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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1978
Page
4
City officials urged Roswell to predeploy sand stockpiles and dozer blades to treat intersections before dawn during snow and ice. They noted a recent heavy snowfall caused at least 60 accidents with no fatalities, and suggested using surplus funds to outfit trucks and hire guards to spread sand, reducing repairs and risk.
Editor notes a public AP release misrepresented New Mexico opinion on additional Wilderness. Forest Service RARE II plans inventory roadless areas 5000 acres plus, with public comments hearings and impact statements before final recommendations to Agriculture Secretary and Congress.
Ruth Mickey thanks John Westphal and John Leigh for bold comments in last Sunday’s issue. She asks how many Roswell residents share those opinions on cremation versus the air terminal, urging more readers to speak their true thoughts.
Twenty five years ago December twelve all past Roswell Chamber presidents from Will C Lawrence in 1910 to Harry James whose term ended last January will be honored at a stockholders meeting. The New Mexico Military Institute mess hall hosts a dinner anticipated to draw about 570. Claude Simpson reports seating may become scarce. Phil D Helmig will chair the Rocky Mountain Section AA Petroleum Geologists event February twenty two in Albuquerque with Robert C Anderson of Malco Refineries delivering the keynote on regional oil economics.
Jack Anderson recounts Antonio Cuesta a Cuban dissident who survived Castro era prisons after a grenade blast blind and maimed him. He now presses for freedom for 3 500 political prisoners and urges mass admission of refugees while criticizing US screening policies amid broader political tensions.
A political clash unfolds in Santa Fe as Governor-elect Bruce King confronts Fernando De Baca and Pete Jimenez over leadership of the Veteran Service Bureau. Filiberto Ruiz and others mobilize allies, with a press session and potential resignations, signaling a broader civil rights era battle and possible cabinet upheaval.
Henry J. Taylor recounts the life of John Paul Jones from his birth in 1747 in Kirkbean to his renown as a naval hero. The piece covers his early career, the Bon Homme Richard victory off Scarborough, his stay in Russia, and burial in Annapolis after decades of exile and a 1905 mission to recover his grave.
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