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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1971
Page
2
Thiokol sponsored 16 mm film SOMETHING of Our Own winner of a 1971 Chris Certificate at Columbus festival. Community shown by schools libraries and stations with HUD support and National Council of Negro Women in Gulfport Mississippi.
At the close of the Fall semester the University of Texas lists 262 tentative candidates for bachelor’s degrees in the College of Education. Included is Roswell resident Mrs. Chery Ann Swanson Bradford, Austin address 2501 Cortez Ct. Also notes a Pen Pal request from Dean Houch Carmichael California 95608, age 10, fourth grade at Marvin Marshall School seeking a boy pen pal from Roswell.
Bill J. Farris a professional engineer with Southwestern Public Service seeks treasurer of the New Mexico Society of Professional Engineers. Tom Mann P E of Roswell runs for re election as national director. The Roswell Salvo junior issue, Velma Clark recalls wartime Salvo events, and editor Bob Lyon notes retirement of a Sears executive to Yarnell Arizona. Major Ralph Ayer linked to Salvo operations and USO programs.
AP report notes former U S Senate secretary Robert G Bobby Baker seeks parole from a one to three year sentence with eligibility January 13 1972 after crimes tied to his Senate tenure He is joined by Daniel Berrigan and three others in seeking early release with board action pending and no decision today Also included Ontario deer grazing expansion plan to create winter ranges in eastern Ontario and timber work by local crews
The Roswell Family YMCA Swim Club offers a free ten session course on four strokes starts and turns as preparation for competitive swimming. Open to all, the program runs Dec 22 23 29 31 and Jan 3 7 1972 with a Feb A B invitational at NMMI and funds raised for trips to El Paso Amarillo and Albuquerque. Angelo Romero invites youth to enroll.
The Roswell Daily Record lists staff positions including Easter Jerry McCormack News Editor Lois Purvis Regional and Sunday Editor and Jimmy C Cox Advertising Manager. Subscription prices are shown for Chaves and other counties with monthly and annual carrier rates. The paper notes AP wire service rights and second class postage in Roswell New Mexico.
An Air Force pilot trapped in a ditched Caribou C7 was rescued two minutes before it sank about 25 miles west of San Francisco. Capt. Donald Henderson of Denver was pinned by debris until pararescuers pulled him free. he survived with cuts and bruises and was treated at Hamilton Air Force Base Hospital.
A Roswell man, Stephen Frank Dobbs, 37, of 1208 W. Deming, was arrested today by Chaves County deputies on a Steamboat Springs Colorado forgery warrant. Dobbs refused extradition papers after being taken into custody around 7:30 a.m. at his home.
The Supreme Court affirmed a lower court ruling barring federal tax exemption for private all white schools created to resist desegregation. The decision permanentized the exemption ban and ordered stricter IRS standards to identify discriminating schools.
Portillo 27 remains in critical condition at St. Joseph's Hospital Albuquerque after a fatal night accident four miles south of Roswell. Leobardo Hernandez Portillo 23 from 1207 W Walnut was treated for head injuries at St. Mary's then flown to St. Joseph's for surgery. Mrs Genoveva Lujan Ornelas 40 of 1207 W Walnut was dead on arrival at St. Mary's. Leon Chaves Ortega 32 of Clardy Farms Roswell fled the scene before police arrived.
The annual car watching Christmas pageant debuts Tuesday on the east lawn at 1500 S. Main St. Viewers in cars may attend at 7, 7 30 and 8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday with three identical 25 minute performances. The event, in its 13th year, features selected nativity scenes under director David Orr.
New York trading rose after a weekend currency realignment agreement. The Dow Jones average moved up 9.93 to 883.73 by noon, after earlier gains of about 150 points, as dealers cited the Group of Ten finance ministers meeting in Washington for the shift to a new exchange-rate pattern.
Funeral services pending at LaGrone for 40 year old Genoveva Sujan Ornelas of Roswell off 1207 W Walnut who died in a single vehicle wreck south of Roswell Saturday night. She was born February 25 1931 in Chihuahua City Mexico had lived in Roswell eight years and worked for American Linen Co. She is survived by three sons Hilario Ismael and Johnny and five grandchildren plus six brothers and two sisters. Services are set in Edinburg New York with Ballard Funeral Home handling local arrangements.
Kevin Barry was named managing editor of the Las Cruces Sun-News by Publisher Bailey Anderson. Barry has eight months with the paper as city editor, reporter and photographer and previously served as managing editor and editor of The Round Up at New Mexico State University. He is married and from Chicopee Massachusetts and came to Las Cruces in 1968 to attend NMSU.
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