Library bond debated at deBremond stadium site
Voters will decide tomorrow on funding for a new library to be built at the deBremond Stadium location the closest city property to downtown. An alternative would cost about 350 000 more to acquire similar ground elsewhere. If approved the stadium would move to Roswell High grounds. Local Christian Scientists note DeWitt John of Boston will join the Christian Science Board of Directors later this year and John Hughes will become editor.
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deBremond Stadium
Roswell High Grounds
DeWitt John
Boston
The
Christian Science Monitor
Christian Science Board of Directors
John Hughes
Monitor
John
Inman H. Douglass
Roswell
Washington and
Gayle
Central Fire Station
11Th and Richardson
Roswell High School
Chippeway Rodeo to Crown World's Highest Event in Cloudcroft
The sixth annual Chippeway Rodeo will be staged Sept 5 7 at 8300 foot elevation in Cloudcroft. Events promise a dramatic mountain backdrop and high altitude rodeo action.
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Associated Press and Record News
Cloudcroft
Policemen Die as Bombings Hit Cities Over Weekend
A weekend of urban violence left a dozen policemen shot across three cities. Seven officers were wounded in Philadelphia where one officer died. Bombings targeted two foreign missions in Washington D C and a Mexican American note claiming one life in Los Angeles.
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Philadelphia
Washington D.C
Los Angeles
Rizzo
Thomas J. Gibbons
Frank Nolan
Gibbons
Nolan
Riverside
Calif
Wilmington
Ruben Salazar
Los Angeles Times
New York City
Bronx
Pio Rizzo
Washington, D.C
Associated Press
Revolutionary Action Party
Wichita
Kan
Kappa Sigma
Wichita State University
Lorette Nolan
John
Thomas Gibbons Jr
Supreme Court to Rule on Busing Desegregation Cases
The Supreme Court agreed to hear six cases on school desegregation including Charlotte-Mecklenburg North Carolina Mobile Alabama and Clarke County cases. The court will also review a North Carolina law banning voluntary busing with arguments set for October 12.
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High Court
Washington
Supreme Court
South
Charlotte-Mecklenburgh County
N.C
Mobile
Ala
Clarke County
North Carolina
Charlotte
Clarke
Cincinnati
Little Rock
North
Congress
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Meir cites strident U S dispute over cease fire violations
Premier Golda Meir warned of a crisis in Israel as she charged Egypt with moving antiaircraft missiles into the Suez Canal zone in breach of the 90 day cease fire. She said the United States promised balance but has not made its concerns public.
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Tel Aviv
Golda Meir
United States
Israel
Egypt
Suez Canal
Middle East
Meir
New Mexico Road Toll So Far This Year
A New Mexico toll tally shows 350 deaths reported to date this year, compared with the same date last year. Officials urge continued caution on highways as factors like weather and traffic volume influence the trend.
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N.M
Battle over sale of Ruidoso Downs track faces Sept court hearing
Attorneys prepare for a fight as Newco and Sunland seek to sell the track under receivership. Chief Judge Waldo Speiss will hear Sept 10 motions by Newco and Ruidoso State Bank arguing the sale should proceed or be halted. A separate Lincoln County suit seeks liquidation of track assets.
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Larry Calloway
Santa FE. M
Ruidoso Downs
Waldo Speiss
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Eric Culver
Newco Industries, Inc
Newco
Fortuna Corp
Sunland Development Corp
Sunland Park
el Paso
Ruidoso State Bank
Racing Commission
Fortuna, Corp
Speirs
Lincoln County
Track Corporation
Lincoln
Lea County Assessor Suspended Over Tax Valuation Dispute
Lea County Assessor Frank Smith faces suspension by the New Mexico Property Appraisal Department effective September 8 for defying state valuation orders. The dispute traces to 1969 actions by county commissioners and former assessor Leon Faris over assessment ratios, with the case now under appeal to the New Mexico Supreme Court.
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Lovington
Lea County
State
Haskell B. Smith
Frank Smith
New Mexico Supreme Court
Leon Faris
State Tax Commission
Property Appraisal Department
Faris
State of
New Mexico
McLucas Convicted in Rackley Slaying Conspiracy
Lonnie McLucas, a Black Panther, was found guilty by a Superior Court jury of conspiracy to murder in the May 1969 killing of Alex Rackley. He was acquitted on kidnapping related charges and faced a $15,000 bond with a Sept. 18 preliminary sentencing.
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New Haven, Conn
Lonnie McLucas
Alex Rackley
McLucas
Harold M. Mulvey
Middlesex County
Violent Outburst at Unifest '70 Rock Festival injures two
At least two people were injured when four motorcyclists crashed a party of about 1,500 at Unifest '70, prompting rocks and clubs from spectators. A bystander and another attendee were treated after being struck. police kept traffic moving as festival marshaling was left to event organizers.
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San Ysidro
Pat Sullivan
Albuquerque
Elephant Butte State Park
Manzano Mountains
Edgewood
Moriarty
Queenfish Surfaces at Nome Harbor After Two Months
The U S atomic submarine Queenfish surfaced in Nome Alaska to the harbor for shore leaves for 46 of its 100 man crew before returning to Pearl Harbor. Navy spokesmen said the event marked the first surface in two months.
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Nome
Alaska
U.S
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Roswell Voters Set Bond Election On Fire, Library
Voters will cast ballots 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday at 10 Roswell polling sites. Two bond questions seek up to 400000 for fire protection and 610000 for a new library. Nonowners may vote. school bonds are separate on Sept 15.
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AL Stubbs
Union County
Vietnam
Joseph M. Montoya
D-N.m
Senate
Clinton P. Anderson
Las Cruces
White Sands Missile Range
Army Corps of Engineers
Sharon Tate
Susan Atkins
Miss Atkins
Black Panther
James Curran
Robert Martin
Frank Eckman
Frank von Colln
Cobbs Creek Park
Farrer
James Harrington
Frank Rizzo
Downs
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