Roswell Centennial coins offered to finance celebration
Roswell prepares for its Centennial with bronze and silver coins sold at local banks starting tomorrow. The silver coins are limited edition and priced at 15 dollars each while bronze coins run about 1 dollar. Proceeds support the Centennial events and a compiled history of Roswell and Chaves County notes Ringling Brothers 1900 visit and early mail routes in Dexter and Lake Van.
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Roswell
Chaves County
Elvis Ek. Fleming
Ringling Brothers Circus
Carlsbad
N.M
Dexter
Lake van
Hagerman
Beck
Osborn Bidg
Only Hanging in Chaves County in 1896
The history notes the 1896 hanging of Charly Van Sycle after a robbery motive linked to Eugenio Aragon and Antonio Gonzales. One suspect died by suicide before execution. Sheriff Haynes led the Sept 24 event. The Roswell Centennial Edition will print 44 pages of local history with subscription details.
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Chaves County
Charly van Sycle
Eugenio Aragon
Antonio
Gonzales
Haynes
Roswell
Three Artesia Residents Injured In Wrong Lane Crash
Three Artesia residents remained hospitalized after a pickup truck collided with a large truck seven miles south of Roswell on U S 285. Mary Fuentes Martinez 22 and passengers Rose Fuentes 20 and Miguel Martinez 2 suffered broken bones and jaw injuries but were reported in satisfactory condition at St Marys Hospital. The truck driver Raymond Clinton Clarkstown 72 of Wheatridge Colorado was uninjured.
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Artesia
Roswell
U.S. 285
New Mexico
Bill Shaw
Hagerman
Mary Fuentes Martinez
Miguel Martinez
Box 29
Rose Fuentes
St. Mary's Hospital
Mary Martinez
Raymond Clinton Clarkstown
Wheatridge
Colo
Clarkstown
Martinez
Grand and
Main
S. W. Skinner
Shirley D. Mills
E. Poe
Roxie L. Berry
E. Hervey
William Harve Smith
Carlsbad
Ruby Summer
Skinner
Mills Auto
Smith Auto
Shirley Mills
Roxie Berry
Memorial Osteopathic Hospital
Agnew records dispute signals possible data release
An Agnew aide suggested the vice president may hand over financial and tax records to federal prosecutors probing Maryland political corruption. Lawyers planned a meeting with prosecutors as Beall pressed for the documents covering 1967 onward and grand jury scrutiny widened to Agnew's case.
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Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Maryland
J. Marsh Thomson
Judah Best
U.S
George Beall
Baltimore
Beall
Lester Matz
Matz, Childs and Associates
Jerome B. Wolff
Greiner Environmental Systems, Inc
U.S. District Court
Federal
C. Stanley Blair
Baltimore County
Blair
Nixon
Phase 4 price increase requests surface from auto and steel firms
The Cost of Living Council reported about 20 to 25 major firms filed Phase 4 price increase requests on the first day of the program. Chrysler and Armco Steel announced. Ford expected to join later. Beef ceilings stay in place until Sept. 12 while wholesale chicken prices ease in the Southeast. The Fed raised the discount rate to 7.5 percent.
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R. Gregory Nokes
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Cost of Living Council
Charles Emery
Council
Chrysler Corp
Armco Steel Corp
Ford Motors Co
John T. Dunlop
Dawson Ahalt
Office of Economic Policy
Ahalt
United States
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve System
Market stocks drift as rates and Phase 4 worry drag sentiment
Wall Street markets slip with the Dow down at noon as 1,500 NYSE stocks ease .05 points and the AMEX price index dips .03. Tenneco leads volume with a 2 point fall, while Phelps Dodge climbs 34 as copper demand rises. gold stocks retreat amid lower metal prices. Sigma Chi chapter at UNM is suspended indefinitely by the Interfraternity Council for conduct violations and may seek re certification after the fall semester.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
Tenneco
Phelps Dodge
ASA Ltd
Albuquerque
N.M
University of New Mexico
Sigma Chimen
UNM. Interfraternity Council
UNM
Bribe and Perjury Trial Involving Clovis Firm Opens
Three officials from Big Country Ford Inc. of Clovis go on trial in U.S. District Court on bribery and perjury charges tied to a 1972 Chevrolet Blazer given to Moses Sanchez in a SBA loan deal. Sanchez is already serving a three year term after a no contest plea.
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Albuquerque, N.M
Big Country Ford Inc
Clovis
U.S. District Court
Robert D. Pommerening
Cletus A. Reding
Rafael R. Gomez
Minority Enterprises
Federal Small Business Administration
SBA
Moses L. Sanchez
Sanchez
Alfred Carvajal
Pommerening and Reding
Robert McBride
Gomez
McBride
Big Country Ford
U.S
Victor Ortega
Phoenix
Ariz
Clovis Ford
Dick Russell Ford, Inc
Ortega
Albuquerque
Moses Sanchez
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Pommerening
Galles Motor Co
Reding
Griegos Road
Two Roswell Juveniles Arrested in Burglary Case
Roswell police report two juvenile suspects arrested early today for burglary and larceny over $100 at J and J Distributing Co. Inc. Tools, appliances and a stereo valued over $100 were stolen. A car owned by Leo Dillard was found stolen and dumped at the scene.
