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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1971
Page
1
Roswell City Council approved a one year lease to the Roswell Independent School District for a hanger at the old municipal airport to store driver education cars. The deal was set at 35 per month after amendments limiting term and price.
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 1 that unions cannot force management to bargain over benefits for retired employees. The decision, upholding a Cincinnati circuit ruling, narrows MLRB authority though initially affecting 190 retirees in Ohio. The ruling also allowed federal agencies to seek injunctions against state court actions in certain cases.
Supervisor Johnny Jane of Roswell City Water and Sewer accepts a silver cup from Mayor Bill Brainerd for general excellence in department service and maintenance. The award, presented by the New Mexico Municipal League for Southeast New Mexico, was handed to Roswell during a regular council meeting Tuesday night.
India claims Pakistani troops are retreating in confusion across East Pakistan and says it is within 28 miles of Dacca. Pakistan denies wide advances, asserting defense holds while reporting withdrawals in Fast Pakistan and Brahmanbaria.
At the 12th annual New Mexico Angus Association Sale held at the Eastern New Mexico State Fairgrounds in Roswell, the grand champion bull MRA Bertram 128 sold for 1000 to Don Bennett and Leon Ham of Slaton Texas. The grand champion heifer Merry Revel M6 sold for 425 to Charles and Joann Blassingame of Aztec. The sale averaged 473 for bulls and 308 for heifers. Association officers elected Mead as president and Alan Robinson as vice president with Stribling reelected secretary treasurer.
Comedian Bob Hope announced plans for a museum in Burbank to house mementoes from his 30 years of USO tours. He described vaults filled with gifts from servicemen and listed destinations on his upcoming overseas trip including Hawaii Okinawa Thailand South Vietnam Tehran and bases near Madrid Venice and Guantanamo Bay.
The Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce plans a dinner honoring Bob Hope with tickets at 500 dollars each to raise funds for a new USO building in Hollywood. Hope, a longtime USO supporter, cites three decades of entertaining troops and notes numerous USO shows nationwide.
The United Nations General Assembly called for an immediate cease-fire between India and Pakistan and a withdrawal behind borders. It urged an early political solution to repatriate East Pakistani refugees. The resolution, backed by 33 members, passed 104 to 11 with 10 abstentions, amid votes from Soviet bloc nations and others.
FBI official Wesley Whaley told Artesia Rotary Club the bureau will not give up seeking Michael Finney Ray Goodwin and Charles Hill for hijacking the Albuquerque to Havana flight on November 27 and the related killing of New Mexico State Police Officer Robert Rosenbloom. The suspects were captured by Cuban authorities after the plane landed in Havana.
Roswell Independent School District faced a debate over a rezoning petition near Pecos Elementary. Ray Bell Oil proposes rezoning land beside the playground from residential to light industrial. The board delayed a decision, setting Bell to present at January 1972 meeting.
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