Suit Filed Under Vote Rights Act In Louisiana
The first voter intimidation suit under the 1965 Voting Rights Act targets registrar Fletcher Harvey, six landowners, and a farming company for forcing Negro sharecroppers from lifelong homes in West Feliciana Parish. A hearing is set in Baton Rouge, with Attorney General Katzenbach noting the historic nature of the case.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Jack P. F. Gremillion
Fletcher Harvey
Gremillion
Harvey
John Spillman
R. Harry Daniel Sr
R. Harry Daniel Jr
B. Harrison Barrow
Daniel & Truitt, Inc
Katzenbach
Mississippi
Carroll, Newton, Simpson
Warren
South Carolina
U.S. Supreme Court
Friends of the Court
Georgia
Virginia
Alabama
West Feliciana Parish
Three Hurt In Two Roswell Traffic Wrecks
Three people were treated at ENM Medical Center after two Roswell crashes. William Hancock of El Paso and Louis Simmons of Artesia suffered minor injuries when Hancock’s car struck a curb island and light pole on Main near Mescalero Road. Hancock was cited for careless driving and no driver's license. Crystal Lee Copeland of 1717 North Kansas had a cut lip after a crash on Washington Avenue blinded by another car and hitting a parked truck owned by Dale Sparkman.
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Roswell
William Hancock
el Paso
Tex
Louis Simmons
Artesia
Enm Medical Center
Hancock
Main
Mescalero Road
Medical Center
Crystal Lee Copeland
Kansas
Peace Feelers Seen As Psychological War Tactics
AP Special Correspondent William L. Ryan reports Vietnamese Communist propaganda hints that peace feelers aim to erode U S support for policy and to prepare for a surge in political warfare in South Vietnam. Liberation Radio portrays protests as highly violent, suggesting a coordinated three‑pronged struggle to undermine U S and anti‑Communist efforts.
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William L. Ryan
U.S
South Viet Nam
Viet Cong
Liberation Radio
World
United States
America
Johnson
North Viet Nam
Saigon
South
Viet Nam
Astronauts Granted Honorary Musician Status in Boise
In Boise Idaho three local officials of the American Federation of Musicians voted to make Walter M Schirra Jr and Thomas P Stafford honorary members after their Jingle Bells performance from space. International officers in Newark approved and sent honorary membership cards and scrolls of recognition routed to the Houston local for the astronauts.
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Boise, Idaho
Outer Space
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
American Federation of Musicians
Boise
Newark
N.J
Houston
Bodies Found In Snow At San Miguel Mountain Crash Site
The remains of two people from a Dec 11 single engine plane crash on San Miguel Mountain near Cuba have been recovered. Pilot Robert Forte of Garland Texas was found about 450 feet from the wreckage on the 9,470 foot peak. Passenger Charles A McEntire, 24, also of Garland, was recovered from the wreckage. Searchers spotted the wreckage and McEntire on Saturday, with Forte located Monday by Gene Silex and a team of more than 25 volunteers using snow clearing tools.
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Cuba
San Miguel Mountain
Robert Forte
Garland
Tex
Charles A. MceEntire
McEntire
Forte
Gene Silex
Farmington
Three Roswell Homes Lose Christmas Lawn Figures
Police report thefts of holiday decorations from three Roswell homes on Adams Drive Kentucky Street and nearby. Silhouettes of the three wise men Joseph and two sheep and a string of lights were stolen. Additional thefts included a $100 chain hoist from Reliable Motors, 800 North Main, and 20 radiators from Thompson Salvage Yard, plus a tire and wheel from a pickup on Cedar Street.
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Roswell
Jim Hooper
Adams Drive
J.C. Holland
S. Kentucky
Joseph
C.C. Primm
Reliable Motors
N. Main
Thompson Salvage Yard
E. Reed
Walter Harlock
S. Cedar
Capitan Basin Water Requests for Flooding and Industrial Use
Two applications seek water from Capitan Basin for water flooding and industrial uses. The filings identify Capitan Basin as the source and outline intent to employ the water for specific industrial processes and enhanced oil recovery.
