Multiple burglaries and thefts hit Roswell area homes and vehicles
Burglars struck two Roswell residences Tuesday night and a Dexter home on Christmas Eve stealing TVs jewelry firearms and cook ware totaling over $100 from several sites. Eight vehicle thefts reported with radios tools and a trunk of items taken plus windows broken and bullets fired at premises. Authorities logged break ins, thefts from cars, and property damage across Roswell and surrounding areas with several residents naming specific addresses and items.
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Roswell
Dexter
Maria Lena
S. Holland St
Chaves County
E. Mathews St
Kenneth Maxwell
Rt. 2 Box
Sheriff's Deputies
Maxwell House Movers
Citizens Band
Mike R. McCarty
Lovington
North Main Street
Consolidated Bottling Co
S. Main St
South Garden Avenue
Thomas K Strama
S. Pine Ave
W. A. Wheat
S. Hemlock Ave
Curtis Bloomer
S. Monroe
Jerry Whitaker
Lea Ave
Wayne Simonton
Ohio Ave
Sheriff's
M. H. Sowell
E. Eighth St
Glen Dennis
Yucca Theater
West Third Street
Grace Fuentas
W. Stone St
Alvin Holgerson
Radcliff Drive
James Moriarity
Earnest W. Walker
Orba Nease
Seventh St
Ruben Sanchez
Rt. 2
Christmas Day Murders Fires Riots Reported Across The Nation
Police describe six Christmas day killings including five in East Vincent Township Pennsylvania and a Florida furniture store robbery resulting in multiple deaths. Fires in New Jersey and Maryland, a Los Angeles studio blaze, and a Vermont prison riot with hostages accompany a day marked by both tragedy and rare joys such as quadruplets in London and a White House Christmas. President Ford skis in Colorado as storms disrupt travel nationwide. Patricia Hearst joins a jail party with gifts while inmates protest for a Christmas meal.
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Associated Press
East Vincent
Tennessee
Florida
Bayonne
N.J
Cheltenham
Samuel Goldwyn
Los Angeles
Marietta van Dorp
London
Jenny Jones
Jenny
Gerald Rudolph Fords
Patricia Hearst
San Mateo
California
Service League of
Cash Recovered in Burglary Case by Juvenile Officer
Roswell police say almost $15,000 stolen in the August 3 burglary was recovered on Wednesday by Juvenile Probation Officer Frank Hale. The owner is Joe M. Garcia Jr. of 1421 W Tilden Sr and the cash return arrived as a Christmas Eve surprise after five months missing.
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Joe M. Garcia Jr
W. Tilden Sr
Roswell
Frank Hale
Woman held in Gallup over Christmas Eve motel shooting death
A St. Michael's Arizona woman is in Gallup suspected in the Christmas Eve shooting death of her husband Clarence Tom, 25, shot once in the back in front of a Gallup motel.
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Gallup (Ap
St. Michael's
Ariz
Gallup
Clarence Tom
Federal minimum wage rises to 2.30 an hour Jan 1 1978
Labor Department says the 1974 Fair Labor Standards Act amendment broadens coverage to 57.4 million workers while four million stand to gain immediate raises when the wage jumps to 2.30 per hour on New Year’s Day. The three-tier minimum will reach 2.30 by Jan 1 1978.
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Washington
America
Labor Department
Congress
Tornadoes and Winter Storms Hit Several Regions on Christmas Day
Weather across the nation produced tornadoes in Florida and Alabama, snow in the Carolinas and New England, and ice and freezing rain from the Midwest to the Southeast. Four highway deaths occurred in North Carolina amid snow and icy conditions. Boston transit suffered outages as flooding hit a power plant bringing four electrified lines down for an hour during rush hour. Airports faced closures or delays in Vermont, Connecticut, and Massachusetts as wintry weather persisted.
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Vail
Colo
Illinois
Indiana
Texas
State Prison
Concord
N.H
Associated Press
Florida Panhandle
North Carolina
New England
Boston
Alabama
Dothan
South Carolina
Installation of officers at Roswell Lodge No 18 AF AM
Regular communication Roswell Lodge No. 18 AF AM meets Saturday December 27 at 7 30 PM for the installation of officers.
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Roswell Lodge No. 18
Af&am
Roswell Daily Record Staff and Contact Page
Roswell Daily Record lists staff editors and department heads with contact numbers for sales circulation and production. Business Director RM Higginbotham and Advertising Director John Pettit are named along with key editors and staff roles.
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N. Main St
Roswell
N. Mex
Jack M. Swickard
Jerry McCormack
Lois Purvis
RM. Higginbotham
John Pettit
Christine Floyd
al Geary
Tom J. Borovina
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DOW Jones
EF. Hutton & Co
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Goodyear
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Texaco
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