Roswell Weather, Dams, and Local Happenings
Rain soaks eastern New Mexico with Lea County reporting up to three inches and two feet of water in some yards. Twin Dams on the Hondo River hold back floods while Texas claims Pecos River water. Open House at Southwestern Public Service marks 50th anniversary. local family celebrates academic achievements.
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New Mexico
Lea County
Lakeview Drive
Green Meadows Lake
Roswell
Hondo River
Texas
Hondo
Pecos River
Pecos
Black congressman alleges SBA funds white firm in bankruptcy
MOBILE Alabama Rep Parren Mitchell says the Small Business Administration gave 300000 dollars to a white firm facing bankruptcy to teach blacks how to succeed in business. He also calls SBA grants to blacks meager compared with white applicants.
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Mobile
Ala
Small Business Administration
Parren Mitchell
D-Md
SBA
Goldwater warns Soviets ahead in world power balance
Senator Barry Goldwater says the Soviet Union holds a growing strategic edge amid SALT talks and massive military buildup. He warns the United States could face blackmail or a Kremlin ultimatum within three years as defenses and weapons capabilities surge.
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San Diego
Calif
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Soviet Union
Goldwater
United States
Helsinki
American Fighter Aces Association
Berlin
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Israel
Proposals acceptable to Palestine guerrillas
The Palestine guerrilla movement led by Yasir Arafat agreed to proposals from Egypt and Saudi Arabia to settle the Jordan guerrilla conflict. Jordan and Syria traded border clashes and a military exchange claimed tanks on both sides as mediators sought a settlement amid Arab tensions over Gaza transfers.
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Associated Press
Palestine
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Jordan
Syria
Middle East
Damascus
Yasir Arafat
al Fatah
Arafat
Hassan Sabry el Khaly
Omar Sakaff
Hussein
Amman
Israel
al Ahram
Cairo
Tel Aviv
Gaza
New Mexico Road Toll So Far This Year
The report shows a toll of 307 on New Mexico roads for the current year, compared to 337 on the same date last year.
Roswell Daily Record Hosts Open House at New North Main Plant
The Roswell Daily Record invites the public to an open house Sunday August 22 from 2 to 5 p.m. at its new North Main Street plant. Tours will cover all departments and the pressroom. The move to the new facility occurred June 24, 1924s records note the plant houses a 32 page Goss Urbanite offset press and includes computerized phototypesetting.
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Roswell Daily Record
North Main Street
Robert H. Beck
Record
N. Main
William Jourdan
Hobbs
Donald Goss
San Angelo
Tex
Goss
Pamela Davis transfers debated after desegregation order
Pamela Davis, a 15 year old white student, says race of classmates did not prompt her transfer request from a black school. Gov. Wallace ordered a move to a white school, federal court concerns discussed, official cites an records error, and the family appeals for options.
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Bob Ingle
Associated Press
Birmingham, Ala
Pamela Davis
George C. Wallace
Jefferson County
Pamela
Robert E. Price
Westfield High
Minor High
Roswell High 60s Classes Hold Joint Reunion at Roswell Inn
About 300 graduates from Roswell High School classes of 1960 61 and 62 gathered for a joint reunion at the Roswell Inn on Saturday. Paul Herring representing class 61 John Wingfield 1962 and Kenneth Lamkin 1960 were among the attendees.
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Roswell High School
Roswell Inn
Paul Herring
John Wingfield
Kenneth Lamkin
RHS
California bey wins 71 Soap Box Derby
Larry Blair, 13, Oroville, California, won the 34th All American Soap Box Derby final at Derby Downs Akron. Blair clocked 27.20 seconds on the 653.75 foot track to beat James Jackson of Lima and Mark Chamberlain of Seattle. Blair earned a 7500 dollar college scholarship.
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Larry Blair
Oroville
Calif
Akron
Ohio
Larry
James Jackson
Lima
Mark Chamberlain
Seattle
Wash
Blair
Jackson
Rebecca Carol Phillips
Temple
Tex
Terri Lynn Gross
Roswell
Miss Gross
Chamberlain
Sheep Shot by Helicopter Slaughter Local Flock
Irving Beard, a Fruita rancher, says 40 of his 2200 sheep were killed by gunfire from a helicopter over a meadow on Thursday. He reports 19 lambs among the casualties and suspects a machine gun caused multiple hits. The grazing area is remote, delaying word until Saturday.
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Leadville
Colo
Irving Beard
Fruita
Beard
Intermittent rains keep Roswell cool and damp
Intermittent showers kept Roswell cool through Saturday adding moisture to the year. Rain totals at Ranchers Radio Headquarters reached a fraction over an inch with other readings around town. Weather official Bill Crane noted a shift from drought to a shower pattern with a low pressure front moving erratically over the area.
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Roswell
Ranchers Radio
13Th St. Louis
Crane
Texas
New Mexico
National Weather Service
Friday 13th Page Missing Delayed Roswell Daily Record
The Roswell Daily Record faced a Friday press hiccup when a complete page vanished from the Friday edition. Production manager Al Geary located the missing page five minutes later under a discarded shelf in the camera room. Page 13 was the absent item, later photographed and printed.
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Roswell
al Geary
Newsroom
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Harold Ray
Harold G. Ray Jr
Trinity University
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Dr. Ray
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THE
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Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Honolulu
Kilauea
Island of Hawaii
Geological Survey
Volcano Observatory
Kremlin
Belfast
Lopez, Assery
Royals
N. Viet
Nader
Pean
N.M
University of Alabama
Nixon
School
Wallace
Westfield
Gov. Wallace
California Bey
Edgar Fearnow III
Ephrata
Timothy McCleary
Grand Rapids
Mich
Jee Crawford
Anchorage
Alaska
Kurt Smith
Muncie
Ind
James Harvey
Decatur
John Murrell
Indianapolis
Old Municipal Airport
Roswell Industrial Air Center
R. A. MacArthur
East Mescalero Road
Rancher
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