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The
Capitan
Diplomatic Strike Eases as Workers Return to Jobs
Reports from Santo Domingo indicate fading threat of a general strike aimed at ousting military leaders as workers drift back to work. The Associated Press notes other brief items from Bangkok, El Paso, Farmington, and Birmingham, along with regional water rights discussions in New Mexico’s Capitan Basin and related basins.
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Associated Press and Record
Santo Domingo
Cotton Crop Shortened By Disease In Roswell Area
More than 20 000 bales have been tied in the Roswell area since ginning began Sept 4 and is expected to run into January. Ellis Parks of Farmers Inc estimates total bales gin ned at four locations will be about 1 500 below last year due to wilt and pink bollworm. Ginners report mix of totals across locations including 7 902 at No 1 Atkinson 3 133 at South Springs 2 510 at Salt Creek 2 487 at East Grand Plains and 4 397 at Patterson Brothers.
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Great Plains Water Co
Gulf Oil Co
Jal
Steve Reynolds
Capitan
Roswell Artesian
Carlsbad
Pecos River
Capitan Reef Complex
Roswell
Ellis Parks
Farmer's Inc
South Atkinson
Farmer’s Inc
South Springs
Salt Creek
East Grand Plains
Patterson Brothers Gin
Chaves County
Montoya Pledges Fight to Save WAFB in Roswell
Sen. Joseph M. Montoya assured Roswell on Monday that New Mexico’s congressional delegation will work to avert Walker Air Force Base closure. Mayor Gail Harris said Montoya repeated his pledge to do all in his command to prevent the defense department action.
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Joseph M. Montoya
Dn.m
Roswell
Walker Air Force Base
Gail Harris
Santa Fe
Sen. Montoya
Defense Department
Court Erred in Admitting Probability Testimony in Sneed Case
A New Mexico Supreme Court brief for Joe E. Sneed argues the trial erred by allowing mathematician Edward Thorp to testify on probability about a pawn shop pistol. The filing also claims improper comments on Sneed’s silence, and unlawful search evidence from the car upon the bodies’ discovery.
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New Mexico State University
Edward C. Thorp
Thorp
Sneed
Las Cruces
J. Wayne Woodbury
Silver City
St. Mary's Hospital Introduces PKU Testing for New Mothers
St. Mary's Hospital added PKU testing instructions for new mothers on Saturday. PKU can impair brain development if untreated. half of affected children may have reduced intelligence and require lifelong care. About 50 percent cannot learn to talk. symptoms appear in the first six weeks. Mothers will receive PKU testing instruction before discharge, with reports sent to the family physician.
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St. Mary's Hospital
M. Alexandra
St. Mary’s
St. Mary's
Mrs. Alpha Dement Dies in Texas at 65
Mrs Alpha Dement 65 died in Big Spring Texas after a lengthy illness. She was the mother of Mrs B C Krehbiel of Roswell and had lived in Roswell with her daughter for years, visiting summers after moving to Big Spring. Interment followed in Big Spring.
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Alpha Dement
Big Spring
Texas
Man Charged in Roswell Larceny Case
Gerard McDonald of Roswell was charged on Monday with one count of larceny linked to the theft of auto parts from a local premises.
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Gerard McDonald
Roswell
Hospitals Update With Visiting Hours and Birth Notices
Local hospitals list visiting hours for general and maternity wards and report recent admissions discharges births and new arrivals. Entries include St Marys ENM Medical Center Memorial Osteopathic Walker AFB and addresses with names such as Stanley Rogers Zora Loving and Sherry Welch plus several newborns and a new Air Force base daughter.
