Snake story sparks reader clash and disbelief
The Methow Valley News led with a rehashed 1960 snake tale about an 18 foot rattlesnake. Kenneth White of Winthrop calls the piece bogus and accuses the editor of ignorance and fear mongering while university experts later debunk the python skin claim.
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Methow
Carrizozo
Methow Valley
Kenneth White
Winthrop, Wash
White
Lincoln County
University of New Mexico
SEC orders hearings on Merrill Lynch fraud charges
The SEC requires hearings on staff charges of fraud against Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith.14 officers and salesmen and 15 institutional investors including Dreyfus Corp and Investors Management Co are named. The charges allege selective disclosure of Douglas Aircraft earnings in June 1966 and continued trading on undisclosed information.
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Associated Press
Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
SEC
Merrill Lynch
Dreyfus Corp. and Investors Management Co
Douglas Aircraft Co
Czechs pledge liberal course and troop withdrawal
President Ludvik Svoboda announced Czechoslovakia will continue its liberal course after the January ouster of Novotny. He said Soviet troops will be withdrawn gradually as Moscow confirms conditions, while Prague builds a socialist order with a humanistic democratic character. Soviet tanks pulled back from Prague strategic points but stayed nearby.
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Ludvik Svoboda
Antonin Novotny
Moscow
Communist Party
Svoboda
National Front
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Humphrey Presses California Delegation for Votes
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey urged California's 174 delegates to push him toward the Democratic nomination. McCarthy and McGovern attacked Vietnam policy as Humphrey closes in, with Kennedy's draft collapse and Southern resistance fading amid a key Vietnam plank.
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Chicago
Hubert H. Humphrey
California
Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
George S. McGovern
South Dakota
Edward M. Kennedy
Associated Press
Vietnam
North Vietnam
McCarthy
U.S
White House
Johnson
Record turnout fizzles in New Mexico primaries
Voters faced a day of primaries across 1 145 polling places as Democrats and Republicans sought nominees for governor and Congress. Expected turnout did not meet forecasts with as many as 150000 Dem voters and 40000 to 50000 Republicans casting ballots amid competitive races in both parties.
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Bill Feathers
New Mexico
T. E. Lusk
John Burroughs
Edwin L. Mechem
Paul Robinson
Voter Turnout Light At Roswell Polls In Morning Hours
Early voting in Roswell shows light turnout across multiple districts with turnout ranging from 7 to 63 votes per precinct between 10:00 and 11:30 a.m. Polls opened at 8 a.m. and run until 7 p.m.
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Roswell
del Norte
Mark Howell
Goddard High
Washington Avenue
Construction and General Labor Union Hall
Central Fire Station
Stone Machine
Flora Vista
Nmmi Shop
Nmmi Pro-Shop
Girl Scout Hut
Yucca Middle School
Salvation Army
Glenn’s
Edgewood
NM Primary Turnout Described Light Across State
The Associated Press reports light turnout in New Mexico during today's primary across multiple counties. In Carlsbad Eddy County the turnout was very light with the largest precinct recording only 120 votes by midmorning. Observers noted late increases in Santa Fe Portales and Las Cruces as workers at White Sands and NASA facilities prepare to vote. Voting machines failed in several precincts delaying ballots filled by paper ballots until repairs.
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New Mexico
Associated Press
Carlsbad
Eddy County
Silver City
Santa Fe
Portales
Las Cruces
White Sands Missile Range
NASA
NM Democrats Back Nominee in New Mexico Delegation Vote
New Mexico delegates to the Democratic National Convention voted to back the presidential nominee. Neal Gonzales moved the measure while Albuquerque’s Robert Harris abstained. The delegation heard speeches for Humphrey and McCarthy as it narrowed discussion to delegation members.
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Sally Burkstaller
Roswell
Front
Mela Koeber
Albuquerque
Eugene McCarthy
UPI
Democrats
Robert J. Walker
Associated Press
Chicago
New Mexico
Neal Gonzales
Carlsbad
Robert W. Harris
Lusk
Lightning Strikes Boy While Talking On Phone in Santa Fe
An 18 year old Santa Fe youth, David Ortiz, was hospitalized after a lightning strike while using the telephone during a thunderstorm. He was initially unconscious for about five hours but later regained orientation and remained in good condition. Doctors cited ear pain from the incident as he talked on the line.
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Santa FE
David Ortiz
Ralph Jones
Ortiz
Elmo Shelton
Mountain States Telephone Co
Shelton
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Godwins
Bureau of Revenue
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McGovern
Republican Party
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Calvin Horn
Bobby Mayfield
Mesilla Park
Harry Stowers
Mack Easley
Hobbs
Bruce King
Stanley
Stowers
David F. Cargo
Clifford Hawley
Thomas G. Morris
E. S. Johnny Walker
Morris
Sterling Black
Los Alamos
Tom Benavidez
Eugene R. Hill
Manual Lujan Jr
Rodney D. Driver
Arthur G. Beach
Schuble C. Cook
Ronald K. Cooper
S. P Sahd
Penasco
Mark Saunders
Saunders
Muskegon Chronicle
Roswell High
Trinity Methodist
THE
Harris
Platform Committee
Convention
Joseph H. Montoya
Texas
Joseph Montoya
Tibo Chavez
Belen
District 3
Sam Espinosa
E. Alameda
Juanita Espinoza
S. Mulberry
Stone Machine Shop
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