Skunks Invade Villa Solano School Prompt Pickets
At Villa Solano State Training School near Hagerman students protest odor from skunks living under a portable classroom. Administrator Carolyn Klintworth says moth crystals and vinegar failed to deter them as Henry the dog patrols the area. About a dozen students, including Robert Gutierrez and others, join the picket while staff seek a solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Gutierrez
Villa Solano State Training School
Jerry Cox
Stevie Archuleta
Hagerman
Local boys home seeks funding after LEAA grant
Chaves County Boys Home, led by Herbert Robbins, has received a $47,000 LEAA grant but still needs about $10,000 in local revenue. The home must raise cash matches from the county and area donors by June 1 to secure continued support for 1974-75 and next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Robbins
Robbins
Chaves County Boys Home
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
LEAA
Regionai Criminal Planning Commission
Governor’s Council
Chaves
State Department of Hospital and Institutions
Court Administrators Office
Department of Corrections
Department of Health and Social Services
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Dallas
Tex
Chaves County
Fifth Judicial District Court
Paul Snead
Roswell
U.S
Pete V. Domenici
R-N.m
Springer
Snead
Domenici
Three Texans Convicted in Pigeon Drop Fraud Case
A jury in Fifth Judicial District Court found Louis Butler, Joe Seate, and Danny Dosier guilty of fraud in excess of $100 and attempted fraud in excess of $2,500 tied to a pigeon drop scheme against Pinon rancher Ernest Harwell. Sentences range from one to five years in the state penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Fifth Judicial District Court
Louis Lee Butler
Joe Edward Seate
Houston
Tex
Danny J. Dosier
Pasadena
Ernest R. Harwell
Sente
D. D. Archer
Artesia
Butler
Dosier
New Mexico State Penitentiary
Archer
Seate
State
Homer
Bond
Grand Island
Neb
Skeen vows accountability and racing reform in NM governor bid
Republican Joe Skeen outlines major campaign themes at a news conference in Picacho pledging accountability across state agencies and a revamp of the racing commission. He singles out education deficiencies and calls for targeted funding, local control, and measurable results within a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Skeen
Skeen
Picacho
Racing Commission
New Mexico
Jack Eastham
Albuquerque
Eastham
State Department of Education
Haitians Jumped to Death From Sloop Near Nassau Harbor
Fifteen Haitian refugees died after leaping from a battered 50 foot sloop as a Bahamian patrol boat neared them near Nassau Harbor. Witnesses said panic caused the refugees to jump overboard during the early Tuesday incident.
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Nassau, Bahamas
Nassau
Roswell District Approves Budget Increases and Transfers
The Roswell Independent School District Board of Education approved budget requests pending State Board of Public School Finance review. Increases include 8,661 for the operational fund with travel and supplies, and an 8,983 transfer to the general building fund for architects fees. Bids approved cover janitorial supplies 20,013 library supplies 1,885 and magazine subscriptions 5,319. Meeting held at Edgewood Elementary School.
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Roswell Independent
Goddard High School
Edgewood Elementary School
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Phew
Louis Davies
D Henry
Gutierrez
Tommy Hale
Sylvester Hall
James Delgado
Henry Cordova
Klintworth
Helen Reid
Dexter
Phew P New
Skun
Gibson’s Discount Center
South Main Street
Louisiana
Harwell
McGaffey Street
Garden Avenue
St. Mary’s Hospital
St. Mary's Hospital
First National Bank
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