Yankees Stretch Lead Amid Mixed Results Across Leagues
The New York Yankees, despite a 8 losses and 7 wins stretch from August 3 to 13, extended their first place margin in the American League to 14 1/2 games. They swept Washington in a doubleheader 7-0 and 10-3 behind Lefty Marius Russo and A1ly Donald, with DiMaggio collecting four hits. In the National League, Chicago Cubs beat Pittsburgh 6-2, and Bill McGee earned his first win with New York over Boston 4-3. the White Sox swept Detroit 3-1 and 3-0. The Indians tied St. Louis 3-3 after 10 innings.
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State Capital Briefs From Santa Fe August 15
H Vearle Payne named state tax commission attorney succeeding C C McCullough who was recently named assistant attorney general. A state legislator may not be named as an assistant district attorney, according to an attorney general opinion.
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N. M
H. Vearle Payne
Hidale
Grant Counties
State Tax Commission
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G. T. Watts
Roswell
George Hunker, Jr
Attorney General to Represent Governor at Parole Conference
Santa Fe New Mexico reports Attorney General E P Chase will represent Governor Miles today and tomorrow at the western probation and parole conference in San Francisco outlining state policy and cooperation with federal authorities.
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N. M
E. P. Chase
Miles
Western Probation and Parole Conference
San Francisco
California salesmen sentenced in New Mexico mail fraud case
In Santa Fe on August 14 two California oil lease salesmen pled guilty to mail fraud charges and were sentenced. Ruth Sutherland of Los Angeles received a $500 fine and five years probation forbidding NM lease sales. Frank Weber of Pomona drew six months' imprisonment.
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Santa FE
N. M
California
Ruth Sutherland
Los Angeles
New Mexico
Frank Weber
Pomona
Audit Praises Valencia County Government in 1940
A state comptroller audit released by C. R. Sebastian commends Valencia County's government for its conduct during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, noting prudent handling and clear financial practices.
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Santa FE
N. M
C. R. Sebastian
Valencia County
New Mexico Readies Civil Defense Test
Santa Fe New Mexico observes a September 12 blackout under federal civilian defense guidance. Col. W. W. Sterling of Fort Sam Houston will represent the federal office, with director F. H. LaGuardia informing Governor Miles.
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
Eureka Mining Company chartered in New Mexico
Santa Fe announces the Eureka Mining Company of Piedras has been chartered by the state corporation commission. Incorporators include R. P. Cruise from Tres Om, Charles L. Williams from Eunite, and L. R. Wright of Wichita Falls Texas.
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Santa FE
N. M
Eureka Mining Company of
Piedras
State Corporation Commission
R. P. Cruise
Tresom
Charles L. Williams
Eunite
L. R. Wright
Wichita Falls
Texas
Golden Bantam Sweet Corn Home Grown
Anderson’s Gardens Ady reports home grown Golden Bantam sweet corn ready for harvest with peak sweetness and sturdy plants. Gardener notes steady growth, pest checks, and careful watering to ensure full ear development.
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Anderson
Ady
Movie Actors Play Charity Baseball in Los Angeles
Movietown staged its annual charity baseball burlesque at Wrigley Field drawing twenty five thousand spectators. Dennis Morgan and Preston Foster surprised with real play while Red Skelton led the show to raise funds for Mt Sinai hospital amid playful gags and no scoring.
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Movietown
Dennis Morgan
Preston Foster
Morgan
Ginger Rogers
Kitty Foyle
Babe Ruth
Foster
Wrigley Field
Hollywood
Red Skelton
Home Plate
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Pacific Coast League
Mt. Sinai Hospital
300 4-H Club Members Convene at N M State College
Nearly 300 New Mexico 4-H Club boys and girls begin their annual state encampment at New Mexico State College with a flag ceremony and a schedule of conferences on farming and home economics. Notable speakers include Charles Madrid Dr Fabian Garcia Dr Thomas Calkins and Dean W B O'Donnell. Activities feature a game carnival chuck wagon supper barn dance a movie and a trip to El Paso Fort Bliss Texas.
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Las Cruces
N. M
New Mexico
New Mexico State College
Charles Madrid
Fabian Garcia
Thomas Calkins
Albuquerque
W. B. O’donnell
Col
A. W. Chilton
State College
M. Oettle
Roswell
S. W. Rubinow
American Farm Bureau
el Paso
Fort Bliss
Tex
Order Building of Jemez Highway Faces Court Ruling
Work began today on a disputed six mile realignment of State road four across Jemez Pueblo lands from San Ysidro to Jemez after a federal writ of entry. The Indians argued a promised payment of 2747.17 for the right of way, which the highway department denies, saying Sandoval county handles the purchase. A federal judge named a board of appraisers to value the land as the project, estimated at 140000 dollars, moves forward.
