Woman Railroader Breaks Ground On National Stage
Christene Gonzales, 22, becomes a notable figure in railroading as the first woman to earn an engineer’s cap in the Santa Fe system and later headlines a national magazine cover. She works in Albuquerque Santa Fe yards moving engines and has blended public attention with a steady, skilled temperament on a male‑dominated line.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Christene Gonzales
Shell
Santa Fe Railway System
Lisa Gonzales
United States
India
Redbook
el Paso
Tex
Ratea
Gonzales
Railroaders
Frank A. Gonzales
Southern Pacific
Screwworm Reports Decline in 1974 Infestations
In New Mexico livestock 100 screwworm cases were confirmed in 1974, down more than 90 percent from 1973. USDA, via Dr. D A Mitchell of the Douglas center, notes the 1974 total was about 10 percent of the 1,124 cases in 1973. Sterile male flies are released to prevent hatching eggs in the eradication program.
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Douglas Center
Cobre Alternates Named for Seventh Annual Computer Symposium
Dr. David M. Dennis of Western New Mexico University announced three Cobre High School students Janet Fry Nancy Hunter and Andy McNaughton are alternates for the Seventh Annual Computer Symposium after a computer programming aptitude test. About 60 of 400 contestants advance to finalists with six hours of instruction and programming work at Western New Mexico University.
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David M. Dennis
Western New Mexico University
Silver City
New Mexico
Cobre High School
Janet Fry
Nancy Hunter
Andy McNaughton
Western
Obituaries for Richard F. Beck and Minnie Mann Hendrix
Richard F. Beck 49 of Silver City died Sunday at Hillcrest Hospital. An American Fork Utah native and Kennecott Copper accountant, he served in World War II and is survived by wife Mary Louise Beck son Clint C. Johnson and multiple relatives in Utah Idaho Ohio New Jersey. Minnie Mann Hendrix 86 of Silver City died Sunday at home after 54 years in the city. She leaves two daughters, ten grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren with services pending at Curtis-Bright Funeral Home.
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Beck
Richard F. Beck
Hillcrest Hospital
American Fork
Utah
Grant County
Kennecott Copper Corporation
Mary Louise Beck
Clint C. Johnson
Silver City
Marjorie Waetzig
Pocatello
Idaho
Dorothy Ogorzelec
Salt Lake City
Betty McEntie
Toledo
Ohio
Joe van Wagoner
Mercerville
N. J
Steven R. Beck
Weidell
His Mather
Marjorie Brown
Curtis - Bright
Memory Lane
Hendrix
Minnie Mann Hendrix
Ashley Co
Ark
Hendix
Grace M. Rains
Mildred M. Brown
Vernon
Tex
Wesons
Howard Mann
Carroll Mann
Curtis - Bright Funeral Home
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Santa Fe Railway
Four Ieon
Bakery Foods
Contadina
Lucerne Coffe
Partrnr
Cragmont Soda
Cragmont Diet Soda
Max-Pax Coffee
Sonny Nuchen Crae
Seu
Ane
Fresh Fruits
Tom Low Pricart
Melrose Koup
Gomparian
Fitemin
Phas
Shop Safewat
Usba (Croce
Del-Monte Can Foods
iceCream
Snow Star
USDA
Berd Naune Cubs
Sterling. Safeway
Frankfurter Ists
Ediizo
Aemh
Areway Candle
Safeway
Hudson St
Bau
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Bethesda
Cobre
Tama
Tam
Ralph Schaar
P.O
Marion
North Bullard
Weshdays
Sai
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