Taos Boxers Defeat Penasco Squad 6-5
The Taos boxing team opened with a 6 to 5 victory over Penasco. Ben Salazar, a 10 pound Taos fighter, scored a third round KO over Roy Cordova after knocking him down in the late stretch.
13 Apr 1961
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Newspaper
Taos News
Location
Taos, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1961
Page
1
The Taos boxing team opened with a 6 to 5 victory over Penasco. Ben Salazar, a 10 pound Taos fighter, scored a third round KO over Roy Cordova after knocking him down in the late stretch.
Dr Dorothy Woodward, retired University of New Mexico professor and former regent, died in Denver April 4 after a brief illness. She was 64 and buried in Santa Fe National Cemetery after services. Born in Clearfield Pennsylvania, she earned degrees from Randolph Macon, Colorado, and Yale, taught at UNM from 1935 to 1956, and served on the regents 1957 to 1960. She held military and cultural service roles and contributed to multiple historical associations and publications.
A meeting on electric heating will be held at Carson Electric Cop starting at 2 pm tomorrow April 14. Terry Moynihan announced. John R. Morgan of Electric Heating Supply Inc Levington will present. Businessmen and craftsmen are urged to attend to discuss building requirements for structures using electric heating.
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Magdalena F. Casados of Arroyo Seco at 9:40 a.m. on Friday April 7 at Arroyo Seco Cemetery with Father Rafael Herrera officiating. Pallbearers included Thomas Garcia Juan Martinez Ruben Cordova and others. Survived by son Cipriano Casados two daughters Mrs Mares of Colonias and Mrs Ernestina Garcia of Los Angeles sister Antonia Garcia and 13 grandchildren. Rosary had been said at Garcia's Chapel in Tahs.
J P Madrid 75 of Ranchos de Taos died at Embudo Hospital April 7 after a long illness. Requiem mass held at Church of San Francisco de Assisi Ranchos Monday. burial in San Francisco Cemetery. Epifania Romero delivered eulogy. Pallbearers listed. Rosary services at Garcia Chapel Saturday and Sunday. Survived by three sons and five daughters including Atilano Madrid Valdona Calo Margarita and May Madrid Adonilia Suazo Calo Aurelia Espinosa Tooele Macedonia Mondragon Lidia Suazo and Ramon Cardenas of Ranchos.
Hospital notes record multiple entries for April births and dismissals across Taos areas. Includes names such as Richard Crary Adalia Sanchez Julius Kohler and Rex DuBar with births and hospital releases, listing patient towns like Taos Questa Ranchos de Taos and El Prado. Jessie Maestas is named for an April 4 birth at Rainsville.
The Taos American Legion post meeting originally set for 2 p.m. on Sunday April 16 will now begin at 7:30 p.m. The change affects all attendees and the agenda remains the same.
A digest of crime and suspense novels spotlighting Mc Bain and Arley with Paris and Majorca settings, Gideon’s Fire at Scotland Yard, and Waugh crime fiction. Also notes on Oleske and Walker and Company introductions, including The Chinese Hammer and False Witness, plus Time Right Deadly.
The Band Parents club holds a special meeting in the Taos High School Auditorium on April 17 at 7 30 to finalize plans for the May 16 school band concert. Tickets cost 150 for adults and 50 cents for students, with proceeds aiding the Rafael Mendez concert expenses.
A South Dakota Game and Parks report notes a warden arrested a man for littering a public highway. The offender pleaded guilty and paid a $25 fine plus $9 court costs, with $20 suspended on condition of cleanup to the warden's satisfaction.
Taos school officials approve merging the senior and junior high libraries into a single building to address inadequate facilities. Supt. Joe L. Otero urged placing them in the old administration building. The board also decided to bid on surplus property and planned disposal if bids exceed 2716.
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