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Newspaper
Silver City Daily Press
Location
Silver City, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1972
Page
10
A brief item notes a person named Ray Cy John associated with an address at 1302 Yandell Drive in El Paso Texas in a Southwest context. The readable text is fragmentary and lacks dates or actions.
Apollo 17 with Eugene Cernan Ronald Evans and Harrison Schmitt launches at Cape Kennedy at 9 53 p m under clear skies amid final countdowns and upper level cloud concerns. The crew prepares for a 13 day lunar mission with moon rock collection experiments and a seven hour stay on the surface near Taurus Littrow crater.
Former President Harry S. Truman, 88, is in serious condition with bronchitis and heart weakenss from arterial sclerosis. He receives intravenous feeding, inhalation therapy, antibiotics, and other tests as doctors monitor his status at Research Hospital in Kansas City. The White House is kept informed as Margaret Truman Daniel’s plans remain unclear.
Astronaut Harrison Jack Schmitt was saluted by friends and former teachers during the Silver City Grant County Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Drifter banquet room. Teachers recalled him as a bright boy and noted his straight A record and school play memories.
A $200,000 suit claims Grant County Board of Commissioners and the New Mexico Highway Commission were negligent in maintaining a bridge over the Gila River, causing Louise Overstreet’s death as her car was swept away Oct. 19. The suit, filed by Deputy Sheriff Carlos Overstreet, seeks damages for the fatal flood incident between Cliff and Gila.
Bayard and Fr. Bayard remain deadlocked as Bayard City Council shelves final action on a sewage treatment pact. Mayor Manuel Herrera said Bayard will not fund the project or concede growth capacity without extensive plant additions and full financing, with state and federal aid to be reported by State Sanitation Engineer Sam Davalos. If matching funds arise Fr. Bayard would select the funding.
Santa Vlaws wi pay his annual visit to Hurley Saturday courtesy of the Hurley Kiwanis Club and local merchants. He will be at the Hurley Store from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Weather permitting the Kiwanis Club will fly Santa to Hurley by plane landing on the old highway and taxiing to the Finco Station. He will be transported to the Hurley Store by the local police. The public is invited to watch Santa arrive. Sponsors include American Laundry Hurley Bar Town of Hurley Stormy Styles Beauty Shop Hurley Garage Hurley Store Snappy Mart Stores and the Hurley Enco.
A 32 year old former Silver uay merchant Brian Creighton was arrested in Pas cagoula Mississippi on an embezzlement warrant issued by Magistrate B Morales in Bayard. He waived extradition and will be returned here by Silver City Police and Grant County Sheriff deputies this week. Creighton is held on a $2000 bond as a fugitive from another state.
Mostly sunny today and Thursday. Colder today then warmer Thursday. Expected low tonight 18 and high Thursday 43. High Tuesday in downtown Silver City reached 45 with overnight low 23. Precipitation measured 0.16 inches.
Alamogordo district court jurors found Perry Brunson 57 not guilty of manslaughter over the Aug. 30 shooting death of Colorado activist Richard Falcon at Brunson's Orogrande service station. Judge E Forrest Sanders ordered high security as the verdict was read amid a tense courthouse scene with La Raza Unida supporters present.
The United States accepts much of a Cuban hijacking proposal, adding extradition in place of prosecution and backing ship and airplane security measures. Secretary Rogers sent a draft via Swiss envoy Masnata to Havana as Volpe orders armed guards at airports and electronic screening.
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