Nixon and Kissinger briefed on Vietnam talks progress
President Nixon met with Henry A. Kissinger for two hours to hear a first hand report on the still unfinished Vietnam peace negotiations. Press secretary Ronald L. Ziegler declined to discuss the status of the secret Paris negotiations following their latest round. Sunshine and snow marked the day in New Mexico with two inches of fresh snow in Ruidoso and a noon temperature of 40 degrees.
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Washington
Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
Vietnam
Ronald L. Ziegler
Paris
Ruidoso
Cernan Leaves Final Footprint On Moon
Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt completed the last moonwalk, totaling 22 hours on Taurus-Littrow. They collected 334 pounds of samples and planted a peace plaque before lifting off aboard Challenger to rejoin Ronald Evans aboard America.
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Paulkecer
Aerospace Winter Space Center
Houston
Eugene A. Cernan
America
Cernan
Ronald E. Evans
Moon
Schmitt
John F. Kennedy
Apollo
Earth
Pacific
Manned Spacecraft Center
U.S
155 Chaves County lands Held by State Face Delinquent Status
Chaves County holds 155 unredeemed properties owned by the state of New Mexico. Treas. Gail Harris of Roswell says the state has not auctioned these lands since April 1967. He argues the backlog is due to staff limits but wants them back on the tax rolls and sold at public auctions to deter land speculators.
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Chaves County
State of New Mexico
Gail Harris
Roswell
Harris
Santa Fe
State Office
Snow Storm Halts Traffic Around Roswell Area
National Weather Service foresees a sparse narrow snowfall moving from northwest to southeast, from Clovis to El Paso with two inches by 10 a.m. and one more inch expected. A travel advisory warns of slick highways and hazy visibility as police report scattered incidents and a truck slide seven miles south of Roswell. Weather clears by noon with a high near 40 and a low around 15, followed by fair conditions.
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Cannon
Clovis
Roswell
el Paso
Tex
Texas
New Mexico Highway Department
New Mexico
Ray Magnus
National Weather Service
Old Navajo medicine man warns on moon mission
Navajo tribal leaders recount an old medicine man who spoke to Apollo astronauts during a moon rover test on the reservation. He claimed the Navajos were once on the moon and might still be on their way to the sun, delivering a cryptic Navajo message about two men seeking a treaty.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Peter MacDonald
Clinton P. Anderson
D-N.m
MacDonald
Murder charge reduced to voluntary manslaughter
Rosalind M. Trombley 22 faced a preliminary hearing in Roswell on charges of first degree murder for the Nov 18 stabbing death of Dayita Lynn Muskrat 19. The charge was reduced to voluntary manslaughter and bound over to Fifth Judicial District Court.
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Rosalind M. Trombley
Langley
Roswell Industrial Air Center
Kent Shannon
Dayita Lynn Muskrat
Roswell
Thiokol Chemical Corp
Fifth Judicial District Court
Chaves County
Ernest Salas
Robert Washington
Trombley
Roswell City
Craig Primeaux
Harold Stands
Nelson Carl Tsosie
Daryl Pahona
Vickie Sue Hill
Bernadette Juan
RETC
Durham
Thiokol Security Office
RIAC
John P. Cusack
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Chrysler Drive
Associated Press and Record News
God
Challenger
Taurus-Littrow Valley
Frank Cannon
Utah
Bruce) Sato
Montana
Billy Mitchell
Miss Muskrat
Dennis
W. Wells
Lee J. Wollard
LaGrone Funeral Home
Mary Primeaux
Kelly
RSAC
Roswell and Vicinity
Asst
Morris Stagner
George Trombley
Rosalind Trombley
Stands
Dayita
Pahona
George
Vickie Hill
Mrs. Trombley
Shannon
Cusack
Tom Edmister
Thiokol
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