Snowy Roswell Area Sees School Bus Roll Over
A snow storm slicked Roswell streets causing a school bus to turn over on Pine Lodge Road. Driver Frances Felts escaped injury. Hammil Service said another bus wasn’t sent and most students rode other buses. Police logged 19 accidents by 10 am as highways remained snowpacked and hazardous.
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Pine Lodge
Frances Felts
Hammil Service
Roswell Independent School District
Fritz Begody
Fritz
Tom Begody
Union Ave
Winter Storm Triggers Snowpacked Roads Across New Mexico
A recent winter storm left most routes snowpacked or icy across the state. State police and the highway department reported no closures while warning drivers to use chains on mountain roads as several schools canceled or delayed classes in Silver City Moriarty Window Rock and Cobre. Interstate 40 remained hazardous between Santa Rosa and Tucumcari.
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New Mexico Highway Department
Silver City
Moriarty
Window
New Mexico
Interstate 40
Santa Rosa
Tucumcari
Farmington
Carter State of the Union draws mixed praise in Congress
President Carter's first State of the Union address drew warm reactions from many Democrats and some Republicans who praised the speech's tone. Critics cited a lack of specifics on tax cuts, arms, jobs, and a proposed Education Department, while some said the address favored private enterprise and limited government.
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Carter
Althou
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
Byrd
A. House
Thomas O'Neill
America
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Baker
Aublicans
Department of Education
Robert Griffin
R-Mich
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Sen
Charles Percy
R-Ill
House
John J
Roswell High, Goddard Play Tonight Amid Snow Threats
Roswell school officials said overnight snowstorm will not delay several high school games. Goddard boys travel to Hobbs for an 8 p.m. start while Roswell High girls trek to Clovis despite road concerns.
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Roswell
New Mexico
Duane Evans
Goddard High School
Hobbs
Roswell High
Clovis
Lacey
RHS Coyotes
Goddard
Roswell to get state minimum security facility at Villa Solano
A bill to fund a Roswell area minimum security prison at Villa Solano would authorize 990 885 dollars for land and operating costs and set a March 1 opening. The Roswell Correctional Facility would house non violent adult male inmates and integrate with the local community.
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Paul Stursale
Santa FE
Villa Solano
Roswell
State Secretary of Correction
Edwin T. Mahr
State Department of Corrections Commission
Mahr
Jerry Apodaca
Apodaca
Senate
Roundhouse
Sen
R. E. Thompson
D-Chaves
Thompson
Daily Record
Las Lunas
Deputies claim firings were politically motivated in New Mexico
Chaves County deputies Edgett and Hill say their firing was aimed at political sidelining as they plan to run in the upcoming sheriff primaries. They allege an in-office parking lot scuffle led to their dismissal, while Sheriff Carpenter says conduct unbecoming an officer justified the action.
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Mike Kardos
Chaves County
Tomacee
Edgett
Albert Hill
Sheriff's Office
Hill
Ron Troublefield
Jay F. Rosenthal
Rosenthal
Leroy Carpenter
Carpenter
New Mexico
Troublefield
Edger
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