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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1971
Page
2
Draft Director Curtis W. Tarr ordered physical and mental examinations begin Sept 1 for men numbered 1 through W from the latest lottery. He aims to use the lull at induction centers while drafting is suspended and to plan ahead if Congress approves a new bill.
Funeral services for Helen M Anderson 4 of 00 W Jaffa are set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at LaGrone Funeral Chapel. She died Saturday at her Roswell home after a three month residence here with husband Gerald A Anderson. Born February 6 1917 she was a daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Hagel. Survived by widower, a brother Phillip Hagel Chicago Illinois and a sister Kathryne Melke Allen Park Michigan. The Rev John C Hetlinger to officiate. Cremation will follow at an Albuquerque funeral home.
Roswell police captured Javier Canteras Vale after a break in at Bullock's Jewelry on Main Street. Vale, 19, was arraigned on attempted burglary with bond set at $1,000 and transferred to Fifth District Court. he is jailed in Chaves County.
An Oakland attorney Stephen Mitchell Bingham, 29, is being sought for questioning in the San Quentin prison break case that left six dead including George Jackson. The Chronicle cites prison officials linking the court-visited Jackson to an aborted escape, with guards and inmates killed during a chaotic sequence at the maximum security center.
Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky refused to campaign in the October 3 election and proposed resignations with President Nguyen Van Thieu to trigger a new vote. Observers doubt Thieu will accept. The U.S. regrets Ky's decision while Hanoi denounces the process as a rigged farce. Ky's name remains on the ballot despite his withdrawal, and the crisis promises a preordained vote.
New York stocks rose sharply as currency news bolstered sentiment. Dow at 890.33 up 9.42. NYSE breadth 2 to 1 adv over declines. Campbell Soup fell after recalling all Paris Texas chicken vegetable soup for botulism contamination. auto stocks firm as tax cut aid lingers.
An 18 year old Roswell resident, Steve Miller of 605 East Fifth Street, was treated and released at Eastern New Mexico Medical Center after a 12:35 a.m. crash at 700 North Main. Miller, sitting atop a parked car, suffered head, arm, knee and back abrasions. Driver Bryan Eugene Thomas Jr., 28, of 314 Encanto, was cited for careless driving and no license. Two other parked cars, owned by Ondee McDerman and Howard W. Homer, were involved.
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