Embittered steamfitter ends 12 1 2 hour hostage scene
Charles E Milligan held six people at gunpoint in a Phoenix industrial hearing room for 12 1 2 hours before detectives Earl Moore and Don Rodriguez, posing as reporters, leaped him. Attorney D J Morgan Jr and others were freed. Milligan was taken away in handcuffs.
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United Press International Phoenix
Ariz
UPI
Charles E. Milligan
D. J. Morgan Jr
Earl Moore
Don Rodriguez
Milligan
Morgan
Charles Thomas
Ed Swann
Moore
Gunman Milligan Holds Court in Hearing Room Siege
Authorities say a gunman named Milligan held a hearing room siege starting at 8 a.m. He wounded Stephen Gorey, his attorney, when another man tried to disarm him. About a hundred police watched from the outside as the standoff continued with demands to bring in an industrial commissioner.
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Milligan
Stephen Gorey
Gorey
Witt
Indus
College of the Southwest Gains Accreditation by New Mexico Board
In a unanimous decision the College of the Southwest in Lea County, formerly New Mexico Baptist College, was accredited by the New Mexico State Board of Education after a survey team report. The accreditation enables credit to future teachers and supports plans to build a new plant on State Highway 18 between Lovington and Hobbs with $300,000 pledged for the first phase of expansion.
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College of the Southwest
New Mexico State Board of Education
Lea County College
Santa Fe
Kenneth Osborn
Lovington
College Board of Trustees
Hobbs
George P. White
Calloway Taulbee
LeMar Lamb
State Department of Education
College of Education
State Board of Education
New Mexico Baptist College
Weather roundup for Lovington area forecast
Partly cloudy through Thursday night with scattered afternoon and nighttime thundershowers. No significant temperature change. Temperatures range from 66 to 91 degrees.
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Lovington
Funeral services pending for Lovington accident victim Prentis Q McMillan
Prentis Que McMillan, 29, died when his pickup overturned north of Lovington after hitting a wet spot. Two passengers were injured. Scotty Clayton Chunn remains in critical condition with a fractured skull and arm and facial lacerations. Services set for 2 p.m. Friday at North Side Baptist Church with burial in Altus Oklahoma.
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Prentis Que McMillan
Lovington
Smith- Yarbro Chapel
Lovington Lea General Hospital
Scotty Clayton Chunn
Troy Ray Chunn
McMillan
North Side Baptist Church
G. W. Turner
Northside Baptist Church
Altus
Oklo
Texas
The
Baptist Church
J. P
Bum) Gibbins
Louis
Alton Ply
Seminole
Marolyn
Carolyn McMillan
Oklahoma
Guy Featherston
Okla
Kruse
Prentis Q. McMillin
West Avenue Q
McMillin
Scotty
Clayton Chunn
Lea General Hospital
Chunn
Scotty Chunn
Wilson Testimony Sought for Estes Inquiry
Atty. Gen. Will Wilson was invited to testify before the Senate subcommittee probing Billie Sol Estes cotton allotment deals. Sen. John L. McClellan said Wilson may have pertinent information and offered subpoena option. Wilson, at the Southern Attorneys General Conference in White Sulphur Springs, Va., would arrange an appearance date.
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Austin
API
Will Wilson
U.S. Senate
Billie Sol Estes
Sen
John L. McClellan
Subcommittee On Investigations
Wilson
McClellan
Estes
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Southern Attorneys General Conference
Laumbach appeals dismissal by New Mexico Highway Dept
R D Laumbach, a 15 year district 3 maintenance supervisor, appeals his firing and accuses Chief Highway Engineer T B White of making false statements. The petition seeks hearings with the Highway Commission and other officials. a hearing is to be scheduled within 30 days. Laumbach claims no prior complaints prompted termination July 31. White cites maintenance complaints as reason.
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Santa FE
UPS
R. D. Laumbach
Highway Department
State Personnel Board
T. B. White
Highway Commission
White
Fred Standley
Laumbach
Highway District 3
Amarillo Jury Indicts Three In Estes Case
A district court grand jury indicted three men connected to Billie Sol Estes trading, with one indictment per man. Identifications withheld pending arrest, expected Friday. Witnesses included Amarillo officials Harold Orr and Ruel Alexander and Coleman McSpadden of Lubbock.
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Amarillo
Estes
Jordan
Pecos
Superior Manufacturing Co
New York
Commercial Solvents
Maynard Wheeler
Sugar Manufacturing Company of
Harold Orr
Ruel Alexander
Coleman McSpadden
Lubbock
Orr
Superior
Alexander
McSpadden
el Paso
Tex
Lovington Daily Leader Opens New Morning Edition
The Lovington Daily Leader announces a new morning edition with updated local news briefs, weather, and community notices for readers starting today. The paper emphasizes quicker updates and regional coverage for Lovington and surrounding areas.
Redman To Open Campaign In Portales
Dr. Jack Redman of Albuquerque Republican candidate for U S House Position 1 will formally open his campaign with a speech at Portales City Park at 7 PM after a free barbecue at 6 PM. The Roosevelt County Citizens for Redman Committee sponsors the dinner with attendees from Lovington and Lea County planning to attend.
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Jack Redman
Albuquerque
U. S. House of Representatives
Portales
Roosevelt County
Citizens For Redman Committee
Lovington
Lea County
Thought For Today Prayer Reflection
Our Father in heaven is prayed to in the common affairs of life asking forgiveness for neglect and seeking divine guidance. The writer asks to replace carelessness with awareness of God's presence and to witness to Him to the ends of the earth in Jesus Christ.
Chavez Sends Sympathies To Anderson
Senator Chavez of New Mexico in poor health expresses regret over Senator Clinton P. Anderson from Albuquerque returns home after illness and plans a long rest on doctor orders.
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Washington
UPI
Sen
Chavez
D-N.m
Clinton P. Anderson
Anderson
New Mexico
Albuquerque
FDA Considers Tighter Drug Testing Regulations
Washington reports Anthony Celebreeze says new safeguards on human testing of drugs like Thalidomide will be issued soon. Proposals would require firms to notify the FDA of testing and report injurious side effects, with enhanced policing of physicians and testing facilities. Congress urged to act on broader drug experiment safeguards.
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Washington
UPI
Anthony J. Celebreeze
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Celebreeze
Presidet Kennedy
Congress
HEW
Tatum Couple Die as Car Plunges into River
New Mexico road toll climbs with the deaths of elderly Tatum residents and a Sabens Texas man. Fisher and a woman, believed to be his wife, died after their car left U S 70 380 west of Roswell and sank into the Hondo River. Munoz, a passenger in a separate crash, perished near Carrizozo. The Lovington pickup driver also died in a related wreck with two passengers hospitalized.
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New Mexico
Tatum
Sabens
Tex
Thurman J. Fisher
Fisher
U.S. 70-380
Roswell
Hendo River
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Phoenix
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Jack Ryan
James M. Witt
College of Southwest
Curtis Patterson
Hammel Carrell
Mexico
Patterson
Carrell
G Lovington
Daily Leader
Redman
Pete Munoz
Ken Wilson
Munoz
Hilario A. Sanchez
U. S. 54
Carrizoto
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