The past 100 years

From The Santa Fe New Mexican: May 2, 1916: One of the boldest robberies committed here in recent years occurred late yesterday afternoon when Candelario Brito entered the home of Mrs. D.B. Bertholf, an Iowa healthseeker residing on College street, and made off with a gold chain lying on the bureau. The chain was valued at $30 and and belonged to Mrs. Bertholf’s husband, now traveling in Colorado.

As soon as she had recovered the shock caused by the robbery, committed in broad daylight, Mrs. Bertholf went to the house of Col. Jose D. Sena and telephoned the police. She had recognized Brito and told City Marshal Ricardo Alarid that she would like very much to get back her chain.

May 2, 1966: NEW YORK (AP) — Taos Pueblo Indians in New York to seek support in their effort to have the sacred Blue Lake area returned to them by the federal government had a surprise visit from Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, D-N.Y.

A spokesman for the Indians, Paul J. Bernal, quoted Kennedy as saying Sunday he was “sympathetic with our problems and said he will do all he can.”

Kennedy met the group when it arrived at Penn Station in New York where they were to attend today’s annual meeting of the Association of American Indian Affairs.

May 2, 1991: ESPANOLA — Espanola teachers with fewer than three years experience will not find out until late May or early June whether they have jobs next year, schools Superintendent Delfinio Trujillo said Wednesday.

The school board, during a special meeting tonight, will rehire only teachers with three or more consecutive years experience in the school district.