Student Life Highlights features Johnson on teamwork influence
Henry D. Johnson III, former NASCs president and Roswell resident, reflects on how student council shaped his view of informed problem solving and group cooperation. He now practices law in Dallas with Scurry Scurry Hodges. The page also notes local arts exhibits, auctions, license plate deadlines, a square dance festival in Odessa, and a light gardening column.
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Henry D. Johnson III
National Association of Student Councils
Roswell
Johnson
Student Council
Dallas
Tex
Scurry, Scurry & Hodges
Massive European helicopter drill marks NATO show of force
In Grafenwoehr Germany a U S Army and West German force staged what was billed as the largest helicopter assault in Europe with 91 choppers and 2000 spectators led by 70 generals and admirals near Soviet occupied Czechoslovakia. In Belfast Protestants demand Terence O Neill’s dismissal led by Ian Paisley as a union flag parade snarled traffic. Washington turns to Trieste II to probe Scorpion disaster while a 12 000 photo record cannot determine the cause. Laird and Schroeder meet at the U N mission to discuss Western European security. Santa Fe bids open February 14 for eight highway projects in Bernalillo and Colfax counties with I 40 and I 25 work totaling about 3.5 million.
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Grafenwoehr
Germany
U.S
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Czechoslovakia
Washington
Navy
Atlantic
Azores
Santa FE
Highway Commission
Colfax
Bernalillo
Bernalillo County
Albuquerque
Colfax County
Maxwell
De Gaulle Billed for NATO Bases by U S and Allies
The United States and NATO partners present France bills totaling about 800 million dollars for military installations left behind after Charles de Gaulle expelled them. French sources say Paris is studying the notes and will decide how to respond. The charges cover residual value for over 400 bases built in France as part of the Western defense system.
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Paris
United States
Atlantic Alliance
France
Charles de Gaulle
America
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
de Gaulle
U.S
Nasser Supports Guerrillas as De Gaulle quit NATO
Nasser pledged continued aid to Palestinian guerrillas and urged unity against Israel while Arab states urged military readiness. U Thant met with Micheal Stewart in London on a four power UN summit proposal as fighting flared with Jordan River cease fire line exchanges. Abba Eban warned no immediate big power clash though the Middle East crisis weighs on peacemaking efforts.
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Associated Press
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Israel
Palestinian National Council
Nasser
Middle East
Nile
Euphrates
Cairo
Eban
New Mexico Road Toll Update
Traffic toll in New Mexico this year reaches 26 at this date compared with 25 at the same point last year. Officials note continued monitoring of road conditions and safety measures across the state.
Medicaid Hearing Probes Hospital Services in New Mexico
The Joint Senate House investigating committee will hear interviews this week on Medicaid billing practices. Hospital Services Inc of Albuquerque faces scrutiny as its president Lavon Burrell defends the firm handling Medicaid billings for nurses homes hospitals doctors and others. Co chairman Rep George Fettinger questions ownership and seeks more information. The firm is expected to receive about 384000 in the current fiscal year representing 2.56 percent of Medicaid payments.
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Senate House
Hospital Services, Inc
Albuquerque
Lavon Burrell
George Fettinger
D-Otero
Burrell
Fettinger
Santa FE
Red Carpet Spread For Thiokol Chief
Roswell Employment Training Center to host Joseph W. Crosby chairman and chief executive officer of Thiokol Chemical Corp February 6. Crosby joined Thiokol 1936 and has led solid propellant research since 1947. He is joined by VP Robert Marquardt and Howard Cable president of American Synthetic Rubber Co. arrival by company plane Friday.
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Roswell
Joseph W. Crosby
Thiokol Chemical Corp
Crosby
Thiokol
Canada
Robert Marquardt
Marquardt
The
American Synthetic Rubber Co
Welfare System On the Rocks Says New Mexico Official
John Jasper, head of New Mexico Health and Social Services, told a Presidential Commission that the federal state welfare merger is failing to solve problems and should be fundamentally restructured. He criticized federal mistrust of state use of funds and called for social attitude changes toward the poor. He defended the self declaration method used to determine payments.
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Albuquerque
N.M
John Jasper
State Department of Health and Social Services
Jasper
Presidential Commission On Maintenance of
State Welfare Department
Commission
Oil Pollution Session Set
A Senate subcommittee hearings begin on oil pollution and vessel sewage discharge rules. Muskie leads four days of sessions to consider standards, federal compliance, and pollution controls amid the California slick. Witnesses include API conservationists and water pollution officials Wednesday.
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Washington
California
Senate
Sen
Edmund
Muskie
Maine
American Petroleum Institute
Conservationists
Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators
Sierra Blanca Ski Area opens with excellent conditions
Lincoln County reports Sierra Blanca Ski Area rated excellent with a base snow depth of 37 inches and six inches of new snow this week. All facilities are open and operating daily.
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Lincoln County
Sierra Blanca
Legislature Turns To School Finance
The 1969 New Mexico Legislature shifts to education funding as House and Senate Finance committees prepare to probe public school and university financing. Debate focuses on basic education funding, potential nonpublic assistance, and the level of general fund spending for 1969 70.
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Bill Feather
Associated Press
Santa FE
Senate House
House
Senate
New Mexico
State Board of Educational Finance
New Mexico College
Mansfield Seeks Castro Contact on Hijackings
Senate leader Mike Mansfield urged the Nixon administration to send representatives to meet with Fidel Castro to discuss stopping plane hijackings. He proposed neutral sites via the Swiss embassy and possible talks with Cuba, backed by Senator George Aiken who suggested restoring diplomatic relations could help halt the crimes.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Nixon
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Bahamas
Mansfield
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Senate Republicans
Aiken
United States
Castro
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Commerce Committee
House
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Walnut and
Richardson
Nelson Watkins
Odessa
Ector County
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Terence O'Neill
Ian Paisley
O'Neill
Shankill Road
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N.Y
Melvin R. Laird
Gerhard Schroeder
U.N
Laird
Alliance
March OF Dimes Auction
Monroe Goree
Goree Auction Service
Chaves County
Sturday
Roswell Jaycees
March of Dimes
Howard Cable
Louisville, Ky
Sunday Reading Guide
DOD
Aggies
Broncos
Rockets
Rams
Coyotes
New Heart Fund
LBJ
SKI Report
General Fund
Harold Runnels
School Study Committee
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State Board of Education
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