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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1971
Page
1
Jim MacFarland of Roswell shares an old Dixon's Pond ice harvesting tale from the 1930s and 1940s near Booton New Mexico. He notes natural ice can be colder and longer lasting than ice made by man and reflects on current warming and cooling days.
A week after Nixon ordered wage and price controls, local impact differs. Teachers and city workers face unchanged or reduced pay, while some administrative staff move to new schedules. Public reaction ranges from Support to concern about late implementation and possible price hikes before year end.
Belfast report states Bernadette Devin 24 year old Northern Ireland MP and civil rights campaigner gave birth to a daughter at Magherafelt Hospital County Londonderry today. The unwed mother and child are reported well though the birth was not expected for another month. Four area youths were injured in two motorcycle accidents near Dexter on NM 190. Injured were Ruben Gomez 14 Jesus Gonzales 12 Leonard Sisneros 14 and Raul Turin 13. Sisneros and Gomez cited for careless driving and not wearing helmets.
A group of 23 prisoners mutinied on Shilmi Island in the Yellow Sea, seized weapons, hijacked a civilian boat and a passenger bus, and reached Yongdungpo in Seoul before a deadly gun battle left 30 dead, including 12 prison officials. Police and military tied down the incident as defense minister Jung Naehiuk resigned to take responsibility.
Henry Ager, 27, waited at a rail crossing in Winter Haven Florida for the Spirit of 76 train when another car struck his vehicle pushing it onto the tracks. The engine bore down and his car was mangled as he barely escaped injury.
The court martial of Col. Oran K. Henderson opens with a government claim of a pattern of deceit to conceal the killing of civilians at My Lai on March 16 1968. Prosecutor Maj. Carroll Tichenor says Henderson failed to report or stop the killings and the judge allows two additional charges of lying to a blue ribbon Army inquiry.
RFK Jr., 17, son of the late senator, pleaded no contest in Barnstable District Court to sauntering and loitering seen near Hyannis Port. He was taxed $50 in court costs after the judge gave one week to pay. police described the act as blocking traffic and Kennedy disputed the officer’s testimony.
The dollar showed unexpected strength after Nixon cut the dollar loose from gold, with London at 2.4375 per pound and Frankfurt at 3.425 marks per dollar. Paris and Brussels saw devaluations around 0.75 percent, while Zurich and Brussels offered mixed rates amid global uncertainty. Roswell area forecast: partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers, lows near 62 and high around 94.
Officially announced opening on Sept. 1 marks a new chapter in Ottoman history. Queen Elizabeth II is slated to visit Oct. 18 to tour the 380 room harem, once the sultan’s power center housing royal women, eunuchs, and concubines amid restoration completed after 12 years.
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