Murder and rape rise in Bernalillo County suburbs
Crime reports show rising violent offenses in Albuquerque area suburbs, with eight months of 1972 recording 11 murders in Bernalillo County and 41 homicides by August 1974. Forcible rape climbed from 123 in 1972 to 130 in the current year, while burglaries and thefts declined. Sheriff Lester Hay cites enhanced patrols and grants as cutting crime by 13 percent this August and notes local officers’ familiarity with the area as key to enforcement.
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UNM
Albuquerque
Bernalillo County
Sandoval County
Bernalilla
Hernatlia County
Lester Hay
Hay
Rio Rancho Health Office Opens Branch
A new Sandoval County Health Department branch operates from the Haynes Recreation Center in Rio Rancho led by Public Health nurse Cindy Nichols. The team serves Rio Rancho and Corrales with Well Baby Immunization and Family Planning clinics at Corrales Community Center and Haynes Center, offering vaccines, nutrition counseling, urinalysis, anemia screening, GC cultures, pelvic exams, Pap tests, and birth-control counseling.
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Sandoval County Health Department
Haynes Recreation Center
Rio Rancho
Cindy Nichols
Nichols
Theresa Martinez
Esther Smedley
Corrales
Ms. Nichols
Corrales Community Center
Haynes Ree Center
Bernalilla
Caming del Pueblo
Bernalillo
Dark of the Moon opens Albuquerque season on Stage 1
The University of Albuquerque launches its theatre season with Dark of the Moon a romantic dramatization of Barbara Allen from American folklore. It stages Friday Oct 12 at 8 p.m. on Stage 1 Fine Arts Learning Center. Director Jim Morley leads cast Alan Guyoni Rita Doubliski James Trujillo and Jack Denvir.
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University of Albuquerque
Fine Arts Learning Center
Barbara Allen
Jim Morley
Alan Guyoni
Rita Doubliski
James Trujillo
Jack Denvir
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