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Stanley Rogers
Artesia
Charles E. Swehla
E. Jefferson
ENM Medical Center
Sherry Welch
Norma Jean Welch
Billy Brown
E. Conner
Jerry Trujillo
Featherstone Farm
Charles Doncaster
Sierra Blanca
Texas
Lorenzo Baca
E. Alameda
Howard Willoughby
E. Pear
Federal Aviation Agency proposes 1.28 billion airport plan
The FAA endorses a five year airport needs forecast totaling 1.28 billion dollars including 17.2 million for New Mexico. The plan calls for 887 landing facilities 763 airports 124 heliports and upgrades to 3 219 other facilities based on rising passenger and private aviation demand.
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Washington
Federal Aviation Agency
New Mexico
FAA
Albuquerque
Anapra
Archuleta
Belen
Bloomfield
Capitan
Cerro
Chama
Cimarron
Conchas
Cuba
Dulce
Elizabethtown
Gallegos
Los Alamos
Magdalena
Mora
Roy
Shiprock
Springer
Taos
Tularosa
Vaughn
Wagon Mound
Zuni
Alamogordo
Sunport
Artesia
Aztec
Carlsbad
Carrizozo
Clayton
Clovis
Columbus
Deming
Espanola
Eunice
Farmington
Fort Sumner
Gallup
Grants
Hatch
Hobbs
Jal
Las Cruces
Las Vegas
Lordsburg
Lovington
Moriarty
Mountainair
Portales
Raton
Roswell
Ruidoso
Santa Fe
Santa Rosa
Silver City
Socorro
Tatum
Tierra Amarilla
Truth Or Consequences
Tucumcari
Market rebound led by steels and key issues
Steels and selected issues paced a late day stock market rally with about 7.9 million shares traded. Lukens Steel rose about 3 percent, Jones & Laughlin 2 percent, U S Steel around 1 percent as other big names such as Eastman Kodak Johns Manville American Telephone and several others posted fractional gains.
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New York
Steels
Eastman Kodak
Johns-Manville
American Telephone
United Aircraft
Union Carbide
Texaco
American Smelting
Westinghouse Electric
Consolidated Edison
Allied Chemical
Egg market and Dow Jones averages report Chicago AP
Egg wholesale prices drop with A whites at 39.1 to 39.12, middlings to 38, standards 37, dirties unquoted. Dow Jones Industrial averages rise with utilities and railroads up. Chicago live cattle futures show gains across February to August contracts.
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EGG Market
Chicago
DOW Jones
E. F. Hutton & Co
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Vote Rights Act
Capitan Basin Water
Bangkok
Thailand
Bob Hope
Udorn
Henry H. Howe Jr
Boulder
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Chaco Canyon
Helen Yazzie
Ludwig Erhard
White House
Birmingham
Ala
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Viola Liuzzo
New Mexico Supreme Court
Augustus T. Seymour
Bagles
Dexter
Hagerman Co-op
Montoya
WAFB
Holsum
Melvin Malone
S. Washington
David Frederick Brown
Route 2
Zora Loving
Phillip
Mack) Williams
Nadene Reigler
W. Sixth St
Nancy Scott
Fred Shedd
William Nealing
Missouri
Charlie Russell
E. Hogaland
Betty Stroud
Hagerman
Paul R. Thomas
C.J. Ferrell
Icey Green
John Blevins
William Wadkins
Nathaniel Johnson
Frank Griffin
Harold Hobson
Sam Romero
Eddie Melendez
W. Second
Ronald Teske
Bandolina
Memorial Osteopathic
Filimon Acevedo
Greenwood
Jim West
J.E. Clark
Palomar
Leon Marquez
Wendell Johnson
Ohio
Edna Sentell
S. Holland
James E. Haight
Union Square
Lukens Steel
Jones & Kee
U.S. Steel
Dallas
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American Airlines
Intel & Gas
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Reich
Reyn
Safeway St Ariz
Atchison
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Socony Os du Pont
Sperry Rd
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Mss
Ford
Am Oil
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Sunray
Elec
Swift
Gen Motors
Tenn Gas
Goodyear
Gulf of
Transwa
Marath
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Mt ST T&t
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Plays Records
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