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N. M
Jemez
Sandoval County
Colin Neblett
Carlsbad Prepares for Annual Rodeo Dress Up Week
Carlsbad New Mexico begins dress up week as the Cavern City readies for the three day rodeo to be held Aug 22 to 24. Citizens are urged to wear western attire to avoid a playful bull pen and kangaroo court set up by local vigilantes. The city decorates with rodeo bunting and visitors start arriving.
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N. M
Manana
Yellowjackets to Play Carlsbad All-Stars Sunday
The Roswell Yellowjackets host the Carlsbad All-Stars at 2 30 Sunday afternoon at the Roswell fairgrounds. Admission is 25 cents. After four meetings the teams split two games each and this rubber match may be the year’s final contest.
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Carlsbad All-Stars
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Roswell
Carlsbad
Carlsbad Boys
Youngsters Shine in U S Amateur Golf Elims Across Regions
In 36 hole eliminations for the 45th U S Amateur, 26 year old Tommy Barnes shot 136 at East Lake, 20 year old Johnny Jacobs posted 70 and 68 for 138 in Cedar Rapids, and 18 year old Mario Gonzales of Sao Paulo led in Omaha with 148. Veteran Gus Moreland, 30, led Chicago with 142 after a 68 at North Shore while Ray Billows missed by one stroke in Poughkeepsie.
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U. S. Golf Association
Tommy Barnes
Atlanta
East Lake
Johnny Jacobs
Cedar Rapids
Omaha Field Club
Mario Gonzales
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Johnny
Gus Moreland
Chicago
North Shore
Moreland
Ray Billows
Poughkeepsie
Street widening and oiling for WPA sewer project in Las Cruces
Work is rushed on North Main Street seven blocks and Picacho five blocks widened and oiled under a joint city and state highway project to prepare for WPA labor on a city sewer project.
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North Main Street
Picacho
State Highway Department
Clovis to Be Ice Storage Hub for Region Under $35000 Plan
Clovis will become a key cold storage point for New Mexico, west Texas and southern Colorado under a $35,000 Railways ice company program. The facility will store 55 car loads of product and the ice plant will be expanded by 230 tons per day. Cities expected to use the facilities include Muleshoe Texas Portales Roswell and Albuquerque.
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Raton City to Buy Legion Field for Park
The city council selects Legion Field for 2500 dollars from the local American Legion post to expand the park. City already owns nearby lots west of the field.
Harding county plans festival after wheat harvest
Harding county completes a 30 000 acre wheat harvest and plans a festival. Mayor Karl Guthmann invites Raton to join in a goodwill visit. Date for the celebration will be set later.
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Harding County
Karl Guthmann
Raton
Hobbs Plans August Clean Up Drive for Hay Fever Sufferers
Hobbs officials announce a city wide cleanup in the last two weeks of August to remove weeds and improve community tidiness. Mayor Guy L. Rogers pledges full cooperation from the city to aid hay fever relief efforts.
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Hobbs
Guy L. Rogers
Ingram Pickett Barred From Democratic Convention
Ingram Pickett a six foot eleven state highway department employee and six year sergeant at arms for the National Young Democratic convention will miss the seventh due to the Hatch Act. The civil service commission told Governor Miles that Pickett is prohibited from attending even as a spectator or nonparticipant. He said I am mad clear through and that is a long way.
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Santa FE
N. M
Ingram Pickett
State Highway Department
Civil Service Commission
Miles
Pickett
Phone your classified to No. 11 Canning Cucumbers
Classified note directs readers to contact No 11 for canning cucumbers and dill items from ANDERSONS. Ends with a playful dash and expletive-like tail.
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No. 11 Canning Cucumbers & Dill Andersons
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Ringside Maisie at Yucca Theatre Delivers Winnah Flair
Ann Sothern stars in Ringside Maisie with George Murphy as the fight manager and Robert Sterling as the boxer. The lively comedy melodrama plays today and tomorrow at the Yucca theatre, promising a spirited showdown and plenty of wit.
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Maisie) Sothern
Maisie
Yucca Theatre
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Parker McNeill In Singles Duel At Newport Tourney
In Newport Rhode Island on August 15 prospects for a final singles match between Don McNeill of Oklahoma City and Frankie Parker of Altadena California grew clearer as they won semi final ties. McNeill defeated Garnet Mulloy to reach the semis and was set to meet Jack Kramer of Los Angeles who beat Earl Cochell and had eliminated Wayne Sabin. In the other half Parker was matched with Ted Schroeder of Glendale California.