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Roswell
J and
J Distributing Co. Inc
Leo Dillard
S. Stanton
Archie Thompson
Sunbeam Bakeries
Denny's
Second and Main
Bobby Barrera
Tower
Dexter
Chaves County
Picket line assault case ends with no contest plea
Ramon Cruz 20 of Artesia pleaded nolle contendre to battery on a peace officer in Fifth Judicial District Court. Judge Paul Snead deferred sentencing for one year with probation under the New Mexico Department of Corrections and possibility to withdraw the plea if conditions are met.
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Ramon Cruz
Artesia
New Mexico
James Bogle
Carlsbad
Artesia City
Nolle Contendre
Judicial District Court
Paul Snead
Roswell
Cruz
New Mexico Dept. of Corrections
Snead
Bogle
Funeral services pend for Roswell man Andrew Tardiff
Andrew Joseph Tardiff 53 of 1516 S Poplar died after collapsing about 6 30 p m Monday at Eastern New Mexico Medical Center He retired from the U S Air Force in 1962 after 20 years service He served overseas in Greenland Germany and England He is survived by his wife a son five daughters three brothers a sister and his Bay City Mich father Funeral services are pending at Ballard Funeral Home for Tardiff and separate notices indicate Ray F Baker 64 of Roswell died at home with services pending at LaGrone Funeral Chapel He was a retired civil service maintenance supervisor from Walker AFB and a Navy veteran of World War II He is survived by his wife one son three brothers three sisters and his Roswell area relatives.
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Ballard Funeral Home
Andrew Joseph Tardiff
S. Poplar
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
Tardiff
City of
Air Force
Walker Afb
509Th
Greenland
Germany
England
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Nattie Johnson
Roswell
Dennis Tardiff
Abilene, Tex
Darlene Carson
Phoenix, Ariz
Renelia Tardiff
Mary Jo
LaGrone Funeral Chapel
Ray F. Baker
W. Mathews St
Mr. Baker
Civil Service
Walter Air Force Base
Kenna
N.M
Pryor Lee Baker
Charlotte Louise Arnold Baker
Lela O. Vange
Four Staters Club
Civil Service Organization
Masonic Lodge
Carrizoza
Ray Baker Jr
U.S. Marine Corps
Jacksonville
N.C
Warren Baker
Hobbs
Louis Baker
Corona
Calif
Paul Baker
Santa Cruz
Nannie Jenkins
Albuquerque
Emma Orr
Laveta Hults
Roswell Water Department Employee Dies After On‑site Collapse
A Roswell city employee, Andrew Joseph Tardiff, 53, died after collapsing while working on a fire hydrant at Nineteenth Street and Garden Avenue. He was pronounced dead at Eastern New Mexico Medical Center at 5 44 p m. An autopsy will determine the cause of death.
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Roswell City
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
Roswell
Andrew Joseph Tardiff
S. Poplar
Nineteenth Street
Garden Avenue
Tardiff
Chaves County
Lee Wallard
Ballard Funeral Home
City of
Roswell Man Sentenced After Assault Guilty Plea
Johnny Acosta Gonzales of Roswell pleaded guilty to an assault charge at a preliminary hearing before Judge Clyde McKee and was sentenced to six months in the Chaves County Jail. He was originally charged with rape related to an incident with a 15 year old Roswell girl.
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Clyde McKee
Johnny Acosta Gonzales
Roswell
Chaves County
Gonzales
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Stubbs
William L. Chaze
Regents
New Mexico Military Institute Board of Regents
C. Robert Kemble
Ballards
Winchester & Iverness
Joe Lucas
Ray Carpenter
Emery
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
EF Hutton & Colpin Glovers
EF. Hutton & Co
Spm
Amer Can
McDon
MMM
Amer
Mobil
Chrysler
Pan Am
Pan Am WA
E City
del Webb i
RCA Corp
Dresser Tnd
Ryndis Tob
Dupian Corp
DuPont Santa Fe Ind
Sears
Exxon
el Paso
Fsrah Mfg
Sperry
Telex Corp
Goodyear
Gulf
Texaco
Haliburton
Thiokol
Transam
Hueblien
US Steel
West Ban
Paper Kennecott
Elec
Xerox
Levi- Strauss
Ling Temco Bia Union
Cal
Liten Ind Bee Witch & Gibbs
Lockheed
Ask Bank Sec, Inc
Dow-Jones
E.F. Hutton & Co
Chicago
School of Medicine
Main St
Albert A. Stubbs
Jerry McCormack
Lois Purvis
R.M. Higginbotham Busness Manager
Cecil Goins
John Pettit
Ady
AL Geary
LEE Allison
John Hall
CLU
Insurance Counsellors Security National Bank
Windows! ‘Midwest Distributors Inc
Pend
Lawrence Scott
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