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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1972
Page
2
Dr and Mrs L F Fry thank Roswell city water workers after a Sunday morning burst meter pipe near 2505 N Washington. Two patrol cars helped shut off water within two hours and repair the line, preventing flooding and water loss in their neighborhood.
Norman Rourke, former Roswell Daily Record staffer now Georgetown College communications coordinator, notes a Christmas music program by the Georgetown College Capella Choir to air on radio KBIM with several special performances. Elks visit Clovis. birthdays listed for Hans Winkler, Norman Gross, Lake Frazier, Jerry Bell, Donald Grassman, Delmar Pope Jr., Ian Stolaroff, and Jimmye Montgomery. piano donor John Smith helps Poe Corn Recreation Center secure a usable piano for a holiday program.
Senator elect Pete Domenici of New Mexico arrives in Roswell for afternoon meetings with local leaders at the Roswell Chamber of Development and Commerce conference room. A public victory party follows at 8 p.m. and a keynote speech at 7 p.m. at the Chaves County Republican Convention.
Roswell Daily Record lists editors Albert A. Stubbs and Jerry Mc Cormack, Lois Purvis, Ro M Higginbotham, and Jimmy Cox as managers and editors. It provides subscription rates for Chaves County and other regions, plus carrier and mail options and pricing. The paper is a member of the Associated Press with AP dispatch rights.
Astronauts Eugene Cernan Ronald Evans and Harrison Schmitt prepare for a 9 53 p m EST nighttime lift off aboard Saturn 5 at Cape Kennedy The first night launch in U S space history expected to bring 13 day lunar voyage with a crowd of half a million observers Weather clouds threaten but officials deem liftoff unlikely to be delayed
John Vincent Sturkey, 20, of Wichita Falls Texas, was released on bond after being held in the Chaves County Jail on two warrants from Wichita Falls for alleged hashish and marijuana sales. He will be arraigned in Wichita Falls.
AP reports Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho held 542 hours of talks in Paris with no public statement. Nixon at Camp David ordered fresh instructions and cables between Washington and Paris as they plan another session Thursday.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at LaGrone Funeral Chapel for Irving Jack Strout 51 of 912 Pecan who died Monday in St. Marys Hospital. Fr Fridolin Voegele will officiate with burial in South Park Cemetery. He was a WW II veteran and retired REA Express worker who lived in Roswell 30 years. He was married June 14 1944 in Roswell to Dorothy Davis. He is survived by his wife three sons three daughters a brother and three sisters and three grandchildren. Pallbearers include Raymond Blake Ellis Brewer Herbert Ellis Jr Edmond Ellis Luther Tankersley and Bill Skinner.
Rosalind M. Trombley, 22, of No. 40 Langley, has a preliminary hearing at 3 p.m. Thursday in magistrate court. She faces murder charges in the Nov. 18 stabbing death of 19 year old Dayita Lynn Muskrat, a Roswell Employment Training Center student. The incident followed a party argument with her husband George Trombley. Trombley is jailed in Chaves County with a $15,000 bond.
The New Mexico Environmental Improvement Agency conducts routine radiation checks in bank safe-deposit vaults. No radium capsules found in 30 vaults. two boxes contained old radium-dial watches but are not hazardous. Bankers cooperate as officials search for stored radium sources potentially kept by heirs.
Market activity shows mixed price moves in the New York stock market amid moderate trading. Roswell Livestock Auction reports 1422 head sold with stocker and feeder calves steady, cows higher, and bulls steady from last week. special pair sale planned for Dec 11 and a Boys Ranch fundraising drive across New Mexico auctions.
A wind storm damaged Southwestern Public Service Co. property and private properties. service was restored by afternoon. A cottonwood limb struck a car at 636 E. Sixth St damaging the hood and windshield. Fire caused burns at 9:25 p.m. as logs flared during a lantern fire. Weather bureau predicts a cold night with a low of 18 and a high of 38. snow flurries reported at the Air Center.
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