Truck Mishap Takes Life Of Artesia Man
James B. Bland, 59, 806 Runyan, Artesia, was killed last night about 9 p.m. when the tractor trailer he was driving jacknifed and he was thrown out of the truck cab and pinned under the leftside dual wheels.
State patrolman Jack Childress said the accident happened on Marathon Road, about 12 miles west of U.S. 285 west of Carlsbad. He said Bland's truck, belonging to an Artesia firm, CLM Transportation, apparently went through a stop sign at the intersection of Marathon Road and a county road and hit an embankment.
Childress said seatbelts would have prevented the fatality.
Funeral services are pending in Artesia, according to reports, for Bland who worked at one time as Eddy County Sheriff's deputy and also as an officer, in the Artesia Police Dept.
(Published in Carlsbad Current-Argus (Carlsbad, New Mexico) - 10 Aug 1977, Wed - Page 1)
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Two killed in accidents
Two Artesia men were killed in separate accidents in southeastern New Mexico, state police said today.
The victims were Robert B. Trevino, 23, and James B. Bland, 59.
Officers said Trevino was driving a car that crossed the center line of U.S. 285 Wednesday and collided with a semi-trailer truck 11 miles south of Roswell. The truck driver, John M. Dixon of El Paso, Tex., was injured in the crash, police said.
Bland was driving a truck near Carlsbad late Tuesday that crashed into an embankment, authorities said. He was thrown from the vehicle and pinned under its wheels, police said.
(Published in El Paso Herald-Post (El Paso, Texas) - 11 Aug 1977, Thu - Page 6)
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Tractor Wreck Kills State Man
CARLSBAD (AP) - A 59-year-old Artesia man, James B. Bland, was killed when he was thrown from the tractor-trailer rig he was driving in rural Eddy County, state police said.
Officers said the accident occurred about 9 p..m. Tuesday on Marathon Road near Carlsbad. They said the truck hit an embankment at the intersection of the road with a county road 12 miles west of New Mexico 285, jack-knifed and threw Bland out, pinning him under the leftside dual wheels.
(Published in Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, New Mexico) - 11 Aug 1977, Thu - Page 10)
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: James Buckhanon Bland
Race: White
Age: 22
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 8 Dec 1917
Birth Place: Blythe, California, USA
Residence Place: Dexter, Chaves, New Mexico, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Registration Place: Dexter, Chaves, New Mexico, USA
Employer: Jim McNeil
Weight: 140
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Hazel
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 9
Next of Kin: Mary Bland
Household Members:
Name Relationship
James Buckhanon Bland Self (Head)
Mary Bland Mother
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: James Bland
Birth Date: 8 Dec 1917
Issue Year: Before 1951
Issue State: New Mexico
Last Benefit: 88210, Artesia, Eddy, New Mexico, USA
Death Date: Aug 1977
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: James Buckhanon Bland [James Bland]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 8 Dec 1917
Birth Place: Blythe, California
Death Date: Aug 1977
Father:
Rosco T Bland
Mother:
Maryan V Hardin
Notes: Feb 1937: Name listed as JAMES BUCKHANON BLAND; 31 Dec 1987: Name listed as JAMES BLAND
James B. Bland, 59, 806 Runyan, Artesia, was killed last night about 9 p.m. when the tractor trailer he was driving jacknifed and he was thrown out of the truck cab and pinned under the leftside dual wheels.
State patrolman Jack Childress said the accident happened on Marathon Road, about 12 miles west of U.S. 285 west of Carlsbad. He said Bland's truck, belonging to an Artesia firm, CLM Transportation, apparently went through a stop sign at the intersection of Marathon Road and a county road and hit an embankment.
Childress said seatbelts would have prevented the fatality.
Funeral services are pending in Artesia, according to reports, for Bland who worked at one time as Eddy County Sheriff's deputy and also as an officer, in the Artesia Police Dept.
(Published in Carlsbad Current-Argus (Carlsbad, New Mexico) - 10 Aug 1977, Wed - Page 1)
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Two killed in accidents
Two Artesia men were killed in separate accidents in southeastern New Mexico, state police said today.
The victims were Robert B. Trevino, 23, and James B. Bland, 59.
