JANUARY 2, 1973

THIEVES USING A 2X4 weapon, killed a German Shepherd watchdog and then made off with an estimated $4,000 in turquoise jewelry and watches, from Joe’s Jewelry, 107 Manzanares according to Socorro Police Chief, Estevan Saavedra. Chief Saavedra said the thieves apparently entered the building by removing a window-type air conditioner in the back part of the shop. After gaining entry, the thieves apparently took a 2×4 which was used to bolt the inside of the back door and killed the animal with it. Store owner Joe Herrera was preparing a list of stolen items.

JANUARY 4, 1973

Newborn Clay Hansen with mom.

FIRST OF THE YEAR BABY was Clay Hansen, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Hansen of Pie Town. Clay greeted the world at 7:28 a.m. on January 2 and weighed seven pounds and seven ounces. Young Clay has two brothers at home, 4-year-old Daryl and 3-year-old Clint. Clay’s father works for H.L. Barnett Company, a sawmill firm in Pie Town.

JANUARY 3, 1998

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AN 18-YEAR-OLD Socorro man has been charged in Magistrate Court with two counts of burglary and one count each of larceny, tampering with evidence and conspiracy. Close to $1,000 worth of items were taken from the victim’s home. The homeowner told police she had locked her door before going to visit a friend. Upon, returning, she discovered two television sets, a Nintendo 64 game system, a compact disc home stereo and CD carrying case had been stolen. The man and a juvenile were stopped by two police officers on Neel Avenue a short time after the burglary.

JANUARY 2, 2013

MARTHA SALAS, newly elected District 2 Socorro County Commissioner, is sworn into office Dec. 27 by Socorro Municipal Court Judge Frances P. Cases as Salas’s husband, Andrew Salas, holds the Bible and family members look on. Salas was not sworn in during the Socorro County elected officials swearing-in ceremony on Dec. 19 because she wanted family members traveling from out of town for the holidays to see it.

THE MAGDALENA BOYS basketball team won first place in the Bear bracket at the New Mexico American Indian Basketball Classic in Rio Rancho and Bernalillo over the weekend. The Steers beat Pine Hill, Laguna’s junior varsity and Walatowa to claim the tournament trophy. Sedrick Apachito was the tournament’s MVP. Mag is now 6-0 on the season.

TWO COMPUTER SCIENCE students are taking their senior research project to an international conference- the same project they presented at the inaugural Student Research Symposium last spring at New Mexico Tech. Carl and Rachel Tucker have developed an early prototype of an Android phone app called StopWatcher that can identify stop signs and alert a driver to stop. Carl and Rachel, who are married, wrote their code in Java, connected their work to Google Maps and accessed a MySQL database. The Java code takes readings from the built-in GPS and compass sensors of a smartphone. The app then compares this information against similar data stored in the MySQL database about the location and orientation of nearby stop signs. Google Maps provides the main graphical user interface.

 

Chieftain Staff Report