June 1971
Sixty Six Packing Company received $6,880 from the U.S. Department of Labor to train six new employees. ... A helicopter rescued Cliff Cornett from a canyon on the Bell Ranch. Cornett suffered a broken hip after being thrown from his horse. A note attached to the horse’s stirrup alerted rescuers when the horse wandered back into camp. ...
A slide was added to the municipal pool as 305 swimmers attended the season opening. ... Fireworks were believed to have caused the fire that destroyed Margie’s Beauty Salon. Laughlin.A ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony was held for the new city library at 602 S. Second St.Four young men were arrested for breaking into Gibson’s Discount Center. A collapsed ladder had left them trapped on the roof until police arrived.
