Local Drive Emphasized For NMMI Chapel Fund
The Roswell division of a nationwide campaign aims to raise 600000 for a 2000 seat chapel at New Mexico Military Institute. National chairman L T Babe Godfrey urged workers at NMMI as canvassing of ex cadets patrons and friends began in a three week local push.
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Roswell
New Mexico Military Institute
L. T
Babe) Godfrey
NMMI
United Fund
George Erwin
Tom Walters
Chapain Sam Bays
Cadet Corps
McCone reportedly seeks CIA exit to private life
Washington AP reports John A. McCone told President Johnson he wishes to step down as CIA director to return to private life. Maine snowstorm strands hundreds as heavy drifted snow cripples northern and eastern highways. Newark espionage trial of an electronics engineer and a Soviet chauffeur heads to a federal jury with possible death penalty. Bell opens a 4000 mile transcontinental telephone cable from New York to California costing 200 million dollars adding 9000 circuits. Santa Fe attorney general asked to review legality of Carlsbad city transfer of 25000 dollars from bond fund to general fund for current expenses. Gen. Sam Agee discusses NMMI drive to raise funds with 50 000 initial gift from the NMMI Foundation and 600 local contacts planned while plans for a Gothic chapel near College and Main evolve with possible underpass on Main Street.
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Washington (Ap
John A. McCone
Johnson
The
Central Intelligence Agency
Santa FE
Carlsbad
U S and Soviet Edge Toward U N Finance Compromise
Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko met amid signals of possible Soviet payments into a general U N fund. US sources say details unclear but indicate a shift from intransigence on the money issue that has strained the U N budget. A last minute accord postponed a General Assembly showdown, allowing basic financial negotiations to proceed at a luncheon at the Soviet U N mission.
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United Nations, N.Y
Dean Rusk
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.N
U.S
Gromyko
General Assembly
Gromyko and
Rusk
Baker refuses questions in 1960 payoff hearing
Bobby Baker invoked the 5th Amendment refusing to answer 46 questions and to surrender subpoenaed documents about a $25 000 stadium contract payoff to the Kennedy Johnson campaign in 1960. He cited constitutional rights as Senators pressed for details and witnesses.
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Washington (Ap
Bobby Baker
District of Columbia
Baker
Don B. Reynolds
Matthew H. McCloskey
Kennedy-Johnson
Peron Barred From Continuing Argentina Return
Ex-dictator Juan D. Peron arrived in Rio de Janeiro on the first leg of his move back toward Argentina but Brazil refused to let him proceed turning him back to Madrid. Officials said Peron is persona non grata in Brazil and would not touch Brazilian soil again. Spanish officials warned Spain might deny his return if his trip fails. A key asylum condition in Spain barred him from public politics.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Juan D. Peron
Argentina
Montevideo
Joao Lampreia Gracie
Foreign Ministry
Madrid
Lampreia
Peron
Asuncion
Paraguay
Spain
New War Plan May Include U S Air Strikes
Ambassador Maxwell D Taylor, with new orders from President Johnson, will return to South Vietnam to work out plans to intensify the war. Potential actions include air strikes on supply lines running from North to South Vietnam via Laos, as White House notes emphasize increasing North Vietnamese support to the Viet Cong. Taylor will confer with South Vietnam urgently on measures to improve the war effort.
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U.S
Washington
Maxwell D. Taylor
Johnson
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Laos
Taylor
New Mexico Road Toll Figures This Year
Road tolls in New Mexico show 332 fatalities or incidents this year up to the current date, slightly lower than last year’s 340 tolls. Officials warn drivers to maintain safety measures as traffic patterns shift.
Viet Cong Seizes 113 Weapons in Thien Giao Raid
Viet Cong guerrillas seized 113 weapons including 33 machine guns after wiping out Thien Giao district headquarters 100 miles northeast of Saigon. About 300 fighters attacked, killing the district chief and 13 guards. 30 defenders were wounded, six missing, two guerrillas killed. North Vietnam says U.S. planes bombed three villages in the DMZ.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U.S
North
Thien Giao
Pope Paul VI Arrives in India for Historic Visit
Pope Paul VI touched down in Bombay for the longest papal journey, welcomed by about 100000 Indians and greeted by Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri and Vice President Zakir Hussain. He attends the 38th International Eucharistic Congress and appeals for aid to underdeveloped nations while stressing modernization and ecumenism.
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George W. Cornell
Bombay
India
Paul VI
Pope Paul
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Zakir Hussain
Pope
Shastri
Hussain
Oval Park
Rome
Asia
Wife Finds Mate Dying in Wreck
Kathleen Adkins followed her husband Van W. Adkins from their service station. The couple were in Santa Monica when his pickup ran off a curve and struck a power pole. He died at Santa Monica Hospital.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Kathleen Adkins
van W. Adkins
Santa Monica Hospital
Mariner 4 Race to Mars Captivates Pasadena Scientists
Mars probe Mariner 4 speeds through space at 714206 miles from Earth and 7143 mph as Zond 2 lags behind after a 50 power loss. American Jet Propulsion Laboratory weighs a trajectory adjust to enable Mars flyby and 22 photos.
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Pasadena
Calif
Earth
Mariney
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Johnson Opens Kennedy Center Groundbreaking Ceremony
President Johnson presided at the ground breaking of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on the Potomac near the Lincoln Memorial. The $46 million project aims to unite art and culture in Washington with speeches by Robert Kennedy and readings from Shakespeare by Sir John Gielgud and Jason Robards Jr.
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Washington
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Potomac
Lincoln Memorial
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Congress
America
Banks of
the Potomac
Sir John Gielgud
Jason Robards Jr
Presiden
Shakespeare
Hoover says FBI infiltrates Klan and other racist groups
In a 14 hour meeting in Washington J Edgar Hoover told Dr Martin Luther King Jr that the FBI has infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan and other racist groups. King said arrests are expected in the coming days for the slayings of three civil rights workers near Philadelphia Mississippi.
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Hoover
King
FBI
Klan
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Martin Luther King Jr
Ku Klux Klan
Communist Party
Philadelphia
Miss
Georgia
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Tom Halil Jr
Nmmi Alumni Assn
College and Main
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Senate
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Senate Rules Committee
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Senate Democrats
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Juan Peron
By John M. Hightower
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