Eye Witness: Sergeant Killed by Boy on Hunt
Sergeant Joseph E. Hattaway of Walker Air Force Base was shot and killed by 14 year old Steve Martinez during a hunting trip in Colfax County. The incident prompted an inquest in Mora County with questions raised by Lt. Col. Robert Langley about the handling of the case and witnesses.
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M.segt
Joseph E. Hattaway
Walker Air Force Base
Air Force
Hattaway
Steve Martinez
Santa Fe
Robert B. Langley
WAFB
Langley
Richard M. Smiley
Neil D. Brock
James A. Lambert
Walker
Colfax
Brock
Lambert
Smiley
Martinez
Martinez Boy
Neil
Ocate
Manuel Lujan
Mora County
Mora
Las Vegas
Lujan
Martinez Kid
Communist Party Trial Opens in Washington
The Communist party faces a second trial in three years on charges of failing to register as a Soviet agent. Judge William B. Jones paused jury selection to review background as Gus Hall watched from the front row. The 12 count indictment accuses the party of registering with full knowledge that a volunteer would register for the party.
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Hall
U.S. Communist Party
Gus Hall
Washington
Federal District Court
Kremlin
UPI
Communist Party
William B. Jones
U.S Communist Party
Justice Depart
Pay Raise Bill Signed into Law
President Johnson signs the 3.6 percent federal pay raise, boosting salaries by 488.4 million annually for 1.8 million workers with 153 million in fringe benefits. Raises retroactive to after Oct. 1. benefits effective when signed. Congressmen and top officials excluded after a 30 percent rise last year.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Political Cauldron Is Boiling in New Mexico Gossip
The Associated Press notes a busy pre election scene in New Mexico with Democratic and Republican leaders jockeying for governor candidates. Gov. Jack Campbell declined to name his preferred Democrat candidate while confirming a four way meeting with Anderson Montoya and Morris.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Barry Goldwater
Richard Nixon
Clifford Hawley
Albuquerque
Clinton P. Anderson
D-N. M
Texas
Jack M. Campbell
Campbell
Anderson
Joseph M. Montoya
Thomas Morris
Surging Cuban Refugees Reach Key West After Camarioca Exit
Scores of seasick refugees arrived in Key West aboard Coast Guard craft after crossing the Florida Straits from Camarioca. They describe being hurried off Cuban ships amid strong winds and waves as U.S. airlift plans loom. Officials report refugee registrations and aid requests, with most evacuees headed to Miami and beyond.
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Key West
Fila
Florida Straits
United States
Cuba
Cano
Camarioca
Coast Guard
Miami
U.S
St. Petersburg
Fla
George Sweers
St. Petersburg Times
Jewish Klansman Kills Self After Hidden Background Revealed
Daniel Burros, New York Ku Klux Klan leader, died from two gunshot wounds in Reading, Pennsylvania, after a New York Times article exposed his Jewish parentage. Roy E. Frankhouser Jr., identified as Klan grand dragon, reported Burros spoke of wiping out the Times staff before his death. The Times piece by M Candlish Phillips disclosed Burros was Jewishly descended and had a bar mitzvah in Queens at age 13.
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Reading
Daniel Burros
New York
Burros
New York Times
Roy E. Frankhouser Jr
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Pennsylvania
Ku Klux Klan
King Kleagle
United Klans of America
Queens
New York City
M. Candlish Phillips
Unusual October Weather Sets Records at Municipal Airport
October brought extreme conditions with four record high days surfacing from the ninth to the fifteenth and two record low days on the first and second. The month saw a high of 93 and a low of 30, moisture near drought levels at .05 inches, eight mph surface winds, and 22 clear-sky days in Eastern New Mexico.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Municipal
New Mexico
Met ering plan eyed in Roswell basin water case
State Engineer Steve Reynolds told Pecos Valley Artesian Conservancy District members that metering 1 700 irrigation wells in the Roswell Artesian Basin is a logical step for final court water proceedings. The proposal calls for well meters and a policing agency to enforce a three acre feet per acre annual duty, with a possible five year accounting period.
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Steve Reynolds
Santa Fe
Pecos Valley
Reynolds
Sanders Terry
Artesia
Bill Langenegger
Hagerman
Langenegger
Father faces involuntary manslaughter charge in deer hunt death
In New Mexico a hunter was killed and a 17 year old was critically injured in separate hunts. Kenneth Ray Shelby, 35, was shot by his own father Ben Shelby 80 while hunting near Gobernador 55 miles east of Farmington. The elder Shelby was charged with involuntary manslaughter and jailed on a 1000 bond.
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Associated Press
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Kenneth Ray Shelby
Farmington
Gobernador
Ben Shelby
Shelby
Justice of the Peace
Lee C. Martinez
Dulce
Rio Arriba County
Dan Rivera
Aztec
Shel
Witnesses Bypass KU KLUX KLAN Questions in Georgia
House investigators focus on Georgia as first witnesses refuse to answer. George Slight, 63, identified as appearing on a CBS Klan program by the House Un-American Activities Committee. Flooding extends along Florida’s lower east coast with up to 12 inches near Biscayne Bay and 20 inches in Boca Raton in 24 hours.
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Associated Press
Washington — House
Georgia
George Slight
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Columbia Broadcasting System
Florida
Miami Weather Bureau
Biscayne Bay
Civil Defense
Boca Raton
Fort Lauderdale
Coral Gables
Burglar Sleeps Under Bed During Quiet Ha german Break‑in
A calm burglar entered a Ha german home Sunday searched a closet and chest then crawled under a bed and dozed off. Mr and Mrs J D Franklin returned home and later found a leg moving from under the bed. A 16 year old Ha german youth is held at Chaves County jail after saying he did not expect the residents to return so soon.
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Hagerman
Driver Cited for Careless Driving After City Crash
James W. Henderson was cited for careless driving and failure to report a Saturday night accident at Fourth and Main after his car hit the rear of a vehicle driven by Mrs. Georgia Kirikos of Albuquerque, pushing it into a third car. Kirikos and a passenger, Mrs. Maria Sohou, were treated at St Marys Hospital.
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James W. Henderson
N. Orchard
Fourth and Main
Henderson
Georgia Kirikos
Albuquerque
William C. Gilbert
WAFB
Kirikos
Maria Sohou
W. First
St. Mary’s Hospital
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Internal Security Division
John J. Abt
Joseph Forer
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Jorge Cano
Belle Grade
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Smarty
State Engineers
Harlan Flint
PWACD
Roswell
Roswell Artesian Basin
Elizabeth Ann
Pam Rister
Elephant
Julia Nottingham
Robot
Tracey Moore
Mike Walter
Hunter
William Averill
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Richard Stearns Sr
Lake McGaffey
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Java
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J.D. Franklin
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