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Show j NATIONAL GUARD 1 i WATCHES POLLING I I IN NEW MEXICO LAS VEGAS, N. M., Nov. 3 VV.i Martial law as a precaution against election day violence, went into effect at 8 a. m. (MST) in San Miguel county today by order of Gov. Clyde Tingley. A detachment of 150 national guardsmen, under the command of Brig. Gen. Russell C. Charlton, state adjutant general, were to take over affairs of the county until the balloting is finished. San Miguel county, in the grin of bitter campaigning for political I control, has been the scene of election elec-tion day warfare for many years. |