First Day Off for New Fifth District Judge on New Year
PAUL Snead will take Jan 1 off as his first day as district judge of the Fifth Judicial District coincides with New Year’s Day. With the next workday Saturday, he may log few hours until Jan 4. Attorney Ronnie Higginbotham plans to join a new firm after Jan 1. Monica Houghton will work for a cattle company after New Year. Foreman office will close when the term expires. A Roswell homefront note follows as Harold Runnels opens local offices. Beauty contestants Vicki Glass and Rossie Phillips compete at Caprock pageant with college sponsors. A Hawaii competitor, Coleen Spence, joins other entrants. A holiday response to a hearing aid drive is praised by John Hoffman. A misprint in the Roswell Record about Honolulu’s size is corrected by E J Gainewek, who notes Honolulu is not the world’s longest city.
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Paul Snead
Fifth Judicial District
Snead
Ronnie Higginbotham
Monica Houghton
Ed Foreman
Federal Building
Roswell
Vicki Glass
Rossie Phillips
Caprock
South Plains College
Levell
Miss Glass
North Sue Spencer Hall
Miss Phillips
Frazier Hall
Hawaii
Coleen Spence
E. J. Gainewek
Clovis
Honolulu
Gainewek
Paradise
USA
Bruin and Coll Named Senate And House Whips
James Bruin of Chaves County was chosen Senate whip and Rep. Max Coll of Chaves County named House whip as Republican leaders set leadership for the upcoming session in Albuquerque. Lujan proposed a preprimary endorsing convention to boost party influence, with Democrats urged to consider a similar step.
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Albuquerque
James Bruin
Chaves County
Senate
Max Coll
House
U. S
Manuel Lujan, Jr
New Mexico
Lujan
Republican Party
Jack Eastham
Roswell
Leo Dow
Tom Hoover
Longtime New Mexico rancher Hubbell Jr. dies at 77
Funeral mass held in Albuquerque for Frank A Hubbell Jr owner of a 3000 acre south valley farm and Cerro Priesto ranch near Quemado in New Mexico. He died Thursday after a long career in ranching and farming.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Frank A Hubbell Jr
Hubbell
South Valley
Cerro Priesto
Quemado
Enormous Refinery Fire After Linden Blast
A massive explosion at the Bayway Refineries of Humble Oil in Linden New Jersey sparked tall flames and powerfully rattled nearby towns. Ambulances rushed to the scene as authorities ordered Elizabeth police and fire reserves to report. Witnesses described a fireball nearly 1000 feet high and windows breaking across miles.
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Linden, NJ
Bayway
Humble Oil Co
Meadowland
City of
Elizabeth
Staten Island
Lower Manhattan
New York City
Mike Swenney
WERA
Plainfield
N.J
Linden
Nyack
N.Y
Freed Diplomat and Wife Reunite in Rainy London
James R. Cross, held two months by Quebec separatist kidnappers, lands in London with his wife Barbara after a Canadian rescue. Cross, thin but smiling, thanks England and pays tribute to Pierre Laporte, saying he hopes for a quiet period with his family before resuming his career.
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London
James R. Cross
Cross
Montreal
England
Barbara
Switzerland
Quebec Liberation Front
Quebec
Cuba
Susan
Canada
Mitchell Sharp
Heathrow Airport
Sharp
Pierre Laporte
Mr. Laporte
Beautiful strike slows New York cab service across the city
New York City faces a taxi drivers strike by 36 000 drivers with unlicensed gypsy cabs filling gaps. Officials vow public protection while mediator Vincent McDonnell negotiates a Sunday session. Drivers seek higher wages aligning with subway and bus workers, raising average ride costs from 1 35 to 1 90 plus 25 cents per extra passenger.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Robert Bolt
Lower East Side
Manhattan
Louis Anfrecht
Timothy W. Costello
City Emergency Control Board
Vincent McDonnell
McDonnell
John /. Lindsay
Mansfield urges bipartisan action to curb inflation and unemployment
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield urged President Nixon to join with Democrats in a broad inflation fight. Proxmire backed steps to raise oil supply and Nixon’s wage and price controls, while Bennett praised Nixon leadership and the potential for a wage-price freeze as a first step.
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Walter R. Mears
Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Nixon
William Proxmire
D-Wis
White House
Mansfield
Montana
Proxmire
Sen. Wallach F. Bennett
Utah
National Association of Manufacturers
Congress
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Aiken
Snead Named To Judgeship By Governor
Roswell attorney Paul Snead was appointed Suh District Court judge by Governor David F. Cargo to fill the remaining two years of Judge George Reese’s term, effective December 31. Snead, 48, has 21 years of Roswell practice, WWII South Pacific veteran, former assistant district attorney, and community volunteer. He and his wife Dorothy reside at 308 N Missouri Ave with daughters Laura and Susan and son Edward.
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Roswell
Paul Snead
Suh
Santa Fe
David F. Cargo
Snead
George Reese
Jim Bruin
Paul Cooter
Chaves County Bar Association
Cargo
University of Oklahoma
James Webb
South Pacific
Idabel
Okla
First Presbyterian Church
Greater
Dorothy
Missouri Ave
Laura
Goddard High School
Susan
GHS
Edward
Yucca Middle School
Taos Pueblo Wins Blue Lake Title To Forest Preserve
More than 1300 Taos Indians celebrate victory as Senate passes a bill granting them title to 48000 acres in Carson National Forest. The transfer shifts supervision to Interior from Agriculture and may include continued Forest Service oversight for patrols and fire control, with ceremonies planned in Washington and a return to natural trails and preserved sacred landscape.
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Howard Graves
Associated Press
Taos, N.M
Taos Pueblo
Nixon
White House
Washington, D.C
Interior Department
Agriculture Department
Forest Service
Sangre de Cristo Mountains
New Mexico
William €. Schaab
Albuquerque
Blue Lake
Schaab
Tribe
Interior
Bureau of Indian Affairs
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AL Stubbs
John Hoffman
Breakfast Sertoma Club
Bruin, Coll
BRUIN
Santa Claus
Santa
THE
Tucumcari, N.M
Tucumcari
Fernando C. de Baca
C. de Baca
New Orleans
Rahway
Chaves
Bruce King
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