Gunman Kills Three Eludes NY Police
A Bronx gunman killed three people and wounded a fourth with a sawed off .30 caliber auto carbine. Police widened a 15 state alarm for Bobby Rogers alias Bobby Pugh, 31, as officers scoured a five story East 138th Street tenement.
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NY Police
Bob Monroe
Associated Press
NEW York (Ap
Bronx
Bronx Asst. Dist. Atty
Burton Roberts
Bobby Rogers
Bobby Pugh
Central Park
Angel Anzelos
East 138Th Street
New Mexico Delegates Seek Seats for National Convention
Artesia Democrat Tom Brown Sr says New Mexico’s 48 delegates were allotted 32 seats at Chicago. He expects a talk with national chairman John Bailey to arrange more seats and notes a planned Albuquerque meeting to resolve the delegation split between Humphrey and McCarthy supporters. Brown may push voluntary delegate reductions if needed.
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Artesia
New Mexico
Democratic Party
Tom Brown
John Bailey
Brown
Chicago
Santa Fe
Hubert Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
Humphrey
McCarthy
Dessie Sawyer
Crossroads
Conevention
Albuquerque
John Simms
Sterling Black
Los Alamos
Mce Carthy
Harold Wolden
Powell's Conviction Upheld By Court
Former Rep. Adam Clayton Powell's 1966 criminal contempt conviction was upheld by a 3 to 2 vote of the Appellate Division. Powell, once Harlem's Democratic congressman, faced potential arrest in New York State if he enters the state without further appeals. The case stemmed from avoidance of a defamation judgment by Esther James and related civil and House conduct disputes.
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Malcolm Stephenson
Associated Press
NEW York
Adam Clayton Powell
State Supreme Court
Henry R. Williams
Court of Appeals
Powell
Harlem
Bimini
Bahamas
Powe
New York State
Esther James
House of Representatives
House Committee
Congress
NMSU Mourns Loss of Dennard in I-10 Crash
George H. Dennard 54 director of missions at New Mexico State University died after a car truck collision on Interstate 10 near Las Cruces. He died en route to Memorial General Hospital. Survivors include his widow and three sons. The truck driver escaped serious injury. Dennard, a former high school principal at Fort Sumner, had served at NMSU since 1959.
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Las Cruces
George H. Dennard
New Mexico State University
Interstate 10
Dennard
Espina St
NMSA
Memorial General Hospital
Dave
Bob
Mike
Tim
Richard Manasco
Heaton
N.M
Gallup
Fort Sumner
Boycott Aims to Reharm Sanitation Dismissals
In St Petersburg Rev A D King urged an economic boycott to push for rehiring 190 striking sanitation workers all but one of them Black. A two month campaign targets wealthy white merchants and complacent Black merchants and ministers who ignore the Black poor. King vows to scare wealth power and press voters via registration drives to win back jobs and pressure employers.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
A. D. King
King
Martin Luether King Jr
Memphis
Tenn
Mount Zion Primitive Baptist Church
Area Resident Dies Today
William Marion Hayes 75 of 609 North Second Street died early today at Lovington Lea General Hospital after four days as a patient. A farmer by trade, he moved to Lovington in 1951 from Petersburg Texas with his wife Birtie Sue. Survived by eight sons and one daughter plus 24 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral Saturday at 2:00 pm at Hillcrest Baptist Church with burial at Resthaven Memorial Gardens under Smithe Rodgers Funeral Home direction.
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William Marion Hayes
North Second Street
Lovington
Lovington Lea General Hospital
Hayes
Petersburg
Texas
Birtie Sue
Barney
Ft. Bayard
N. M
Johnny and
Charles
J. P
Parkman
Wyoming
R. C
Eunice
Jear
Praire Te Grove
Arkansas
Carson
Dallas
Cleo
Tateum
Alice Joyce Smith
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Edith Shaw
Cooper
Jessie Johnson
Farmersville
Hillcrest Baptist Church
Ed Scarbrough
Resthaven Memorial Gardens
Smithe Rodgers
Testimony Continues In Murder Trial In Las Vegas NM
In Las Vegas New Mexico the murder trial of former West Las Vegas High School teacher Matt Sandoval continues over the May 25 1967 shooting death of John Ludi at Ludi s liquor store. Montoya a teacher and alleged friend of Sandoval and Ludi describes harsh police questioning after claiming he was in the store that evening.
