Proceedings of the 7th regional archeological symposium including the text of papers presented during the conference.

Proceedings of the 4th regional archeological symposium including the text of papers presented during the conference.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Voris C. Riley of Kingland, Texas. He discusses enlisting in the military while living in Abilene, Texas and getting sent to civil service for the Army before being offered to join the Navy. In the Navy he went through basic training in San Diego, California, then to St. Louis Electrical School and finally through firefighting training in Rhode Island. After he completed his training Mr. Riley was assigned to the U.S.S. Lake Champain, CB 39 and went on a shakedown cruise where 16 crewmen were lost for various reasons. In the Navy he was an electrician aboard the ship and dealt with setting up electricity onshore. He also dealt with Prisoners of War, being put in charge of a group of them to build a swimming pool. He was in New York City on temporary leave when the news of the wars end was released by President Truman. Mr. Voris also talks about serving in the Civilian Conservation Corps in New Mexico.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Voris C. Riley of Kingland, Texas. He discusses enlisting in the military while living in Abilene, Texas and getting sent to civil service for the Army before being offered to join the Navy. In the Navy he went through basic training in San Diego, California, then to St. Louis Electrical School and finally through firefighting training in Rhode Island. After he completed his training Mr. Riley was assigned to the U.S.S. Lake Champain, CB 39 and went on a shakedown cruise where 16 crewmen were lost for various reasons. In the Navy he was an electrician aboard the ship and dealt with setting up electricity onshore. He also dealt with Prisoners of War, being put in charge of a group of them to build a swimming pool. He was in New York City on temporary leave when the news of the wars end was released by President Truman. Mr. Voris also talks about serving in the Civilian Conservation Corps in New Mexico.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about turbulent spring time weather which continues across north central Texas.

"This report is a preliminary appraisal of the ground-water conditions in the area southeast of Carlsbad, New Mexico"

A fingerprint file for Herman Fuchs, taken by the Lea County Sherriff's Office for FBI records for an unspecified application.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Postcard of a busy street lined with storefronts. The street is crowded with early model automobiles and the caption on the image reads "Hobbs, N. M. By Waffle Studio." On the back of the postcard, "Will drop you afue lines. Things sure are tough here. Are you going to Ara or not. Think I will go there as soon as possible can't get work here. Jack & Willie said - hello - rite me Hobbs New Mexico Love Fred."

Photograph of processing equipment next to the El Paso Natural Gas Co. Plant. Caption on the image reads, "El Paso Natural Gas Co. Plant at Jal, N. Mex."

Postcard of a well site on a ranch homestead. A derrick dominated the left side of the image and a windmill stands to the right next to a small building. The caption on the image reads "Sunset in the oil fields at Hobbs New Mexico C - 124."

Photograph of a street scene in Hobbs, New Mexico. The street is lined with storefronts with two rows of automobiles in front. Several people are seen in the street.

Photograph of a street scene at the intersection of two roads in Hobbs, New Mexico. Numerous automobiles crowd the streets with many people milling about.

Photocopy of a script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about New Mexico authorities running fingerprints to determine hether the man who kidnapped a man is conneted to the triple slaying of Dallas sheriff deputies.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about New Mexico authorities calling off the search for a man wanted for kidnapping a Texas man.

This home movie documents the Light Crust Doughboys (LCD) on tour in New Mexico and Texas in 1953 - 1955 and performing for various events including the March of Dimes in Lovington, New Mexico and a labor convention in El Paso, Texas. The film begins with band members boarding the Flagship San Antonio airplane and includes footage of Midway Airport and Carswell Air Force Base (01 min., 08 sec.); Paul Blount, Lefty Perkins, "Big Bill" Lister, Joe Bill, Johnny Hicks, Claude King, Bobby Williamson, Mr. and Mrs. Al Turner, Mr. and Mrs. George McCoy, Carol Hubbard, and Gene Bradley aboard an airplane (01 min., 30 sec.); aerial footage of Sweetwater, Texas (03 min., 03 sec.); arrival and takeoff at an airport in Midland, Texas (03 min., 30 sec.); arrival and interviews at the Lea County Airport in Hobbs, New Mexico (05 min., 17 sec.); actor Johnny "Mack" Brown (05 min., 47 sec.) and singers Tommy and Goldie Hill (06 min., 20 sec.) talking to news reporters; LCD band members and friends (Jim Boyd, Elizabeth Ann Boys, Bob Shelton, Johnny Gimble, Zany Blainy, Carol Hubbard, Paul Blount, Red Kidwell, and Marvin "Smokey" Montgomery) traveling to a labor convention in El Paso, …

Photograph of the train station in Eunice, New Mexico. Printed on the photo is "T-NM depot 1964 Eunice, New Mexico."

Photograph of T&P train #901 in Jal, New Mexico. Text below the image says "Jal, New Mexico July 9th 1950" and "J. O. B. Johnson."

Photograph of the train station in Hobbs, New Mexico. Text on the image says "T&NM Depot Hobbs, N. M." Below the picture is written "H. D. Conner."

Photograph of T&P train #901 in Jal, New Mexico. Text below the image says "Jal, New Mexico July 9th 1950" and "Charles E. Winters."

Photograph of the train station in Jal, New Mexico. The Jal Depot was located just north of what is now Merryman Avenue and was torn down in the mid to late 1970s. Text on the image says "[sic] Texas-New Mexico Depot Jal, New Mexico." Written below the picture is "Jal, New Mexico Oct. 1964" and "H. D. Conner."

Photograph of T&P train #901 in Jal, New Mexico. Text below the image says "Charles E. Winters."

From purpose and scope: This report discusses the ground-water systems and the interpretation of test results in the water-bearing zones above and below the proposed facility, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Los Medanos.

From abstract: The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, through the Office of Test Operations, Albuquerque Operations Office, plans to detonate a nuclear device in a massive salt bed 1,200 feet beneath the land surface. The project, known as Project Gnome, is an element of the Plowshare program--a study of peacetime applications of nuclear fission. The location of the proposed underground shot is in a sparsely-populated area in southeastern Eddy County, N. Mex., east of the Pecos River and about 25 miles southeast of the city of Carlsbad.