Errors in LBJ painting tale and State Legislature trip notes
A corrected account confirms Peter Hurd gifted the Lyndon Johnson portrait to the National Portrait Gallery Smithsonian after initial reports. The article also covers 300 Goddard High School students touring Santa Fe to study the New Mexico Legislature, with remarks from LT. Gen. Louis B. Hershey and local officials about the trip and civic lessons.
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New York Times Syndicate
Peter Hurd
Lyndon Johnson
Walt Robinson
Hurd
Johnson
Smithsonian Institution
Robinson
National Portrait Gallery
Charles Nagel
San Patricio
New York Times
Goddard High School
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Larry Goodell
Pauline Smith
van Witt
Roswell
Louis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Marijuana seizure in Albuquerque tied to abandoned hangar
Police seized 1,000 pounds of marijuana in Albuquerque, valued at about 1 million dollars on the retail market. The drugs were found in bricks inside sacks in an abandoned hangar on the west mesa. No arrests were announced.
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Albuquerque
Albert Swallos
West Mesa
Conquistador Council Names Jack F. Moore Scout Executive
The Conquistador Council of the Boy Scouts of America appoints Jack F. Moore as scout executive. A native Texan, Moore comes from the Longhorn Council in Fort Worth where he serves as field director and will relocate with his wife Ann and three children to Roswell to begin duties in March.
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Conquistador Council
Boy Scouts of America
Jack F. Moore
Moore
New Mexico
Longhorn Council
Fort Worth
Tex
Brownwood
Lubbock
Texas Technological College
Farr’s Foods, Inc
South Plains Council
Ann
Sharon
Michelle
Glenn
Roswell
Scout
Nixon to Tour Five Western European Nations in February
President Nixon announced a February 23 trip to Belgium Britain West Germany Italy and France with a stop in Rome to meet Pope Paul VI. He will visit West Berlin during the Germany leg and discuss NATO aims to strengthen the Western Alliance before any Russian talks. He noted some U S troops may return from Vietnam as South Vietnam expands fighting.
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Washington
Nixon
Europe
Belgium
Britain
West Germany
Italy
France
Rome
Paul VI
Germany
West Berlin
NATO
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Paris
United States
Middle East
United Nations
Roswell Doctor Senate Panel Examines Medicaid Costs
Santa Fe legislative hearings feature Dr. L J Barbour of Roswell outlining welfare patient load in Chaves County. He proposes a joint provider committee to improve Medicaid cost control and discusses a Roswell clinic pharmacy arrangement.
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Larry Barbour
Roswell
Joseph Skeen
Rotero Lincoln
Santa Fe
Skeen
Legislative Committee
L.J. Barbour
Marge Beck
Santa FE Santa FE
L. J. Barbour
Joe Skeen
Barbour
W. Hobbs
Dr. Barbour
L. D. Barbour
A. L. Kelly
Ted Wellendorf
Paul Reynolds
M. M. Hitchcock
C. O. Womack
New Mexico Department of Health and Social Services
Lavor Burrell
Hospital Services, Inc
Albuquerque
Hooker
Five Drug Firms Agree To Settle Civil Suits
Five major drug manufacturers will pay 120 million dollars to settle civil suits accusing price rigging of tetracycline in the mid 1950s. American Cyanamid Bristol Myers Charles Pfizer Upjohn Squibb Beech-Nut named. three convicted previously face appeals. The settlements target cities states and counties with treble damages and some consumer refunds.
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New York
American Cyanamid
Bristol Myers
Charles Pfizer and Co
Upjohn Co
Squibb Beech-Nut Inc
E.R. Squibb Division
Olin Mathieson Chemical
Justice Department
Arson not confirmed in Ruidoso fire probe
Assistant district attorney Bill Payne clarified that arson was not used as the official cause for the December 21 fire that killed three Yockey children in Ruidoso. He said there is evidence the fire may have been set, but the origin is not described as natural.
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Lincoln County
Carrizozo
Bill Payne
Ruidoso
Payne
Wire Service
Lincoln County Bureau
Senate Receives Abortion Bill and Shifts in State Law
The New Mexico Senate considered a proposed justice department to unify agency legal work and debated broader abortion provisions allowing therapeutic abortions under strict hospital board review. A local option liquor sale measure gained preliminary approval. A water rights bill passed 34 to 0, and Irvin Moore was submitted for the State Police Board. Senator Leo Dow proposed a decade residency for veterans tax exemptions.
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Santa FE
Justice Department
New Mexico
Senate
House
Irvin Moore
Albuquerque
New Mexico State Police Board
Leo Dow
R - Bernalillo
Korea
Vietnam
Reagan Declares Extreme State Of Emergency At Berkeley
Gov Ronald Reagan proclaims an extreme state of emergency at the University of California Berkeley to police a student strike aimed at minority studies reforms. The move mirrors a San Francisco State College dispute with activity led by the Third Liberation Front and the Black Students Union.
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Sacramento
Calif
Ronald Reagan
University of California
California
Berkeley
San Francisco State College
Third Liberation Front
Negros’ Black Students Union
Leland Hendricks Dies at 39 in Apparent Seizure
County Commissioner Leland Hendricks 39 died at St Marys Hospital after becoming ill at the Flying H Ranch southwest of Roswell. A Marine veteran and ranch managing partner, he was active in local boards and Catholic groups. funeral services tentatively set for Saturday.
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Leland Hendricks
St. Mary’s Hospital
Hendricks
Flying H Ranch
Roswell
Flying H
Clement Hendricks
Lubbock
Tex
New Mexico
St. Michael's High School
Santa Fe
Bill Brainerd
Harry
Pat
Anne
Mary
Michael
Mark
Roswell Council
Knights of Columbus
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church of
Dexter
Upper Felix Artesian Conservancy
Penasco
Penasco-Dunken
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Nicky” Hilton Jr
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Young Hilton
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Fred Yockey
New Mexico State University
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