New Mexico Scouts Rescued After Green River Ordeal
An Albuquerque Boy Scout troop undertook a river trip on Utah’s Green River. A capsizing left one scout dead and 25 rescued after three days stranded with scarce food. The rescuers, including Hill Air Force Base personnel, helped bring the group to safety as two youths endured days apart from the main party.
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Lynne Olson
Associated Press
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Utah
Albuquerque
Green River
Thad
John Ungvarsky
Ungvarsky
Kim Bernardoni
Edwin McCarthy
Bernartoni
McCarthy
Scouta
Rock Creek
Hill Air Force Base
Ogden
Bernardoni
George Kins
Tim Golden
Hut
Firiday
Gary Smith
Salt Lake City
Greer River
Smith
Golden
Koys
Bernarden
Jimmy
Fellabaum Retires as Hurley Trainmaster. New Appointments Named
J W Fellabaum， longtime Santa Fe Railway assistant trainmaster agent at Hurley， retires effective June 30 after 49 years service. On July 1 J M Martin becomes train master and J B Weber named agent， both based in Hurley. Martin, born in Clovis and ENMU graduate, began as awicehman in 1963 and rose to safety supervisor by 1971. Weber, telegraph apprentice in 1950, advanced to telegrapher in 1961 and agent at Artesia in 1966. Fellabaum plans a trailer trip with wife Evelyn to visit son Robert in Ipswich, Massachusetts, then Canada before returning home.
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JW. Fellabaum
Santa Fe Railway
Hurley
J. M. Martin
J. B. Weber
Fellabaum
Florence
Colo
Rio Grande
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Rincon
Las Vegas
Evelyn
Robert
Ipswich
Mass
Canada
Clovis
Martin
Eastern New Mexico University
Nally
Slaton
Tex
Temple
Mary K
Weber
Sagerton
Pecos
Artesia
Billie
Gary
Sherry
Tracie
Brent
Bullock, Artesia
Obituary notes from Hurley and Silver City
Obituary notices record Nina Crawford of Hurley dying after a heart attack while returning from a Bahama Islands trip. She held many Eastern Star and Rainbow roles and left a husband Clarry, a daughter Harriett, five grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral details set at Curtis-Bright Chapel with interment at Masonic Cemetery. Casket bearers listed. Also noted are Susan E Barris of Silver City who died in a car crash and Robert L Newton of Albuquerque who was accidentally shot at a senior post.
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Crawford
Nina
Hurley
Socarro
Bahama Islands
Anx Priory
San Marcial
Hurley Community Church
Order of Eastern Star
Burley Assembly No. 9
Order of Rainbow
Order At
Eastern Star
New Mexico
Clarry R. Crawford
Harriett Richardson
Socorro
E. A. Hickman
Baynard
Glenn Hickman
Ponca City
Cla
Walter Hickman
Austin
Tex
Fannie Steerman
Pine Top
Amg
Wilma Allery
Roswell
Curtis-Bright
Gilford, Bisjak, Jr
Grand Chapter of
Masonic Cemetery
George P. Abbot
Harry L. Crawford
Richard Crawford
Richard J. Person
B. A. Robbins
Henry Wallis
35 Death Sentences Overturned in Supreme Court Ruling
The Supreme Court reversed 35 death sentences including Richard Speck’s for the 1966 murders of eight nurses in a South Side Chicago town house. The decision cited Witherspoon and related precedents, remanding cases for further action. Speck’s jury was allegedly improperly screened for conscientious scruples against capital punishment.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Richard F. Speck
Chicago
Speck
Peori
Witherspoon
Peoria
South Chicago
Philippines
Corazon Amurag
Reflections by Jim Peeler on Drugs and Parades
Jim Peeler writes on a Grant County narcotics raid and warns parents about youths using marijuana and potential progression to hard drugs. He stresses parental information and monitoring, then muses on book jacket liners and parade preparations for the Fourth of July with praise for key volunteers and the Lions parade car.
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Grant County Shorts Department
Grant County
Raagon
Coast Guard reports seven survivors in Eureka DC3 crash
A chartered DC3 carrying 23 Californians including 19 real estate salesmen crashed during takeoff 50 miles south of Eureka. Seven survived. six remain missing. Winds and waves hampered search. Survivors include a stewardess and six salesmen. deaths reported from the wreck near a sewage plant and rocky shoreline.
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Eureka
Califo Pi
Coast Guard
Here
Coast Custd
Shelter Cove Co
Los Angeles
Tom Wallace
Redway
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J. W. Fellabaum
J. W, Fellabaum
J, M, Martin
J, B, Weber
Chevron
Sule
Barris
Susan E. Barris
Silver City
Ned Barris
Wayne
Marine Corps
Japan
Larry
Idella Barris Karichner
Netkdie Barris
Curtis-Dright Funeral Home
Robert L. Newton
American Legion
Newton
Holloman Air Force Base
Air Force
F. J. Gorski Jr
Hurlburt Field
Fla
Holloman Afb
Gorski
EL Paso
Texs
Gorskits
Holloman
MecClotlan Afd
Calif
Feather Beauty College
Jim Peeler
Silver City Lions
State Lions
Doc Griffin
Dean Hinson
Moose White
Jhe
Machs
Dave Zebo
Humboldt Coury Aviation
Point Ledge
Fort Bragg
Garberville
Elizabeth Deauville
San Francisco
Joel du Plain
Encinitas
Herbert Huber
Fairfield
Anthony Sanchez
San Diego
Irving Grosaman
Bily Netson
Steven Reed
White's Auto Store
Hudson & Broadway
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