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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1973
Page
2
The Portales News-Tribune notes an early day bar and dining room restored by Robert C. Anderson under John Meigs and Peter Hurd. Gordon Greaves cites reader reports about the bar possibly from San Francisco and plans to ask Meigs or Higgins for details.
The NMMI glee club under Harry Taylor performed for the Roswell Rotary Club on Thursday. Ten cadets from Roswell Artesia San Francisco Long Beach and other states sang while Taylor accompanied on piano.
The New Mexico Crop and Livestock Reporting Service lists beef cattle at 47.10 per cwt on March 15 up from 35.20 a year earlier. Grain sorghum rose to 2.90 on March 15, with hay increasing 6.50 year over year. Wool averaged 91 cents on March 15, 1973, vs 25 cents prior year. the all farm products index stood at 405, up from 304 in 1972. Some people are glad, some sad.
Two 19 year olds George J. Chassaniol of Kent Washington and Rocky Lynn Dow of Lovington were arraigned in magistrate court on burglary and larceny and receiving and concealing stolen property respectively. Bond set at 5000 for Chassaniol and 3000 for Dow. Police report says entry was by breaking a window and items including cash tools and a soft drink machine were stolen.
Dr Willard Shankel director of the states new forensic treatment unit at Las Vegas was fired this week Hospital administrator Leonard A Nuckolls said the doctor found it difficult to work as a physician in a team Shankel declined comment saying any statement would be destructive to the hospital The unit opened last Monday with 16 patients in the 52 bed $800 000 facility delayed from last Sept 1 due to security deficiencies
Air Force Maj. Philip E. Smith says Chinese guards tortured him for a confessed misdeed during 70 years in Canton and Peking prisons. He cites torture cuffs and chained arms, but notes improved conditions after Nixon and Kissinger visits.
Three Roswell hospitals report no menu changes at their cafeterias. ENMMC Administrator Charles Thomas cites medical staff input and patient needs, while Memorial Osteopathic Hospital and St. Marys Hospital officials say dietary requirements and cost controls prevent alterations.
The U S Bureau of Labor Statistics reports total employment rose by 700000 in March reaching 83900000, while unemployment fell to 4370000 and the jobless rate eased to 5 percent. Teenagers accounted for most of the rise, wage gains continued, and average weekly earnings climbed to 140.23 dollars.
Hopi spiritual leader Thomas Benyacya told New Mexico State University students during Southwest American Indian Days that only two or three years remain until the day of purification or judgment. He cited warnings from Indians' plight with whites and the atomic bomb, adding that food may spoil and machines fail before a universal harmony.
Officials report the Mississippi River crest near 40 feet at St Louis, the highest since 1844, with more than 1.2 million acres underwater from Hannibal to Cairo and 4,000 residents evacuated. Coast Guard reservists activated, Missouri guardsmen on duty, and crews continue sandbagging as crews assess damage and leak risks.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 7.08 to 930.54 at noon, with the NYSE and ASE showing gains as unemployment dropped in March and talk of inflation controls circulated. Baxter Laboratories led active issues on the Big Board, while traders watched for wage price freeze signals from the Burns Fed.
AP report advises drivers stuck in heavy traffic to raise idle speed to boost cooling and keep the engine running when hot light stays off. If cooling fails, turn off the engine and lift the hood to signal a road block.
New Mexico State Police report a Thursday two car collision eight miles north of Mesa on U S Highway 285 totaled both cars. Joe Padilla 49 Santa Rosa was admitted to St Marys Hospital with cuts abrasions and broken ribs. Glenn L Erickson 24 Livingston Montana and passengers Janet Erickson 26 and Cristi Erickson three months Livingston were treated and released for minor injuries.
In El Paso Texas AP. The jury in the 4th District Court resumes deliberations in the murder case of Jesse Fain Deal of Galveston. Deal faces charges for the shotgun deaths of brothers Preston and Marley Tarver in northeast El Paso last December. He is the third Bandidos member on trial for the slayings. two co defendants, Robert Chambers and Armand Vicente, were convicted and sentenced to life.
Secretary of the Interior Morton said President Nixon asked him to push Congress to authorize the 23 billion dollar trans Alaska pipeline. The 700 mile link from the Northern Slope to Valdez requires a widened right of way, blocked by current law and Supreme Court inaction. The administration seeks legislation granting broad interior discretion on public lands.
Raymond Londi Sedillo 24 of Box 205 posted 10 000 bond and was released from Chaves County Jail after being charged with first degree murder in the March 22 stabbing death of Edward Hernandez 19 at 08 E. Third St near Ninth and Pennsylvania. Bond reduced from 20 000 after magistrate court hearing before Judge Clyde McKee.
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