Coon Hunter Falls 400 Feet in Smokies Cliff Drama
Maryville resident Bill Everett, 45, plunged down Calderwood Lake cliffs while chasing hounds, tumbling 400 feet and then 150 more to a second ledge. A rescue squad lowered him from a tree to a boat for hospital treatment and later release.
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UPI
Bill Everett
Maryville
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Everett
Calderwood Lake
Great Smoky Mountains
East Tennessee
Felhunters
Hobbs Gas Move To Be Ruled On Soon
The State Public Service Commission is expected to rule this week on Hobbs Gas Company's appeal for authority to extend service territory. The plan would add residential customers and irrigation users in Lea County, with testimony Tuesday from Hobbs Gas and Southern Union Gas Company representatives.
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UPI
State Public Service Commission
Hobbs Gas Company
Hobbs Service
Lea
PSC
Southern Union Gas Ca
Weather Outlook Warns of Ice and Snow Threat Across State
The forecast warns of dangerous wintry conditions with ice and snow possible tonight into Thursday. Officials note historical outages from December 6 to 8 and urge livestock warnings as cattle suffer in storms. Northern New Mexico expects snow showers and cold temps while Southern New Mexico faces freezing drizzle and rain with mixed skies and varying highs.
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New Mexico
Kennedy moves to fill Defense Department leadership
President elect Kennedy fills top defense roles naming Eugene Zuckert as Air Force secretary and Fort Worth lawyer John B. Connally Jr. as Navy secretary. Fulbright plans Palm Beach meeting. appointment of an Army secretary expected soon as McNamara coordinates new team. Ballot races in City Commissioner race signal likely turnout rise.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Truman
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Country Club Elects Three New Directors
The Country Club elected Bill Wheeler Bob Boyd and Carroll Martin as directors to succeed John Easley Fred Crocker and Winford Carlile. Holdover directors include Joe Kiser Dr Walter Hopkins Woody Carter Randy Kimble Ray Howell and Jerry Stoltz. By law amendments raise membership cap to 300 and set first Tuesday in November for annual meeting. Membership now 232 up 65 in a year with gains from higher membership. guests allowed at the New Year's Eve dance with tickets at the club.
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Bob Boyd
Carroll Martin
John Easley
Fred Crocker
Winford Carlile
Joe Kiser
Walter Hopkins
Woody Carter
Randy Kimble
Ray Howell
Jerry Stoltz
Crocker
U S Embassy Plane Fired On Over Laos
A Soviet built Ilyushin transport dropped arms to leftist Laotian forces and machine gunned an unarmed U S embassy observer plane. No injuries were reported as the American aircraft limped back to Vientiane on one engine after the attack near Vang Vieng.
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UPI
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Saigon
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von Platen
Vang Vieng
Luang Prabang
Missing woman found by Mexican sheep herders
Oleta Chambers, 43, was found unconscious in a pasture about 25 miles northwest of Lovington by two Mexican sheepherders on the Etchevery ranch. She was revived with warm milk and taken to her mother's home in good condition.
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Oleta Chambers
Lovington
Etchevery
L. H. Chambers
Chambers Ranch
Miss Chambers
Pharmacist in Van Nuys Foiled by Crowdless Hold Up
In Van Nuys California pharmacist Hyman Goodman refused to surrender as two men threatened him in a Bank of America parking lot. After a heated five minute exchange with the bandits he handed over 870 dollars as curious bystanders offered no assistance. The incident ended with no aid from witnesses.
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van Nuys
Calif
Hyman Goodman
Bank of America
Goodman
Abo Standard Oil Plans Abo Reef Wildcat South of Lovington
LEA Standard Oil Company of Texas will drill a 9000 foot Abo reef wildcat 10 miles south southwest of Lovington and 2 1/2 miles south of the West Lovington pool as No 1 30 Kelly State 660 feet from north and west lines of section 30 17s 36e Ralph Lowe Fort Worth. 515 inch easing planned for completion after reaching 12510 feet in No 1 Northeast Mallamar Unit section 5 17s 33e on the northeast side of the shallow East Mal-
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Lovington
Kelly State
Ralph Lowe
Fort Worth
Mallamar
Abo Reef
Standard Oil Company of Texas
Abo
Stanotex
Wolfcamp
Anderson Ranch
Union Oi Companys
Union State
Grand Jury To Consider Tulia Slaving Case
Swisher County grand jury called into special session to review the Tulia killing case involving three Indiana fugitives. Robert Potter was shot during a burglary at Tulia after they fled from an Anderson jail escape. The trio James Groover Elwood and Donald Carlson waived examining trials and faced bond denial. Winnett admitted firing the fatal shot. The suspects also reportedly burglarized Plainview firms before Tulia.
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Tulia
Tex
UPI
Joe Cox
Plainview
Swisher County
Indiana
Robert Potter
Canyon
Haston Lee Winnett
Sparta
Tenn
James Roy Groover
Elwood
Ind
Donald Carlson
Johnstown
Winnett
Cox
Anderson
Tulsa
Bolack vows to defend slim New Mexico lead in court
Lt. Gov. Tom Bolack, a Farmington oilman, vows to defend his 279 vote victory amid an Albuquerque election contest filed by Democrat Joe A. Montoya. Montoya seeks to overturn the result, warning that a successful challenge could affect Indian voting rights for about 500,000 people nationwide. Bolack says he is seriously disturbed and will use all resources, as he stays in Santa Fe before his January inauguration.
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UPID
Tom Bolack
Farmington
la Fonda
Albuquerque
Joe A. Montoya
Bolack
Kansas
Air National Guardsman Killed In F-100 Crash
Lt. Rousseau J. Tatman Jr., of Albuquerque, was killed when his F-100 jet crashed during a routine training near a mesa southwest of Las Vegas New Mexico. Witnesses described a midair explosion as it struck a pasture, with wreckage scattered over a wide area and a rescue party reaching the scene two and a half hours later.
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API
Air Force
New Mexico Air National Guard
Rousseau J. Tatman Jr
Albuquerque
Tatman
Las Vegas
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Natividad Garcia
Kay Gilmartin
Santa Fe Commentary on Burroughs 1962 Governor Race
Santa Fe columnist sketches Governor Burroughs political stance for 1962 with a field of Democratic rivals eager for the governor’s chair. Mechem’s expected cooperation, legislative oath, and forecasts about revenue, legality, and public statements frame the era.
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Edwin L. Mechem
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