Baling wire gold mine stretches across the southwest
Farmers co-ops in the Santa Maria area ship 2400 rolls of baling wire to Roswell and beyond. Walter Holmdahl of Lompoc reports a 900 roll order from Roswell, paid in advance, with ropelike supply chains reaching San Luis Obispo and Texas ranchers. The surplus hay crop in central California drives a cost plus sale ethos while urging fuel conservation and reduced energy use.
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Santa Maria
Calif
Times
Roswell Record
Jim Squires
Santa Maria Area
Walter Holmdahl
Holmdahl Supply
Lompoc
Roswell
Farm Bureau
Holmdahl
Central California
Texas
San Luis Obispo
California
Rides At Spring River Park Cut Back Amid Weekday Closures
From May 20 to August 20 the train and merry go round at Spring River Park provided 48 235 rides. They are now closed on weekdays, open Saturdays and Sundays, afternoons, and holidays. A race day at Ruidoso Downs honored Roswell visitors who traveled by bus.
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Spring River Park
Hughes launches Republican bid for New Mexico governor
Air Force Col. James Lindberg Hughes of Santa Fe announced his governor candidacy and began a campaign swing to Otero County with his family. He plans to retire from the Air Force after a 26 year career and aims to challenge Sen. Jerry Apodaca, denouncing political deals and promising to repay the nation for POW release.
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Santa FE
N.M
Air Force
James Lindberg Hughes
Otero County
Hughes
Gaudet says no gun fired during NM arrest chase
Edwin M. Gaudet told reporters at the Bernalillo County Jail that he never fired on federal agents during the two day search in northern New Mexico. He said shots occurred but he did not fire and claimed he faced a false federal charge later dropped. He faces state counts of assault with intent to kill a police officer and awaits transfer to Taos.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Edwin M. Gaudet
Bernalillo County
New Mexico
Nixon
New Orleans
Gaudet
Secret Service
Stanley Gaudet
Morning Star
Taos
Plainclothes
Gaduet
Lillian Cohen
Taos County
A. E. Trujillo
Norbert Martinez
Taos City
Jose Lucero
Robert Tafoya
Questa
Harold Anglada
U.S
John Ramming
John Hobbes
Cimarron
Violence disrupts Albuquerque wedding. cars damaged and teens stabbed
Ten police cars were damaged and six people arrested after a rock throwing spree at a wedding dance outside the Firefighters Union Hall in Albuquerque. Police used two tear gas grenades as the confrontation escalated. A 17 year old, Kelly Tonorio of Albuquerque, was stabbed during a later fight among 40 or 50 teens at a southwest park. he was listed in serious condition. The park fight ended when a patrol car arrived around 10 30 pm Friday. no arrests in that incident.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Firefighters Union Hall
Kelly Tonorio
Pittsburgh Doctor Fined for Traffic Ticket Incident
Police say Dr. Theodore Paladino was fined $25 after stuffing a traffic ticket down a meter maid’s blouse. The indecent assault charge was reduced to disorderly conduct by Magistrate John W. Chapas.
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Pittsburgh
Theodore Paladino
John W. Chapas
Obituary Notices From Roswell Funeral Rites Set
Multiple Roswell obituaries and funeral notices outline services for Maude E Montgomery and William W Alvey with burial plans at Memory Lawn Elmwood and other local cemeteries. Others include Fern Tarr and Ed Canfield remembered with details of birth death residence and military service.
Jacobs funeral for Mrs. Josie Jacobs scheduled
Funeral services for 88 year old Mrs. Josie Jacobs will be held Monday at 2 p.m. from Ballard Chapel Roswell with Rev. Ralph Shumaker officiating and vocal selections by Ralph Kaler. Interment at Lawn Memorial Park. Mrs. Jacobs died Saturday at Eastern New Mexico Medical Center after a long illness. She was born August 18 1885 in Arkansas and married William Ross Jacobs in 1904. She lived in Roswell and Hagerman 33 years and was active in church and community groups. She leaves three daughters eleven grandchildren and twenty two great grandchildren with one daughter deceased. Local arrangements are by LaGrone.
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LaGrone
Maude E. Montgomery
S. Delaware
Ralph B. Shumaker
First United Methodist Church
Odessa Boris
Memory Lawn Cemetery
Montgomery
Bolivar
Jacob Drake
Edna Englis Drake
Cecil Leslie Montgomery
Edith Russell
Phoenix
Ariz
Lela Jones
Albany
Ore
James Farmer
Austin Freeman
Sotero Hernandez
James McKinnon
H. R. Smith
Ralph Smith
William W. Alvey
N. Plains Park Drive
Alvey
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
Evansville
Ind
Richard Alvey
Carrizozo
Mary Ann Kreutzer
Roswell
Eastern New Mexico University
Portales
U.S. Air Force
England
Japan
Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints
Veterans of Foreign Wars
The
Disabled American Veterans
American Legion
John
Bill
Karen Chipps
Janet Alvey
Home
Margie Alvey
New York
Leopold
Mary Lombardi
Betty James
Cannelton
LaGrone Funeral Chapel
Frederick Walter Betschick
N. Atkinson
Mr. Betschick
Ballard Chapel
Josie Jacobs
W. Deming
Ralph Shumaker
Ralph Kaler
Velma Stone
Memory Lawn Memorial Park
Jacobs
Arkansas
Daugher
James G. Anderson
Lydea Ann Passmore Anderson
William Ross Jacobs
Hagerman
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Berrendo
Bob Thompson
Albuquerque
Hugh Burch
Oklahoma City
John Ray Jacobs
Las Cruces
Glenn Jacobs
USAF
Abilene, Tex
Canadian rail walkout cripples nationwide network
Montreal AP report says Labor Minister John Munro threatened to intervene to end Canada's countrywide rail walkout that has disrupted transportation and commerce across the nation.
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Montreal
Que
John Munro
Canada
Pickup truck recovered in Roswell after theft
Roswell city police reported a 1973 GMC pickup stolen from Woodrow Yarborough at 212 E Walnut was found Friday undamaged near West Van Buren and Washington Avenue. The text also mentions layoffs and a rail strike, and quotes Premier Munro urging real proposals to settle disputes.
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Roswell
Woodrow Yarborough
E. Walnut
West van Buren
Washington Avenue
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