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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1973
Page
4
A Christmas column celebrates light love and faith urging devotion to peace freedom and national spirit. It contrasts wartime moral vacuums with enduring American values and humanity seeking growth through science faith and hope for a brighter future.
Washington columnist Jack Anderson recounts near misses during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, the 1971 Bay of Bengal standoff, and the 1973 Arab-Israeli war. He notes Soviet and American naval movements, high alert orders, and the fragile balance that kept nuclear catastrophe at bay.
Senator J Bennett Johnston of Louisiana says Americans will tolerate many things but will not accept gasoline shortages or the loss of driving freedom. He cautions energy policy must respect personal mobility.
Community leaders urge Santa to secure an energy friendly year ahead and boost regional growth. Ruidoso seeks jetport traffic, Artesia aims to fill Artesia College facilities, Dexter Hagerman Lake Arthur push farm prices and irrigation, Roswell wants port entry status international trade zone and second street drainage library. They ask for hospitality and cooperation to guide recovery and tourism. Santa arrives tonight.
Events listed include the 1814 Treaty of Ghent ending the War of 1812 signed in Belgium. Other notes mention Vasco da Gama's death in 1524 and Edinburgh Castle surrender in 1650. Also cited are the 1865 Klan founding in Pulaski Tennessee, 1942 Darlan assassination, 1943 Eisenhower command announcement, 1949 Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer song, 1963 Johnson wheat loan vote, and Apollo 8's Christmas Eve voyage.
In Roswell December 24 1948 the Jaycee Lighting Contest features homes of Torn Hall 402 S Penn Bill Wingfield 1007 S Kentucky Ray Cornett 701 S Umion and Delton Tatum 1730 N Delaware. The Roswel Scooter Club hosts a weiner roast at Oasis Ranch aided by sponsor Set H BE Argenbright of the Roswell Police Dept. Coyotes defeat Fort Sumner Foxes 01 34 and Mid-Continent No 1 is linked to Dessie Sawyer in north Lea County.
The State Finance Board criticized the Highway Department for high acre rates in Milan and Valencia County. It rejected remnant sales and demanded cost documentation for parcels bought from Floyd M Gibbs and others. Eighty parcels and judgments totaling tens of thousands per acre were scrutinized amid broader highway agency criticism.
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