Shuttle bases chosen Cape Kennedy and Vandenberg set
NASA selected Cape Kennedy Florida and Vandenberg Air Force Base California as the two launch sites for the space shuttle program after a year of study. Rep Lou Frey said testing begins 1976 with manned flights by 1978 and the two bases split NASA and Defense missions, with costs shared by agencies.
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Howard Benedict
Cape Kennedy, Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States
Cape Kennedy
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Cape
Vandenberg
NASA
America
George Low
Space Agency
Defense Department
Low
Lou Frey
R-Fla
Frey
Hijack flight from New Mexico to Los Angeles ends with arrests
A Frontier Airlines 737 hijacked from New Mexico to Los Angeles carried passengers including Ed Sayre of Los Alamos and Ricky Laub of Albuquerque. The crew reported a gunman in the cockpit after which the plane landed safely amid police and FBI presence. The incident prompted disbelief and relief among travelers as authorities secured the scene.
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Associated Press
Ed Sayre
Los Alamos
N.M
Frontier Airlines
Los Angeles
Sayre
New Mexico State Library
Phoenix
Tucson
Ariz
Ray Laub
Roswell
Ricky
Albuquerque
General Foods, Inc
Laub
University of New Mexico
Mary
Laubs
Roland Toms
Jackson
Miss
New Mexico
Toms
FBI
Edward Sayre
Carmela Ruby
Santa Fe
C. Edward Dowlin
State Library
Ricardo Chavez- Ortiz
Ann Caswell
C. Kammerer
Crawford Wins Huge Civil Suit in Fifth District Court
The nine day trial ended Thursday with a jury ruling in favor of O. F. Crawford of Roswell against American Employes Insurance Co. The suit was brought by Oscar F. Crawford of Chaves County and John M. Penrose of Utah. The jury found for Crawford against Penrose.
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Fifth District
O. F. Crawford
Roswell
Crawford
Oscar F. Crawford
Chaves County
John M. Penrose
Utah
American Employes Insurance Co
Penrose
Jaguar
California
Lonnie G. Woolett
Woolett
U. S. District Court For
District of New Mexico
Crawford and
District Court
Hunker, Fedric and Higginbotham and Hinkle, Bondurant, Cox and Eaton
Bomb threat forces 747 to Phoenix return. safe landing
An American Airlines 747 with 204 aboard landed safely in Phoenix after being ordered back due to an anonymous bomb threat. The incident mirrored a March 16 scare.
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Phoenix
Ariz
American Airlines
Evangelist James Robison Draws 470 in Roswell Preview Crusade
About 470 people heard evangelist James Robison in the Goddard High cafeteria as a prelude to a week long crusade August 13 to 20 in Roswell. The event was hosted by Calvary Baptist pastor Rev. Kenneth Stohner and the Chaves County Ministerial Association with local churches from Dexter and Hagerman involved.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Robison
Wool Bowl
Roswell
Chaves County
John McCay
Goddard High
Atlanta
Christ
Kenneth Stohner
Calvary Baptist Church
Morrison
First Church of the Nazarene
Rex McCulley
The
Salvation Army
Steve Staeden
Don Davis
Mario Hernandez
Cliff Hutchins
J.C. Nolley
Gene McGuire
John Parrott
Cleon Shultz
W.C. Stamper
Hagerman
Nixon and Trudeau hold low key Ottawa summit
President Nixon meets Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau in Ottawa in a quiet summit before a parliamentary appearance. Security and protests occur as Nixon and his wife begin a 40 hour official visit, with talks unlikely to resolve contentious economic issues.
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Nixon
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Trudeau
Parliament
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
John F. Kennedy
Government House
U.S
Canada
United States
Uplands Air Base
Alexei N. Kosygin
Yucca Middle School's Future in Roswell Explored
Roswell Independent School District weighs options for the 60 year old Yucca Middle School after closing it for 1972 73 amid safety concerns. A New Mexico construction board report finds the building structurally sound with needed code upgrades before reuse possibly as a recreation facility or educational space.
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Roswell Independent
Roswell
Luginbill
New Mexico General Construction Board
Yucca
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