26 Dec 1974
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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1974
Page
1
Governor King cites moon rock mix up after Apollo 11 display splits state leaders. Cargo allegedly kept New Mexico moon rocks and mocked the roadrunner state bird in a public feud with Apodaca, fueling cartoons and statewide humor.
Armed inmates at Lorton Reformatory freed guard James P. Griffin and kitchen steward Roy Parks, reducing their hostage count to seven. Earlier, guard Rogers Porter was released as talks continue with U.S. Attorney David Hopkins over the Christmas Night prison disturbance.
Southeast New Mexico legislators back bills to boost allocations from the Fire Protection Fund as inflation strains department budgets. Art Aiello and T. E. Brown Jr. push for more funds for gear and emergency plans, with rural Roswell area projects under review and a new volunteer department aiming for July operation and state aid.
A winter crash on a snowy Christmas night left three people dead including a seven year old Roswell boy. His family’s car slid into oncoming traffic north of Roswell causing the fatal collision.
In Darwin Australia, survivors faced disease risk from polluted water after the Christmas Day cyclone. A campaign of cholera and tetanus immunizations began as 40,000 residents lost safe water sewerage and power. Mass evacuations started with airlifts of the critically injured.
A Christmas snowstorm dumped one inch of snow on Roswell and is blamed for the deaths of seven year old John McManus, a California woman, and a Hurley man. The Roswell boy died after his family's car slid into oncoming traffic 58 miles north of Roswell, State Police said.
Rep. Harold Runnels reports Chaves County received 47 million dollars in federal funding for fiscal year 1974, up 2.8 million from 1973. The Office of Economic Opportunity figures show major allocations from Health Education and Welfare, Social Security, Agriculture, and other agencies, with notable returns from the Interior and Postal Service.
State Police report two highway deaths Alberto Davenport of Oakland California and Adlardo Silva after crashes on icy Interstates 10 and U S 180 near Hurley Roswell National Weather Service logs widespread Christmas Day snow across southern New Mexico with hazardous travel conditions.
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