Stableful of Horses Houseful of Women at Ruidoso Downs
Ray Seeley brings 28 horses from Blythe California to race this season at Ruidoso Downs. His household includes his wife Emma Jean and four internationally sourced college girls he has unofficially adopted as daughters. The entourage also includes son Tony, grooms, a Pomeranian, and a tortoise shell cat as the races begin.
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Lumarion Sumner
Lincoln County Bureau
Ruidoso Downs
Ray Seeley
Seeley Ranch
Blythe
Calif
California
Japan
South Africa
Emma Jean
Seeley
Ray
Tony
Grooms Train at Agua Fria Stables Under Mrs Seeley
Four international women and a college student work as grooms at the Seeley stables near Agua Fria. They feed groom and exercise horses from dawn until afternoon under trainer Seeley licensees. The program aims to train women in horse handling and racing prep.
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Seeley
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Hideno Fujieda
Nino
Tokyo
Seeleys
Mary Brown
Sally Verwood
Salisbury
Rhodesia
Africa
Ray Seeley
United States
Pat Simonson
Iowa
California Polytechnic
San Luis Obispo
Closest Raid to Hanoi by 9 U.S. Planes Hits Quang Soui Barracks
Nine U.S. Air Force planes struck military barracks within 55 miles of Hanoi, the closest raid to the capital so far. The assault levelled 37 buildings in the Quang Soui area and included a Phuoc Qui ammunition depot strike. An American adviser and 55 government troops were killed near Ben Cat in an ambush, with eight missing and seven wounded among Vietnamese and U.S. forces.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Hanoi
North Viet Nam
Ben Cat
U.S
Viet Nam
Quang Soul
Air Force
Quang Soui
Phuoc Qui
Midway
Gulf of Tonkin
Skyraiders
Skyhawks
Quang Khe
Xong Ray
Phu Chanh
Rioters hold U S officer in Bogota then release unharmed
In Bogota a U S Military Mission member was held by rioting university students for two hours Saturday. Police reported the captive was released unharmed.
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Bogota
Columbia
U. S
Truce Ends as Junta Rebuffs Extension in Dominican Crisis
In Santo Domingo a 24 hour cease fire ends as the junta rejects further extension. Rebels led by Col. Francisco Caamano Deno reportedly favor renewal while heavy fighting erupts near the National Palace and between U S Marines and rebel units. The UN calls for a permanent halt and Catholic leaders urge a provisional government for peace.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Francisco Caamano Deno
National Palace
U.S
U.N
France
Organization of American States
Council
Adlai E. Stevenson
OAS
Thant
Body of Johnny Carlton Found After Wreck Near City Hall
The body of Johnny Leroy Carlton of Lovington was found at 3 30 am Saturday after his pickup ran off School House Road about 200 yards west of city hall. He was pinned in the vehicle and died in a likely accident. An autopsy was ordered and the cause of death was not immediately clear. Carlton, a rodeo personality, was often seen as a performing clown in southwestern arenas.
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Ruidoso
Johnny ‘Leroy
Goldie Carlton
Lovington
School House Road
City Hall
Carlton
A. J. Mahoney
Dick Shaw
District Attorney’s Office
Roswell
A. 8. Blauw
Blauw
Marines Say Glass Put Into Ice By Viet Cong
A U S Marine spokesman accused the Viet Cong of freezing glass slivers into contaminated water and attempting to sell it as ice to thirsty Marines. He also said the Communists tried to put acid in soda pop, but the acid ate through a bottle cap before sale.
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DA Nang
S. Viet Nam
U.S
Couple Marries in Klan Wedding in North Carolina
In Farmville North Carolina a 27 year old body shop operator and a 37 year old divorcee wed in a Ku Klux Klan ceremony on a dusty corn field attended by about 5000 spectators. The groom James Earl Taylor wore a white robe and cap while the bride Bessie Irene Tyson wore a blue dress. The Klan minister wore a black robe with a white cross. A robed procession and security guards with Confederate flags accompanied the event. The couple plan to live near Farmville and the march through town drew sharp taunts from a local police officer as Klansmen urged silence.
