Unprecedented Swiss Gold Rush Shocks Markets
Investors rush into gold in Swiss markets to hedge against possible dollar devaluation as pressure spreads to Frankfurt and London. Bunds and private banks counter selling while Middle East oil sheiks drive demand, with 80 tons reportedly bought for Switzerland.
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Michael Goldsmith
Associated Press
Geneva
Frankfurt
West Germany
Bundesbank
United States
Britain
Belgium
Netherlands
Italy
Switzerland
Zurich
Gene. Va
London
Middle East
Paris
Snow Blankets New Mexico With Slippery Roads
Heavy snow and slippery roads spread across New Mexico with many schools closed. Lovington reports 4 to 6 inches of snow as conditions worsen across the state.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Lovington
Clovis
Dillard Rites Pending for Earl Dillard Roswell Area
Funeral arrangements are pending for Earl Edwin Dillard 65 who died Thursday night at Sunset Villa. He was a heavy equipment contractor, a Roswell resident for 18 years, born March 4 1902 in Ardmore Oklahoma. He was married to Lillian Moffitt and survived by his wife four brothers and a sister.
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Ballard Funeral Home
Earl Edwin Dillard
Sunset Villa Nursing Home
Dillard
N. Washington
New Mexico
Ardmore
Okla
Lillian Moffitt
Yuma
Ariz
el Paso
Tex
Alamogordo
Sanders Construction Co
Aldersgate
Ollie
Glen
K.] Paso
Ross
Blythe
Calif
Homer
Albuquerque
Bea Maroon
Midland
East Grand Plains
Richard Bolton Reed
Medical Center
Roswell
Mr. Bolton
Kingston, Ill
Carrier Elizabeth
Alva
Forrest
Kiwa
Colo
Lena Nora Reed
Jewel Tarver
West Memphis
Ark
MacArthur Brothers
Allan
Sidney
Maj
R. A. MacArthur
Hermosa Drive
Rodden
Hospital Visiting Hours and Local Admissions Notes
Visiting hours at total hospital are 2 30 to 3 30 p m for General patients 3 to 5 p m and 6 30 to 8 30 p m for Maternity at St Marys Admitted Dec 14 Manuel Matta 316 S Beech Mrs Howard F Herring 711 Heights Dr Mrs Jessie W Stevens 309 N Main Mrs Georgette Noble Carlsbad Paul Smith Artesia Mrs Leona L Moore 404 S Ohio Eddie Miller 607 S Bland Roy L Syphert 4162 KE Country Club Mrs Esther Anaya 1407 S Mulberry Dismissed Dec 14 Mrs Henry Donnelly Mrs Carlton Wright Mrs James Lawrence ENM Medical Center Mrs Henry Avila 605 N Plaza Charles Erwin 1511 N Union Escandastico Reca Route 1 Patricia Stephens 615 N Aspen Howard Edwards Harold Paschall John Cole Joeanna Hobson J Irvin Births Dec 14 To Mr and Mrs E Y Burden 1018 Rancho Rd a boy To Mr and Mrs Don Murray 1110 W Mathews a girl To Mr and Mrs James Love 1609 N Montana a boy Memorial Osteopathic Mrs James Ely Cynthia Candaia ria
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Manuel Matta
S. Beech
Howard F. Herring
Heights
Jessie W Stevens
N. Main
Georgette Noble
Carlsbad
Paul Smith
Artesia
Leona L. Moore
S. Ohio
Eddie Miller
S. Bland
Roy L. Syphert
KE. Country Club
Esther Anaya
S. Mulberry
Henry Avila
N. Plaza
Charles Erwin
Union
Escadastico Reca
Patricia Stephens
N. Aspen
Howard Edwards
Harold Paschall
John Cole
Joeanna Hobson
J. Irvin
E.Y. Burden
Rancho Rd
Don Murray
W. Mathews
James Love
N. Montana
Memorial Osteopathic
James Ely
Cynthia
Bus overturns in whipping winds leaves one dead
A Continental Trailways bus overturned on Interstate 10 about 50 miles south of El Paso after strong winds. One person, Robert Lewis Loffredo, 26, of Corinth Mississippi, was killed and four others were seriously injured. Rescue crews faced poor road conditions delaying arrival near Mc Nary.
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EL Paso
Tex
Continental Trailways
Inter State
Texas Department of Public Safety
Robert Lewis Loffredo
Corinth
Miss
West Texas
McNary
Storm Strands 1500 to 2000 Refugees in Grants
Storm refugees totaling about 1500 to 2000 stranded in Grants New Mexico as roads became impassable. Hotels filled and overflow housed in homes churches and a Catholic center. Civil Defense asked the National Guard for blankets and cots while four wheel drive units worked overnight to move motorists into town. Police halted traffic on Interstate 40 at Grants and later forced westbound motorists to detour to Albuquerque to relieve crowded facilities.
