Inspector Moved Off Carlsbad Highway Job by Contractor
Virgil Sparks and Lloyd Buchwald testified that New Mexico inspector John Adams insisted on transferring inspector Charles Wynn and sought Buchwald’s removal from a federal aid road near Carlsbad. They objected to Adams’s methods citing weather and material concerns as the project was pressured to continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard P. Powers
Washington
Congressional
New Mexico
Jack Adams
Virgil E. Sparks
State Highway Department
Carlsbad
Lloyd H. Buchwald
Adams
Sparks
Buchwald
House Public Works
William C. Cramer
R-Fla
John Sudderth
State Highway Commission
E. L. Vick
C. D. Rickman
Rickman
Charlie Wynn
Sudderth
Cramer
Jim Wright
Dtex
John A. Blatnik
D-Minn
Vick
Roswell
Blatnik
Wynn
Mechem reshapes state boards amid criticisms and changes
Governor Mechem outlines a sweeping shake up of state agencies. He notes removals from the Cattle Sanitary Board and Racing Commission citing management concerns. He explains broad GOP appointments shift power on the Public Service Commission Welfare Board and Highway Commission while maintaining some conservative Democratic appointees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wamel
W. O. Culbertson
Cattle Sanitary Board
Mechem
Racing Commission
all-Burroughs Public Service Commission
Lee J. Chambard
Arthur Ulibarri
Richard Spurrier
Southern Union Gas Company
State Police Board
Burroughs
Welfare Board
Wayne Collins
Senate
Highway Commission
Maritime unions and owners in renewed ship talks amid strikes
The American Merchant Marine Institute claims to represent 23 companies with 339 ships as the largest employer group in negotiations. The National Committee for Maritime Bargaining, representing four striking unions, is the largest negotiating bloc. The National Maritime Union, linked with a ship owner group by Goldberg, met for the first time since last Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page One
American Merchant Marine Institute
National Committee For Maritime Bargaining
National Maritime Union
Goldberg
Temperature Variations Across New Mexico Reported
Las Vegas posted the state cool spot with a 57 degree high while Glenwood reached 95 degrees on Thursday. Friday brought 63 degree minimums in Alamogordo and Deming as overcast skies spread across the state with drizzle and fog on the plains and a weekend forecast of more clouds and scattered thunderstorms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Glenwood
Alamogordo and Deming
District officials face questioning over highway projects
Adams complained of trouble after Jordan became assistant engineer and later read of a demotion and transfer. Jordan testified he resigned and withheld approval of Hobbs Lovington and Texico North projects until cleanup work and deficiencies were addressed. A Clovis section was torn up and reworked amid improper material processing. Also to be heard today were Lloyd Buchwald Virgil Sparks and E R Anderson from state and federal highway offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
State Highway Department
Jordan
Hobbs- Lovington
Texico North
N.M
Two Teenage Killers Face Arraignment in Kansas
In Aurora Colorado two teens George R. York aged 18 and James D. Latham aged 19 admit seven slayings as they return to Sharon Springs Kansas for arraignment. York expresses defiance while Latham remains reserved after their Utah capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora
Colo
George R. York
York
James D. Latham
Sharon Springs
Kan
Safety Engineer Tells of Missile Site Safeguards
William O. Borden, safety engineer for General Dynamics-Astronautics at Walther Air Force Base, spoke to Roswell Rotary Club and Chaves County Safety Council about Atlas missile safety. He outlined engineering safety into missiles and rigorous training for staff, noting General Dynamics-Astronautics as the Atlas site contractor in Roswell. they were formerly Convair. Borden and his family reside at 1301 Highland Rd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Dynamics-Astronautics
Walker Air Force Base
William O. Borden
Roswell
Chaves
General Dynamics - Astronautics
Atlas
General Dynamics- Astronautics
Convair
Borden
Highland Rd
Pickup Plunges Out of Control Passenger Dies
A speeding pickup carrying two Indians crashed near Pena Blanca on State Road 22, killing Diego Sanchez, 54, Santo Domingo Pueblo, who was a passenger. Driver Reyes Moquino, 40, escaped with injuries as liquor was reported involved. federal authorities will decide charges. The crash, just before 8 p.m., left the vehicle overturned after a 205 foot slide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
Pena Blanca
Diego Sanchez
Santo Domingo Pueblo
Reyes Moquino
Moquino
Ingram B. Pickett Jr
Sanchez
Santa Fe Indian Hospital
Pickett
Markets See Stocks Fall in Slow Trading Session
New York markets slipped in light volume around 3.5 million shares as major names and many issues declined. Anaconda Motorola Magna Vox dropped over 2 points, Du Pont and American Telephone down about 2, Ford down near 2, Zenith rose over 3, while American Smelting Woolworth Westinghouse Texaco and United Air Lines fell more than a point. Bond prices also moved lower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anaconda
Motorola
Magnavox
du Pont
American Telephone
Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
Zenith
American Smelting
Woolworth
Westinghouse Electric
Texaco
United Air Lines
American Stock Exchange
U. S
Speed Warning Issued on Roswell Detour After Fatal Crash
