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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1965
Page
1
Roswell officials and residents react to Walker AFB shutdown with plans to rebuild the local economy. Mayor Gail Harris cites numerous surveys and offers of help while criticizing the decision as false economy by Defense Secretary McNamara.
In a major USSR reshuffle Henry S. Bradsher reports Alexander Shelepin moves to a top party post while Nikolai Podgorny is elevated to the presidency. Mikoyan retires from the presidency after 40 years facing a ceremonial role and Brezhnev Kosygin remain.
In Selma three white defendants face murder charges in a clergyman killing as the state rests its case. A witness cites the Fifth Amendment and another declines to return to Selma to testify.
Four Hondo valley youths were injured, none seriously, in a one car accident Wednesday night near San Patricio. State Police said driver George Núñez, 18, of Picacho, failed to make a curve on a county road two miles west and one mile south of San Patricio. The vehicle left the roadway and plunged down a 50 foot bluff into a canyon.
New Mexico toll data indicate 443 tolls so far this year compared with 360 by this date last year, reflecting an uptick in activity.
Governor Campbell said he will meet in Santa Fe with Roswell residents to plan state help as Walker Air Force Base faces closure. He discussed the issue by phone with Roswell Chamber of Commerce manager Frank Kaufmann and said the state is prepared to act in any capacity suggested. Potential uses include industrial development educational purposes a training center or a Job Corps camp.
London proposed a 12 nation appeal to North Viet Nam to quit fighting and seek peace. The draft message, sent to the Soviet government, urged Russian signatories to circulate it among the Geneva participants and Viet Nam Control Commission members.
County Superintendent Marion Richards won approval from the Chaves County Independent School District board to transfer 24 students from Berrendo and East Grand Plains to LFD School at mid semester. The interim board earlier expanded LFD to six classrooms, though average class size in grades one to six remains about 12 with total enrollment around 75. Eleven students come from Berrendo and 13 from East Grand Plains.
The Federal Communications System approved a power increase for KBIM-FM from 5800 to 100000 watts, making it likely the most powerful radio station in New Mexico. The station will share a Tele-Tower antenna with KBIM television and extend its signal across 38000 square miles of Eastern New Mexico and West Texas.
A jury trial continued in district court for Manuel Garcia 20 of 1410 S Mulberry on charges of involuntary manslaughter in the August 16 traffic death of James Allen Harkness. Harkness died from injuries after a collision near McGaffey and Main early August 15 as Garcia allegedly drove at high speed.
Post master Art Meiering announces the Christmas hours for the main office Walker and shopping center branches. The main office opens Saturdays 8 to 5, and December 13 to 18 7 30 to 5 30. Walker AFB branch hours include Saturdays 8 to 3 and weekdays 7 30 to 4 with December 18 special 8 to 3. Shopping centers Broadmoor Monterey Linda Vista and Plains Park operate weekdays and Saturdays 8 to 5.
Dr. Jack Redman of Albuquerque blasted the Democratic New Mexico Congressional Delegation as ineffective after Walker Air Force Base was ordered closed. The 1966 GOP dark horse, who lost to Rep. Johnny Walker in 1964, urged Chaves County to remember Walker while predicting a fight to keep the Roswell base.
John E. Kinney of Ann Arbor warned that water shortages stem from lack of knowledge more than actual supply limits. He urged joint management of surface and underground waters, noting vast underground reserves and the need to study below surface sources. In New Mexico, Redman attacked local delegation for defense cuts as Sandia and Kirtland face phasing out, urging accountability.
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