Halloween Snow Brings First Roswell Snow Tale in History
The report notes a rare Halloween snow in Roswell with seven inches observed at 7 am after a wet summer in Ruidoso. Weather experts say this may be the first Halloween snow since the 1930s, with forecasts predicting snow will melt by Thursday and maybe return only in January in an unusual year. Bears in the upper canyon may raid trash bins as natural food remains scarce.
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Roswell
Sand Hill
Ruidoso
New Mexico
County seeks more help as tax reporting tightens workload
County treasurer Gail Harris says delinquent tax reporting rules require more staff. He opposes merging assessor and treasurer offices, urging additional hires. The NM Tax Study Committee aims for more frequent reporting to address 85 percent collection gaps, noting higher efficiency in the county’s 90 percent range. Delinquent tax collections are now bi monthly with a 3 percent admin cost. Tax notices are being issued.
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Legislative
New Mexico
Chaves
Klein rites set for Lenore Klein in Roswell
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Roswell for Lenore Klein 61 of 302 Robin Drive. Rev. Ray Venghaus will officiate with burial at South Park Cemetery. Mrs. Klein died Monday at Eastern New Mexico Medical Center. She was born April 15, 1911 in Clifton New Jersey and is survived by two daughters Beverly Puckett and Carole Murate plus five grandchildren. Pallbearers are Richard Crewe Charles Hughes Cecil Watts Charles Featherstone Larry Knadle and Robert Conwell.
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Klein
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
Clifton
N. J
Alfred Michel
Marie Michel
Gustave C. Klein
Passaic
Roswell
St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church Lca
Beverly Puckett
Hurst, Tex
Carole Murate
Clifton, N. J
Richard Crewe
Charles Hughes
Cecil Watts
Charles Featherstone
Larry Knadle
Robert Conwell
South Park
Verla M. Sadler
S. Union
Ballard Funeral Home
George Gillard
Winter Storm Slams New Mexico And Texas Panhandle
Snow blankets northern New Mexico as icy roads slow travel from Gallup to Santa Fe. Albuquerque and Las Cruces report light to moderate snowfall with widespread freezing rain in Texas Panhandle, triggering ice storm warnings and colder temperatures across the region.
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Market steady gains lift Dow to 952.74 at noon
Prices move slowly ahead in light trading with no major news. The Dow Jones average rises 6.32 to 952.74 as gainers outpace decliners 2 to 1 on the NYSE. Investors note ongoing Vietnam settlement uncertainty despite discounting a final agreement. NYSE index up .37 to 60.94. Amex price change index up .04 to 25.91.
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New York Stock Exchange
Amex
Five pleadings and multiple sentences in Fifth Judicial District Court
Twelve defendants appeared before Judge Paul Snead. Victor Perez Moreno and Raymond Lopez were sentenced to prison terms with varying specials while Jack S. O'Brien had sentencing deferred. Moreno faced one to five years with credit and a concurrent term. Lopez received 15 days plus two to ten years with suspended portions and three years probation. O'Brien pled guilty to two counts of fraud and three years probation with restitution and reporting requirements. Dozens more defendants pleaded not guilty or faced charges including battery of a peace officer, burglary of autos, sexual assault of a child, aggravated battery, auto theft, and noise contendre.
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Victor Perez Moreno
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Mesquite
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E. Albuquerque
Santiago M
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Greenbriar
S. Missouri
Homer Lee Warner
FE. Jefferson
Anthony Reyer
Emerald Drive
G. W. Graham
E. Walnut
Raymond Fuentes
Roswell
Ben Gonzales
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Star Bar
James K. Ezell
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Leon Harding
Roswell Industrial Air Center
Joseph Andrew Gray
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Automobile theft probe continues in Roswell
Roswell City Police investigated a Sunday night theft of Raymond Gonzales’s 1964 green Pontiac from the Where Its At lounge on Main Street. The car with NM plates ABN 826 remains unrecovered as police pursue leads.
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New Mexico
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Tenure Talks as New Mexico Board Reviews Certification
The New Mexico Board of Education reviewed tenure and a long range competency based teacher certification study. Barck noted plans may resemble a merit system but require further study and district variations.
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Goddard High School
P. H. Barck
State Department of Education
Barck
Helen Westcott
Jim Pierce
State Department
King denies political use of plane
Gov. Bruce King said he did not take a state plane to Las Cruces to attend a political rally. He met with the State Hospitals and Institutions Board, the mayor, the Chamber of Commerce, and State Agricultural Board representatives during the trip.
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Bruce King
Las Cruces
State Department of Hospitals and Institutions Board
Chamber of Commerce
New Mexico State University
State Agricultural Board
New Mexico
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