Viet Cong Threatens to Execute American in Saigon
Hanoi radio quoted the Viet Cong front vowing to execute Gustav C. Hertz of Leesburg Virginia if Saigon authorities execute a Viet Cong suspect in the U S Embassy bombing. The defense-linked threat targets an American civilian and ties to supposed spying while noting an unrelated Viet Cong leader’s arrest in Da Nang.
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Tokyo
Saigon
U.S
Gustav C. Hertz
Leesburg
Nguyen van Thai
le Dau
da Nang
Thai
South Viet Nam National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Hanoi
G. Hertz
United States
South Viet Nam
Great Victory Claimed in Mekong Delta Battle
South Vietnamese and U.S. forces report a major victory in the Mekong delta south of Saigon. They say 309 Viet Cong fighters killed or captured, with 16 government soldiers and 6 Americans dead in a three day clash near Vinh Loc. Navy planes from the Coral Sea bombed targets in North Viet Nam corridor.
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Malcolm W. Browne
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Mekong
U.S. Navy
Viet Nam
Quang Ngai
Vinh Loc
Roswell Council Approves 275000 Bond for Water System
Roswell city council votes to issue 275000 in bonds to install a 24 inch water line from Union Avenue to the railroad and to drill ten exploratory slim hole wells at about 10000 each. The move aims to secure water supply after multiple wells face shutdown due to salinity encroachment and to fund testing and engineering costs.
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Dean Reeder
Roswell
Harold L. Hensley Jr
Union Ave
Sunset
Hobbs
Black Water
Eight Mile Drawn
Kay Havener
City considers underground water test pricing and sources
City officials discussed testing wells at a total cost of 6000 dollars payable as 12 monthly 500 dollar installments. Alderman Richard Holt suggested Havenor underpriced the service by about 20 percent. Councilmember Hensley reported a tip about an unknown underground source, prompting further inquiries.
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Richard Holt
Havenor
Hensley
Council
Soviet Jets Fire Cannon Over Berlin Display
Four Soviet MIG19 jets fired cannon and shouted past Congress Hall as West German lawmakers gathered. Additional MIG19 fighters and twin-jet bombers buzzed low over West Berlin while Western planes moved through air corridors. No damage was reported.
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Berlin
West Germany
Congress Hall
West Berlin
VA Inquiry Group Given More Time
A Senate veterans affairs subcommittee approved continuing all Federal veterans hospitals and offices through June 30. The action keeps facilities open while a White House appointed commission reviews the closure order and merger plan affecting 11 hospitals and four soldiers homes. The group also backed raising the VA bed ceiling from 225 000 to 130 000 to accommodate new hospitals.
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Washington
Senate Veterans Affairs
Veterans Administration
Johnson
Special Commission
Congress
Veterans
White House
Senate
Ralph Yarborough
Dtex
Senate Veterans Panel
House Veterans Affairs Committee
President
First KC 135 Refueling Tanker Arrives at Walker AFB
The first KC 135 Strato-Tanker of the 310th Air Refueling Squadron from Schilling AFB Kansas will arrive at Walker AFB at 10 05 a m Saturday. Col J B Smith will pilot the tanker with Brig Gen William C Baker attending. Roswell officials plus Chamber of Commerce and New Mexico Military Institute drum corps greet the arrival as the 310th transfers here due to Schilling AFB closure. The unit, about 140 officers and 700 enlisted, will move in by May end replacing the deactivated 579th Strategic Missile Squadron after Atlas complexes were abandoned.
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Schilling Air Force Base
Kan
Walker Air Force Base
WAFB
Col
J. B. Smith
William C. Baker
22Nd Aerospace Division
Walker
Salina
Roswell
Gail Harris
Charles Fowler
Schilling Afb
Defense Department
Strategic Missile Squadron
Dog ordinances to be enforced in Roswell streets
Mayor Gaf Harris announced on Tuesday that city animal ordinances would be enforced to the hilt. Roswell pound keepers took in many stray animals last week as a concentrated effort to clear the streets proceeds. Owners of pets are urged to comply with the ordinances.
