Roswell plans marked for second 75 years of NM work
The New Mexico Military Institute committee led by Dick Mulkey plans fall events to kick off the institute’s second 75 years with a nationally known speaker. Cadets, medical and legal groups meet in Roswell as community efforts grow.
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New Mexico Military Institute Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
Dick Mulkey
Earl Malone
Roswell
Alamogordo
Ben Sherman
Deming
Otero County Medical Society and Bar Association
New Mexico
Truman Ca story wins Peabody for best TV hour
The American Broadcasting Co. receives a Peabody Award for A Christmas Memory as one of the finest TV hours of 1966 in entertainment. Haiphong air raids prompt denouncement from Saigon. escalation cited as serious. Powell seat battle eyed by liberal Democrats after reelection. Catholic University faculty vote to strike over Curran reinstatement. New Mexico League of Women Voters weighs withdrawal of support for four year terms.
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Associated Press
New York
American Broadcasting Co
Truman Ca
Saigon
Haiphong
Sanos
Albuquerque
New Mexico League of Women Voters
League
Pig wins election at Middle Tennessee State University
In a write in contest at Murfreesboro’s Middle Tennessee State University Paula Mae Pigg a month old 15 pound pig won the May Queen title with 786 votes beating five coeds who withdrew after the pig’s landslide. The stunt aimed to protest student apathy toward elections and the prom.
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Murfreesboro
Paula Mae
Kitten McCreary
Cassius Clay vows not to wear Army uniform
Louisville report notes heavyweight champion Cassius Clay declaring he will never wear a military uniform, citing his Muslim faith and opposition to killing. Induction slated for April 28 in Houston, with potential jail or loss of prestige discussed.
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Louisville
Cassius Clay
Clay
Houston
Tex
Draft Board
District Attorney’s Office
Texas
Clinton backs Beaty for Four Corners post
Senator Clinton P. Anderson endorses Orren Beaty Jr. for the federal cochairmanship of the Four Corners Economic Development Commission. Beaty, 47, on Interior Secretary Udall's staff, hails from Clayton New Mexico and is a former Las Cruces Sun-News editor and Phoenix Republic columnist. The post pays 27500 dollars annually and governs NM Arizona Utah and Colorado.
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Washington (Ap
Clinton P. Anderson
D-N. M
Las Cruces
Phoenix
Orren Beaty Jr
Four Corners
Cyprus airliner crash leaves 128 dead
Rescuers retrieved 126 bodies on a hillside after a four engine Bristol Britannia crashed near Nicosia in a thunderstorm. Four survivors, all in the tail section, later died in hospital, bringing the toll to 128. The flight from Bombay to Cairo was diverted due to bad weather.
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Cyprus
Far East
U.N
Bombay
India
Cairo
Egypt
Globeair
Switzerland
Frankfurt
Germany
Zurich
Surveyor 3 lands softly in Ocean of Storms crater
Surveyor 3 touched down gently in a crater near the lunar Ocean of Storms with its claw retracted. Engineers report glare limited early photos but tests with the scoop will reveal soil strength and help assess future manned missions.
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Pasadena
Calif
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Goldstone
Lunar
Roswell Weather Sees May Dry Trend Despite Outlook
The 30 day forecast hints at above average precipitation for May yet Roswell remains unusually dry with only .27 inch of rain since September 20. Moisture falls mainly east of Caprock and little rain is expected for the rest of the month as seven month totals lag well behind normals.
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Roswell
Castro Accuses U S of 1000 Green Beret Invasion Plan
Fidel Castro charged that the United States is panicking over revolutionary activity in Latin America and has sent 1,000 Green Beret troops into Bolivia and other nations. He claimed Special Forces are feigning tourism to enter Bolivia from Panama. He vowed that for every Green Beret mail imperialists send, revolutions will respond with Red Berets while urging immediate revolution.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
U.S
Bolivia
Guatemala
Colombia
Venezuela
Panama
Vietnam
Latin America
Johnson Aims Deferment Order to Curb College Exemptions
Selective Service Director Lewis B. Hershey said President Johnson is preparing an order to reduce student deferments that protect college and graduate students from military service. He told the Senate Armed Services Committee the measure would end complaints about pyramiding deferments into permanent exemptions.
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Washington
Johnson
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Senate Armed Services Committee
SEATO Ministers Endorse U S Vietnam Bombing Policy
SEATO Foreign Ministers Council backed the United States refusal to halt bombing North Vietnam without a reciprocal reduction of Communist military action. The communique warned of ongoing Communist aggression and reaffirmed SEATO’s role in deterring aggression and fostering regional economic and social improvement amid divisions within the alliance.
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Seato Foreign Ministers Council
U.S
North Vietnam
Council
SEATO
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
France
Southeast Asia
Dean Rusk
Vietnam
Asia
Pakistan
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