A Man of Many Hats Dons AGC's Biggest Hat
Roswell contractor Bill Armstrong rises to top leadership of the Associated General Contractors of America with a family lineage in AGC. The March feature notes Armstrong's broad service and his late father Gayle C. Armstrong as a former vice president nominee.
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Jean Huff
Roswell Daily Record News
Bill Armstrong
Roswell
Engineering News Record
Armstrong
Associated General Contractors of America
AGC
Gayle C. Armstrong
Abducted Girl Returned Home as Suspect Charged
Carrie Stephens, aged 8, was found unharmed five days after her disappearance in the apartment of 50 year old Michael Zito, who faces aggravated kidnapping charges and will appear in court Sunday. Officers recovered the girl about a mile from her home. Nearby, Gov. Romney's Vietnam policy stance drew attention as he consults experts and weighs positions. Senator Case rejects GOP nominees who make Vietnam a political issue. In Quincy, police hunted three bandits who hijacked an armored truck outside a shopping center, taking nearly $1 million in loot.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Carrie Stephens
Michael Zito
Zito
Washington
Clifford P. Case
R-N.j
Vietnam
Case
New Jersey
Michigan
George Romney
Quincy
Mass
West
Taos to Repair Water System Blocked by Turbulent Supply
Taos officials announced a Monday restart of a repaired water pump and chlorinating unit after two weeks of hand chlorination. Public health engineer Aubrey L. Willard called the supply unsafe citing open water tanks and other deficiencies as tourism declines.
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TAOS
John Himes
Aubrey L. Willard
Roswell FFA Second Artesia Third in NM judging contest
Hatch took sweepstakes at the New Mexico Future Farmers of America judging contests with 51 chapters competing. Roswell was sweepstakes runner up and Artesia placed third. Winners listed across Meat, Farm Mechanics, Livestock, Public Speaking, Wool, Dairy, and Crop categories. National and regional contests set for later this year in Kansas City Waterloo Oklahoma City and other sites.
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Hatch
New Mexico
Future Farmers of America
Roswell
Artesia
Meat
Cloudcroft
Bill LaRock
Anthony
Farm Mechanics
Farmington
Bill Dennis
Fibed
Richard Ae de Rosa
High Land
Las Lunas
Floyd
Bill Humphrey
Los Lunas
High
Grady
Buddy Johnson
Cliff
Ronnie Green
Eugene Haley
Billy Spears
No Comment By Networks On Four Day News Strike
Washington AP reports executives from NBC CBS and ABC faced federal mediators and the striking union as they declined to comment. The walkout splits NBC News with Chet Huntley remaining and David Brinkley on strike. Union chief negotiator Donald Conaway led discussions amid paralysis over pay and conditions. Sun Oil No 2 in New Mexico tests capacity at 1112 barrels daily near 660 feet from given lines. Union Oil staked a Devonian wildcat 1.5 miles SW of Tatum with planned depth 14350 feet.
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George Fuchs
NBC
Chet Huntley
David Brinkley
Brinkley
Huntley
Donald Conaway
American Federation of Television and Radio
CBS
ABC
Sun Oil Co
New Mexico State
Cato-San Andres
Union Oil Co
California
Tatum
Turner
Three City Students Capture Honors at State DE Meeting
Roswell and Goddard high school students earned top DECA honors at the New Mexico state convention in Carlsbad March 30-31. Colleen Cavenaugh was named New Mexico Girl Student of the Year, Elizabeth Taylor won first in advertising layout and copywriting, and Patti Hall became New Mexico DECA Sweetheart. Roswell entrants produced six finalists from 22 CE programs.
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Roswell
Carlsbad
Elizabeth Taylor
Patti Hall
Roswell High
Colleen Cavenaugh
Goddard High
Goddard High School
New Mexico
Goddard
Roswell High School
Wayne Meith
Ollie Long
Karen Moore
Miss Cavenaugh
Taylor
Hall
Fireworks Maker Considering Move to Walker AFB Roswell
Robert Hoffman of the Roswell Industrial Development Corporation says a Texas fireworks manufacturer plans to relocate to Walker Air Force Base in Roswell. He expects fire marshal approval after a state issue is clarified. the firm could hire 75 to 150 workers in its first year and cites labor and facility advantages at Roswell.
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Robert Hoffman
Roswell Industrial Development Corporation
Texas
Walker Air Force Base
Hoffman
New Mexico
Payne
Walker Afb
RIDC
Roswell
California
U Thant urges U S to declare Vietnam cease fire
United Nations Secretary General U Thant urged the United States to take the first step toward peace in Vietnam by declaring a unilateral cease fire. He backed a proposal made by Senator Joseph S. Clark of Pennsylvania at a Washington event.
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Detroit
George W. Romney
Vietnam
Johnson
Saturn
Michigan
U.N
U Thant
Southeast Asia
Thant
Romney
University of Michigan
Harland Hatcher
United Nations, N.Y
United States
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Americans For Democratic Action
Washington
Novel Arrest Ends in Gahanna Ohio
Gahanna Ohio police arrest Gordon Novel 28 a former New Orleans nightclub operator sought in connection with the Kennedy assassination probe led by Jim Garrison. The arrest followed a tip to authorities and a warrant issued by New Orleans officials. Novel pledged to fight extradition while praising local officers.
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Ohio
Gordon Novel
New Orleans
John F. Kennedy
Gahanna
Paul van Auken
Novel
Myer Club
van Auken
Dist. Atty
Jim Garrison
Ohio Highway Patrol
Robert F. Brandon
Cardiff Grant
United States Supreme Court
Humphrey Target of Demonstrators In Florence After Vatican Talk
Vice President Hubert Humphrey met Pope Paul VI at the Vatican to discuss peace in Vietnam. In Florence, demonstrators pelleted his limousine with eggs as police battled about 400 youths in Piazza della Signoria. Humphrey toured relief sites aiding the Arno flood recovery and praised American aid of over a million dollars.
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Italy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Vatican
Paul VI
Humphrey
U.S
Joseph G. Wheeler
Piazza Della Signoria
Palazzo Vecchio
America
Ponte Vecchio
Arno
Rome
St. Peter's Square
Vatican Secretariat of State
Paul Marcinkus
Chicago
Vietnam
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