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Grants
New Mexico
Civil Defense
New Mexico National Guard
Santa Fe
Mount Taylor
Gallup
Interstate 40
Albuquerque
Johnson softens attack on Republicans in public remarks
President Johnson, after sparring with GOP leaders earlier in the week, praises Republicans at a White House event while criticising programs. He notes favorable moments with the other party, and the clash prompts an equal time TV and radio exchange featuring Senate Republican Leader Dirksen and House Leader Ford.
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Washington
Johnson
GOP
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
House
Gerald R. Ford
New Charges Filed Against Sudderth and Four Others in NM
State Highway Commissioner John Q. Thaxton and former Commissioner John F. Sudderth along with three others face new charges of misuse of public funds and fraud related to Highway Department operations in New Mexico. The complaints allege improper use of funds for runway resurfacing, bridge construction, and private road work, with several specific dollar figures cited.
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Santa FE
John Q. Thaxton
Raton
John F. Sudderth
New Mexico
Thaxton
Sudderth
Roswell
California
T. B. White
Charles W. Johnson
Weldon G. Burris
Belen Area
White
Highway Department
Sudderth, White and Johnson
Blacksmith Canyon
U.S. 180
Silver City
Johnson
Skousen- Isbell-Johnson Contracting Co
Burris
la Joya
Socorro
White and Johnson
Salvation Army collects fall short in Christmas drive
Bad weather hampered Salvation Army fundraising for the annual Christmas drive as Maj. William E. Graham reported kettles at Farr's cafeteria and the post office underperforming and mail receipts lagging. Groceries planned for 190 families may rise to 240 by Christmas with fruit baskets for 158 nursing home residents if funds permit.
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Salvation Army
William E. Graham
Farr
South Main
Ginsberg Music Offers 2 Years No Carrying Charge Plan
Ginsberg Music Co. promotes a Gold en Anniversary Christmas Plan with no carrying charges for two years on new Spinet pianos and organs. The deal appears at 205 N. Main as part of holiday sales encouragement.
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Ginsberg Music Co
N. Main
Markets Head Irregularly Lower After Early Rise
New York stocks drifted down in mid day trading as volume ran 8.08 million shares in four hours. Dow edged lower while NYSE gains barely exceeded losses. Gold stock strength appeared briefly as gold miners rose while broader lists softened. IBM fell about 9 points and Polaroid shed 4. Du Pont gained 2. Brunswick and American Motors fell in heavy trading.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Brunswick
American Motors
Flight Expected This Afternoon Roswell Airport Reopens Amid Snow
The first flight into Roswell since the ice and snow storm was expected at 1 15 p m today. Trans Texas Airline officials said they were keeping their fingers crossed. All flights to and from the Industrial Air Center have been canceled since 8 a m Thursday. Pan American Airlines training program is shut down until weather clears. Runways have been cleared but intermittent snow storms reduce visibility and all Roswell flights remain canceled.
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Roswell
Trans Texas
Industrial Air Center
Pan American Airlines
Municipal Court Reckless Driving and Traffic Fines
Reckless driving Jerry Lee Newman 1310 E Hoagland fined 25 and 15 days with 15 suspended. Speeding Josephine Clardy 3013 Diamond fined 10 with 2 suspended. Traffic signal Marideth W Watkins 503 Caminito fined 10 with 2 suspended. Notice of accident and careless driving Vickie Messier 1114% E Bland fined 75 and 15 days with 15 suspended.
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Jerry Lee Newman
E. Hoagland
Josephine Clardy
Diamond
Marideth W. Watkins
Caminito
Vickie Messier
E. Bland
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E. E. Dillard
J. M. Bells
JM. Bell
Ruth N. Joyce
W. Tilden
Bell
Marshall
Richard B. Reed
Las Vegas
Las Cruces
Ft. Bliss
White Sands Missile Range
Arizona Highway Patrol
Navajo
New Mexico State Line
U.S. 66
Cimmaron
Des Moines
Springer
Maxwell
Wagon Mound
Row
Sugarite Canyon
Ratonski
Otero County
U.S. 54
Holloman Air Force Base
ST. Mary's
Henry Donnelly
Carlton Wright
James Lawrence
ENM Medical Center
Farr’s
Wright's Grocery
Klein's Mon
LBJ
White House
Afl-Cio
Miami Beach
Alfonso Sanchez
Smithsonian Institution
Connecticut
William Benton
The
Benton
Andrew
Andrew Johnson
A. D. Holt
University of Tennessee
Virginia
Roswell, N. Mexico
J. C. Baker, JR
Southwestern
Southwestern Life Insurance Company
BINCE
South Plains Park
Homestake
IBM
Polaroid
Xerox
du Pont
U.S
Universal Geneve
le Couturier de la Montre
Ae Cyr
Universal Geneva
Mlianne
Skylark
Reliable Motors, Inc
Main St
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