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Gaf Harris
Roswell
Roswell Water Debate Divides on Publicity Effects
At a regular Pecos Valley meeting the Aqualantes weighed whether coverage of Roswell water issues harms the city image or helps solve problems. Five members said publicity damages Roswell, nine said it aids defining solutions.
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Pecos Valley
Aqualantes
Chamber of Commerce
Rogers Aston
al Stubbs
Roswell Daily Record
Roswell
Frazier
Frank Kaufmann
Jack Holly
Nazi Chief Probes Death of Former Cadet at NMMI
Denver AP reports Nazi leader George Lincoln Rockwell arrived to investigate the March slaying of James M. Pearson 20 of Menlo Park California found shot in a canyon near Boulder. Pearson attended the University of Colorado after leaving NMMI. Boulder teachers and students face murder charges against Joan G Brown 29 and Charles R Self 18 amid questions of political motive.
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Denver
United States
New Mexico Military Institute
George Lincoln Rockwell
James M. Pearson
Menlo Park
Calif
Boulder
Tute
Rockwell
Pearson
Joan G. Brown
Charles R. Self
Roswell Council approves garbage rate hike to 2.25
The Roswell City Council passed Ordinance No. 845 raising monthly garbage collection fees from 1.50 to 2.25 for single family homes and central-placed containers for multiunit dwellings. Two aldermen opposed citing emergency clause concerns and questions about city waste savings.
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Roswell
William Derby
Roy Tuner
Accused Spy Claims Much of Data Was Phony
In San Francisco two former Army buddies Mintkenbaugh and Johnson face charges for conspiring to sell defense secrets to the Soviet Union. Mintkenbaugh, 46, and Sgt. Robert Lee Johnson, 43, say much of the information handed to the Russians was fake after their arrests last Monday in California and Virginia. The council in Roswell, New Mexico, debates pay raises and retirement plans for city workers as a new $141,000 budget provision funds salaries group insurance retirement needs and garbage truck payments amid concerns over low wages and job security. The council votes eight to two to adopt the ordinance to speed budget changes.
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San Francisco
Soviet Union
James Allen Mintkenbaugh
Robert Lee Johnson
Mintkenbaugh
California
Johnson
Virginia
Hoyt McMinn
McMinn
Gail Harris
Roswell
New Mexico
City of Grants
Ruidoso
Espanola
Yorty Wins Second Term As Los Angeles Mayor
AP reports Los Angeles Mayor Samuel Yorty, an independent Democrat, defeated Democratic Rep. James Roosevelt to secure a second term. In other dispatches, Britain France and the United States protested Soviet and East German limits on Western access to Berlin. Brezhnev declared Breslau would never be under German rule again. North Vietnam claimed it shot down 30 of 60 U.S. Air Force planes in an attack on Thanh Hoa. An AP caption notes pioneering communications satellites shaping a future utility switchboard.
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Los Angeles
Samuel Yorty
James Roosevelt
Moscow
Britain
France
United States
Berlin
Wroclaw
Poland
Soviet Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Breslau
Tokyo
North
Viet Nam
Thanh Hoa
Hanoi
Two-Man Police Auto Patrols Targeted by City Leader
Roswell city councilman Roy Tyner criticized two officer patrol cars after an accident at Fifth and Main involving a Roswell officer. Police commissioner L G Stiles defended the policy as downtown and training use and discussed replacing the damaged vehicle. Mayor Gail Harris praised emergency response yet urged limiting emergency blood runs to avoid risk and urged alternatives.
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Roswell
Roy Tyner
Tyner
Fifth
L.G. Stiles
Stiles
John Reardon
Reardon
William King
Walker Hospital
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
Gail Harris
Police Department
Officer King
Chief of Police
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Ca Mau Peninsula
Comsat Corp
America
Europe
UPI
N. M
Stubbs
Aston
Aqualantes Board of
Ed Kinney
Artesia
Bill Langenegger
John Russell
Tom Mann
Cooper Malone
Cottonwood
Chaves County
Dewey Johnson
Steven Helbing
Charles Harris
Roswell Artesia Basin
Pecos Valley Artesian Conservancy District
University of Colorado
Sanitation Department
W. H. Miller
Miller
APS
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