Lakes brighten life on plains in Lea County New Mexico
Lea County hosts five small man made lakes offering fishing and non motorized boating. Maddox Lake near Hobbs holds 18 acres and is operated by Southwestern Public Service for 10 years at $1. Green Meadow Lake is state owned and allows non motorized boats. Lovington built Chaparral Lake in 1969 from a gravel pit sealed with bentonite. Jal shaped lake features a cattle brand design.
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Lea County
N.M
Texas
Permian Basin
Great Lakes
Warren McNall
Fisheries Division
New Mexico Game and Fish Department
Mad
Dox
Green Meadow
Hobbs
Odessa
Maddox
McNall
Santa Fe
Southwestern Public Service Co
Green Meadow Lake
State Game and Fish Department
Lovington
Ken Stinson
Parks and Recreation Department
Stinson
Jal
Plane crashes and explosion kill 26 in two days
Investigators examined wreckage from two Georgia and California plane crashes that killed 21 people over two days and a Wyoming explosion that killed five. A twin engine Aero Commander 690 exploded near Lyman after refueling in Ogden, while two private single‑engine planes collided near Valdosta. Additional crashes near San Luis Obispo killed 15 aboard Wings West Flight 628 and a companion plane.
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Georgia
California
Wyoming
National Transportation Safety Board
Aero Commander
Red Bluff
Calif
Aurora
Ill
Ogden
Utah
Salt Lake International
NTSB
Lyman
Wyo
Sweetwater County
Sheriff's Department
Valdosta
Lowndes County
G. Robert Carter
Federal Aviation Administration
Jack Barker
Carter
Rockwell
Beechcraft
San Luis Obispo
Wings West
San Luis Obispo County
Mike Larson
Death of author Truman Capote at Bel Air mansion
Los Angeles AP report says Truman Capote, 59, was found dead in his sleep Saturday at Joanne Carson’s Bel Air home. No foul play suspected. coroner to investigate. Capote, famed for In Cold Blood and flamboyant life, had stayed there since Thursday and planned to swim that afternoon with Carson’s guests.
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Los Angeles
Truman Capote
Bel-Air
William Booth
Capote
Joanne Carson
Johnny Carson
Booth
Computers Begin to Seep Into Ector Schools Across Grade Levels
Elementary pupils will learn basic computer use as a pilot program in Ector County schools demonstrates computer literacy. A $24,000 Zavala Magnet lab, a planned district spending of about $750,000 for instructional computers, and future state requirements for junior high courses shape a push to integrate terminals and Commodore 64s for reading and math through CAI. Linda Zeigler will teach Zavala magnet computer class, with kids using school mini computers and personal microcomputers.
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Ector County
John Bedford
Ector County Independent School District
Bedford
Zavala
Travis
S. Lee Ave
Floy Hinson
Texas
Linda Zeigler
Mark
Todd
Puter
Zeigler
Ector
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Mark Morro
Stanley Siegel
New York
Long Island
Montgomery
Ala
Manhattan
New Orleans
Greenwich
Conn
Sagaponack
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