County Signs Six Month Ambulance Contract With Gold Cross
The Roswell County Commission voted to hire Gold Cross of Albuquerque for ambulance service for six months after the city council tabled the issue. The arrangement includes a $1 200 per month payment split between city and county. Ballard Funeral Home proposed free service if Roswell Funeral Home drops its prohibition on reentry, while Roswell Funeral Home declined comment pending counsel. The council scheduled a Thursday meeting to decide its stance.
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Roswell
County Commission
Gold Cross of
Albuquerque
Gold Cross
Gold Cross Ballard Funeral Home
Roswell Funeral Home
Ballard’s
Funeral Home
Ballard
el Paso
Funeral Homes
Gold Star Ambulance Service
Harold Hensley
Amateurish Kidnapers Nab Banker's Wife Hostage
Glendale California AP reports two amateurish kidnappers abducted a banker's wife and held her hostage briefly before being picked up by authorities. The incident involved ransom demands but details remain sparse.
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Glendale
Calif
Dies and crimes mix in Roswell notices
Mil tion H Jacks 72 of 411 S Lea dies in local hospital after 22 years in town with Ballard Funeral Home rites pending. Pedro S Reyes 75 of 1508 S Monroe dies in hospital after 55 years in Roswell. burial at South Park Cemetery. Myrtle Mebs 59 of 3104 Alhambra dies in local hospital. services pending at Ballard. Clyde C Shoemaker 78 of Roswell region dies. services planned. Kidnap ransom case details describe Glendale voice and bank demand. suspects detained after two hour ordeal. Mrs Howe abducted but unharmed.
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Milton Humes Jacks
S. Lea
Ballard Funeral Home
Mr. Jacks
New Market
Ala
David B
Hulda Ann Kennedy Jacks
Huntsville
Goodyear Tire
Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg
Roswell
William D. Bragg
Jacks-Bragg Furniture Co
Floyd Moore
Clayton Jacks
D. B. Jacks
Rice Cemetery
Laughlin Service Funeral Home
Pedro S. Reyes
S. Monroe
Santa Fe Railroad
New Mexico Transportation Co
Ballard
Lorenzo
Lionzo
Elizabeth Lara
Minnie Viera
Mary Fricklin
Jose Salas
Spanish Methodist Church
Geraldine Barbee
Victor Lara
Clemente Villescas
Anderson Washington
Frank Vasquez
Abel Brady
Julian Garcia
Myrtle Mebs
Alhambra
Mebs
Albuquerque
Clyde C. Shoemaker
Anderson
George W. Shoemaker
Betty Morrison
Pine
Jean Loften
Lea
Dover
Frances Howe
Robert Sheader
Edson Lagrand Little
North Hollywood
Howe
Youth Arrested After Two Thefts Reported in Roswell
A 17 year old youth was arrested by Roswell police after two residents reported money missing from their homes. The suspect admitted the thefts and was released to his parents for juvenile court action. Separate report described a storage room break in at 4 20 p m with a broken door glass and theft of an electric mower a stereo speaker a model transistor and three model aircraft engines valued at 345 dollars.
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Roswell
L. M. Hall
Larry Omera
N. Beech
Paul Hect
Kenneth Gross
Barnett
Youth Given 30 Days in Jail
William Howard Johns, 18, of 1406 S Lea, was sentenced to 30 days in jail after being found guilty of prowling. A second charge of allowing himself to be served alcohol was dropped. It was his third arrest in three weeks, with prior charges including setting 15 grass fires and possessing alcohol illegally. He promised to obtain psychiatric help.
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William Howard Johns
S. Lea
Jim Webb
Johns
Names of 3 000 To Be Dropped From Voter List
Chaves County voters face a purge with about 3 000 residents removed from registration for a January 9 special election. County Clerk Lorraine Haut noted a prior purge of roughly 22 00 voters, with 125 people re registering or new registering before December 11 to vote in the election. The move affects eligibility for a bond issue vote backing the Roswell campus of Eastern New Mexico University.
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Chaves
Lorraine Haut
Haut
Roswell
Eastern New Mexico University
Clardy Dairy Built From 1909 Legacy Across Southwest
The Clardy dairy empire grew from W. T. Clardy purchasing J. W. Evans Sanitary Dairy in 1909 and expanding to retail milk in Roswell with horse delivery, then motor trucks. The Oasis ranch near Roswell, part of John Chisum’s original holdings, was acquired in 1942. Carl Clardy and staff oversee processing and distribution across New Mexico and West Texas with 75 employees.
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W. T. Clardy
J. W. Evans
Clardy
Roswell
Pecos Valley
John Chisum
White House
Carl Clardy
Iowa State University
New Mexico
West Texas
Walter F. Jentgen
Ruidoso
Carlsbad
Artesia
Lovington
Hobbs
Portales
Clovis
Springer
U S urged to risk Vietnam peace gamble
In Brussels Canadian Foreign Secretary Paul Martin urged the United States to gamble as much for peace as it has for war, offering Canada’s unreserved help for any peaceful plan. The appeal came during NATO talks as Dean Rusk listened without comment.
