General Appropriations Bill Sails Through NM House
The $186 million general appropriations bill passed the New Mexico House with a unanimous vote and moves to Senate Finance. The chamber also advanced highway commission reform bills and a substitute for a 140 member constitutional convention to draft a new NM constitution with delegates from 70 districts, set for May 1969 if approved.
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Santa FE
House
Senate Finance Committee
Highway Commission
New Mexico
Two Hurt In Traffic Accidents In City
A youth on a scooter and a pedestrian were injured in two traffic incidents Thursday. Magdalen Teague, 54, of 1814 Kentucky, listed in fair condition at ENM Medical Center after being struck by Scotty Bon Butts, 19, who was charged with failure to yield to a pedestrian. A 14 year old, Robert W. Curtis, injured at Sunset and Hendricks, was treated and released from Walker AFB hospital. Bill J. Gordon, 33, of 1510 Hendricks, charged with failure to yield.
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Eastern
New Mexico Medical Center
Magdalen Teague
Kentucky
Second
Main St
Scotty Bon Butts
S. Lea
Butts
Main
Hendricks
Robert W. Curtis
S. Montana
Curtis
Walker Air Force Base Hospital
Bill J. Gordon
W. Hendricks
Gordon
F A Grube Dies Rites Pending In Roswell
Fred Albert Grube 66 of 1615 W Juniper died from burns suffered while cutting up a junked auto at Diamond Auto Parts. He had lived in Roswell two years, was a retired rancher and farmer, and a Methodist. Funeral services for Julius Skinner 74 of 102 N Lea set for Ballard Chapel Saturday.
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Fred Albert Grube
W. Juniper
Diamond Auto Parts
Grube
Roswell
Methodist Church
Rawson
Ill
Kathryn Pearl Bryant
Holly Springs
Miss
Brube
Fred A. Brube Jr
Memphis, Tenn
Eugene Grube
Jackson, Miss
Michael Lynn Grube
Fred A. Grube Jr
Mem- Roswell
Elaine Niemann
Albuquerque
Roswell Funeral Home
Julius Skinner
N. Lea
Ballard Chapel
Austin H. Dillon
First Methodist Church
S.C. Williams
Jo Tyner
Geraldine Barbee
South Park Cemetery
R.L. Burrow
L.B. Hodges
Chester Carr
Freeman Marsh
Hershel Blewett
Herb Henley
Dead Calf Dumped in Bar Ditch on Bitter Lake Road
A dead calf was dumped in a bar ditch along North Bitter Lakes Road near Mrs. S. A. Swan’s home. She reported the incident to the Chaves County sheriff at 10:15 a.m., saying someone pushed the carcass from a truck onto the roadside ditch and asked for removal.
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New Heights
North Bitter Lakes Road
S. A. Swan
Rt. 1
Chaves County
Next Consular Treaty Step Is Up to Moscow
Senate ratification of the U S Soviet consular treaty moves the policy toward Moscow amid the Vietnam War. The Soviet presidium is expected to ratify soon. The pact creates procedures for nondiplomatic interaction and grants consular access and immunity. In the Senate the vote neared 66 to 28 as debate framed U S policy toward the Communists. Two Chaves District Court actions were dismissed: Witt vs Rambo and Sotelo vs Sotelo.
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Moscow
Lewis Gulick Washington
Senate
Johnson
U.S
United States
Soviet Union
Chaves District Court
Ruby Marie Witt
Robert Lee Rambo
Cruz Sotelo
Mary A. Sotelo
Legislature charts clean air and pure water in New Mexico
The New Mexico Legislature approved water and air protection bills despite weak enforcement reliance on Health Department analysis. Federal pressure spurred action, while local figures like Rusty Ballew and Roswell visitors shaped lobbying scenes in Santa Fe this week.
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New Mexico
State Health Department
Man Fails to Appear on Fraud Charges in Dexter Case
Glenn Haizlip 29 of Hot Springs failed to appear for a 10 a.m. preliminary hearing on two counts of fraud over 100 dollars tied to a lightning rod scheme in the Dexter Hagerman area. He posted 2500 cash bond but did not appear. bond faces forfeiture if not shown by 4 p.m. Also jailed were Glen Norton Ledbetter 33 of Roswell and charged with reckless driving after a bank incident involving a chase and vehicle crash.
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Rusty Ballew
Roswell
Santa Fe
Glenn Haizlip
Hot Springs
Ark
Justice of the Peace
L. O. Thompson Jr
Haizlip
Dexter-Hagerman
Thompson
Fred Pettett
Dexter
Ledbetter
Checks Stolen From Pro Shop at Country Club
Mrs. Jim Harris reported theft of checks from the golf pro shop between February 11 and 14. Total amount stolen was 117 dollars, including a 95 dollar check. Pro shop endorsements were involved and payment stopped on the 95 dollar check.
