial District Court jury awarded Boyd Nally ten thousand dollars in damages against Texas-Arizona Motor Freight Inc. for head injuries from an incident at the Texas-Arizona Co. warehouse. This is a retrial after a prior ruling granted a similar judgment. Counsel for Nally were E Forrest Sanders and William Bivins of Las Cruces. Texas-Arizona was represented by W C Whatley of Las Cruces.
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Sixth Judicial District Court
Boyd Nally
Texas-Arizona Motor Freight, Inc
Nally
Texas-Arizona Co
E. Forrest Sanders
William Bivins
Las Cruces
W. C. Whatley
Texas-Arizona
Veterans Service Officer Visit Set for Lordsburg
Pete Torres of the New Mexico Veterans Service Commission will be in Lordsburg on Tuesday February 14 from 9 30 a m to 3 p m. The location changes from Hotel Hidalgo to the New Mexico Department of Public Health at 112 East Fourth St.
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Pete Torres
New Mexico Veterans Service Commission
Lordsburg
Hotel Hidalgo
New Mexico Department of Public Health
East Fourth St
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Garcia
Justice of the Peace
C. L. Brown
Joe Ortega
Maldonado
Ortega
Justice Court
District Court
Animas Cap
Marine
Southern Pacific
Lirst
County Road Planning Committee
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