Roswell Celebrates City Centennial Week Aug 19 25
Roswell marks its 100th birthday with Centennial Week events August 19 to 25 led by a Sunday picnic and horse racing at the ENM State Fairgrounds and a Monday downtown celebration with parades contests bands car show and a Queen contest.
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Roswell
New Mexico State Fairgrounds
Fairgrounds
Federal Land Bank
North Main Street
Chaves County
Plains Theater
William F. Brainerd
City of Roswell
New Mexico State
International Harvester
Zink
Chaves County Courthouse Lawn
U.S. Air Force Band
March Air Force Base
Calif
Courthouse Lawn
Nixon Lawyers Fight Subpoena In Watergate Tapes Case
Nixon aides argued the grand jury subpoena would erode presidential confidentiality and executive supremacy. Cox said courts should decide if tapes are essential evidence. Judge Sirica scheduled oral argument for next Wednesday with appeals likely to reach the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S. District Court
White House
Watergate
Archibald Cox
Grand Jury
Cox
Watergate Grand Jury
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
John J. Sirica
Nation
Nia
Sirica
Supreme Court
Soviet MIRV tests widen gap in arms balance
Secretary of Defense James R. Schlesinger announced that the Soviet Union has demonstrated multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles on at least two missiles and possibly more, signaling a narrowed technological gap and likely delaying prospects for a new U S Soviet agreement. He estimated deployment of combat-ready MIRV missiles by 1979 with a potential parity by the mid- to late 1980s and said submarines may follow later.
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Washington
James R. Schlesinger
United States
Mirv Capability. . For At Least Two of Their Missiles,’’ Schlesinger
U.S
Russia
Schlesinger
Phase 4 gas price controls extended to Aug 31
The Cost of Living Council extends the gasoline and diesel price freeze through Aug 31 under Phase 4. New ceilings set for Sept 1 must be displayed on about one million pumps. Retailers may use a minimum 7 cent markup, with higher markups allowed if Jan 10 levels were higher.
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Washington
Cost of Living Council Today
John T. Dunlop
Dunlop
Fire destroys Mountain View Baptist Church in Roswell area
A fire at Mountain View Baptist Church on Mountain View Road south of Roswell was reported at 2 32 a m. Fire crews from Roswell and East Grand Plains battled the blaze for about three hours and six minutes. The building was a total loss and the cause was undetermined. In a separate item, Senator Pete Domenici announced a 90190 Head Start grant to Chaves Community Action Program in Roswell to fund a nine month part day program for 106 underprivileged children in Chaves County.
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Mountain View Baptist Church
Mountain View Road
Roswell
Fire Department
Washington
Pete Domenici
R-N.m
Chaves
Nixon signs public works bill funding Brantley Dam project
President Nixon signed the public works appropriations bill authorizing 325000 dollars for planning Brantley Dam on the Pecos River near Carlsbad. The $45.6 million project, sponsored by Rep. Harold Runnels, was authorized last October 21 and required the conference committee to retain the planning funds after they were omitted in the House bill.
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Washington
Nixon
Brantley
Pecos River
Carlsbad
Harold Runnels
D-N.m
Runnels
House
Senate
Conference Committee
Bernalillo County considers obscenity ordinance
A Bernalillo County Commission debate on a proposed antiobscenity ordinance was cut short as Commissioner Lucy Jaramillo left to host guests. The measure would ban obscene materials with private possession exempted. jury trials would apply. Debates continue next Tuesday with public referendum consideration.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Bernalillo County Commission
Lucy Jaramillo
Jaramillo
L.A. McCulloch
Four NMMI cadets enter no contest pleas in manslaughter case
Four former New Mexico Military Institute cadets charged with voluntary manslaughter pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter in Fifth Judicial District Court. Sammy Burke Jr Gary Shaw Lonnie Wagner and Robert Winkler entered the plea. Sentencing deferred for one year with probation under the Department of Corrections. If compliant they may withdraw the plea and seek dismissal. Prosecutor J Lee Cathey and defense B R Baldock represented the parties.
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New Mexico Military Institute
Richard Owen
Rusty”’ Needham
S. Pennsylvania
Fifth Judicial District
Paul Snead
Roswell
Sammy “Rocky” Burke Jr
Las Cruces
Gary Lee Shaw
Dexter
Lonnie Wagner
Austin
Tex
Robert Fred Winkler
NMMI
New Mexico Department of Corrections
B. R. Baldock
Sanders, Bruin and Baldock Law Firm
Dist. Atty
J. Lee Cathey
Carlsbad
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James W. McLane
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James Morris
Charles Driscoll
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