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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1971
Page
2
LA HONDO Kiwanis Club plans a Friday 10 a.m. party at the old LFD school east of Roswell with Santa and candy for 70 Head Start youngsters. Sertoma will hold its annual Christmas party the same day, inviting youngsters to their meeting and gifts. Community holiday activities abound as schools wrap up Christmas gatherings this week.
Warm in the hills but chilly nights with lows around 40 in Ruidoso and gusts to 38 mph. Week's low readings included 10 in on the state's coldest point Valmora six below zero with Chama near the top at 69 high Rodeo. Moisture totals show Carlsbad at .86 inches and Roswell about 10. Ruidoso reports 45 inches of snow. The Sertoma Booster notes a good supervisor can handle toes without losing shine. Roswell Humane Society reports October November shelter stats: dogs 463 impounded 52 reclaimed 157 adopted 200 put to sleep. cats 275 impounded 2 reclaimed 62 adopted 239 put to sleep.
Gov Mondragon urged restructuring to separate neglected youths from habitual offenders. Aimed at giving minors more rights, the plan proposes a new children code for 1972 and youth councils with two youth consultants. The ENMU session also tackled narcotics penalties and a statewide youth advisory group.
Disabled American Veterans and Auxiliary Sunshine State Chapter 4 will meet at Engalls Memorial Hall at 6 30 p m for a Christmas dinner and gift drive. Members and guests should bring a sex and age designated gift for a needy veteran family or for Villa Solano School for Retarded Children via the Child Welfare Chairman Frances Richardson.
The Episcopal Diocese of New Mexico and Southwest Texas will consecrate Rev. Richard M. Trelease as bishop coadjutor in Albuquerque on a ceremony at Popejoy Hall. He will assume leadership in mid January after Rt. Rev. C. J. Kinsolving retires.
Billy Kent Isom of Lubbock Texas appeals an MVD license revocation for refusing a breath test. Isom says no reasonable grounds existed. he was cited for driving while intoxicated by Roswell Police on Sept 5 and fined in municipal court. Judge Paul Snead hears the case with Jay Rosenthal representing the MVD and Al Norwood for Isom.
Roswell City Police reported only one theft over the weekend. Ray Franklin said his residence at 419 S. Sycamore was entered between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Sunday. a portable record player and two pocket knives wrapped for Christmas were taken. A window was broken and the kitchen door forced.
Notices report the deaths of Gerald Dee Saint Sr. a Roswell contractor and World War II veteran. Edward Frank Novak Sr. a longtime Chicago native and Western Electric retiree. and Ted R. Murchison a Roswell resident and former Terrace Hills Miniature Golf proprietor. Funeral services are pending at Ballard Funeral Home for Saint and Novak with additional details on surviving relatives and service arrangements.
Prices climbed with trading active in New York as the Dow gained 3.50 to 860.25. Advancers outpaced declines 2 to 1 as investors welcomed Fed discount rate cut to 4% and Morgan Guaranty prime move to 5.4. A new tax-cut law signed by President Nixon boosted optimism ahead of Group of Ten talks.
The Supreme Court unanimous decision holds indigent defendants in nonfelony cases must receive free trial records including a full transcript where necessary for appeals, overturning Illinois rules that limited transcripts to felony cases. The ruling cites equal access to courts and notes that not all cases require a verbatim transcript. Burial services for Larry Ray McClellan, 19, a Grants High School 1970 graduate, will be in Albuquerque after dying at Ft. Jackson Army camp. He is survived by his mother, a sister and a brother.
Roswell Daily Record publication information lists location 230 North Main Street Roswell New Mexico editors Albert Trobbs Jerry Cormath Purvis Regina Jimmy Cox and advertising manager details. Subscription rates shown by county include 2880 for all counties 746 three months 1440 yearly and mail service classifications.
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