ENMU Anthropologist Solves Blackwater Draw Puzzle
Portales Dr. George Ago gino and ENMU archaeologists dig at Blackwater Draw seven miles north to uncover four mammoths and a bison. They piece together bones and points from flint-speared hunter activity, suggesting gradual hunting over years and a strategic water site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enmu Anthropologist
Daumab Portales
George Agogino
Blackwater
Here
Agogino
New Mexico University
ENMU
Division Challenged Over Hockley Road Fund Plan
A suit filed in Levl land district court seeks to strike down a new Aug 2 formula for apportioning lateral road funds in Hockley County. Plaintiffs led by Precinct 2 Commissioner H C Smokey Jones and farmers W H Cunningham A J Richards and O L Goodwin challenge a plan that would allocate funds by precinct percentage based on road miles and other factors. Defendants include Commissioners Morton Brock Hobgood County Judge Owens and county officials who disburse funds. A temporary restraining order may be sought to block adoption of next year’s budget containing the reform.
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Levelland
Hockley County
H. C. (Smokey) Jones
W. H. Cunningham
A. J. Richards
O. L. Goodwin
Jack Morton
Myrl Brock
Jim Hobgood
Louis Owens
M. B. Lee
Inetha Cooke
M. C. Ledbetter
Morton
Ledbetter
Local Night Burglary Surveilled by Knife Point Stripping
Mrs. Alice Lebreeton says a night intruder held a knife and forced her to perform a striptease while her husband was away. Police recorded her account as she described sharpening her kitchen knives for defense. A second note concerns a county road funding dispute tying Precinct 2’s share to oil field traffic and a 25 percent ad valorem tax earmark, challenged as a mathematical formula under Texas statutes.
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Paris
UPI
Alice Lebreeton
Texas
Powers' Successor Sees Changing Role
Paul Haney, 35, named public affairs officer at Manned Spacecraft Center, will take the post Sept. 1 and replace Lt. Col. John A Powers known as the Voice of Mercury. Haney says many voices shape the program and Powers will become a special assistant to the center director with duties not yet specified.
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Houston
Manned Spacecraft Center
Paul Haney
John A
Shorty) Powers
Mercury
Robert R.) Gilruth
Haney
Powers
Spacecraft Center
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Eastern New Mexico University
Portales
Agegino
New World
Irwin Rovener
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Cleveland
Anderson
Monterey Center
Sam Sanders
Clovis
Hockley
EDS
NEW Stlves
T 17Th
WIGHT
Sy Trae Acon
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