Roswell budget workshops reveal 1972-73 funding strains
Superintendent Roger Luginbill leads three evening sessions detailing Roswell Independent School District plans for an 18 000 dollar shortfall due to a 60 000 plus cut in Public Law 874 funds while state aid rises about 210 000. The board confronts teacher pay aims athletic funding and maintenance costs as possible bond needs loom.
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Don Fenley
Roger Luginbill
Roswell Independent School District
Board of Education
Roswell
Roswell Education Association
Santa Fe
Luginbill
New Mexico
United States
Workman Hoses Tank Car as Middletown Demonstrators Arrested
A UPI telephoto shows a workman hosing down a tank car while antiwar demonstrators on the pier at the Earle Naval Ammunitions Depot in Middletown New Jersey try to delay loading of a munitions ship. Twenty one persons were arrested.
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Earle Naval Ammunitions Depot
Middletown
N.J
Lunar explorers streak for home
Apollo 16 astronauts moved from the moon’s sphere toward Earth after five days of surface exploration. Commander John W. Young and crewmates prepared for a Thursday Pacific splashdown after a twilight zone crossing, with Mattingly conducting a deep space film canister retrieval.
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AP Aerospace
Winter Space Center
Houston
Charles M. Duke Jr
Pacific Ocean
Deep Space
Thomas K. Mattingly II
Casper
Moon
Earth
Christmas Island
Lunar
John W
Investigation Team Probes Roswell Title I Funds Use
A U S Department of Health Welfare and Education panel visits Roswell schools to probe a Title I funds misuse complaint from local minority groups. Members include Jerry Brader Dr Gene Fulco and Oscar Cardenas. Groups involved are the Chicano Welfare Rights Organization the Chicano Youth Association and the Roswell Poor People's Movement.
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U.S. Department of Health, Welfare and Education
Roswell
Roswell Independent School
Jerry Brader
Southwest Office of Education
Dallas
Tex
Gene Fulco
U.S. Office of Education
Washington, D.C
Oscar Cardenas
The
Chicano Welfare Rights Organization
Chicano Youth Association
Voter registration deadline set today in New Mexico primary
Chaves County expects a surge in registered voters before the 5 p.m. deadline for the June 6 primary. County Clerk Earlene D. Smith cites Norvell ruling on residency as constitutional and notes county totals edging toward 18,000 after a March 31 tally of 16,800 with nearly 1,000 new registrations this month.
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New Mexico
Chaves
Earlene D. Smith
David Norvell
Chaves County
Norvell
Roswell
Apollo 16 Astronauts Debate Moon Color In Brief Quarrel
After 71 hours on the lunar surface Charles Duke and John Young dispute the moon’s color. Duke notes a bluish cast on mares while Young calls them brownish black. Mission Control chimes in with a playful dispute as Ken Mattingly’s view is unavailable. The crew also praises the ascent stage of their craft and jokes about staring out the window.
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Richard Beene
Associated Press
Space Center
Houston
Lunar
Moon
Charles M. Duke Jr
Duke
John W. Young
Misson Control
Young
Charlie
Roger
Mission Control
Ken
Thomas K. Mattingly
Mattingly
Earth
Hopi Navajo land use bill sparks grave warnings
Navajo Tribal Chairman Peter MacDonald condemned Rep. Sam Steiger's proposal to partition joint use land claiming it would drive about 6,000 Navajos from District 6 and likened the move to a massacre. He cited plans for patrols by Navajo and Hopi riders along borders to curb violence amid the dispute.
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Window Rock
Ariz
Sam Steiger
R-Ariz
My Lai
Peter MacDonald
Steiger
Hopi Reservation
MacDonald
Indian Affairs
Louis Bruce
Roswell REA Rejects 3.04 Percent Pay Increase Proposal
The Roswell Education Association rejected a 3.04 percent pay raise and asked for a 6.48 percent increase for Superintendent Roger Luginbill during a Monday meeting. REA warned of potential National Education Association sanctions if demands were unmet. The district would need about $100,000 more, unlikely without cutting extracurriculars and programs.
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Roswell Education Association
Roger Luginbill
REA
National Education Association
Roswell
Luginbill
Board of Education
Jury to determine damages in Hill estate v Burnworth suit
In the Fifth District Court today a civil jury will set damages in a wrongful death auto collision case. Carolyn Hill, administratrix of Michael Hill estate, seeks over 190000 with 150000 for pain and suffering and 200000 for death. The accident occurred October 9 1971 at West Second Street and the Masonic Temple access road. Burnworth allegedly failed to yield. Judge Paul Snead presides.
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5Th District Court
Carolyn Hill
Michael Hill
Frank Burnworth
Hill
West Second Street
Masonic Temple
Burnworth
Fifth District Court
Paul Snead
New Mexico Supreme Court extends filing fee deadline
The New Mexico Supreme Court extended the filing-fee deadline for primary election candidates to 5 p.m. today after a brief hearing. The court acted on a motion by Atty. Gen. David Norvell and said a written order would follow within an hour to ease confusion over U.S. Senate candidate status.
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Santa FE
New Mexico Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Atty
David Norvell
U.S. Senate
Runnels Sees Final Step for Brantley Dam Vote
Rep Harold Runnels says May 25 hearings in Washington will be the final step before bringing Brantley Dam to a House vote. Henry Kissinger spent four days in Moscow in secret talks with Soviet leaders on Vietnam and other international issues, on the White House disclosure.
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Washington
Harold Runnels
D-N.m
Brantley Dam
House of Representatives
Henry Kissinger
Moscow
Vietnam
White House
Roswell Area Weather Outlook
Forecast for Roswell and vicinity calls for warmer conditions today with windy afternoon and blowing dust. Variable clouds tonight with a low around 54 and a high near 76 on Wednesday as cooler, gusty winds develop.
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Roswell
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Punxsutawney High School
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HEW
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