Tucumcari District Attorney Shot and Killed
Tucumcari N M police hunt a sniper after Victor C Breen district attorney was shot to death as he left his home. State Police roadblocks and witnesses described a dark blue car or a light car with a blue top. Breen, a 23 year DA and Democrat, was prosecuting Danny Joe Jimenez for Myrtle Smiths beating death.
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Tucumcari
N.M
Tucumcari Dist
Victor C. Breen
Breen
New Mexico
Martin Vigil
Trigg Memorial Hospital
Steven Bowen
Tucumcar
Robert
Vigil
Norvell
Danny Joe Jimenez
Myrtle Smith
Justice halts Los Angeles area draft inductions
Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas barred the induction of all Los Angeles area men pending a legal test of the 1971 draft law. The order may affect up to 1000 draftees as lawsuits mount across the nation over deferment rights and timing provisions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Douglas
American Civil Liberties Union
Senate
Selective Service System
Los Angeles
Travel advisory for today and tonight with mixed precipitation
Weather forecast calls for low clouds and fog today tonight and Thursday with occasional rain or rain and snow mixed. Continued cold with a 50 percent chance of precipitation today 40 percent tonight and 30 percent tomorrow. Highs around 44 today and 42 tomorrow with overnight lows near 32.
Man Arrested in Albuquerque Hijacking Case
A 29 year old fueler for Southwest Air Rangers at Albuquerque airport was arrested on FBI charges for hiding three men who hijacked a TWA jet to Cuba after the fatal shooting of State Policeman Robert Rosenbloom. He bonded out as the investigation continued.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Cuba
Johnny Earl Vines
Southwest Air Rangers
U.S
Robert McCoy
FBI
Robert Rosenbloom
Rosenbloom
Nixon cites purpose for conferences
President Nixon seeks unified direction with allies on major new international developments including Berlin and the economic crisis. Kissinger cites planned trips to Red China and Moscow and lists upcoming talks with Trudeau Pompidou Heath Brandt and Sato in December and January.
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Washington
Nixon
Berlin
Henry A. Kissinger
Peking
Moscow
Red China
Okinawa
Japan
Britain
White House
Canada
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
France
Georges Pompidou
Azores
Edward Heath
Bermuda
West Germany
Willy Brandt
Key Biscayne
Fla
Eisaku Sato
San Clemente
Calif
Coal price ruling limits pass through wage hikes
The Price Commission ruled that coal firms may pass on only 60 percent of recent large wage increases to consumers. In the Old Ben Coal Co case, the commission allowed a 3.78 percent price increase from a 6.71 percent request, balancing with the Pay Board’s 1 percent miner raise. Chief Grayson announced the decision.
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Washington
The
Price Commission
Pay Board
C. Jackson Grayson
Old Ben Coal Co
Standard Oil of Ohio
Grayson
Brown Berets protest prejudice charge in Bayard New Mexico
Small groups of Brown Berets demonstrated at Bayard City Hall charging Mayor Charles Smith with prejudice against the poor. They seek permission to stay on city land near City Hall while planning a Chicano rally in Silver City. Police and fire crews intervened during two fires set by the group.
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Bayard
N.M
Bayard City Hall
Charles Smith
James A. Milano
Silver City
Berets
Smith
City Hall
Manuel Herrera
Nestor de la Torre
la Caravana de Reconquista
Caravan of Reconquest
Foreman seeks Senate bid as letters draw interest
Former congressman Ed Foreman weighs a 1972 U.S. Senate run after a committee mailed 3 000 letters seeking support from New Mexico voters. Cochairman Holm Bursum says replies by January could shape Foreman's decision and the primary field.
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Howard Graves
Associated Press
Ed Foreman
New Mexico
Texas
Holm O. Bursum III
Socorro
Cochairman
U.S. Senate
Foreman
Department of Transportation
Bursum
Central New Mexico
Rex M Mattingly
Washington, D.C
Republican Party
Manuel Lujan, Jr
R-N.m
Mattingly
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Coronado Wrecking of
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Roswell and Vicinity
Man
Michael R. Finney
San Francisco
Ralph Lawrence Goodwin
Berkeley
Charles Hill
California
TWA
Vines
Dan Mueller
Mueller
Kissinger
Brown Berets
Ski Report
Sierra Blanca
Ruidoso
Dallas
Bill McKibben
J. W. Kaapp
Ralph Melbourne
J. Eric Rathgeber
Frederick W. Airy
Col. Cruz R. Alvarez
Charlie Little
W. R. Dawson
Victor M. Martinez
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