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Las Vegas
N.M
West Las Vegas
Matt Sandoval
John Ludi
Ludi
Sandoval
Montoya
Zschiesche Elected To Cotton Board
RUIDOSO DOWNS AP The New Mexico Cotton Ginners Association re elected most officers including Emil Hohman as president Eddie Hughes as vice president and Winston Lovelace as secretary treasurer along with directors Johman Hughes Joe Clark W G Cook and L C Thomas One new director Carroll Zschiesche Lovington was elected and Ellis Parks Roswell was re elected director at large
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Ruidoso Downs
New Mexico Cotton Ginners Association
Emil Hohman
Deming
Eddie Hughes
Artesia
Winston Lovelace
Loving
Johman
Hughes
Joe Clark
Mesilla Park
W. G. Cook
L. C. Thomas
Portales
Ellis Parks
Roswell
Carroll Zschiesche
Lovington
Governor Sees Film Deal for Narrow Gauge Route
Gov. David Cargo announced a pact between the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad and Warner Brothers Seven Arts for a film in the Chama area. He travels to Chama for talks on the line’s future as filming could trigger about 15 million dollars of production on the narrow gauge route along the New Mexico Colorado line from Antonito to Farmington.
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Santa FE
David Cargo
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Warner Brothers Seven Arts Studio
Chama
Cargo
D&rgw
New Mexico
Colorado
Denver
Fred Patton
John May
Department of Development
Interstate Commerce Commission
Colorado State Line
Antonito
Colo
Farmington
Weather Update for Lovington and Hobbs-Lovington
Partly cloudy conditions continue through Saturday with isolated thundershowers possible late today and again late Saturday. Highs in the 60s to 90s, lows 45 to 70, with statewide chances of afternoon and evening showers mainly in the south and east regions.
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Lovington
Hobbs-Lovington
Portales
New Mexico
Water Runoff Falls Short of Projections in Rio Grande
James W. Kirby of the Bureau of Reclamation reports runoff from winter and spring snows in New Mexico and Colorado is less than expected. He notes Rio Grande Project storage at 327,500 acre feet as the snowmelt season ends.
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EL Paso, Tex
New Mexico
Colorado
James W. Kirby
Bureau of Reclamation
Kirby
Rio Grande Project
Security plan for Ray King assassination trial in Memphis
Officials said the James Earl Ray trial will be the biggest Tennessee trial since 1925 and will use voice and picture tape for every attendee. Newsmen will get photo IDs, and entry will be through an underground corridor to restrict access.
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Memphis, Tenn
Tennessee
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Charles Holmes
William N. Morris
Shelby County Criminal Court
Ray
Criminal Courts
London
Morris
Dist. Atty
Phil M. Canale
Warren Cargill
King
Dave Cargo Loses Editorial Support In NM Primary
Farmington Daily Times reverses backing from 1966 endorsement of Gov. David Cargo and says it will support Clifford Hawley in the Republican primary. The editorial criticizes administrative performance while noting Cargo’s charm and political focus.
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Farmington
David Cargo
Farmington Daily Times
Carego
Clifford Hawley
Cargo
Hawley
People of
New Mexico
The
Times
Gov. Cargo
Pueblo Prisoners Release Rumored by Senator Young
Senator Young forecast U S release of the Pueblo prisoners by August with an apology and indemnity of about 100 million dollars. The State Department disputed the claim saying no source was known. The Pueblo crew of 83 was seized January 23 near North Korea, with talks ongoing.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Stephen M. Young
Dohio
Armed Services Committee
U.S
Pueblo
Robert J. McCloskey
Sen. Young
Department
Young
North Korea
Panmunjom
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Bailey
National Party
NMSU
Zschiesche
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