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R. I
Don McNeill
Oklahoma City
Frankie Parker
Altadena
Calif
Kramer
Earl Cochell
Los Angeles
Wayne Sabin
Portland
Ore
Parker
Ted Schroeder
Glendale
Legion Regional Baseball Playoffs Begin in OK
The American Legion regional junior baseball playoffs opened in OKEMAH Oklahoma with champions from New Mexico Colorado Kansas and Oklahoma competing in a double elimination tournament. The Albuquerque Juniors Denver Packers Salinas Kansas Juniors and Tulsa Red Sox aim for Miles City Montana for the western sectional tournament August 21 to 24.
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American Legion
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Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma
Albuquerque
Denver Packers
Salinas
Kas
Tulsa Red Sox
Miles City
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Baseball scores roundup from yesterday
American League results show Detroit beat Chicago 1 to 0 while Chicago and Detroit both drew 3 to 3. Washington fell 0 to 3 to New York 7 to 10. Cleveland and St Louis tied 3 to 3 after 10 innings at darkness. Boston won 11 to 8 against Philadelphia 8 to 10.
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Chicago
Washington
New York
Cleveland
St. Louis
Boston
Philadelphia
National League baseball scores highlight
Chicago defeated Pittsburgh 6 to 2 while New York beat Boston 4 to 3. The two NL games showcased strong pitching from both sides with Chicago and New York securing wins on the road and at home.
Arizona Texas League game results and postponements
In the Arizona Texas League Tucson 1 Albuquerque 6. Bisbee’s game at El Paso was postponed due to wet grounds.
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Tucson
Albuquerque
Bisbee
el Paso
Baseball Scores From The League Night
The American Association games featured Toledo defeating Minneapolis 9 to 4, Milwaukee overcoming Indianapolis 10 to 2, Columbus winning 4 to 3 against St Paul, and Kansas City defeating Louisville 7 to 5.
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Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Columbus
St. Paul
Kansas City
Louisville
Baseball Scores From Coast Schedule
Pacific Coast League results show San Francisco defeating Sacramento 2 to 0 and Portland beating Oakland 5 to 1. Hollywood and Seattle posted eight and seven runs respectively in their games, with only scheduled matchups noted.
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Sacramento
Portland
Oakland
Hollywood
Seattle
Texas League scores recap from today's games
Tulsa dominates Oklahoma City 19 2 in a seven inning second game while Shreveport shuts out Beaumont 5 0 and Fort Worth edges Dallas C five to nothing Houston outscales San Antonio 8 0.
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Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Shreveport
Beaumont
Fort Worth
Dallas C. Houston
San Antonio
Southern Association Birmingham 2 Nashville 1 game
Birmingham defeated Nashville 2 to 1 in a Southern Association baseball game. Key players and inning details are not provided in the schedule snippet. The result stands as listed for the scheduled matchup.
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Birmingham
Nashville
West Texas New Mexico League Scores Prompt Late Rally
Borger blanked Clovis 5 to 0 while Big Spring defeated Lubbock 6 to 3. Pampa outscored Amarillo 10 to 6 and Wichita Falls beat Lamesa 7 to 4, highlighting a busy day in the West Texas New Mexico League with multiple decisive outcomes.
Major League Leaders Batting and Pitching Summary
Hopp of St Louis leads with a .332 batting average and 136 hits. Hack of Chicago has 80 runs, Mize of St Louis 87 RBIs, Reiser of Brooklyn 33 doubles, Slaughter and Hopp tie with 9 triples, Camilli of Brooklyn 23 home runs, and Riddle of Cincinnati 12 wins in pitching. Frey of Cincinnati tops stolen bases.
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Moore
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Brooklyn
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Baseball season leaders list with DiMaggio shines
DiMaggio of New York leads in runs with 111 and RBIs and hits at 169. Williams of Boston hits .408. Keller of New York tops home runs with 29. Case of Washington steals. Travis of Washington and Heath of Cleveland tie for doubles? 12. Ruffing of New York leads pitching. Home Grown Black Eyed Peas -Adv.
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Boston
DiMaggio
New York
Travis
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Heath
Cleveland
Keller
This Team to Start For College Stars Set
Evanston, Aug 15 The college all stars began intra squad drills at Dyche Stadium under coach Carl Snavely who must decide heavy work leaders for the August 28 game with the Chicago Bears. The roll of fans dictated the starting 11 from the top vote getters with nine starts on one side against a strong second team. Absent were Forest Evashevski nursing a shoulder injury and Wisconsin fullback George Paskvan.
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Forest Evashevski
Michigan
George Paskvan
Wisconsin
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A A U Women’s Swimming Opens in High Point Meet
The national A A U women’s championships begin in High Point New Mexico with over 100 competitors entered across 11 events. Notable rivals Brenda Helser and Joyce MacRae from Multnomah Club renew their 100 meter freestyle rivalry as Brenda sets last year’s national mark for 110 yards at 1 minute 9.6 seconds.