Officers said Trevino was driving a car that crossed the center line of U.S. 285 Wednesday and collided with a semi-trailer truck 11 miles south of Roswell. The truck driver, John M. Dixon of El Paso, Tex., was injured in the crash, police said.
Bland was driving a truck near Carlsbad late Tuesday that crashed into an embankment, authorities said. He was thrown from the vehicle and pinned under its wheels, police said.
(Published in El Paso Herald-Post (El Paso, Texas) - 11 Aug 1977, Thu - Page 6)
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Tractor Wreck Kills State Man
CARLSBAD (AP) - A 59-year-old Artesia man, James B. Bland, was killed when he was thrown from the tractor-trailer rig he was driving in rural Eddy County, state police said.
Officers said the accident occurred about 9 p..m. Tuesday on Marathon Road near Carlsbad. They said the truck hit an embankment at the intersection of the road with a county road 12 miles west of New Mexico 285, jack-knifed and threw Bland out, pinning him under the leftside dual wheels.
(Published in Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, New Mexico) - 11 Aug 1977, Thu - Page 10)
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: James Buckhanon Bland
Race: White
Age: 22
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 8 Dec 1917
Birth Place: Blythe, California, USA
Residence Place: Dexter, Chaves, New Mexico, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Registration Place: Dexter, Chaves, New Mexico, USA
Employer: Jim McNeil
Weight: 140
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Hazel
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 9
Next of Kin: Mary Bland
Household Members:
Name Relationship
James Buckhanon Bland Self (Head)
Mary Bland Mother
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: James Bland
Birth Date: 8 Dec 1917
Issue Year: Before 1951
Issue State: New Mexico
Last Benefit: 88210, Artesia, Eddy, New Mexico, USA
Death Date: Aug 1977
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: James Buckhanon Bland [James Bland]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 8 Dec 1917
Birth Place: Blythe, California
Death Date: Aug 1977
Father:
Rosco T Bland
Mother:
Maryan V Hardin
Notes: Feb 1937: Name listed as JAMES BUCKHANON BLAND; 31 Dec 1987: Name listed as JAMES BLAND
Truck Mishap Takes Life Of Artesia Man
James B. Bland, 59, 806 Runyan, Artesia, was killed last night about 9 p.m. when the tractor trailer he was driving jacknifed and he was thrown out of the truck cab and pinned under the leftside dual wheels.
State patrolman Jack Childress said the accident happened on Marathon Road, about 12 miles west of U.S. 285 west of Carlsbad. He said Bland's truck, belonging to an Artesia firm, CLM Transportation, apparently went through a stop sign at the intersection of Marathon Road and a county road and hit an embankment.
Childress said seatbelts would have prevented the fatality.
Funeral services are pending in Artesia, according to reports, for Bland who worked at one time as Eddy County Sheriff's deputy and also as an officer, in the Artesia Police Dept.
(Published in Carlsbad Current-Argus (Carlsbad, New Mexico) - 10 Aug 1977, Wed - Page 1)
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Two killed in accidents
Two Artesia men were killed in separate accidents in southeastern New Mexico, state police said today.
The victims were Robert B. Trevino, 23, and James B. Bland, 59.
Officers said Trevino was driving a car that crossed the center line of U.S. 285 Wednesday and collided with a semi-trailer truck 11 miles south of Roswell. The truck driver, John M. Dixon of El Paso, Tex., was injured in the crash, police said.
Bland was driving a truck near Carlsbad late Tuesday that crashed into an embankment, authorities said. He was thrown from the vehicle and pinned under its wheels, police said.
(Published in El Paso Herald-Post (El Paso, Texas) - 11 Aug 1977, Thu - Page 6)
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Tractor Wreck Kills State Man
CARLSBAD (AP) - A 59-year-old Artesia man, James B. Bland, was killed when he was thrown from the tractor-trailer rig he was driving in rural Eddy County, state police said.
Officers said the accident occurred about 9 p..m. Tuesday on Marathon Road near Carlsbad. They said the truck hit an embankment at the intersection of the road with a county road 12 miles west of New Mexico 285, jack-knifed and threw Bland out, pinning him under the leftside dual wheels.
