School Opens Near Roswell With Registration Signups
Roswell students begin registration next Monday and Tuesday at both high schools with grade specific times. The Red Belles drill meet planned at Roswell High, teacher Judy Higginbotham reports, while local businessman John S. Perry is profiled in Energy magazine. Ex sheriff Tom Nord earns an MBA from the University of Denver. Wilson of Albuquerque assumes leadership of the National Society of Professional Engineers. A first grader jokes about reading faster by skipping pictures.
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Roswell High
Judy Higginbotham
Tom Nord
University of Denver Today
Futura Dr
Here
J. Caldwell Wilson
Albuquerque
Roswell
National Society of Professional Engineers
Louisville
Scientist Harrison Schmitt named as Apollo 17 crew member
NASA announced Dr. Harrison H. Schmitt, a Harvard trained geologist, as the first scientist astronaut on Apollo 17. The mission led by Cmdr. Eugene Cernan will land on the moon with Schmitt piloting lunar module duties and Ronald Evans aboard the command ship.
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Space Agency
Harrison H. Schmitt
Schmitt
Navy
Eugene A. Cernan
Ronald E. Evans
Cernan
Moon
Evans
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Air Force
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Joseph Engle
Richard F. Gordon
Vance Brand
Santa Rita
Silver City
N.M
California Institute of Technology
University of Oslo
Norway
Harvard University
U.S. Geological Survey
Astrogeology
Flagstaff
Ariz
ENMU Roswell Branch Gains Separate Accreditation
Dr. Charles Meister congratulates Dr. Dale Traylor on ENMUR earning separate accreditation from the North Central Association. Roswell becomes the first New Mexico branch to be accredited independently. all state branches must attain separate accreditation within two years. The ENMUR accreditation lasts ten years, the maximum.
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Eastern New Mexico University
Portales
Dale Traylor
Roswell
ENMUR
North Central Association
New Mexico
ENMU Roswell Earns Full Independent Accreditation
ENMU Roswell Campus is now fully accredited as an independent institution for 10 years, the maximum, after a North Central Association review in April. The team praised students and staff, noted strong graduate placement, and urged more library use and state funding for facilities and equipment.
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North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Portales
Dale Traylor
Roswell
North Central
Traylor
Colombo Srr Awakens After Gunning Coma Rally Reported
AP reports Joseph Colombo Sr is showing signs of rally after 47 days coma following a gun attack. Move to private hospital possible as condition evolves and recovery prospects are updated.
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New York
Joseph Colombo Srr
New Delhi
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts Democrat
Delhi
India
United Fund sets 1972 goal for Roswell drive
United Fund board approves a 169350 goal for 1972 up six percent from 1971. Co chairs John W Bassett Jr and Thomas K Denton note upbeat public mood in Roswell as campaign kicks off September 15. Funds support Red Cross, ARC, CSC, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Working Mothers Day Nursery, Salvation Army, Boys Club, YMCA, and USO.
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John W. Bassett, Jr
Thomas K. Denton
Roswell
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Red Cross
Association For Retarded Children
Community Service Center
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Working Mothers Day Nursery
Salvation Army
Boys Club
YMCA
United Service Organization
Wallace orders Limestone County school reopened for integration
Gov. George Wallace issued an executive order to reopen New Hope Junior High in Limestone County under a freedom of choice plan. The move allows residents of a predominantly Negro community to select their preferred county school with bus transportation funded to support integration efforts.
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Troy
Ala
George C. Wallace
Nixon
Wallace
Limestone County
New Hope
Tanner
East Limestone
Alabama
Friday the 13th Sparks Caution Across the City
Record Staff Writer notes superstition persists amid modern life. Friday the 13th brings omens for some, with beliefs tied to luck and history. The article lists years with Friday the 13th occurrences and references a Shakespeare line.
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Don Fenley
William Shakespeare
Airlift set for horses to Ruidoso Downs sale
Roswell arrivals from Los Angeles will land at Roswell Municipal Airport then fly on to destinations in the East for the All-American Quarterhorse Sale at Ruidoso Downs August 27 29. Twelve horses are discharged at RIAC with six more to continue by air.
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Los Angeles
Ruidoso Downs
Thompson
Downs
Arizona
Riac
Berlin marks tenth anniversary of the Wall
East Berlin commemorates ten years since the Berlin Wall as West Berliners plan an anti wall protest. Both sides prepare marches to the Peter Fechter memorial amid heightened police readiness and flags and posters celebrate the wall’s history.
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East Berlin
West Berlin
Peter Fechter
Kurt Neubauer
West
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