City water table readings show near static levels and rising city meters
Public works chief Merle Kindel reports city well readings last week with No 1 at 46.6 feet and No 2 at 43.6 feet, nearly unchanged from 1970 figures while the downtown field steadily equilibrates. City water meters rise slowly from 2,567 in 1965 to 2,699 in 1970 before a small dip in 1971 amid multi family meters and some households lacking city supply.
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Merle Kindel
Merle
Lovington
South Plains
Texas
Ute Lake
2Nd
Jackson
Tomers
Texas Tech janitor charged with slayings on campus
Julian Sanchez Ramos, 57, of Lubbock, was charged with two counts of murder after a janitor and a Tech graduate student were killed in the Science Building. He denied bond. a .38 pistol was found at the scene as detectives questioned four witnesses.
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Lubbock, Tex
Julian Sanchez Ramos
Lubbock
Texas Tech University
Ramos
Ing
Manue Ela Constancio
Michael N. Clingan
Borger
Jay Mitchell
Constancio
Clingan
Sarah Alice Morgan
Benjamin Lach
Mattapan
Mass
Morgan
Lach
Lach Ag
Communist Forces Hit Outposts In Vietnam Offensives Rise
Saigon reports 26 enemy ground attacks in the 24 hours ending 6 am, lifting three day total to 86 as Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces hit posts from Qui Nhon to the Mekong Delta. US pilots exchange missiles with North Vietnamese air defenses for first time this year. Casualties include 33 NVA and Viet Cong and 15 South Vietnamese killed, 25 soldiers and 6 civilians wounded.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Air Force
Qui Nhon
Binh Dinh
Mekong Delta
Delta
196Th Infantry Brigade
11Th Combat Aviation Group
da Nang
Nixon
Red China
Cambodia
Krek
New Mexico HSS Sues Agriculture Department Over Food Stamp Loss
The New Mexico Health and Social Services Department sues the U S Department of Agriculture claiming it is not liable for more than 50000 in stolen food stamps taken from the Albuquerque sales unit last January. The suit filed in Santa Fe County District Court seeks to have Security Insurance Co of Hartford cover the loss and argues the federal demand is illegal and unduly harsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque, N.M
New Mexico Department of Health and Social Services
Department of Agriculture
HSS
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Albuquerque
Santa Fe County
Security Insurance Co
Hartford
Food and Nutrition Service
Casualty totals from Saigon weekly report
The U S command reports five Americans killed and 47 wounded last week, continuing the 14th week with under 10 American combat deaths. It lists 11 Americans dying from nonhostile causes, 22 South Vietnamese troops killed and 497 wounded, and 803 enemy killed by allied forces. American missing or captured total reaches 1,492. Overall war casualties cited: American 45,632 killed in action, 302,493 wounded, 10,039 nonhostile deaths. South Vietnamese 138,086 killed. others totaled 790,478 killed.
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Saigon
U.S
Ralph Wrinkle Announces For Sheriff In Lea County
Deputy Sheriff Ralph Wrinkle announces his candidacy for sheriff of Lea County on the Democratic ticket. He is 52, lives in Hobbs, and served with the Lea County Sheriff’s Department since December 1970 after eight years in Missouri. His father H B Wrinkle was a veteran peace officer and former chief of police.
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Ralph Wrinkle
Lea County
Wrinckle
Brases
Hobbs
Geneva
Hobbs High School
John R
Eastern New Mex Ico University
Portales
Carolyn Sue
Conrad L. Austin
Lebanon
Missouri
Wrinkle
H.B. Wrinkle
Taylor Memorial Baptist Church
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Isa
Weather update for Eastern Plains and New Mexico
Weather notes show variable clouds and occasional snow in the northern areas tonight and Friday. South portions expect increasing clouds with very cold conditions and some snow over northern mountains. New Mexico reports partly cloudy southwest and north with occasional snow near the northern border and mountains.
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Lovington
New Mexico
Runnels Names Dudley as Las Cruces Representative
Congressman Harold Runnels announces Norlan Dudley as area representative and office manager in Las Cruces. Dudley replaces Jeter Bryan who resigned to become Alamogordo Daily News editor. Dudley, 44, a former city commissioner and Navy veteran, will cover Dona Ana Otero Lincoln Sierra Luna Hidalgo and Grant counties.
