Flood Losses Reach Millions in Dell City and Carlsbad
Dell City Texas and Carlsbad New Mexico face flood losses running into millions as cleanups begin after days of isolation. Four dead in New Mexico, two drowned and two killed in a station wagon crash. Dell City damage at least two million dollars. 250 evacuated, many return home. Crop and public facility damages loom large with 30 to 35 percent of crops destroyed and extensive losses in Artesia Hobbs Lavington and Tatum areas.
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Dell City
Tex
Carlsbad
N.M
New Mexico
Texas Highway Patrol
Jerry Miller
Robert Boyd
Jack Campbell
Artesia
Pecos River
Hobbs
Lavington
Tatum
Carson Junior High bids exceed district expectations
Six Tucson and Phoenix contractors bid over 1 million dollars for the Charles A. Carson Junior High School in southeast Tucson. Defco Construction Co. submitted the low base bid of 1,041,647 with alternates and potential savings if options are dropped. The new 21 room, 600 pupil facility on a 20 acre site near Davis-Monthan AFB is set for about a year of construction after award, funded by elementary district bonds.
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Charles A. Carson
Tucson
Phoenix
Board of Supervisors
Defco Construction Co
Defco
Ramada
Carson Junior High
Stella St
Davis-Monthan Afb
South Pantano Road
Escaped prisoners trigger deadly shooting at Ft Dix
Two inmates escaped from the Ft Dix stockade prompting a search by 532nd Military Police Company. Pvt David Broyles, 20, Raleigh North Carolina, accidentally shot and killed a fellow MP during the chase near the stockade. The prisoners were Pvt Lewis Ray 19 and Willam Warner 17 who overpowered a guard and fled through a window. The two guards pursued with M14 rifles. Broyles aimed at a prisoner but struck the other guard.
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Dix
N.J
UPI
David Broyles
Raleigh
N.C
Lewis Ray
Willam Warner
Ray
Warner
Chase
Broyles
Better Watch It You Rocketeers Warned About Regulations
Washington UPI reports amateur rocket launchers face federal aviation rules. Firing within five miles of airports or into clouds or near people or property is forbidden. In unrelated incidents at Ft Dix and Ft Leonard Wood, Ray and Warner were captured or confined by military police for AWOL and related charges.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Aviation Agency
Ray
Warner
Ft. Leonard Wood
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