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USC to name successor to late coach H Jones
In Los Angeles on August 15 the University of Southern California plans to name a successor to the late head football coach Howard Jones. The prevailing hope is that Justin M. Barry Sam Barry will get the job, with Dr Rufus B Von KleinSmid returning from business in the east to announce the appointment following Jones death from a heart attack on July 24.
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University of Southern California
Howard Jones
Justin M
Sam) Barry
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Rufus B. von KleinSmid
Grand American Trapshoot Opens With $50,000 Cash On The Line
In Vandalia Ohio today the 42nd Grand American Trapshoot began with shotgun volleys as about 1,000 entries start competing for $50,000 in cash. The event peaks Aug 22 with the Grand American handicap where shooters duel 100 targets from 16 to 25 yards based on ability and season averages.
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MacPhail aims to spark Brooklyn pennant push
New York August 15 Larry MacPhail told the Brooklyn players it is up to them to win the pennant. Mike Jacobs blocks Ample Abie Simon from coast trip until after the Buddy Baer bout on September 5, making the August 26 event in Los Angeles moot. Betty Nuthan pursues tea room hosting and Norman Standlee enters NFL buzz. Clay Bryant, moved by the Cubs, shows form at Tulsa.
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Special News Service
Larry MacPhail
Brooklyn
Mike Jacobs
Abie Simon
Buddy Baer
Sonny Boy Walker
Los Angeles
Betty Nuthan
Tab Norman Standlee
Stanford
Clay Bryant
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Tulsa
Nova Punches Louis in Cosmic Showdown Attains Belts
Nova perfects new cosmic punches to defeat Baer twice and add belts against Louis. The yogi kid stays mum about facing Louis jars while Joe Louis' wallops earn stars. The bout underscores dramatic, branded power and public intrigue in boxing.
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Yogi
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Cubs Batter Faces Rare Walks Record Low
Disa And Data Lou Stringer of the Cubs has walked fewer than 10 times this season, hinting at a potential new low. Mel Ott added his 400th career two-bagger against the Braves yesterday, marking a milestone. Harvard means to sell football broadcasts this fall, but not to celebrate Ted Husing being ousted after a Crimson broadcast call.
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Data Lou Stringer
Cubs
Mel Ott
Braves
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Cherub
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Barbara Golding
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Harvard
Ted Husing
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Old Charlie Root Recalls Alexander Advice
Dayton Daily News recalls Grover Cleveland Alexander's warning to a young pitcher. Root says Alexander told him not to flatter hitters by wasting time on them, let them hit if they want to but not where they want to.
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Dayton (O
Daily News
Charlie Root
Cubs
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Charley
Crabs and Controversy Highlight Frisco Card Scene
On-The-Fly card notes W. K. Dixie tub-thumpers Horace Renegar and Bob Madry mixed with sea-food at Joe DiMaggio's Frisco venue. Nat Fleischer releases a Max Baer life story praising his flamboyant charm and romantic exploits.
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Horace Renegar
Bob Madry
Joe DiMaggio
Frisco
Nat Fleischer
Ring Magazine
Max Baer
Five Bulldogs To Start for North In Prep Grid Game
Five former Albuquerque high school players are named tentative starters for the North in the North-South all-star prep football clash in Albuquerque. Clayton coach Johnny Gunn lists Jim Thayer, Roger Diers, Ellsworth Hogan, Bill Gregg, and Orville Roberts as expected to start. Raton's John Rossetti rounds out the backfield with plans for Jack McEwen and L. B. Tixier to join the backfield. Other named Bulldogs include Bob Malcolm, Henry Hosford, Raymond Van Pelt, Fred Owensby, and Joe Peppin.
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N. M
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Clayton
Northern Bulldogs
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Roger Diers
Ellsworth
Hobo” Hogan
Bill Gregg
Orville Roberts
Raton
John Rossetti
Gunn
Jack McEwen
Farmington
L. B. Tixier
Bob Malcolm
Henry Hosford
Las Vegas
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Fred Owensby
Joe Peppin
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Chink Coleman
Hatch
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Jerry Stoltz
Hobbs
Frank Burke
Portales
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Frank Joyce
Roswell
Harlan Drum
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Ernie Marler
Carlsbad
Fred Johnson
Clovis
Rudy Camunez
Jerry Nuzum
Bill Clemens
Willie Clayton
Alvin Parnell
Aluminum ingots cast from local scrap at State College
Dona Ana county scrap aluminum was melted and forged into 123 bars weighing 1100 pounds, about a third of the total scrap. Students at the college plan to begin reducing Grant county’s 2300 pounds of scrap aluminum.
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N. M
Dona Ana
State College
Grant County
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