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Latest revision as of 15:43, 26 June 2019
Mrs. Head reminisces over her years as a newspaper woman in Lea County, New Mexico.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Agnes Kastner Head
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: August 8, 1983
Location: Hobbs, New Mexico
Interviewer: Richard Mason
Length: 1 hour, 55 minutes
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1: First involvement in newspaper business,
City election (1944),
Purchase of Lovington Leader,
Hobbs Daily Flare,
Politics,
Lovington Leader (again),
Gradual growth,
Staff,
City election (again),
Mr. Head’s problems as Mayor of Hobbs,
Effect on business,
Hobbs politics,
Attempt to move county seat to Hobbs,
Later effect on newspaper advertising,
Lovington Leader (again).
Tape 1, Side 2: Lovington Leader (continued),
Advertising,
Involvement in politics,
Arrest of Mrs. Head,
Charge,
Evidence,
Role of a newspaper in a community,
Arrest of Mrs. Head (again),
Larry King,
Family interest in journalism.
Tape 2, Side 1: Printing welfare roles,
Reaction,
Effect,
New Mexico State government,
Lea County in relation to greater New Mexico,
Finances,
Politics,
1936 election,
Lovington compared to Hobbs,
Closing of Will Rogers School.
Tape 2, Side 2: Closing of school (continued),
School board election,
Bootlegging, gambling and prostitution,
Lea County,
Gaines County,
William Franklin "Hot Shot" Ash,
Setting up hardware store,
Early Hobbs,
Family.
Range Dates: 1936-1960
Bulk Dates: 1936-1960
Access Information
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Transcript:
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