Ambulance contract vote leaves city county split unresolved
City and county discussed ambulance service with Roswell Funeral Home and Ballard Funeral Home in play. The council tabled the issue after a 5 4 vote, while the county pursued a Gold Cross contract with no clear cost share. Snow Queen elections at Eastern New Mexico University were announced with voting boxes in dorms and off campus.
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Gail Harris
County Commission
Roswell Funeral Home
Ballard Funeral Home
Mack Thomas
Gold Cross
Albuquerque
LC. Stites
Funeral Home
Roswell
Chaves County
Eastern New Mexico University
Liberal Arts
Campus Union
Radio coup claim fails as Constantine flees villages
Across the world reports say a Greek military regime coup failed completely and King Constantine was seen moving from village to village. In Washington unemployment dropped sharply by four tenths in November to 3.9 percent, marking the largest monthly decline in six years. Other dispatches note deaths, legal actions, and mounting international tensions.
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Associated Press
Istanbul
Turkey
Athens Radio
Constantine
Washington
Department of Labor
King appeals for democracy as Greek crisis deepens
King Constantine urged Greece’s eight million people to oust the military regime and restore democracy. Troops and tanks surrounded key buildings in Athens as air force jets roared overhead and armored units moved toward Parliament, reinforcing junta strongman Col. Georgios Papadopoulos.
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Athens
Greece
Constantine
Salonika
Associated Press
Junta
George Papadopoulos
Phelps White Heads State Wool Growers
Roswell sheep raiser Phelps White, 35, named president of New Mexico Wool Growers Association at its 65th Albuquerque convention. Abe M. Pena of Grants was succeeded. vice presidents include Ivan Watson Picocho, W. A. Snipes, and Dan Lowrey. secretary Mrs. Henry Osle. treasurer Herbert M. Corn. Ezra Taft Benson spoke at the event.
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Albuquerque
Roswell
Phelps White
New Mexico Wool Growers Association
Abe M. Pena
Grants White
Ivan Watson
Picacho
W. A. Snipes
Dan Lowrey
Henry Osle
Herbert M. Corn
Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Eisenhower
Pioneer 8 launches to study solar flight risks and space weather
Cape Kennedy launches Pioneer 8, an interplanetary weather scout, aboard a Delta rocket to orbit the sun. The mission aims to map solar radiation and predict flares to safeguard Apollo crews, while testing an orbiting relay satellite for the space tracking network. Pioneer 6 and 7 cooperation will aid the solar study from multiple viewpoints.
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Jim Strothman
AP Aerospace
Cape Kennedy
Earth
America
Mars
TTS
Delta
Ing
Pioneer 8
Pioneer 6
Pioneer 7
Space
van Allen
Moon
Clardy Farms Nears Completion Giant Jersey Dairy Complex
Clardy Farms Oasis Ranch inches toward completion of one of the world’s largest all Jersey dairy operations under Carl Clardy. When finished around August 1 1968 the facility will house about 2000 cattle with 1200 milking, featuring a 148 by 76 foot milking barn, automated systems for cow movement feeding and milking, a pink maternity and nursery wing, and a 3000 ton cubed hay storage. annual intake includes 10 000 hay and ensilage and 2000 tons grain.
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Clardy Farms Oasis Ranch
Clardy Farms
Clardy
Oasis Ranch
Carl Clardy
Jersey
Congress Clears Decks In Push for Adjournment
Congress moves toward weekend adjournment after approving a $5.4 billion three step federal pay raise for 5.5 million workers and servicemen and boosting postal rates. It also authorizes a $1.61 billion OEO appropriation, cuts 10 percent across federal agencies, and includes a Social Security rise plan. The pay raise totals $54 billion by 1969 with staged increases and rate hikes for mail. The bill also bans hiring relatives by officials.
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Washington
Congress
Congressional Action
Senate
House
Johnson
Office of Economic Opportunity
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AL Stubbs
Ralaars
Pam Dixon
Hobbs
Carol Hubbard
Portales
Beverly King
Lois Whited
Susan Davis
Alamogordo
Constantine V. Kollias
UPI Telephotos
London
Bessie Coutts
Frederick Coutts
The
Salvation Army
Justice Department
Lewis B. Hershey
National Student Assn
Hershey
Moscow
Pravda
U.S
North Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Las Vegas
Christine McGuire
Singing McGuire Sisters
Robert H. Spain
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Miss McGuire
Spain
Jerusalem
Moshe Dayan
Middle East
Israel
Times of London
Royal
National Telecommunications Center
Phelps White Heads State Wool Growers
Pioneer
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