State police warned drivers on the seven mile de tour between Picacho Hill and Border Hill about 27 miles west of Roswell they risk tickets for speeding in the 45 mph zone. Officers ticketed 60 motorists in a four hour period last weekend. The detour is where four Roswell residents died when their car missed a curve a couple of weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seven Mile
Picacho Hill
Border Hill
Roswell
Man Charged With Hot Check Facing Jail After Plea
John Kirkman is held in the county jail after failing to post a 1000 bond on a hot check charge. He pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor but the charge was elevated to a felony after more worthless checks surfaced in Roswell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kirkman
WAFB
Kirkman
Roswell
Dismissals and Births in Area Hospitals Reported
Dismissed June 15 includes Mrs. Kenneth Hood and others. Hospital entries list numerous residents across Artesia Pecos Clovis and Eloy Torrez with multiple births noted for Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Ricketson and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Andis among others, detailing a girl and a boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Hood
W. College
Jimmy Hammond
S. Union
Antonio Duran
W. 11Th St
Robert Andis
W. First
Ray Drake
Artesia
Della Garcia
C. H. Arrington
S. Main
James Duncan
Wildy Dr
Percy Taylor
S. Monroe
M. R. Bailey
E. Pear
Charles Crump
First St
Esther Caraway
Union
Bowen Robinson
N. Lea
Tommy Nunez
E. McGaffey
A. B. Nail
Pecos
Tex
Jerry Parson
Box
Clarence Newlin
Clovis Star
Bill Reid
Carolyn Stiss
Carlton Britton
Eloy Torrez
Harry Leeds
Jose Zalerio
Noah Olgfield
Richard Arrington
Catherine O'Neill
Max Lair
Catherine Crowder
Margaret Holguin
Mike Janesco
Lenard Morris
Fredrick Monk
James Pack
Gerald Eberhart
Wayne Ricketson
Fulkerson Dr
W. First St
W. Eleventh St
Births and Admits List June 15 A-2c
Birth announcements note several newborns including a boy for Richard Stice and a girl for Charles Dreher. Multiple residents listed with addresses in Oklahoma City, Hagerman, and area towns. Admissions on June 16 include Mrs Archie Groves and others. dismissals on June 15 and 16 mention Willis Cregar and several families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Stice
N. Missouri
Apt
A-le Charles Dreher
Dale W. Harrell
Charles A. Smith
Lindell Andrews
Hagerman
Mary D. Ferrell
Oklahoma City
Okla
R. P. Alguire
del Norte Dr
Bob L. Chrisman
S. Pine
John C. Jay
Vaughn Pl
Archie W. Groves
S. Stanton
Danny E. Robinson
W. Albuquerque
Nancy Joe Pauley
Rt. 1
Willis Cregar
N. K. Narron
Herman Bulman
Beverly June Briscoe
Minnie Purcella
Calvin Miller
Jimmy Yerby
Joseph Thompson Sr
Casimira Gamboa
Ernest H. Greer
Naomi Holland
Lawrence J. Hall
Kansas City Livestock Market Report Summary
AP dispatch from Kansas City notes limited offerings across cattle calves hogs and sheep. Cattle and calves scarce for market test while barrows and gilts mostly steady to weak with some declines. hogs mostly in 15.00 to 17.75 range by weight. Sheep and native spring lambs around 17.75 with overall limited market testing due to light supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Livestock Kansas City
Wool Market Courtesy E F Hutton Co
Wool market figures show prices for July through December 1962 with futures for 1963 contract months listed by term. Notable entries include July at 117.0 and December at 119.3 with subsequent 1963 months rising to 122.8 by October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. Hutton & Co
Egg Market Chicago Steady to Mildly Higher
Eggs in Chicago show little change with quotes at 3242 for grade A whites and varied values for other grades including mixed 37, mediums 2912, standards 31, dirts 29, and checks 281.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cotton futures rise across multiple contracts in New York
AP reports a bullish close with cotton futures up 25 cents to 1.85 per bale. July 33.28A October 34.19 December 34.68 March 35.35B May 35.648 July 35.43B October 34.94-95 December 34.99B Middling spot at 34.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotton Market New York
Soviet Dancer Seeks Asylum At Paris Airport
Soviet ballet star Rudolf Nureyev, 23, defected at Le Bourget Airport en route from Leningrad with the Kirov Opera Ballet for London. While his troupe escorted through customs two members urged him to return to Moscow but he refused and was seen at the airport bar with full troupe. He then dashed toward police officers seeking protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
le Bourget
France
Rudolf Nureyev
Kirov Opera Ballet Group
Leningrad
London
Nureyev
Moscow
Oldtimers Gather at Pecos Valley Roundup
Major General Russell C. Charlton, a longtime Battery A 146 th Field Artillery veteran and Civil War buff, attends the Dex ster event with fellow old timers. Louis Calloway of the Diamond A Ranch also appears, Charlton disabled yet writing for papers despite wartime service and New Mexico adjutant general service through 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
146Th Field Artillery
Russell C. Charlton
Santa Fe
Pecos Valley
Dexster
Louis Calloway
Diamond A
Charlton
Southwest
Vevay
Ind
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Secretary of Wars
Last Rites Pend For Ruidoso Man
Terry Easter aged 56 died suddenly in the Ruidoso Hondo Valley Hospital. A former realtor and stock broker in Ruidoso, he moved from Lubbock Texas in 1953. He belonged to the Methodist Church and the Elks lodge. Survived by his wife Lela Watson Easter and one step daughter. Arrangements are pending at Mason Funeral Home of Ruidoso.
