Lovelace plane wreckage sighted near Independence Pass
A helicopter pilot reported seeing wreckage of a Beech Travelaire near Independence Pass Colorado 11 000 feet up. The missing craft carried Dr W Randolph Lovelace II his wife Mary 53 and pilot Milton Brown 27 Albuquerque.
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Independence Pass
Aspen
William A. Ryan Jr
Air Force
W. Randolph Lovelance II
Albuquerque
N.M
Mary
Milton Brown
Pass
Col. Ryan
Alamosa
Colo
Colorado Civil Air Patrol
Elmer Smaller
Canon City
Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
Los Alamos
Maj
L.C. Berry
Portsmouth
Lovelace
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Tex
Randy
Space Center
Frank Borman
James A. Lovell Jr
Temperamental Lioness Cleo briefly escapes city zoo
Cleo the lioness slipped from the larger cage when two bars bent into a sideways V were found. City workers and police restrained her at 11 a.m. and retreated her to a smaller cage. Park officials suspect deliberate interference with an iron bar modification.
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Cleo
City Zoo
Wyatt
Park Department
Aral Gwinn
Elks Plan $450,000 Roswell Lodge Construction
Roswell Lodge No. 969 announces a $450,000 lodge complex to be built at Southeast Main and Poe Streets if BPOE grand lodge approves plans. Groundwork is underway, with a 1600-seat facility, family amenities, and a swimming pool to boost participation and future growth.
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Main and Poe Streets
Roswell Lodge No
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks
Bpoe Grand Lodge
Henry Harper
Elks Lodge
National
Harper
Elks
Roswell
Activiy
Harbaugh
Roswell Lodge of Elks
Roswell Lodge
Gemini 6 and 7 rendezvous marks space milestone
Cape Kennedy Florida AP Gemini 6 and 7 astronauts achieved the first space rendezvous. Thomas Stafford and Walter Schirra piloted Gemini 6 while Frank Borman and James Lovell commanded Gemini 7 in orbit above 100 miles. The two crafts passed nose to nose at about 120 feet as mission control in Houston observed the historic maneuver.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
United States
Thomas P. Stafford
Philippine Islands
Stafford
Mission Control Center
Houston
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Frank Borman
James A. Lovell Jr
Schirra
Borman
Hawaii
Castor
Pollux
Gemini
Deadly storm snarls New Mexico roads and schools
A sweeping winter storm dumped heavy snow across northern New Mexico, causing slick highways and at least one fatal crash near Lovington. A school bus overturned near Melrose with one child uninjured, while a Hobbs trucker died on icy NM 18 north of Lovington. Snow totals varied from 2 to 7 inches in towns like Taos, Silver City, and Roswell, with U.S. 66 closures and power outages reported.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Melrose
Lola Coffey
Connie Widner
Hobbs
Vaghan Jordan
New Mexico 18
Lovington
Eddins Walcher Co
U.S. 66
Tijeras Canyon
Albuquerque
Taos
Roswell
Silver City
Men Named To Consider Base Future
A Roswell chamber city committee is formed to coordinate Walker Air Force Base closing and reorientation. Members include Chamber president Charlie Fowler Mayor Gail Harris Homer Glover B B Armstrong Jim Clark Gene Reischman Carl Clardy and Ben Ginsberg. The group aims to secure a permanent base use and notes potential Rocky Mountain Foundation for Veterinary Medicine and Research involvement.
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Chamber of Commerce
City
Rocky Mountain Foundation For Veterinary Medicine and Research
Snow Blankets Mountains Ruidoso Area
A heavy snowstorm hit Ruidoso early Wednesday bringing up to seven inches in the upper canyon and six to seven inches in mid-town. Police require chains or snow tires on village streets and state police warn of hazardous Lincoln County roads. School buses stopped in all areas except the upper canyon where 8 to 10 inches were reported, potentially affecting schools.
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Lincoln County
Ruidoso
Upper
Canyon
New Mexico
George White
Ruidoso Area
Upper Canyon
Rowland Heads State Architects in New Mexico
Hugh Rowland of Roswell elected president of the New Mexico Society of Architects at Santa Fe meeting. Robert Mallory of Albuquerque named vice president and Donald Oschwald of Santa Fe as secretary treasurer. Directors include James Woll of Roswell and others. The NMSA unites New Mexico architects with 170 members in Albuquerque Santa Fe and southern chapter. Snow reports note Capitan four to five inches Carrizozo three inches Sierra Blanca base near 30 inches with more snowfall the area. Snow continues heavy while skiing remains excellent on all runs and three lifts operate daily.
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Roswell
Weather Bureau
Sierra Blanca
Ruidoso
Wyatt
Hugh Rowland
New Mexico Society of Architects
Santa Fe
Robert Mallory
Albuquerque
Donald Oschwald
Rowland
Bradley Kidder
Mallory
Oschwald
James Woll
Charles Nolan
Alamogordo
Joe Boehning
John Reed
Kidder
Albert Merker
Mexico
American Institute of Architects
New Mexico
Capitan
Carrizozo
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Colorado Springs
Space Medicine
Lion
New Lodge
Lodge 969
Lodge
Ed L. Harbaugh
Main and Poe
el Paso
Duke City
Space Adventure
Gulf of Mexico
Indian Ocean
Chris Kraft
Pacific
Equator
Texas
Maes
The
NMSA
Institute of New Mexico
Rowland Associates, Architects, Engineers and Planners
Ray Hide
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