Querecho Plains origin inquiries and local notes
Engineer Tom Mann seeks origin of the name Querecho Plains after many calls. Artesia Library sent a map from the 1927 Geological Survey. Maps place Quevecho Plains between Hobbs and Lake McMillan, near Loco Hills, Mescalero Ridge, and Burton Flat. Also includes local quotes about Will Rogers, a smile message, Roswell weather notes, and Levi Strauss Roswell staffing.
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Tom Mann
Querecho Plains
The
Artesia Public Library
Mann
U.S. Department of Interior Geological Survey
Quevecho Plains
Hobbs
Lake McMillan
Loco Hills
Mescalero Ridge
Quahada Ridge
Burton Flat
New Mexico
Querecho
Emergency landing for Air Lines 747 at Kennedy
An Air Lines 747 bound for Los Angeles carrying 121 passengers returned safely to Kennedy Airport after instrument failure showed a defective landing gear. Pilot dumped fuel over the ocean as police and fire units rushed to the scene.
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Associated Press
New York
American Airlines
Los Angeles
Kennedy Airport
Third Round Closes for SALT Talks
In Helsinki the United States and the Soviet Union concluded the third round of SALT talks on nuclear arms limits and agreed to resume in Vienna on March 15. The brief communique offered no substance from 14 secret sessions and praised the discussions as useful for progress.
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Helsinki
SALT
Vienna
U.S
U.S. Disarmament Envoy Gerard C. Smith
Vladimir Semenov
Surprise visit from local teen to Roswell patients
A 17 year old Albuquerque patient, John Eric Wood, paid a surprise visit to a Christmas party at Roswell Rehabilitation Center for patients and staff Thursday night. He is identified as a patient at the center.
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Luis Leyba
Roswell
Roswell Rehabilitation Center
Roswell High School
Dunlap
Phi Delta Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Santa Claus
John Eric Wood
Albuquerque
Wood
Attorney General Defends Hoover Statements
Atty. Gen. John Mitchell says Hoover's remarks do not warrant rebuke and vows no further action on the Jackson State killings. He notes no decision on a Kent State grand jury probe and expresses support for Hoover's free speech. Mitchell discusses desegregation progress and his wife Martha, denying rumors of resignation or a replacement.
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Mark Brown
Associated Press
Washington
John N. Mitchell
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Jackson State College
Mississippi
Kent State
Ohio
Mitchell
Hoover
Nixon
South
My Lai Deaths Blamed On Incorrect Intelligence
Army Capt. Ernest Medina’s attorney says faulty intelligence led Medina to expect no civilians in My Lai and caused the village deaths of men women and children. Lt. Calley faces murder charges. Medina faces related investigations. Capt. Kotouc also charged.
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My Lai
FT. Mcpherson, Ga
Ernest Medina
Medina
F. Lee Bailey
Eugene M. Kotouc
Bailey
Kotouc
Charley Company
South China Sea
William Calley Jr
Miami
Fla
Ft. Benning Ga
Federal sanctions set on NTA in detergents
Washington sources say sanctions will target nitrilotriacetic acid NTA a detergent substitute for phosphates due to new Public Health Service studies linking NTA to birth defects in rats The action to be announced by the Department of Health Education and Welfare and the EPA will gradually remove NTA from formulations with no recalls planned Detergent makers have invested heavily to develop NTA as phosphate replacement.
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Washington
Claiborne Pell
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Mitchell
Martha
Martha Mitchell
Environmental Protection Agency
Public Health Service
Rioting and Tanks Mark Polish Uprising Across Cities
In Szczecin rioters burned the Communist party HQ and hundreds were injured as violence spread to Gdansk where tanks stood every 100 yards. Curfews and a government state of emergency were in force while trains resumed and shops reopened amid ongoing unrest over a 20 percent price rise.
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Warsaw
Szczecin
Gdansk
Poland
Communist Party
Baltic
Warsaw Radio
Stettin
Anders Tunberg
Swedish Broadcasting Corp
Gdynia
Sopot
Bay of Danzig
Radio Gdansk
Jozef Cyrankiewicz
Pentagon to destroy all germ warfare stockpiles
The Pentagon plans to destroy offensive biological agent stockpiles at Pine Bluff Arkansas Rocky Mountain Arsenal Denver Fort Detrick Maryland and Beale Air Force Base California with absolute safety and no movement of agents. Destruction to begin early next year and finish within about a year after environmental reviews.
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Washington
Pentagon
Pine Bluff
Ark
Rocky Mountain Arsenal
Denver
Colo
Ft. Detrick
Beale Air Force Base
Calif
Atlantic
Nixon
Army
Watson
United States
Santa Fe Man to Be Only Sunday Drink In New Mexico
Ed Braun, 57, an advertising salesman, will be the only legally drinking patron in New Mexico this Sunday at La Fonda Hotel in Santa Fe. He paid for a beer in advance on November 25 and will be served at 2 p.m. after a legal dispute over Sunday liquor sales and a state ruling permitting sale for prepaid drinks. The case hinges on interpretations of 1969 and 1971 liquor laws and the upcoming legislative session.
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Santa FE
Ed Braun
New Mexico
Braun
Santa Fe New Mexican
la Fonda
State Liquor Division
State Supreme Court
Liquor Division
David Sierra
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AL Stubbs
Will Rogers
Rio Grande
Pecos
Sertoma
Author Unkown
Ruidoso
Sierra Blanca
Salvation Army
Levi Strauss
Hong Kong
Phillip
Daniel Berrigan
NTA
Gerald G. Watson
Kilgore, Tex
Roswell and Vicinity
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