Air battles over Syria as both sides claim hits
Syrian MIGs claim direct hits on Israeli positions with heavy losses and seven planes downed, while Israel says no casualties and all jets returned. Israeli planes targeted artillery and em placements near Mt Hermon for three hours, with nine Israeli aircraft seen striking a radar station on the Anti Lebanon range. No damage estimates or Syrian comments available.
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Tel Aviv
Syria
Mt. Hermon
Golan
Lebanon
Anti-Lebanon
Tel al Arayess
Golan Heights
Middle East
Hermon
Landman Association honors Powless with lifetime membership
R Clayton Powless 65 of Midland Texas received the New Mexico Landman's Assn highest award a lifetime membership plaque at a Roswell Inn dinner He is a Getty Oil landman specialist in the Midland District retired after 44 years He helped found the association with Brantly Jackson and O E Langley now deceased and has held multiple oil industry positions.
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R. Clayton Powless
Midland
Texas
New Mexico Landman’s Association
Carl A. Schellinger
Roswell
Tracy Huber
New Mexico Landman's Assn
Roswell Inn
Unholy Three
Brantly Jackson
Magnolia Petroleum Co
O. E
Red’ Langley
Sun Oil Co
Powless
Tidewater Oil Co
Nickson
Jackson
Langley
Getty Oil Company
Oklahoma University
Tidal Oil Company
Tulsa
Okla
Public Lands Committee of
New Mexico Oil and Gas Association
Jack M. Campbell
A. M. Derrick
el Paso Natural Gas
Derrick
Ulysses of
Ithaca
Roswell Day Chamber Opens Development Efforts
Huffman, a former Houston Boy Scout district executive, remains active after retirement, guiding local development efforts with the Chamber of Commerce. The Houston district he led was among the nation’s largest, reflecting his enduring influence in the region.
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Huffman
Roswell
Jerry N. Smith
Roswell Inn
Santa Fe, N.M
Victor Montoya
Santa Fe
Montoya
Dale Dilts
Albuquerque
Rio prison riot frees 40 inmates in citywide breakout
Forty prisoners armed with knives guns and submachine guns fled a downtown Rio de Janeiro jail this morning triggering gun battles in five areas. Seven people including a guard and a military policeman were wounded as police recaptured eight inmates and urged calm while restoring control.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Rio
Automakers plan Cuba shipments from Argentina units
The State Department approved export licenses for Ford Chrysler and General Motors enabling cars and trucks from their Argentina subsidiaries to Cuba. The move follows months of indecision and faces hemispheric sales restrictions.
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Washington
U.S
Cuba
State Department
Ford
Chrysler
General Motors Corp
Reinstatement Offer Fails in Chaves County Clerk Row
Bernice Dilley offered former Deputy Clerk Miquela Mendoza her old job back after Mendoza filed for county assessor. Mendoza refused, saying she was fired and would not reconsider. Dilley cites taxpayers’ interest and says outside interference may have influenced Mendoza.
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Louis Davies
Chaves
Bernice Dilley
Miquela
Mickey’ Mendoza
Mendoza
Joyce Walker
Mrs. Dilley
Mrs. Mendoza
Inflation Surges as March Prices Jump 1.1 Percent
The Labor Department reports consumer prices rose 1.1 percent in March, lifting the year over year gain to 10.2 percent and marking the largest 12 month increase since 1948. The first quarter saw a 14.5 percent annual rate, the worst since 1951, while GNP fell 9.5 percent at a 4Q pace.
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Washington
Labor Department
Commerce Department
Nixon
Windy and stormy today with hazardous driving likely
Strong southerly to southwesterly winds reach near 40 mph with gusts to 55 mph. Wind warnings cover area lakes. Scattered thunderstorms develop this afternoon and evening, some possibly severe. Turning colder tonight with decreasing wind and cloudiness. Precipitation chance 20 percent today and 30 percent tonight. Highs mid 80s today, upper 40s tonight, mid 70s Saturday.
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