Roswell Rally Highlights Women And Guests In Democratic Event
Good Evening by Al Stubbs covers a Democratic Rally in Roswell where Penrod Toles notes women in hats and a singing group for Mayfield. Calvin Horn hosts hospitality rooms while Bod Mayfield and Gene Priestley attend, with Airlane’s Dick Alexander guiding the congressman to El Paso. Republican rally set for Aug 25. Also a letter from State Engineer Reynolds disputes Aug 1 editorial on 3-Acre Foot Emphasis.
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Penrod Toles
Roswell Inn
Toles
Mayfield
Horn
Calvin Horn
Bobby Mayfield
Roswell
Gene Priestley
Las Cruces
The
New Mexico Press Assn
S. E. Reynolds
Roswell Basin
Earthquake lightly rattles Mexico City residents
AP dispatch notes a minor quake centered 287 miles from Tacubaya with no damage or casualties reported. Other items include a derailed Penn Central freight car near Urbana prompting 5 000 evacuations, and political notes from Washington to Albuquerque.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Seismological Center
Tacubay
Michoacan
Mexico
Montoya vows override bid on measure veto
Sen Montoya pledged to seek an override of President Johnsons veto on a bill to curb long staple cotton imports. He spoke at a Roswell Inn rally before more than 300 Democrats as local and state candidates appeared. Dorn credited NM delegation as influential and contrasted Democrats with vested interests amid regional tensions.
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Sen
Montoya
Congress
President Johnson
Joseph M. Montoya
William Jennings Bryan Dorn
South Carolina
Roswell Inn
New Mexico
United States
Helicopter Crashes Killing 21 Near Los Angeles
A Los Angeles Airways Sikorsky S61 crashed on the LA to Disneyland route, exploding in a ball of fire and killing 21 aboard. The craft struck near a park in Compton and dispersed wreckage across a playground, with no children confirmed aboard.
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Compton
Calif
Los Angeles
Disneyland
Kenneth Baguley
Los Angeles Airways
Anaheim
Curtis F. Columbia
The
Airways
Disneyland Hotel
Paramount
U.S
Sullivan
Roswell Gets $1 Million Grant for New Water System
Roswell will receive about 1 million dollars from federal agencies to aid construction of a city wide water system. Mayor William F. Brainerd credited Congressman E Johnny Walker and Senators Anderson and Montoya for expediting formal approval with an anticipated completion around July 1969.
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Roswell
Office of Housing and Urban Development
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
William F. Brainerd
Brainerd
Johnny Walker
Walker
Grant
Greek coup attempt spurs arrests across Athens aftermath
Greek police detained about six people in the wake of Premier George Papadopoulos surviving a bomb attack near his seaside villa. Among those questioned were Constantin e Loundras and former official Anastasios Peponis, with Drossos dragged from bed and Panagoulis fleeing the scene.
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Philip Dopoulos
Associated Press
Athens
George Papadopoulos
Constantine Loundras
Helen Viachou
London
Center Union
Toannis Alivas
Air Force
Elias Deros
George Drossos
Anastassios Peponis
Athens State Radio
Drossos
Peponis
Center Union Party
George Papandreou
Andreas
Stockholm
Papadopoulos
George Panagoulis
Saronic Gulf
Panagoulis
Police Circulate Sketch Of Ft. Lauderdale Killer
Police issued a second color sketch of a man who phoned to claim he killed three people. The 18 to 20 year old suspect, about 5 feet 11 inches, 160 pounds with long blond hair, was linked to the slaying of Marilyn Clark and the critical wounding of her mother Dorothy Clark near Wayne, Georgia. Investigators searched for a third victim while tracing the car’s occupants and the Clark women’s Miami area vacation.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fila
Marilyn Clark
Dorothy A. Clark
Clarkston
Roswell High twirling contest selects Big Red Band twirlers
In a band room competition at Roswell High School last night juniors Janie Willing Ham Debbie Blackard Kathleen Gilbert and Beckie Lee were named twirlers for the Big Red Band. Drum Majorettes named were Kay Bynum and Jan Holland both sophomores. Contest judging focused on Variety Difficulty Speed Control Smoothness and Gracefulness Showmanship and Presentation.
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Roswell High School
Janie Willingham
Debbie Blackard
Kathleen Gilbert
Beckie Lee
Big Red Band
Kay Bynum
Jan Holland
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Chamber
Dick Hall
el Paso
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Dick Alexander
Airlane
Joe Montoya
Urbana
Ohio
Penn Central
Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Memphis
Tenn
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
New York
Long Island Rail Road
George S. McGovern
Democratic Party
Chicago
Albuquerque
Hortensia Beltran Rivas
Albuquerque Salvation Army
Annapolis
Maryland
Spiro T. Agnew
Santa FE
State Department of Finance and Administration
Census Bureau
Clinton P. Anderson
Lovington
Winford Carlile
Harold Runnels
Katy Gill
Millie Cook
Nasser
Egypt
California
Dee Sullivan
Airway
Bruce King
Jerry Stowers
Fabian Chavez
Mack Easley
Henry Garrett
Chaves County
Clarence Hinkle
Dorn
W. J. Dorn
Ft. Lauderdale
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