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North Carolina
James Earl Taylor
KKK
Farmville
Tobacco Country
J. Robert Jones
Grand Dragon
Sunday Reading Guide Highlights and Events
Gemini flight preparations LBJ attends a New York demo ball Scout Council wins blue ribbon Goya painting recovered violence in New York azotea tunnel picketing restricted business and oil news stock market review RHS loses state baseball title Ruidoso awards races at Ruidoso Downs.
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LBJ
New York
Scout Council
Goya
RHS
RHS to Award Honors Tuesday
Roswell High School senior counselor Mrs. Sarah L. Beamer announced the annual honors and awards assembly will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. in the high school gym. All parents and patrons are invited to attend as honor graduates valedictorian salutatorian and scholarship recipients are recognized.
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Sarah L. Beamer
Roswell High School
New Mexico Jaycees Select Roswell for 1966 Convention
Roswell will host the 1966 New Mexico Junior Chamber of Commerce annual convention after voting 135 to 54 to move from CloVis. About 350 to 400 delegates and wives expected. Roswell Inn as likely site in May. Edmond Santa Fe named state president. Gayle Richardson Artesia elected one of seven vice presidents.
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New Mexico Junior Chamber of Commerce
Roswell
Jim Craton
Jay Cees
Clovis
Truth Or Craton
Roswell Inn
Edmond
Santa Fe
Gayle Richardson
Artesia
Alfred Leyba Faces Surgery After Patrol Car Crash
Alfred Leyba a former state policeman from Roswell remains hospitalized at Bernalillo County Indian Hospital in Albuquerque and will undergo surgery Monday morning after a patrol car collision with a horse in November 1963. A family spokesman cites a brain surgeon who plans to use a rare machine to possibly improve Leyba's nerve control while standing.
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Roswell
Alfred Leyba
Bernalillo County Indian Hospital
Albuquerque
Leyba
United States vows force to bar Dominican junta attack
US officials warned that American troops could use force if needed to stop the Dominican junta from attacking rebels in Santo Domingo. The pledge came as junta leader Brig. Gen. Antonio Imbert Barrera rejected a 24 hour medical aid truce and discussions continued at the UN and OAS.
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Washington
U.S
Santo Domingo
Antonio Imbert Barrera
United Nations
Organization of American States
United States
Imbert
OAS
Jose A
Adlair E. Stevenson
U.N
Installation Of Officers Held By Sertoma Club
Six new officers and a new board of directors were installed at a Roswell Sertoma Club dinner and meeting at the Roswell Inn. Gene Benson of Laramie was guest speaker and conducted the installation. Officers included Anise Bellamah president and five vice presidents plus secretary-treasurer and sergeant at arms with a slate of directors.
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Roswell
George Grubbs
Dick Davidson
Burt Murchison
Eddie Hinman
Doyle Farmer
Jim Lusk
Kenneth Alley
James Woll
Charlie Brown
Louis Mulkey
Bryan Chippeaux
Gene Benson
Laramie
Wyo
International Sertoma
Howard L. Smith
Anise Bellamah
Dr. Smith
Sertoma Club
Roswell Inn
Bellamah
Benson
Wyatt
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Pat Simonon
Track
L. E. Brickel
Agua Fria
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Pedro Arrupe
Father Arrupe
Anastasiy Gribanovsky
Russia
Manhattan
Gribanovsky
Soviet Union
Ruth H. Hurley
Patrick J. Hurley
Taos
Taos County
Dist
C. R. McIntosh
Raton
Elmer Garcia
Carol D. Vares
Owean
D.R
U.N. Security Council
Jose R. Mayobre
Msgr
Octavio Beras
Brazil
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Bessie Irene Tyson
Ku Klux Klan
Taylor
Jones
Sunday Reading Guide
Jaycees
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