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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1966
Page
12
Elizabeth Drake phoned for an ice cream parlor number and connected to Beatrice B. Friedman, 78, who was unconscious after a stroke. Police traced the call to an apartment, sparking a lifesaving response. The odd coincidence was noted by Sgt. Carl Kishman as the parlor and apartment numbers have no shared prefix.
Officers from Carrizozo and state police joined the Alamogordo burglary case after tourists found partially burned five dollar bills at a roadside rest area on U.S. 54. The theft from Alamogordo Savings & Loan involved about 11,313 in cash and 28,569 in checks. The FBI is involved in the investigation.
Six Mescalero youths were held on liquor charges after their car struck a light pole in downtown Ruidoso. The driver was taken to Mescalero Hospital for minor injuries, and the others were released to tribal and juvenile authorities.
Oklahoma City reports that during the 1930s dust storms up to 300 million tons of topsoil could be blown away daily across the Southwest. The sentences describe massive soil loss from the era’s drought and economic hardship.
The January New Mexico Magazine feature on World's Fastest-Growing Ski Industry includes Sierra Blanca as the big volume area and the only Indian owned ski area in North America. A photo shows Jim Isham, Sierra Blanca instructor, with two Texas skiers, and a color image of the Torreon at Lincoln is also noted.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs awards a 44000 dollar contract to the Center for Applied Linguistics to study Indian boarding and day schools adult education and public school programs. The project will focus on English language teaching programs for US Indians.
Mrs. C D Barker in Paris Texas received a large gift box that opened to reveal her son Pfc Carl Barker stationed with the Army in Germany. He told only his father a Paris doctor who had suggested the clever home arrival late Thursday. The family laughed and cried at the unexpected reunion.
A planeload of 165 soldiers, part of about 1,200 GIs moved from McGuire Air Force Base this week, boarded flights to Vietnam for Christmas duty. Soldiers expressed mixed feelings about being sent away, noting the war persists despite the holiday, with routes to San Francisco Hawaii Okinawa and Saigon.
DeBaca County bans rabbit hunting after a plague outbreak linked to bubo nic in rabbits and rats. New Mexico Health Department officials in Santa Fe report no human plague cases yet, though rabbits tested positive across a large part of the county.
Washington AP. Postmaster General Lawrence F. O Brien says his wife Elva helped with Christmas mail by delivering a bundle of letters for 10 Northwest Washington neighbors herself. She did not contact the mail carrier but chose to fix the error personally, saying she was just doing her duty.
RUIDOSO New Mexico crowds swell as artificial snow boosts ski conditions and shoppers fill streets. Officials forecast the largest ski traffic of the season for Saturday and Sunday with upper slopes fair to good and beginner runs good to excellent.
Most states allow women to serve on juries with Alabama Mississippi South Carolina and West Virginia as the four exceptions.
Aberfan Wales faces a bitter Christmas two months after a coal sludge avalanche buried the village school. Of 116 children killed, 320 survivors receive aid as families mourn, with villagers recalling loss and remaining hopeful through a charity party for the children.
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