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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1971
Page
2
Citizens Band operators assist Lions by collecting toys this Thursday and Friday and all day Saturday. Donors may call 622-0290 22-5970 or 622-2268 for pickup. Walt Whitmore leads the effort with the Lions. Memorial service held at Roswell Elks Lodge today at 2 p.m. for departed brothers.
Yule asks not to forget Billa Solano boys for a Christmas project. Children David 13 Chickie 16 Chris 16 Gilbert 16 Robert 18 request radios tape recorders bikes boots and clothes. Indoor shuffleboard at Chaves County Memorial Youth Center 10 to 3 daily suggested to beat cold weather. A Massachusetts woman says evening fog feels like home.
Eighteen students in Walker Center housing at the University of Oklahoma have been elected dormitory presidents and board of directors for this semester. Pam Crocker named dorm president, listed as daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Crocker of 2006 Fulkerson Dr. The note includes a quotation about opportunity often disguising itself as hard work and a Breakfast Sertoma News line.
Opal and MAKEre showcase at Unity Little tonight with all proceeds aiding the Halfway House project. Pete Kling testified in a drug trial claiming depressants while noting stimulants on cross examination. Snow threats and early winter fears appear as seven Yonkers harness races offer a $100000 purse in 1972.
The 12th annual New Mexico Angus sale at the Eastern New Mexico State Fairgrounds runs Monday and Tuesday starting 1 p.m. with Raymond Barton as judge and Del Winchester as auctioneer. Fifty eight bulls and 18 females are consigned. banquet prizes Monday at Roswell Inn at 7 30 p.m. and a Tuesday lunch at the fairgrounds by the Chaves County 4 H Council. Bandolier 128 of E T is grand champion bull shown by Earl Tollett. grand champion bought by Bogle Farms. Paul Horney Jr. presides with L H Bob Mead and Jay Stribling as officers.
The New Mexico State Board of Educational Finance approved a 300000 dollar state fund to finance higher education's entry into the unemployment compensation program. If the legislature approves in 1972, BEF staff will administer. The plan moves colleges to a reimbursement system via the Employment Security Commission.
Roswell Daily Record details subscription prices for Chaves County and surrounding regions, plus a news staff listing including Albert Stubbs Easter Jerry and Lem Purves. The note confirms staff roles, postal info, and AP affiliation.
The Atomic Energy Commission reported the detection of low radioactive fallout in eight western states including Arizona California Idaho Nevada New Mexico Texas Utah and Wyoming. EPA air sampling and AEC programs found the likely public exposure below one percent of annual natural background radiation.
Supreme Court Judge LaFel Oman of Santa Fe found Seven Rivers Farm Inc in criminal contempt for using 175.67 acre feet of water beyond shallow rights over five years. The corporation was fined 1000 dollars to be paid at the Roswell district court clerk within 10 days. Civil contempt against the firm was found while individual Moutray and Sims members were cleared. James Moutray civil contempt charges were previously dismissed. Artesian well rights on the farm were excluded from contempt.
Funeral services for William Joseph Rhodes 95 retired Hagerman farmer will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Hagerman Methodist Church with Rev. Walter Orr and Rev. W C Stamper officiating. Burial in Hagerman Cemetery. Rhodes died Saturday in a local nursing home born Oct 24 1875 in Fairfield Ill moved to New Mexico in 1924 later lived in Joplin Mo before returning to Hagerman in 1970. Survivors include four sons three daughters 45 grandchildren and many great grandchildren. Ballard Funeral Home Hagerman in charge.
A winter storm moved into southern New Mexico causing heavy snow and warnings through Sunday noon. Forecasters predict up to eight inches in the southern mountains and four inches in the southeast with temperatures dropping below freezing. In Roswell, burial details were announced for Saul Gabaldon Sanchez, who died after a sudden illness in a local hospital. The article also notes UT Arlington students voting eligibility and a separate legal proceeding involving the Seven Rivers corporation in a water rights case.
The body of 18 year old Stephen T. Pumphrey of Capitan was found in car wreckage seven miles east of Carrizozo on U S 380. State Police said the car left the roadway 225 feet down a 21 foot embankment and flew 78 feet before stopping in a dry creek bed. Officers noted he had been reported missing en route from Socorro to Capitan last weekend.
A Roswell youth Ernest H. Patterson was hospitalized in undetermined condition after a two-vehicle crash five miles south of Roswell near Spring Acres. Three others were treated and released for minor injuries while driving left of center and obstructed windshield were cited.
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