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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1973
Page
2
Colorful Postal People stamps celebrate mail service with a first day cover showing workers picking up delivering and handling mail in red yellow blue and green. Available at Roswell P O this week.
KASY radio is hiding a small golden key with a $1,230 cash prize. Clues in poetry lead residents to hunt around the museum and courthouse grounds for the key to unlock a mystery subject’s face mask.
The Jaycees approved a 300 dollar contribution to CAP Meals on Wheels and staged Special Olympics at the YMCA for handicapped youth. Top law student Michael Winchester of University of Arizona College of Law made the honor roll as a third year student.
Four persons including two New Mexicans face grand jury indictments in Las Vegas NV on counts of conspiring to transport Mexican nationals to farm labor in Idaho. The group were arrested April 17 near Alamo NV after a highway patrolman stopped them and found 21 migrants in a cramped trailer.
Dr. Klaus Keil of the University of New Mexico Institute of Meteoritics explains the orange material from Apollo 17 as 95 percent glass. He notes a unique composition and a likely origin by impact forming molten material in lunar craters and subsequent meteorite impact.
The Texas Railroad Commission ordered Skelly Oil to keep a Sand Springs LPG distribution point open and blocked Koch Oil from exporting three refinery outputs. Chair Jim Langdon said the move aims to prevent statewide supply disruption with hearings set for May 15 for Koch. Local dealers urged legislative and federal support.
Ft Gordon officials announced Gulf Oil has canceled its contract to supply fuel to the post exchanges. It will deplete within days, though negotiations are under way to secure a new fuel supplier for the stations serving military personnel and their families.
A Navy munitions train exploded in a Roseville rail yard injuring at least 48 people. The blasts damaged a square mile area, with some injuries serious eye injuries, and widespread debris and fires. No deaths reported.
Funeral services are pending for William P. Walker 71 of 1506 N Delaware Ave Roswell following a sudden illness. Also listed are obituaries for Mrs Margaret L Clark aged 8, Sterling E Martin 79, Charles Woodard 29, and Glen Wheeler 80 with service details and survivors.
AIM leaders Dennis Banks and Leonard Crow Dog met Interior Department official Kent Frizzell in the demilitarized zone near Wounded Knee. They discussed disarmament for AIM and government forces and social issues on the reservation. A ceasefire remains in effect while talks continue.
Roswell police investigated two burglaries reported Saturday. S A Pritchard said his 415 E Third St home was entered at 540 AM with cash under $100 stolen and no forced entry found. Later Jerry Short of 513 N Pennsylvania Ave reported a coin collection and a .22 pistol stolen sometime April 21.
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