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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1973
Page
2
Pride in Goddard High School grows as art classes redo the exterior mural. Painters expect two weeks to finish the touch up. The town praises the school described as the school that care alive in 65.
Bonito Lake hosts a pre spring fishing season report noting six inch or larger catches. Mentions Bonito Lou’s jake and stream stocks and observations of goldfish and white fish resembling goldfish. Describes excitement for spring approaching in ten days.
Walter Manuel Hernandez 24 of 117 S Stanton was arrested Thursday for unlawful possession of amphetamines after initial petty larceny and concealed weapon charges. He was fined on both counts, arraigned, bond set at 1000, and remains jailed. A separate report notes a car theft at 606 W Barnett, a 1972 black over white Chevrolet with NM plate AB-373.
State Highway Department and National Guard crews labored to clear northeastern New Mexico after a spring storm dropped two feet of snow. One weather related death, Pete Quintana, 50, of Springer, was found under a railroad overpass. relief efforts opened major highways and reached isolated ranch homes to feed stranded livestock. Governor Bruce King declared a state of emergency and ordered aid.
Three Deming boys left on a Cotton Belt boxcar after a hide and seek game were found Friday in Tyler Texas. The youths Julian Perez 12 Joe Cabrera 12 and Willie Cabrera 10 survived the trip with one pineapple to eat. They were treated by police to meals before being reunited with their parents Saturday and heading home to New Mexico.
James Charles West 26 remained hospitalized in satisfactory condition after a two-vehicle crash at College and Garden Saturday at 5 43 PM. Elvera Ann Ortega 18 and passengers Rick Ortega 23 and Renee Ortega 2 were treated and released for slight injuries at St Marys Hospital. West cited for failure to yield at a stop sign. Ortega vehicle traveled west on College. Prelude: Manhattan Symphony Orchestra to debut at Alice Tully Hall Lincoln Center after years in community venues.
Funeral notices report Mass of Resurrection for Robert C. Shank Sr. at St John’s Catholic Church in Roswell with burial at South Park Cemetery under Ballard Funeral Home. Also listed are other Roswell obituaries and services, including Mrs Julia Sherrill and Mrs Ida Bunton with details of births, marriages, survivors and pallbearers.
Goddard High School students spent Saturday repainting faded mural scenes from rockets to mythical figures on the school walls. Principal Van Witt requested the project funded by the Art Club with assistance from contractor William Clay Roark and worker Michael Davis. Club officers Mel Litherland Stacey Vines Jerry Baxley Anne Hennighausen and members Phil Shamas Twyla Brooks led the effort with others including Ray Mahan Mike Spencer Karla McGuire Belle Harris Carrie Robbins Rebecca Melendez and Anita Barnett.
About 1 000 marchers, largely Navajo, paraded through Gallup demanding 17 measures including city withdrawal from the Indian ceremonial. Police reported no arrests amid peaceful chants and drum backing. The event honored Larry Casuse who died after a confrontation tied to Gallup politics and Wounded Knee support.
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