First atomic bomb test memory in Alamogordo area
In July 1945 residents recall a bright white flash near Alamogordo amid confusion and no immediate official explanation. Wyatt Atkins recalls the CPS shift view, while others nearby described a noonlike light and strange quiet before Hiroshima’s later Aug 6 blast confirmed the event’s nuclear nature.
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Alamogordo
Joseph Nathan Kane
Wyatt Atkins
Otero County
Community Public Service
Cloudcroft
Sacramento Mountains
Bounds
Beatrice McKinley
Las Cruces
Alamogordo Air Base
Hiroshima
Japan
County Commission Fails To Fund Chaves County Home
The Chaves County Boys Home administrator Herb Robbins and four staff resigned after the County Commission refused additional operating funds. Rev Ray Wenghaus read their letters of resignation as seven boys waited under a tree on the courthouse lawn awaiting placement.
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Chaves County
Threeman County Commission
Ray Wenghaus
Herb Robbins
Venghaus
CCYC
Chaves
Commission
Daily Record
County Commission
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
N. Main St
Space linkup advances as Apollo and Soyuz dock
The Soviet Soyuz neared a linking orbit with the American Apollo, as crews used tape and a screwdriver for aboard repairs. Cosmonauts Leonov and Kubasov reported a clean burn and good views of Earth while Apollo crews fixed a clogged urine disposal system and prepared for the tunnel docking.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace Winter Space Center
Houston
Houston Mission Control
West Germany
Apollo
Vance D. Brand
Brand
Rpair
Thomas P. Stafford
Donald K. Slayton
Soyuz
Leonov
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Earth
Nile River
Stafford
Roswell Banks See 14 Percent Deposits Rise
Roswell three banks report year over year growth with Security National Bank up 18 percent First National Bank 13 percent and Roswell State Bank 10 percent. Total deposits across the banks reach 154.0 million with assets about 160.2 million and liabilities 147.2 million. David King of First National Bank hails optimistic economy and notes gains in commercial oil and gas activity.
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Roswell
Securi
Ty National Bank
First National Bank of
Depsits
Roswell State Bank
Security National Bank
First National Bank
David King
King
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Kate McGraw
Associated Press
Trinity
New Mexico Desert
CPS
Lacy Simms
el Paso
Bernie Bounds
Tularosa
Gallup
Mountainaire
Ray Venghaus
Marian McQuiddy
Jacksonville
Fla
Miami
Anthony G. Townsend
National Airlines
T.Z
Tim” Jennings
Jennings
Richard “Dick” Corn
Robbins
Kubasov
Moscow Mission Control
Valeri
Slayton
U.S
Comptroller of the
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