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Terry Easter
Ruidoso Hondo Valley Hospital
Easter
Ruidoso
Lubbock
Texas
Methodist Church
The
Elks Lodge
Lela Watson Easter
Mason Funeral Home
Soviet Embassy Official Helps Asylum Seeker Trio
Ile was taken to the police office and signed a request for asylum in the presence of an official from the Soviet Embassy. Others of the troupe continued to London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ile
London
House panels approve long term loans for private schools
Three House education subcommittees approved long term federal loans for private and parochial schools to strengthen nonsectarian courses. The 12 to 8 party line vote with Democrats in the majority is seen as a key step in the leaderships push to gain support for President Kennedy’s general aid to education program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Kennedy
Ten Freedom Riders Arrested at Tallahassee Airport
Police in Tallahassee Florida arrested ten Freedom Riders at the city airport and three others who refused to disperse. They were taken to the downtown police station for booking without resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tallahassee
Fla
Freedom Riders
President Kennedy Undergoing Sound Treatment for Back
The White House reports President Kennedy is improving while receiving ultrasound back therapy. Assistant secretary Hatcher notes a planned early afternoon trip to a downtown hotel to promote the foreign aid program, with a medical expert reviewing treatment dosage but no change in regimen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Kennedy
Andrew T. Hatcher
Hatcher
J. H. Cheffey
Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Janet Travell
Cheffey
Travell
Earthquake Recorded By Boston College Seismo Team
A strong earthquake was recorded today by the Boston College seismograph station. The epicenter was reported about 2,700 miles south of Boston in north central Colombia, South America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weston
Mass
Boston College
Boston
Columbia
South America
Yarborough Announces Friedkin for IBWC Commissioner
Sen Ralph Yarborough says President Kennedy has approved Joseph F Friedkin of El Paso for appointment as commissioner of the U S section of the International Boundary and Water Commission. The announcement was made yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yarborough
Washington
Kennedy
Joseph F. Friedkin
el Paso
U.S
International Boundary and Water Commission
Ralph J. Yarborough
D-Tex
New Mexico Girls Visit Santa Fe Offices After Elections
A group of 275 New Mexico girls, elected to state offices, left Albuquerque this morning for Santa Fe to tour the offices they will serve. After lunch they planned meetings with state officials before returning to Albuquerque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Speed Fatigue Top Killers On New Mexico Roads
Santa Fe AP reports speed and fatigue were the leading killers on New Mexico highways in May with 32 traffic deaths. Speed and fatigue contributed to 12 fatalities, over one third, as 17 days saw fatalities and 17 days had none. Thirteen victims were aged 21 to 30, with six aged 11 to 20. Non collision accidents caused 19 deaths, and 17 occurred at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Steecks Amerada
Airlin
Seway St
Am Can
Pe Motors
Sears
Roeb
Tel & Tel
Shell Oil
Atchison Sinclair
Socony
Chrysler
Sperry
Fl & Mus
el Paso
Ford
Ohio Oil A5le 'S
Stee
Phill Pet
Westy el
Mt St T
E. F. Hutton & Co Atomic Dev
Fidelity Fund
Wee
E. F. Hutton & Co
Anon
Fidelity Bankers
Great Am. Life
Great West Life
Gulf Life
Life
Travelers Ins
Santa FE
New Mexico
Santa Fe Amends Dog Ordinance Toward Licensing
Santa Fe passes amendment making it a misdemeanor to keep an unlicensed dog with fines up to 300 dollars. The measure aims to enforce license compliance among city dog owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
Robbers Net Cash and Checks in Washington Store Standoff
Two robbers stole cash and checks totaling 1869 dollars from a Washington wholesale store on Thursday. Police recovered 293 dollars from coveralls discarded by one suspect during the getaway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Centralized procedures eyed to save state funds
Santa Fe officials propose centralizing office and service procedures including a central switchboard for capitol buildings and a central stenographic pool to save an estimated 500000 dollars annually, State Finance Director Ed Hartman said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
Capitol
Ed Hartman
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Clarence Tyler, Jr
Eddie Richmond
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Utah
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Robbin Jenteen
John E. Davis and Son
E. 23Rd St
John O. Jay
Sloan’s Landscape Service
W. McGaffey
Hettinga Bros. Lumber Co
ALL American Marble CO
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Sunshine
Frank C. Melfi
Nickson Hotel
LAW
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