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Jim Harris
Country Club
Golf Pro Shop
Fires Report and Immediate Actions Across City
Fire crews responded to multiple incidents starting Thursday afternoon at 1608 S Madison where a house fire was deemed a false alarm. A car fire at Delaware and Deming found nothing upon arrival. A blaze at Bland and Main damaged a 1962 auto owned by Dan Trujillo with significant under hood and hood paint damage. Early Friday at Pecos Valley Cotton Compress Co 1000 S Atkinson, trash and old tires were burned under supervision.
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Bland and Main
Dan Trujillo
Pecos Valley Cotton Compress Co
S. Atkinson
DWI Conviction Appealed by Abernathy in New Mexico
William A. Abernathy 65 of 400 E Second St filed an appeal at the Chaves district clerk on his Justice of the Peace Court DWI conviction. JP L O Thompson Jr fined Abernathy 175 dollars plus costs after an appearance on March 7 for an offense dated February 26.
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William A. Abernathy
E. Second St
Chaves
Justice of the Peace Court
Justice of the Peace
L. O. Thompson Jr
Abernathy
Traffic incidents list near Main and Sixth Street
At 10 24 p m Loel Wagner 39 of Clovis and Camilo Romero 27 of 508 E Summit were cited Wagner for following too closely. At 12 30 p m Mary Elizabeth Carr 35 of 2606 S Cornell was cited for improper backing and vehicle No 2 owned by W C Martin 1423 W Tilden was cited for parking in a no parking zone.
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Loel Wagner
Clovis
Camilo Romero
E. Summit
Wagner
W. First St
Mary Eliabeth Carr
S. Cornell
W. C. Martin
W. Tilden
Carr
Martin
Hospital memorials and births list March 16
Admitted March 16 includes Mrs. Tommy Nunez and Antonio Analla among many names at Memorial Osteopathic and ENM Medical Center. Dismissed March 16 includes Mrs. Wiley Adams and others. Births March 16 list a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Peter Paul of Hagerman.
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Memorial Osteopathic
Tommy Nunez
Rt. 1
Roswell
Antonio Analla
W. Summit
Wiley Adams
George Marrell
L.D. Easter
Joe Nunez
Richard VanWinkle
Harry Hale
Carl Wolf
Anthony Gonzales
Harvey Goodwin
A. L. Daugherty
Ruby Arnold
Lola Qualls
Joe Peterpaul
Hagerman
Markets Ease After Rally On Mixed Stocks
Stocks hovered slightly ahead on light volume after Thursday’s rally, with Reichhold Chemical leading volume declines. Parke Davis Avnet and Consolidated Cigar posted gains. Gulf & Western and Ethyl down about a point. IBM and Du Pont among notable decliners. Goodyear Boeing and Union Carbide rose about a point.
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New York
Reichhold Chemical
Parke, Davis
Avnet
Consolidated Cigar
Gulf & Western Industries
Ethyl Corp
Montgomery Ward
Goodyear
Boeing
Union Carbide
M-G-M
Illinois Central
U.S. Gypsum
Youth Pleads Guilty to Larceny Charge in Local Court
Louie Ray Gonzales aged 18 of 311 East Jefferson pleaded guilty to larceny under 100 dollars before Justice of Peace L O Thompson and received a 90 day jail term after a Wednesday arrest in the 300 block of East McGaffey for theft from an auto. A D Wall of Shreveport was fined 175 dollars or 35 days for driving while intoxicated. Kathy Jean Blauw, 19, held on auto theft charges, was released to a private physician.
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Louie Ray Gonzales
E. Jefferson
Justice of Peace
L. O. Thompson
Gonzales
E. McGaffey
A. D. Wall
Shreveport
Wall
McGaffey and
Kathy Jean Blauw
South Main Street
Chaves County
Driver Fined 175 for DWI by City Court
O. D. Davis, 49, of 203 E. Deming, was fined 175 in a DWI case. He was found guilty for driving while intoxicated in the 100 block of West Virginia on February 19 and appealed the decision in front of City Police Judge Ralph Fresquet.
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O.D. Davis
E. Deming
Ralph Fresquet
West Virginia
Davis
Break-in Reported At Warren Farm
The Chaves County sheriff's office reported a break-in Wednesday night at the W. R. Warren farm located 1% miles south of the Pecos River bridge on U.S. 380. The extent of the loss, if any, was not noted in the report.
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Chaves County
W. R. Warren
Pecos River
U.S. 380
Illinois Couple Named Tourists of the Month in Roswell
A Moline Illinois couple Mr and Mrs Fred Peterson were chosen as Roswell New Mexico Tourists of the Month after wintering in Tucson Arizona The Petersons toured the New Mexico Military Institute and Roswell Museum and Art Center They received meals lodging and gifts from local businesses before departing for home The article notes Spokane Grand Coulee dam dimensions and capacity as additional local context.
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Moline
Tucson
Ariz
Chamber of Commerce
Roswell
Fred Peterson
Chamber Tourist Committee
Peterson
Crossway Inn
Crossway
Roswell Museum and Art Center
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