November 5, 1909: A dispatch from Las Cruces to the Denver papers says that the city is up in arms against the exhibitions in one of the tents of the carnival company that held forth in that city. It is alleged that one of the dancers in the tent appeared in 'pristine' garb to the edification of a lot of baldheads. While in Santa Fe, no such reports about the exhibition were made.

The first inmate of the New Mexico Reform School in Springer reached that institution last Thursday. He is a 14-year-old boy from Eddy County whose mother died when he was 6 years old. His first task at the school was washing windows which he did cheerfully and well.

November 5, 1959: New Mexico finds itself caught in a squeeze play between two big storm areas, one running north from eastern Texas, the other moving down the Rockies. The Weather Bureau doesn't seem quite sure just what the mix-up will bring, but it seems certain you shouldn't count on getting in any skin diving this week. The five-day forecast, carrying the state through the weekend, calls for temperatures ranging 6 to 12 degrees below normal, colder after the middle of the week and 'frequent changes thereafter.'

November 5, 1984: Washington — A measure that slipped through Congress virtually unnoticed in September apparently makes it impossible for veterans and their relatives to win lawsuits seeking compensation for cancers allegedly caused by atomic weapon tests. The new legislation gives government contractors immunity from liability for any harm done in the atomic weapon testing program including cancers caused by radioactive fallout. A result will apparently be to wipe out all pending court claims against the contractors, but not claims against the government. Legal experts estimate that lawsuits involving more than a thousand military and civilian plaintiffs will be affected.