(Published in Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, New Mexico) - 11 Aug 1977, Thu - Page 10)
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: James Buckhanon Bland
Race: White
Age: 22
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 8 Dec 1917
Birth Place: Blythe, California, USA
Residence Place: Dexter, Chaves, New Mexico, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Registration Place: Dexter, Chaves, New Mexico, USA
Employer: Jim McNeil
Weight: 140
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Hazel
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 9
Next of Kin: Mary Bland
Household Members:
Name Relationship
James Buckhanon Bland Self (Head)
Mary Bland Mother
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: James Bland
Birth Date: 8 Dec 1917
Issue Year: Before 1951
Issue State: New Mexico
Last Benefit: 88210, Artesia, Eddy, New Mexico, USA
Death Date: Aug 1977
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: James Buckhanon Bland [James Bland]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 8 Dec 1917
Birth Place: Blythe, California
Death Date: Aug 1977
Father:
Rosco T Bland
Mother:
Maryan V Hardin
Notes: Feb 1937: Name listed as JAMES BUCKHANON BLAND; 31 Dec 1987: Name listed as JAMES BLAND
James B. Bland, 59, 806 Runyan, Artesia, was killed last night about 9 p.m. when the tractor trailer he was driving jacknifed and he was thrown out of the truck cab and pinned under the leftside dual wheels.
State patrolman Jack Childress said the accident happened on Marathon Road, about 12 miles west of U.S. 285 west of Carlsbad. He said Bland's truck, belonging to an Artesia firm, CLM Transportation, apparently went through a stop sign at the intersection of Marathon Road and a county road and hit an embankment.
Childress said seatbelts would have prevented the fatality.
Funeral services are pending in Artesia, according to reports, for Bland who worked at one time as Eddy County Sheriff's deputy and also as an officer, in the Artesia Police Dept.
(Published in Carlsbad Current-Argus (Carlsbad, New Mexico) - 10 Aug 1977, Wed - Page 1)
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Two killed in accidents
Two Artesia men were killed in separate accidents in southeastern New Mexico, state police said today.
The victims were Robert B. Trevino, 23, and James B. Bland, 59.
Officers said Trevino was driving a car that crossed the center line of U.S. 285 Wednesday and collided with a semi-trailer truck 11 miles south of Roswell. The truck driver, John M. Dixon of El Paso, Tex., was injured in the crash, police said.
Bland was driving a truck near Carlsbad late Tuesday that crashed into an embankment, authorities said. He was thrown from the vehicle and pinned under its wheels, police said.
(Published in El Paso Herald-Post (El Paso, Texas) - 11 Aug 1977, Thu - Page 6)
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Tractor Wreck Kills State Man
CARLSBAD (AP) - A 59-year-old Artesia man, James B. Bland, was killed when he was thrown from the tractor-trailer rig he was driving in rural Eddy County, state police said.
Officers said the accident occurred about 9 p..m. Tuesday on Marathon Road near Carlsbad. They said the truck hit an embankment at the intersection of the road with a county road 12 miles west of New Mexico 285, jack-knifed and threw Bland out, pinning him under the leftside dual wheels.
(Published in Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, New Mexico) - 11 Aug 1977, Thu - Page 10)
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: James Buckhanon Bland
Race: White
Age: 22
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 8 Dec 1917
Birth Place: Blythe, California, USA
Residence Place: Dexter, Chaves, New Mexico, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Registration Place: Dexter, Chaves, New Mexico, USA
Employer: Jim McNeil
Weight: 140
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Hazel
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 9
Next of Kin: Mary Bland
Household Members:
Name Relationship
James Buckhanon Bland Self (Head)
Mary Bland Mother
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: James Bland
Birth Date: 8 Dec 1917
Issue Year: Before 1951
Issue State: New Mexico
Last Benefit: 88210, Artesia, Eddy, New Mexico, USA
Death Date: Aug 1977
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: James Buckhanon Bland [James Bland]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 8 Dec 1917
Birth Place: Blythe, California
Death Date: Aug 1977
Father:
Rosco T Bland
Mother:
Maryan V Hardin
Notes: Feb 1937: Name listed as JAMES BUCKHANON BLAND; 31 Dec 1987: Name listed as JAMES BLAND
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