New Chaves County Manager Named Quinten W. Laabs
Quinten W. Laabs, Dona Ana County manager, is chosen for the newly created Chaves County manager post. He will start Oct. 1 with a $9,000 yearly salary, oversee non elected staff, manage roads and courthouse equipment, and report monthly to commissioners. Laabs, a 1959 New Mexico State University graduate, will coordinate county resources and begin duties at Roswell meeting.
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Quinten W. Laabs
Dona Ana
Chaves
Laabs
New Mexico State University
Commission
Carl Clardy
Clardy
Laab
Court House
Roswell
Mosinee
Wisconsin
Stevens Point State Teacher’s College
Stevens Point
Johnson signs landmark civil rights bill and orders suit
President Johnson signed the Negro voting rights bill in a Capitol ceremony and announced plans to file suit in Mississippi on Saturday to challenge poll taxes. He said federal officials would register Black voters and enforce the law swiftly, with actions in Texas Alabama and Virginia to follow.
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Washington
Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Capitol
Senate Chamber
Senate
Felton M. Johnston
Lincoln
Mississippi
Texas
Alabama
Virginia
House
John McCormack
Emmanuel Celler
D-N.y
Carl Hayden
D-Ariz
Luci Johnson
Everett Dirksen
R-Iii
UPI
One-Car Wreck Kills Hondo Man
A 66 year old Hondo resident Albino Luna Chavez died from injuries after a single car crash west of Carrizozo on U S 380. Police said Chavez was alone, apparently fell asleep, and was thrown from the vehicle. An inquest was pending and the body taken to Chapel of Roses Mortuary in Carrizozo.
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Carrizozo
Albino Luna Chavez
U.S. 380
Chavez
Chapel of Roses Mortuary
Break Foreseen In Coed Deaths
Police hint a break may come in the Dallas coeds deaths case with detectives forecasting a fruitful day. Police officials said progress has been made but no arrests, and they refused to predict timing.
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Austin
Tex
Dallas
Actress Rosalind Russell denies Sinatra Farrow marriage plans
In Edgartown Massachusetts Rosalind Russell dismissed rumors that Frank Sinatra and Mia Farrow would wed during their month long New England vacation cruise. In Quang Ngai Viet Nam Marines and Vietnamese troops launched a second offensive against elusive Viet Cong units amid high heat with about 40 Marines reported as heat casualties. In Los Angeles police hunted a killer after 16 year old Stephanie Gorman was found raped and shot in her Hillcrest Country Club home.
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Associated Press
Edgartown
Mass
Rosalind Russell
Frank Sinatra
Mia Farrow
New England
Trason
Viet Nam
U.S
Quang Ngai
Los Angeles
Stephanie Gorman
Hillcrest Country Club
Edward I. Gorman
Court allows life saving surgery for newborn girl
A week old mongoloid girl in Freehold New Jersey was granted a court petition to have an intestinal obstruction removed. Judge Gene R Mariano appointed Riverview Hospital administrator John Daniels as guardian and ordered the father to refrain from interfering. Doctors testified the infant faces high risk without surgery but could survive with it, potentially up to several decades if successful.
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Freehold
N.J
Superior Court
Gene R. Mariano
Riverview Hospital
Red Bank
Kathleen McCauley
William McCauley
Middletown
Doris
John Daniels
Daniels
Martin Akperin
Kathleen
Albert J. Korarsick
Roswell theft targets Barney Durham home
A small foreign car nicknamed Hercules loiters near 101 E. Church St. as Barney Durham reports a burglary. Between 6:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. the residence was looted of 2204.74 in clothing and goods including a portable TV camera two movie projectors watches phonographs and seven suits. No one saw how many trips the car made.
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Roswell
Barney Durham
E. Church St
Durham
Realtors Protest FHA Homes To Be Sold By ROY CARBINE
Roswell realtors oppose a plan by F H A State Director Roy S Walker to sell 178 empty FHA homes with no down payment in Roswell The 178 homes priced at 12500 or less will be sold with no down payment 39 higher priced homes require a three percent down The plan aims to reduce repossessed and turned back FHA homes and avoid keeping them on the rental market
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Roy Carbine
Record City
Roswell
Federal Housing Administration
Roy S. Walker
Walker
Albuquerque
A. D. Osborne
Jay Carr
John Owens
John Youse
Bob Schaefer
Jim Marks
Youse
FHA
Carr
Schaefer
Jim Snell
Roswell Sky Objects Reported Amid UFO Sightings
Friday Roswell Record reports two sightings of strange objects in the Roswell area following a spate of Western US cases. A Roswell Daily Record employee observed three appearances Thursday night including a bright stationary sphere and a green fire tail, with teens seeing a glowing round white object later. The weather bureau confirmed an unidentified western sky object about 8:30 pm, though Walker Air Force Base weather saw nothing unusual.
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Janie Moricon
Record
Roswell
New Mexico
Roswell Daily Record
Roswell Weather Bureau
Walker Air Force Base
Headstart teachers mixed on eight week program results
Roswell teachers report improved child skills and discipline after a summer Headstart run with federal funds while some criticize reliance on federal play guidelines and question if the right children were reached. Local results show drop in first grade failures from 74 percent to 12 percent post program.
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Roswell
Flora Vista
I. G. Stephens
President Johnson
Earnest Harp
Eastern New Mexico University
Stephens
Pecos
Highland
Louise Duvall
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Philip B. Gilliam
Denver
Colo
Denver Juvenile Court
Gilliam
West Third Street
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Wyatt
N.M
Court
Hercules
Realtors
Owens
Gail Harris
By Jean Huff
Ira D. Lee
Lee
Bruce Cox
Mark Howell
Edgewood
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