Summer fading in New Mexico hills prompts campers to linger
In Cloudcroft and surrounding ranges, vacationers extend the camping season as fall air cools high elevations. El Paso travel trailers flood Sacramentos, while Ruidoso draws spending. Cloudcroft offers cooler nights and scenic views near Sierra Blanca.
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New Mexico
Finis
Cloudcroft
Sacramentos
White Mountains
el Paso
Outcroft
Ruidoso
Mescalero
Sacramento
Sierra Blanca
Paramount Pictures
Mom
Steve
Tinnie’s Mercantile
Anderson
Cor
Roswell
Elps
RCA
Leip
Albuquerque
Tularosa
Old Sol
San Andres
Tinnie’s
Southeast Weather Outlook With Scattered Showers
Rain and clouds across the Southeast with hopes of thundershowers through Tuesday. Temperatures hold steady in the mid 60s to mid 90s with east to southeast winds under 15 mph. Forecast highs include Aesia mid 60s to mid 90s Carlsbad Hobbs Lovington Roswell and other towns.
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Aesia
Carlsbad
Hobbs
Lovington
Roswell
Mental Patient's Bomb Stunt Ends With Capture In New Mexico
Fred Patrick Creley, a 38 year old escapee, held police for 30 hours in a Moriarty area farmhouse threatening a homemade bomb that later proved nonexistent. Creley will be jailed in Torrance County pending arraignment as authorities decide charges. His hostage was released after 24 hours of negotiation.
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Nancy Salem
Associated Press
Estancia
N.M
Fred Patrick Creley
Torrance
Creley
State Corrections
Ed Mahr
State Penitentiary
Mahr
Moriarty Area
Joe Abrahams
Marc Orner
Contempt Bid Over Sealed Jaramillo Records
Santa Fe associated press report says New Mexico Licitor Director Carlos Jaramillo seeks contempt of court citation against the Governor's Organized Crime Prevention Commission for receiving Jaramillo records from a Taos bank. Taos bankers also turned over records of former Santa Fe Democratic Chairman Johnny Vigil linked to a commission subpoena.
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Larry Calloway
Associated Press
Santa FE
New Mexico
Licitor
Carlos Jaramillo
Governor’s
Organized Crime Prevention Commission
Jaramillo
Taos Bank
Taos
Santa Fe County
Democratic
Johnny Vigil
Crime Commission
Vigil
Jv’s Palace
Connally Leads NM Republicans at $50 Dinner Rally
Former Texas Governor John Connally drew about 500 people to a Hilton Inn fundraiser for New Mexico Republicans. He urged political commitment as essential, saying the presidency is distant and party influence matters for families. Attendees included Senators Domenici and Schmitt, Congressman Lujan, and 31 GOP state lawmakers. Proceeds benefit the Republican Legislative Campaign Committee.
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Albuquerque
Texas
John Connnally
Mexico
Connally
Hilton Inn
God
Republican Legislative Campaign Committee
New Mexico
Pete Domenici
Harrison Schmitt
Manuel Lujan
Sweet 0.6 Inch Rain Falls In Lovington
Lovington received a light shower of about 0.6 inches last night. The rain began before 4 a.m. with gentle impact, sparking a brief lightning display and little thunder, avoiding the gale damage seen last week. Farmers hope the modest rain helps crops as late August sun dries fields.
Elvis Presley Body Theft Plot Foiled In Memphis
Four men were arrested outside Forest Hills Cemetery in Memphis on suspicion of planning to steal Elvis Presley’s body for ransom. Police recovered explosives and, in a security sweep, officers arrested three men near the cemetery gates and took a fourth into custody. The case is handled by the homicide department as it involves removal of a body. Deputy Chief Molnar said the arrests are for investigation of attempted burglary.
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Memphis, Tenn
Elvis Presley
Memphis Commercial Appeal
S.T. McCochren
Presley
Forest Hills Cemetery
Memphis
McCachren
Forest Hills
Les
John Molnar
Commercial Appeal
Incentives Sought to Boost LPG Production in New Mexico
Kingsley Blackman, head of the New Mexico Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association, urged greater incentives for fuel production during the Albucuerque convention. He blamed price regulation for shortages of butane and propane and noted rural farmers rely on these products as natural gas supplies drop.
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Albuquerque
State Liquified Petroleum Gas Association
Blackman
Association
Albucuercue
New Mexico
Feds Review Laetrile Claims as Possible Trials Contemplate
Federal officials plan case studies of several hundred cancer patients who used Laetrile to assess its supposed benefit. If results fail to support belief in usefulness, a formal trial on volunteers may follow. The National Cancer Institute and agencies will select cases for review to verify diagnoses and outcomes.
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Larry Margasase
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
National Cancer Institute
Arthur C. Upton
Food and Drug Administration
Center For Disease Control
Upton
NBC
Meet the Press
Guy R. Newell
Newell
NOW targets Mormon church in Arizona ERA fight
Meridith Little of Tucson NOW says the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a main opponent of the Equal Rights Amendment in Arizona. She notes Mormon church backing helped defeat FRA bills in the state Legislature. The Tucson rally drew 150 marchers for a 10 mile event. The opposition is framed on religious grounds.
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Tucson
Ariz
National Organization For Women
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Mormon
Arizona
NOW
Meridith Little
Mormon Church
FRA
Lottery Winners Not Happier Than Others Says Study
Northwestern University research presented at the APA meeting examined three groups: Illinois lottery winners with 50 000 to 1 million, accident victims who are paraplegic, and a control group. Winners felt better about winning but were not happier overall and took less pleasure in ordinary events.
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Richard Saltus
San Francisco
Northwestern University
American Psychological Association
Dan Coates
Coates
Mar
Youth Survives Spear Impalement on Florida Island
13 year old Andrew Odom survived a four foot barbed fishing spear piercing his midsection after a sister slipped while tossing the spear gun on Beer Can Island near Boynton Beach. Surgeons removed the spear in a four hour operation at Beth Israel hospital. The boy remained in fair and stable condition as his mother, nurse Marveretta Odom, described the incident as miraculous by God.
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Boynton Beach
Fla
Andrew Odom
Odom
Bethesorial Hospital
Marveretta Odom
Andrew
Shores
Lovington City Considers Crime Control Education Meeting
Lovington city commissioners plan a low key session with Levin School assistant principal George Blackardt to discuss education and prevention in crime control. City manager Bob Carter said the meeting will gauge direction on juvenile code reforms and engage local citizens while open to the public.
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Lovington
Levin School
George Blackardt
Bob Carter
Carter
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Orner
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M.J. Payne
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Omer
Tolerance County
Betaneia
Omner
Lovingson
Bruce Kaufman
David
Kingsley Blackman
Snyder Ranches
Haseloff Construction
Floyd Scheller
Feds
Laetrile
Garet Gatz
University of Maryland
Dr. Gatz
Beer Can Island
Boynton Inlet
Florida
Bill Lee
Ieee
Dg Commission
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