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Brussels
Belgium
Paul Martin
Canada
United States
Vietnam
Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Martin
NATO
Soviet Union
U.S
North Vietnam
International Control Commission
Cambodia
Laos
Fire damages two Roswell houses on Tuesday
Fire damaged two Roswell dwellings Tuesday. At 800 E Deming Mrs William May Brown occupied home destroyed bed and heavy smoke damage. The Parker property suffered damage. A second blaze at 603 and 605 St Lea started in a bathroom while plumbers were working. occupants Wayne Rose and Roberta Brodie were listed.
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Roswell
E. Deming
Willia May Brown
B. J. Parker
St. Lea
Wayne Rose
Roberta Brodie
Municipal Court Traffic Citations and Violations
Traffic charges listed include illegal turn by William S Coffey at 2009 W Juniper with a 10 dollar fine and 2 suspended, speeding for John L Meigs Douglas Boyd Cates and Robert E Cole, all bound to Justice of the Peace Court. Failure to yield by Clifford C Gonzales caused a collision injuring Rafelita Guebara hospitalized. fines noted with suspensions.
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William S. Coffey
W. Juniper
William Howard Johns
S. Lea
William Roscoe Wood
E. Country Club
John L. Meigs
San Patricio
Douglas Boyd Cates
Robert E. Cole
W. Main
Justice of the Peace Court
Clifford C. Gonzales
E. Bland
Rafelita Guebara
E. Mathews
Roswell Man Pleads Guilty to Larceny. Sentence Deferred
Roswell resident Charles Richard Caywood pleaded guilty to larceny above 100 dollars. Judge George L. Reese Jr. deferred sentencing for one year on Caywood's good behavior after officials said he stole used furniture from the Industrial Air Center on August 19 and was arrested when trying to return the items.
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Roswell
Charles Richard Caywood
Fifth District Court
George L. Reese Jr
Caywood
Industrial Air Center
Markets Moderate Gains Hold Through Heavy Trading
New York markets showed a moderate gain in heavy afternoon trading as volume reached 9.19 million shares in the first four hours, up from 7.93 million. Newsflow and investor activity kept sentiment positive amid broad participation.
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New York
Hospital visiting hours and local notices from St Marys
Local hospital visiting times listed for General patients 2 30 to 8 30 p m Maternity 3 to 5 p m and 6 30 to 8 30 p m Admitted and Dismissed lists for St Marys with names and addresses stand for Dec 12 Birth at Birt s to Cliff Blakely 1616 Mesa Drive Memorial Osteopathic listings and multiple residents named. Dow Jones average rose 1.39 to 882.69 with gains led by computer stocks and airlines. gold mining stocks weak amid seven nation dollar pact news. Also cattle hog and egg market quotes from Chicago and Denver.
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ST. Mary’s
Francisco Banda
Dexter
Terfilo Madrid
E. Hendricks
Carlton L. Wright
Hollywood
James Lawrence
S. Spruce
Tullie E. Miller
Artesia
Susie Waldrip
Cedar Drive
Robert Ulibarri
E. Lewis
Ruben Quadros
Willie Porter
Jim Rodriguez
Ralph Wikle
Larazo Campos
Hoijino Montanes
Brent Thompson
Bertha Miller
Lawrence Moore
Max Escobar
Robert Scarce
Birt
Cliff Blakely
Mesa Drive
Memorial Osteopathic
Walter Pherigo
W. Third
Cynthia Ann Candelaria
S. Delaware
Jessel Peterson
N. Delaware
William Anderson
Teri Hanson
House Passes Bill Increasing Social Security
The House approved a compromise measure to raise Social Security benefits for about 24 million recipients. It hikes the payroll tax and tightens welfare program rules, boosting monthly payments and setting higher caps on benefits while transferring the bill to the Senate where welfare limits and work requirements face opposition.
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Washington
House
Senate
Official Records: December 12 Notice for Hargrove and Dennis
Official records list two residents of Ros within the notice issued December 12. Jimmy Hargrove, 24, and Karen Dennis, 21, appear in the document alongside their home town.
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Jimmy Hargrove
Karen Dennis
Roswell
Ginsberg Music Co Announces Christmas Plan Deal
Pay no carrying charge for two years on new spinet pianos and organs as part of the Golden Anniversary Christmas Plan offered by Ginsberg Music Co at 205 North Main.
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Ginsberg Music Co
N. Main
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Hende Lodge No. 74
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Ing
Herbert Smith
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Alliance
Pierre Harmel
Moscow
Harmel
Roger Seydoux
de Gaulle
Delaware
Koberly
Hinkle Bldg
Eropoly
Fred A. Rowell
Support Your Boys Club
Ksws-Tv
Jim Marks
W. Second
ENM Medical Center
William D. Clark
W Juniper
Marion Baker
E. Sixth
Lelia Olds
Kenneth Eakins
Barnett Drive
Juanita Salas
Myrtle Pentecost
Randall J. Mullican
Clayborn Jones
Columbia Gas
Polaroid
IBM
Xerox
Control Data
American Airlines
Eastern Air Lines
Pan American
United Air Lines
American Stock Exchange
Chicago
E. F. Hutton & Co
Denver
Colo
USDA
Courtesy
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Texa Trans
Lockheed
Marathon Oil
Mobil Oil
Dow-Jones
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Orvel Greenwood
Hazel Greenwood
Bulova
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