Socorro Rewind

June 11, 1974

GENE FRAISSINET, named as Socorro’s new city clerk and purchasing agent June 3, is 41, a Socorro native, and a graduate of local schools. Fraissinet had additional education at Albuquerque Business College as an accountant. Employment background includes two years military service as a personnel sergeant, 15 years with Land-Air working in optics, electronics, and administration, and a year with the attorney general’s office in Santa Fe. Fraissinet says he wants to take time to learn his complex new job, but already has an idea or two on possible administrative improvements.

June 20, 1974

TW0 RESIDENCES in the same area were broken into, in both instances, turquoise jewelry was found missing. The first residence reported on June 11th that his residence on Bullock had burglarized, a revolver and his wife’s turquoise jewelry taken. Entrance was gained by removing a screen from a bathroom window. City Police Offices Rogers and Moya investigated. Another residence reported that on June 13th, a person or persons unknown had forced open a door on the south side at the patio entrance and had taken a plastic bag containing a number of turquoise and silver pieces of jewelry valued around $1,000. Officer Moya investigated this break-in.

June 19, 1999

A SURPRISE RETIREMENT party honored Albert Bustamente upon his retirement from the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District after 24 years of service. Family and friends gathered at k-Bobs in Socorro. Bustamente received two plaques of appreciation from the district office in Albuquerque and was presented with a pocket watch by his fellow employees. He and his wife Connie are planning to spend their retirement years on their farm in Polvadera. As a family said, “Instead of seeing Albert riding along the ditch banks during the day, you can find him on his tractor doing what he likes best, cultivating his fields for his organic produce.”

June 26, 1999

TWO SOCORRO HIGH SCHOOL students will be spending a week in Washington, D.C., as part of the National Hispanic Youth Initiative in Health, Research and Policy development. Sara Del Curto and Erika Chavez have been selected to spend a week in the nation’s capital based on their academic performance and were awarded scholarships to participate in the program which runs from July 10 to July 17. The two girls will get a chance to learn about health issues affecting the Hispanic community as well as opportunities available to them in the health and research fields. Del Curto is the daughter of Mario and Rose Del Curto of Socorro. Chavez is the daughter of James and Teresa Chavez of Socorro.

June 19, 2014

A MAN ARMED with a gun threatened two employees of Burger King, before robbing them of $320 . The suspect has not been apprehended at this time, Socorro Police Department officials said. SPD reported the man entered through a back doorway of the restaurant that was unlocked, wielding a firearm and wearing a skeleton face mask and dressed head-to-toe in all black clothing. When he entered, a police report stated, the man pointed the gun at the employees but did not say one word to them. Socorro Police Captain Angel Garcia said the man probably had been watching the employees for some time because he seemingly entered without difficulty. The robbery was captured on video tape from various angles within the restaurant.