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Las Cruces
Harold Runnels
D-Nm
Norlan
Dud
Dudley
Jeter Bryan
Beccome
Alamogordo
el Paso Scottish Rite
Lions Club
American Legion
Rudy Valencia
Las Crusces
Dona Ana
Otero
Lincoln
Sierera
Luna
Hidalgo
Grant
CSW Names Honor Students
College of the Southwest announces fall honor rolls listing students with 4.0 average on 12 or more hours: Vicque Bar, June Bond, Jamilee Chappell, Dee Dunning, Linda Foshee, Jackie Frederickson, Jeannie Henson, Judith Hughes, Rose Lee Jackson, Carolyn McAdoo, Nancy McCullough, Edith Pincert, Cheryl West, Natha White, Judy Wyatt. A second list shows those with 3.5 or above on 12 or more hours: Helen Bartlett, Jerry Belcher, Kenneth Bivens, Juanita Clark, John Egolf, Garry Knox, Pat Ethridge, Allen Fredrickson, Kenneth Fulcher, Paulie Gladen, Betty Jo Goodheart, Guy Jamieson, Mike Johnson, Betty Johnston, Dell Littlefield, Ma Faye Mitchell, Orville Rogers, Hilda Rucker, Ross Sweat.
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College of the Southwest
Vicque
Helen Bartlett
Jerry Belcher
Kenneth Bivens
Juanita Clark
John Egolf
Garry Knox
Pat Ethridge
Allen Fredrickson
Kenneth Fulcher
Paulie Gladeden
Betty Jo Goodheart
Guy Jamieson
Mike Johnson
Betty Johnston
Dell Littlefield
Ma Faye Mitchell
Orville Rogers
Hilda Rucker
Ross Sweat
Mile
CSW
Airline Crew Thwarts Hijacker's Plan
Billy Eugene Hurst 22 of Mesquite Texas faced air piracy and interfering with air crew charges after hijacking a Braniff 727 over Texas and holding crew as hostages for nearly seven hours. Magistrate Patrick Maloney Bey denied bond.
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Jim Brigance
Eloy Aguilar
Associated Press
Dallas
Billy Eugene Hurst
Mesquite
Tex
Texas
U.S
Patrick Malebey
Hurst
Range Management Meeting Set
A meeting for range management program interest is planned at the Eunice Community Center on Thursday night January 20 at 7 00 pm. Speakers include Bob Steger and details cover grazing systems weed symptoms and area plants with photos and mounts to aid producers. Punishment upon conviction could be death. The hijacker demanded 1 million dollars and two parachutes and intended to fly to South America to bail out into the jungle.
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Eunice
Robert Howard
New Mexico State University Extension
South America
Tom Hill
Dallas
FBI
Billy Eugene Hurst
Houston
Mesquite
Hurst
Hougton
Minneapolis
Donald Roberts
Mission
Kan
Remington Electric Shaver Comepany
Roberts
Pat Hampton
United Van Lines opens transfer and storage firm in Lovington
United Van Lines of Lovington Inc will begin operations at 2250 South Main on Monday. The transfer and storage business is owned by Virgil Henry and Wilburn Gunter of Hobbs.
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N. Main
Llano Land Company
Hermon Robinson
Ernest Deporto
Pipo
Record Shop
United van Lines of
Lovington, Inc
South Main
Virgil Henry and
Wilburn Gunter
Hobbs
Hobbs Transfer and Storage Eyes Lovington Opening
Gunter, general manager, says Hobbs Transfer and Storage plans a permanent Lovington location with warehouse facilities. Local manager is Mrs. Bobbie McKibby, eight years in moving. The firm operates four local trucks within 500 to 600 miles and uses United for intercontinental moves. Henry, founder, sits on the state education board and Liberty National Bank board.
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S & K Real Estate
Betty Wieser
Gunter
Hobbs Transfer and Storage
Buiness
Bobbie McKibby
United
Henry
Lovington
Wallace Announces Democratic Bid Against Party Snobs
Governor George C. Wallace of Alabama formally entered the 1972 presidential race as a Democratic candidate in Tallahassee Florida. He urged a grass roots movement to take back the national party from intellectual snobs and pledged a platform of peace through strength tax reform and reduced government.
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Rich Oppel
Associated Press
Tallahassee
Fla
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Alabama
Capitol
Senate
Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
American Independent Party
Florida
Humphrey
Richard Stone
National Democratic Party
Congress
White House
Vietnam
General Fund Revenues Exceed Expectations in NM
State finance officials report first half 1971 72 general fund revenues reached 126.1 million for July December, 881000 above December forecast and 15.7 percent higher than a year earlier. Through December, projections stood at 125.2 million, with year total expected at 276.6 million.
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Santa FE
General Fund
Teenager Sells Brokerage Firms Called On Carpet
Six brokerage houses faced questions as a 19-year-old college student opened stock accounts by telephone in a quest to study barriers to entry. Treff claimed he asked questions and gained access with no cash deposits, while the SEC and NYSE investigated weaknesses or rule breaches. He did not profit in cash, and firms are reviewing procedures and possible violations.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Abraham H. Treff
Philadelphia
Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
Treff
Lee D. Arning
Big Board
Ralph Nader Treff
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Smith
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ON Tech
Texas Tech
Commie
Ag Department
Runnels
United Coming
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Reynolds Securities Inc
Paine, Ker, Jackson & Curtis
White, Weld & Co
Weis, Voisin & Co, Inc
Yarnall, Biddle & Co
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