Runnels Seeks Missing Papers Behind 1960s Controversy
Harold Runnels of New Mexico said at a news conference he wishes he still had papers that sparked a House Armed Services subcommittee investigation. He noted he has not found them and they were not where he left them.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Harold Runnels
D-N.m
House Armed Services
Runnels
House of Representatives
The
Detroit News
Seth Kantor
Subcommittee
Pentagon
Washington, D.C
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
Walter Snider
Ben Thomas
CIA
Rrepres
Reunion for Son Tay POWs and raiders in San Francisco
In San Francisco this weekend Americans once held at Son Tay will reunite with the U S commandos who attacked the Hanoi area prison in 1970. H Ross Perot is funding travel and lodging for the participants and will not attend in person. The event includes a ticker tape parade and a luncheon with John Wayne as speaker.
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San Francisco
Son Tay
U.S
North Vietnam
Texas
Tom Meurer
H. Ross Perot
Perot
Meurer
Hanoi
Army
Arthur B. ‘Bull’ Simons
John Wayne
Green Berets
Gibson's Discount Center expands into West McGaffey block
Roswell Planning and Zoning Commission voted to allow vacating a street for the Gibson's Discount Center expansion in the 100 block of West McGaffey. The city council had empowered the commission to act on the issue.
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Gibson's Discount Center
West McGaffey
Roswell
New Mexico Road Toll Rises This Year
Road toll figures for New Mexico show 14 deaths reported so far this year compared with 164 by the same date last year, highlighting a sharp year to date rise.
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N.M
Domenici Fights BIA Reorganization in New Mexico
Sen. Pete Domenici attacked a proposed Bureau of Indian Affairs revamp that could cut up to 164 of 518 BIA posts in the Albuquerque area. He also opposed a Forest Service regionalization plan moving its regional office and about 300 jobs out of Albuquerque. He says he learned of the actions from media and contends the moves were not properly routed to Congress.
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Washington
Pete Domenici
R-N.m
Bureau of Indian Affairs
BIA
Albuquerque
Domenici
Marvin Franklin
Rodgers C.B. Morton
U.S. Forest Service
New Mexico
Model of mighty river put to use in flood study
A 12 million scale model of the Mississippi River near Clinton is recalled to 24 hour duty to help the Corps of Army Engineers respond to flood crises. Engineers say the model provides empirical answers computers cannot, preserving a valuable test tool despite being deemed surplus.
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Clinton, Miss
Mississippi
Corps of Army Engineers
James Foster
Charles C. Noble
Mississippi River Commission
Vicksburg
Miss
Noble
Flood control units merger approved in New Mexico
New Mexico Attorney General says Chaves County may consolidate two flood districts into one and tax lands within five miles of Pecos River tributaries arroyos and draws. The opinion supports including nearby land for taxation and cites a 1929 law and existing court interpretations.
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Santa FE
N.M
New Mexico
Chaves County
Dist
Atty. J. Lee Cathey
Pifth Judicial District
Cathey
Payne
Rehearsal Skylab testing Starts
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Skylab pre launch countdown rehearsal begins amid Salyut 2 troubles. The unmanned Skylab aims for May 14 launch on Saturn 5 with astronauts Conrad Weitz Kerwin aboard May 15.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Russia
Salyut 2 Space Station
America
Charles
Space Agency
Earth
U.S
Salyut
Mailmen get put on back
The Postal Service released a survey showing a majority of Americans approve mail delivery. 23 percent rated service excellent, 37 percent very good, 25 percent good, 9 percent fair, and 3 percent poor. 2 percent had no opinion. The survey, conducted by Opinion Research Corp. of Princeton, N.J., in summer 1972.
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Washington
Postal Service
Opinion Research Corp
Princeton
N.J
First woman sailors serve aboard Sanctuary on pilot program
In San Francisco AP reports the first women sailors in US Navy history assigned to sea duty aboard the hospital ship Sanctuary. Seaman Christine Paulis describes volunteering and adjusting while Chief Clarence Johns notes women pull their weight. About 55 women share forward quarters with 400 men as the program begins.
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San Francisco
U. S. Navy
Clarence Johns
Christine Paulis
Miss Paulis
Pittsburgh
Paulis
Jerry Neale
Sanctuary
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Crayton
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China
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Echeverria
Mexico City
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Noel Gaylor
Arizona Memorial
Pearl Harbor
Federal Economic Development Administration
Four Corners
UPI Telephoto
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First International
Dallas
Tex
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River Des Peres
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Clinton
Oliver Payne
Skylab
Debbi Mercer
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