Courthouse Repairs Considered as Leaks Prompt Lets and Plans
Chaves County officials toured a basement office where plaster fell due to leaking walls in the courthouse. County Agent John Chappell described mold and water damage while noting a push to fund renovations with roughly 400000 dollars in 1972 revenue sharing and 468000 grant work stalled by rising costs. The board also agreed to replace three retiring Soil Conservation Service technicians to continue pollution surveys despite federal cutbacks restricting replacements.
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Chaves
John Chappell
Chaves County
Chappel
Soil Conservation Service
Apollo 17 Returns After Moon Mission Finale
The Apollo 17 crew Eugene Cernan Harrison Schmitt and Ronald Evans landed in the South Pacific at 2 24 p m EST ending NASA s last lunar landing mission They spent 75 hours on the moon three excursions using an electric car and finding orange soil and rocks from a 70 mile orbit A Houston geological report praises Schmitt s work and the mission highlights the Taurus Littrow valley voyage from Cape Kennedy Dec 7.
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Paul Recer
Aerospace Winter Space Center
Houston
Apollo
South Pacific
Eugene A. Cernan
Harrison H. Schmitt
Ronald E. Evans
Earth
Ticonderoga
Navy
Samoa
Mission Control
Schmitt
Moon
Cernan
Evans
Space Center
Courthouse renovation eyed by Chaves County officials
Commissioners Jim Goodrum and Buzz Johnson inspect water damage in the county agent’s office and say courthouse renovations will be considered under revenue sharing.
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Chaves
Jim Goodrum
S. P
Buzz"’ Johnson III
Artesia Council Opposes Mandatory Municipal Collective Bargaining
The Artesia City Council adopted Resolution No. 197 opposing any state law requiring collective bargaining for municipal employees. The council argued such legislation would impose duties conflicting with municipal responsibilities to all citizens and inhabitants.
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Artesia
Larceny of livestock case set for Jan 10 hearing
Thomas Joe Dye of 2706 Highland Road faces a preliminary hearing January 10 on a larceny of livestock charge. He is accused of stealing seven cattle owned by Jack Frazier of Causey around October 20 and is out on a $2,000 bond. Investigators Dale Cooper Mel Sedillo of the New Mexico Livestock Board and Smoky Bunch of the Chaves County Sheriff's Office led the case.
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Thomas Joe Dye
Highland Road
Dye
Jack Frazier
Causey
Dale Cooper
Mel Sedillo
New Mexico Livestock Board
Smoky” Bunch
Chaves County
Out of state contractor testifies bribery tied to NM licensing
An Albuquerque based electrician Bill D Allman testified at a State Personnel Board hearing that Construction Industries Commission administrator Eva Morris accepted $500 to speed his New Mexico electrical license exam in late 1971. He described pre exam solicitations of $200 and a later envelope payment, with the commission employee allegedly guiding him to pass the exam.
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Santa FE
N.M
Construction Industries Commission
Eva Morris
New Mexico
Bill D. Allman
Albuquerque
State Personnel Board
Morris
Colorado
Arizona
Jim van Court
Title I in Title I dispute blocks stay injunction appeal
Mrs. Robert Shanks a former Title I Parents Advisory Council member says the six to eight month delay in special education stems from an appeal to the 10th Circuit Denver. She notes that naming of PAC members has been delayed and parental involvement remains inadequate as district officials seek to block release.
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Roswell Independent
Albuquerque
Robert Shanks
Title I Parents Advisory Council
U.S
Howard Bratton
10Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Denver
Colo
Shanks
Dick Bosson
PAC
Supermarket tenant joins center here
A supermarket chain will join K Mart at a planned shopping center at the southeast corner of South Main and Hobbs Streets. Pacific Coast properties of Los Angeles develops the project and plans to start construction before March. The department store will occupy about 60,000 sq ft as the major tenant.
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K-Mart
South Main
Hobbs Streets
Steve Henderson
Reliable Realtors
Pacific Coast Properties
Los Angeles
Calif
Purchasing agent to retire here in Chaves County
Chaves County purchasing agent Ken Dennis will retire January 1 after five years in the county commissioner office. Dennis, with the office since November 1967, plans part time work there after retirement. He came to Roswell for milder climate and was stationed in 1942 with the U S Army.
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Chaves
Ken Dennis
Dennis
Walker Air Force Base Credit Union
Minneapolis
Minn
U.S. Army
Court Allows Release of Child Records in Corrections Order
Judge Paul Snead signs an order in Chaves County Children's Court permitting the Department of Corrections to release law enforcement social psychological and medical records of children committed to the New Mexico Boys School and Girls Welfare Home to any interested person or agency when necessary for rehabilitation or future planning. The order limits disclosures to information in the child’s best interests and applies to current and past commitments, deeming it part of the commitment provisions.
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Paul Snead
District Court of
Chaves County
Children’s Court Division
Department of Corrections
New Mexico
Girls’ Welfare Home
District Court
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Mission Control Center
Pacific Ocean
Allman
Commission
Edie Chavez
Allman Electric Co
Montgomery Apartments
Sandia Plaza
Thomas Patrick Whalen Jr
Cross
Turner Branch
Ramada Inn
Albuquerque Hilton Hotel
Roswell and Vicinity
Tommy Thompson
Roswell
Marian
Corrections Division
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