Miss Wool of America Pageant to Air Coast to Coast
More than 100 television stations coast to coast will carry the Miss Wool of America Pageant in San Angelo Texas on June 30. Donald O'Connor will host, Al Cantwell producer, KROD TV plans live color coverage, and a river parade with sailing boats and barges will illuminate the night event. Barbara Pretzel of Cedar Rapids is reigning Miss Wool.
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San Angelo
Tex
Robert Corn
Roswell
Donald O’connor
al Cantwell
New York Ciy
Krod-Tv
Dallas
Ksws-Tv
Barbara Pretzel
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
New Zealand
American Sheep Producers Council
Lincoln County
Miss Wool of America Board
News Caps?ules by The Associated Press
News Capsules summarize radio and TV walkouts by engineers amid AFTRA strike in several markets. NBC and ABC report amateur replacements caused wavering sound and blurred pictures during late hours. Other items note a Kennedy conspiracy probe indictment, a misfired Atlas rocket causing a satellite to miss its orbit, an actress acquitted on obscenity charges, a NATO allied ministers conference, and renewed Teamsters trucking talks with mediators.
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Associated Press
New York
AFTRA
NBC
ABC
Cape Kennedy
Fla
U.S
ATS
Application Technology
No Deal Ronald Santa Fe Governor’s Gift Swap
AP reports Gov. David Cargo during a December Governors Conference in White Sulphur Springs sent New Mexico Magazine gift subscriptions to fellow governors. He received a reply from California Gov. Ronald Reagan asking for a factory purchase, then joking about demonstrators.
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Santa FE
David Cargo
White Sulphur Springs
New Mexico
California
Ronald Reagan
Speck Defense Tries to Blast Identification
Public defender Gerald Getty challenged Corazon Amurao’s identification of Richard Speck as the killer of eight nurses in a Chicago murder trial. Amurao testified for hours, describing the intrusion, the attack, and its aftermath while pointing Speck out in court.
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Peoria, Ill
Gerald Getty
Richard Speck
Corazon Amurao
Miss Amurao
Philippines
Getty
Chicago
William Martin
Martin
Roswell Board Tables 2.8 Million Bond Plan
Roswell schools face campus closures next year as the board tabled a 2.8 million bond issue to update facilities and approved a plan cutting teaching posts from 418 to 338. An average teacher raise of 448 dollars is approved, with 300 for those at max, financed partly by local funds and state aid, aided by a 300k cash balance.
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Jean Huff
Roswell
George Hunker
Morton Dann
Larry Harris
Roswell Education Chief Slams Teaching Staff Cuts
Paul Breeden, president of the Roswell Education Assn., attacked planned cuts in Roswell schools next year. He warned enlarged class loads, from 25 to 27 or 28 students, would harm education and said sanctions could follow if funds aren’t found. Administrators peg staff drops from 418 to 338. proposed raises may cost about 80 000 locally.
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Paul Breeden
Roswell
Breeden
Essarily
Association
Kidnapped 11 Year Old Is Returned After Ransom Paid
Beverly Hills banker Herbert J. Young describes as his 11 year old son Kenneth was bound and blindfolded in a Santa Monica car. FBI traced ransom payment of about 250000 dollars, the boy was found safe and uninjured after obeying instructions in a handwritten note. The abduction occurred as Kenneth slept, with a glass door stair access and a maid discovering the empty bed Monday. Kenneth planned to return to Beverly Hills elementary school.
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Frank O'Reilly
Beverly Hills
Calif
Herbert J. Young
Gibraltar Savings and Loan Association
Kenneth
Santa Monica
FBI
Westwood
Kenny
Young
White House
Herbert
Arline
Cargo Says He'll Sign Water Bill
Governor David Cargo, reversing earlier veto talk, plans to sign a bill removing the state engineer as hearing officer for underground water appeal denials. Appeals would go to district court, with constitutional issues tied to de novo hearings and separation of powers.
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Santa FE
David Cargo
District Court
Cargo
New Mexico Teams to Enter International Land Judging Event
Two New Mexico teams will compete in the 16th International Land Pasture and Range Judging School and Contest in Oklahoma City on April 26 and 27. Chaves County 4 H team represents the state in the 4 H division while Los Lu nas FFA teams enter the FFA division. The event opens with a training day for out of state contestants and continues with the contest. The emphasis this year is on the adult division with eligibility for anyone aged 20 or older. Sponsored by the New Mexico Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts.
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Las Cruces
New Mexico
Oklahoma City
Jennings Jarvis
New Mexico State University
Cooperative Extension Service
Chaves County
Los Lunas
Oklahoma
Jarvis
New Mexico Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
FFA
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AL Stubbs
Ernest Wheeler Jr
Portales
Board of
Regents
Eastern New Mexico University
Eugene Brockman
Tucumcari
Robert H. Beck
M. G. Hunt
Donald Anderson Roswell
Sunset School
Roswell Daily Record
Jennie Capps
NEW Mexico Military Institute
U.S. Army
Roswell Optimist Club
Roswell Toastmasters Club
Richard Hoover
el Paso
New Orleans
Jim Garrison
Layton Patrick Martens
David W. Ferrie
Rome
Gina Lollobrigida
Washington
Atlantic Alliance
Teamsters Union
Ronald
Speck
Board of Education
Morris Hinman
Walker Air Force Base
Eash
Tom Hoover
W. First St
Val Hudson
Crenshaw Dr
Michael Kelly
T. J. Kelly
Meadow Lane
R. M. Higginbotham
Optimist Club
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