Haig to Deliver Utah Commencement Address in Europe
Gen. Alexander Haig Jr will receive an honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of Utah at the September 10 commencement for graduate students in Europe. The former Nixon and Kissinger aide, now Supreme Allied Commander Europe, will speak at Ramstein Air Base in Germany.
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Salt Lake City
Alexander Haig Jr
University of Utah
Europe
Richard M. Nixon
Henry Kissinger
Haig
Supreme Allied Commander
U.S. European Command
Ramstein Air Base
Germany
Brown urges solar homes after brush fire losses
Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. called for rebuilding fire victims’ homes with solar energy units to reduce reliance on nuclear plants. The Energy Commission workshop drew 300 attendees as over 250 homes were destroyed or damaged in the July 26-27 Sycamore Canyon fire along the coast.
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Santa Barbara, Calif
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Brown
State Energy Commission
Sycamore Canyon
Coffin elected senior minister at Riverside Church
New York AP William Sloane Coffin the activist chaplain of Yale University has been unanimously elected senior minister of Riverside Church. The 53 year old Coffin becomes the fourth person to hold the post since the church was built in 1926 and he was the only candidate.
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New York
William Sloane Coffin
Yale University
Riverside Church
Coffin
John D. Rockefeller
Congregational Church
Graduate nominated by board elected on Sunday
A graduate was nominated by the 30 member Board of Deacons and elected on Sunday, signaling a leadership change within the church governing body.
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Board of Deacons
Lucey: Bleak Visit With Overcrowded Mexican Prison
U S ambassador to Mexico Patrick J. Lucey called his three day trip to Baja prisons a very depressing experience as he met imprisoned Americans awaiting transfer. He praised La Mesa prison director for good management under harsh conditions noting overcrowding with about 2000 inmates in a 300 capacity facility and 73 Americans including 20 women held there.
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Tijuana
Mexico
Patrick J. Lucey
U.S
Baja
Calif
Lucey
la Mesa
Cuban interests section prepares in old embassy
An advance Cuban party arrived in Washington under police protection to ready the Cuban interests section in the former Cuban Embassy building. Manuel J. Rubido, chief of inspections for Fidel Castro's Foreign Ministry, leads about ten Cubans upgrading sites at the embassy and the former military mission across 16th Street. Diplomatic ties with the United States remain severed since 1961 and Switzerland has watched over U.S. interests in Cuba.
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Jeremiah O’leary
Washington Star
Washington
Havana
Manuel J. Rubido
Fidel Castro
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
16Th St. NW
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
Switzerland
U.S
Rubido
Vincent Buzek
State Department
Executive Protective Service
Orlando Letelier
Miami
New York
South Africa
South Vietnam
Saigon
Soviet Union
Castro
Diego Asencio
Lyle F. Lane
Latin America
Chancery
Malecon Sea Wall
Roswell board to weigh high school merger study
The Roswell Independent School District Board of Education will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday to discuss a feasibility study on combining Roswell and Goddard high schools. The session will also cover 1976 77 RISD test results and action on 10 new teachers for 1977 78. Police report a theft at Durham Lincoln and Mercury Inc with four vehicles worth about 15300 recovered in part by 11 30 a m Saturday and 3 30 p m later that day.
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Hermilo Martinez
Roswell Independent
Roswell
Durham Lincoln and Mercury Inc
Main St
Bobby Durham
The
Daily Record
Byron Baker
Leonard Cheney
Fulkerson Drive
McClellan Oil Corp
Avis
Durham Lincoln
Mercury Inc
Richard Vigil
S. Beech Ave
Citizens Band
Lincoln
Dale Staten
James Kisselburg
East Deming Street
GHS Plans Big Dance At Little Theater
Goddard High School cheerleaders announce the annual back-to-school dance for students. The event runs Friday from 8 to 11 30 p.m. in the Little Theater, costing $2 per person.
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Goddard High School
Market dips as rate worries pressure stocks
The New York stock market fell further today as rising interest rates weighed on investor sentiment. The Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 869.37 at noon, down 1.73, with losers leading gainers 3 to 2 on the NYSE. Volume was light at 6.46 million shares.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Federal Reserve
NYSE
Mail Rate Bracketed for In and Out of State Plans
Rates show within state plans for 1 month to 1 year totaling 4.00 to 39.00 and out of state options from 4.50 to 42.00. The notice assigns second class postage to Roswell New Mexico and credits the Associated Press with local news reproduction rights.
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Roswell
N.M
Associated Press
N. “Main St
N. Mex
Jack M. Swickard
RCTS
Jerry McCormack
Ene
John Pettit
R.M. Higginbotham
Meee
Renne
Christine Floyd
al Geary i
Tom J. Borovine
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Cleveland
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Utah
Solar
Bobby Isaac
Hickory
N.C
John Ragin
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Tech
Yale
Eastern
New Mexico
Roswell, N.M
Thomas E. Jennings
P.O. Box
Hermito Martinez
City
State
Zip
Eastern New Mexico State Fair Board
Roswell Jaycees
Kimball
Roswell Scene
McGaffey Street
Durham
Bland Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
City Man
Larry Harris
Forest Drive
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Albuquerque
Harris
B.W
Bud” Harris
Glover Packing Co
GHS
Market Report
Dow
Jones
RES
Hutton & Co. A.m
Glover
North Ware & Wescatero
E.F
Eaeney & Co
Amer Can
McDon
Amer
Phil Pete
Far Saery Wepril
del Webb
Ramada Inn Ba
Dresser Ind
RCA Corp
Aynids Tob
Safeway
Beuman Rod Santa Fe
Ind
el Paso
Farah Mig
Shell Oil
Ford
Signal Oil
Sperry Rand
Goodyear
Greyhound
Gulf Oi
Haliburton
Hueblin Enneco Ies
Texaco
Transam
Kennecott
Levi Strauss
West Banking Temco
Rene Liten
Hutton & Co
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