Army ROTC cadet wins two year scholarship and local ties grow
Roswell Tech sophomore James W. Maxfield earns a two year Army ROTC scholarship for scholastic and military science performance. Lt Palmer Grant Arnold, from Roswell, is featured on an Air Force recruiting poster and recently welcomed a son at Randolph AFB Texas. Roswell receives park funds less than Artesia, prompting calls to congress.
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Palmer Grant Arnold
Roswell
Air Force
United States
Labrador
Sgt
William Arnold
Arnold
Randolph Afb
Tex
San Antonio
Rancho Rd
Texas Tech
James W. Maxfield
D.H. Maxfield
Tech
Aerial search for missing plane expands in New Mexico region
Search teams scoured Socorro to Zuni for a light plane and its pilot William Gruger of Tularosa aboard a Bureau of Indian Affairs craft. It was the second private plane to disappear Tuesday as the hunt continued.
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Associated Press and Record
Socorro
Zuni
William 8. Gruger
Tularosa
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Columbia Students Face Jail
New York AP reports a Columbia University demonstration spread from Columbia College to the main administration building. Police moved onto campus around 8 am with no arrests. hundreds of students joined a sit-in at Low Memorial Library while 300 barricaded Dean Henry Coleman and officials.
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New York
Columbia University
Columbia College
Harlem Park
Hamilton Hall
Low Memorial Library
The
Students For A Democratic Society
Roswell Names Dick Winder New Roswell High Football Coach
The Roswell City Schools Athletic Director announces Dick Winder as head football coach at Roswell High. Winder, a 1964 Utah State graduate and former All-Conference tackle, comes from Goddard High where he was defensive coach.
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Roswell City
Dick Winder
Roswell High
Dale Somers
Roswell High School
Winder
Don Simmons
Morris E. Hinman
Utah State University
Utah State
Mesa Junior College
Goddard High
Scott Henington
Montoya Undergoes Chest Operation in Washington
Sen Joseph Montoya of New Mexico underwent a chest operation at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington D C. A lung biopsy showed inflammatory changes from chronic infection with no cancer. He is in excellent condition and expected to stay 10 days to two weeks.
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Santa FE
U.S
Joseph M. Montoya
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
D.C
Montoya
Cargo Says WAFE Loss Stimulated Roswell Economy
Gov. David F Cargo warned government spending consumes more of New Mexico income and praised the walker AFB loss as a catalyst for Roswell. He cited potash decline in Carlsbad, urged competition, and highlighted oil gas uranium and coal growth while urging training and education upgrades. He toured Thiokol facilities and planned to return to Santa Fe.
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New Mexico
David F. Cargo
Walker Afb
Roswell
Gov. Cargo
Carlsbad
Saskatchewan
Grant County
Phelps- Dodge
Arizona
Tyrone
Fierro
Santa Fe
Roswell Center Advisory Group Outlines Duties
A 12 member Citizens Advisory Committee for the Roswell Employment Training Center led by Joe Johnson will observe operations and advise on center issues. The group will promote accurate information, improve community communication, and aid student integration into off reservation life while monitoring alcohol problems and readmission decisions.
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Roswell
Thiokol Corp
Air Center
Vern Burton
Employment Center For
Joe Johnson
Gail Harris
Tim Daniel
al Stubbs
Burton
L.M. Hall
James Thomas
Jack Hilligoss
Allen Young
Enmur
Jim Thompson
Flo Witt
Edith Shepherd
Carroll Teague
Johnson
Tornado Toll Rises in Kentucky Ohio and Michigan
Severe storms ripped through Kentucky Ohio and Michigan killing 13 people and injuring 207. Falmouth Kentucky suffered extensive damage with about 75 homes ruined or damaged and losses of 2 to 3 million dollars. Wheelersburg Ohio and nearby Clermont and Brown counties also faced major destruction with dozens of homes damaged and many residents displaced.
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Associated Press
Kentucky
Ohio
Michigan
Falmouth
Augusta
Wheelersburg
Clermont County
Brown County
London Dock Workers Strike in Show of Anti Immigrant Sentiment
Hundreds of London dock workers walked out demanding limits on immigration of colored workers and to back Enoch Powell. About 550 workers idle at one docks group, 150 more at Deptford, and 1,500 plus marched on the Commons in support as debates on anti discrimination legislation continued.
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London
Britain
Deptford
Smithfield
Powell
House of Commons
Commons
Harold Wilson
Murder Statement Attributed to Ray
Dalton, Ga AP James Earl Ray was quoted by a former fellow inmate Tuesday as saying he would be willing to kill Dr. Martin Luther King Jr for a $1 million bounty. Ray 40 is sought in connection with Kings assassination in Memphis. Curtis 40 now in Whitfield County jail discussed Ray while awaiting action on appeal of a murder conviction. Curtis said the talk of a bounty on Kings life came up while both he and Ray were prisoners at the Missouri State Penitentiary in 1963. Curtis said he saw Ray almost daily. After the Kennedy assassination a new prisoner said a $1-million bounty had been put on King by a KK businessmans association.
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Spring River Park
Roswell Inn
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Crossway
Nickson Hotel
Grand Central Hotel
Woodland Hills
Calif
Tommy Noonan
Motion Picture Country Hospital
Noonan
David Rockefeller
Chase Manhattan Bank
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Gallup
Holloman Air Force Base
Alamogordo
House Armed Services Committee
Holloman
Chicago
Wilbur D. Mills
Mills
Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Senate
East Liverpool
Ohio Edison Co
Stratton
Ohio River
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Columbia
RHS
Sen. Montoya
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James Roberson
State Department of Development
Schram
Congo
Indian Center
Center
Henry Dance
William Clinger
Falmouth Outlook
Lewis Mockbee
Mockbee
Max Goldberg
Louie B. Nunn
Pendleton County Hospital
Portsmouth
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Ripley
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