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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1971
Page
1
The Shrine Circus in Roswell schedules four shows this weekend with horses replaced by other acts due to a regional horse quarantine. Sponsors promise new routines and vaccinated horses arriving late, while local volunteers organize Saturday cleanup with mayoral support and donated trucks.
Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott James Irwin and Alfred Worden near the end of six days on the moon planning to eject a small satellite at 4 10 p m EDT to probe lunar secrets and then fire Endeavour at 5 20 p m to begin the three day trip home they study the surface and instruments as Mission Control jokes about grass cutting on return.
At Hadley Base a television camera left by Scott and Irwin on the rover relayed a sharp lunar landscape including the Falcon lander and experiments before the signal cut out after 14 minutes. Worden will undertake a Thursday spacewalk to retrieve film canisters.
Forecast for Roswell and vicinity calls for partly cloudy skies tonight and Thursday. Low tonight around 60. High Thursday near 92.
Floyd Clifton executive vice president of the First National Bank of Roswell purchased controlling interest of the First National Bank of Hico Texas and left Roswell Monday to assume duties as president in Hico. Clifton came to Roswell in 1970.
Charmaine Crown of the New Mexico Attorney General outlined mediation between retailers and consumers. She cited service station frauds and unclear sales contracts as top concerns, urged clear labeling and explanations, and noted illegal raincheck and trade up practices while promising coupon sale testing and consumer level explanations.
Homer Glover, president of the NM Military Institute board, announced Gen. Sam Agee will leave the institute this month. A replacement was not named though the board is optimistic after several interviews. Agee plans to move to Florida for graduate studies and may leave Aug 15.
Mayor Bill Brainerd announced the contract with the Roswell Humane Society to operate the city animal shelter will be deferred to January 1, 1972. Budgetary items must be resolved before signing, after ordinance 923 authorized animal control services. The mayor and city clerk may enter into a contractor agreement by August 1.
New Mexico Atty. Gen. David Norvell asked a federal court to dismiss a Republicans suit challenging the 1971 legislative apportionment. He cites a pending Santa Fe case by ex Gov. Cargo, failure to plead and no standing, with plaintiffs seeking Senate and House reapportionment and possible special session or funding actions.
A Bald eagle nest has led Sterling Park developer Dick Bonds to designate 32 acres around the nest as a sanctuary for the birds. The 1100 acre project north of Orlando will lose 100 planned homes while the eagles remain undisturbed. The site features a moat and adjusted golf fairway to protect the nest and costs the developer about 2000 dollars yearly in taxes with potential future increases.
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