Hobbs Man Found Safe After Lake Search Ends
After nearly two days of snowbound searching by six scuba divers and more than eight officers, Lonnie Hamlette of Hobbs was found alive in his home city. State Police and sheriff officials halted Mirror Lake search. a rope and letters hinted at a suicide plan but Hamlette was later located.
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Jack Hayes
Eddy County
Sheriffs Department
Bill Holder
New Mexico
Mirror Lake
Hamlette
Hobbs
George Welles III
Bottomless Lakes State Park
Chaves County
Leroy Carpenter
Roswell
Carlsbad
Eunice
Lonnie Hamlette
S. Grimes
Hobbs Hamlette
Sheriff's Department
Carpenter
Eloy Ramirez
Egypt Israel Sinai station pad reached
Israeli and Egyptian officers agreed on size and location of a new Sinai spy station. Egyptian construction will begin near Gidi pass Wednesday under U N oversight with American technicians to monitor data from five sensor fields. Israel plans full withdrawal by February 22.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Sinai Desert
U.N
Jerusalem
Gidi
Egypt
U S ships pump units to India to aid mine rescue
The United States sends high capacity pumps to northeastern India to drain a flooded coal mine where 372 miners were trapped after an explosion. Air India will fly the pumps, with officials cautioning that few, if any, may survive. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi coordinates international aid while numbers of missing workers are uncertain, possibly up to 700.
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New Delhi
India
U.S
Chandrajit Yadav
Yadav
United States
Air India
Indira Gandhi
Chaswala Coliery
Calcutta
Mine Workers’ Union
State senators clash over 1976 legislative priorities
Chaves County's three state senators differ on agenda for the January 20 session. Thompson predicts a calm year with talk of a tort claim act and new revenue measures while Hansen highlights government size and a malpractice insurance bill. Wood expects many agency requests and a fiscally tight year.
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Chaves County
R.E. Thompson
Roswell
D-Chaves
Fred Hansen
Artesia
Dchaves-Eddy
Bob E. Wood
Portales
Roosevelt-Chaves
Sen. Thompson
Thompson
Sen. Hansen
New Mexico
Hansen
Sen. Wood
Wood
Driver loses wife and daughter near Ellsworth
A Colby man Terry Schneider reportedly left his wife and daughter at a highway stop on I-70 between Ellsworth and Russell. After the first stop he denied leaving them, but a second stop near Toulon confirmed their absence and he returned to retrieve them.
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Hays, Kan
Colby
Kan
Ellsworth
Terry Schneider
Russell
Schneider
Toulon
Hays
Legal death definition in debate reshapes medical court rulings
The editor notes a series on when a person is legally dead as doctors and courts clash over Karen Quinlan's life support. Roswell physicians discuss brain death versus physical death, the role of resuscitation, and the need for clear statutory criteria amid rising organ transplants.
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Marian McQuiddy
New Jersey
Morristown
N.J
Superior Court
Robert Muir Jr
Karen A. Quinlan
Roswell
Junius A. Evans
Chaves County
Evans
James Weston
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Weston
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