Carlsbad Soldier-Singer Barry Sadler Tops Records
Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler of Carlsbad New Mexico, a Special Forces member wounded in Vietnam, rises with his ballad Ballad of the Green Berets selling over 700000 copies. He plans discharge in 13 months, remains married with a infant son, and funds aid for families of fallen Special Forces men from his royalties.
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FT. Bragg
N.C
Carlsbad
N.M
Barry Sadler
Green Berets
Sadler
Johnson asks Congress for $55.9 million to fund three programs
President Johnson sent a letter to Speaker McCormack requesting urgent funding of 55.881 million dollars for a rent subsidy program for the poor, a National Teacher Corps, and expansion of the Selective Service System. He calls the first two vital to life quality and the third a commitment to freedom in Southeast Asia.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
America
Southeast Asia
House
John W. McCormack
Housing and Urban Development Department
States
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
Dignitaries Visit St Marys Hospital During Mission Tour
Sisters at St Marys Hospital host Rev Mother Mary Claire Mother General of the Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother Rome on her first official visit to American missions. Accompanied by Mother Mary Olivia they will tour Roswell and visit patients evaluate hospital administration. They will travel to Minnesota Iowa West Indies Brazil and return to Rome in May after visiting 106 missions.
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Janie Moriconi
St. Mary’s Hospital
Mother Mary Claire
Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother
Rome
Mother Claire
Roswell
St. Mary’s
Mother Mary Olivia
Mother General
Mother Olivia
Iowa
Wisconsin
New Mexico
Germany
Order
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Kansas
Coma
Minnesota
Mary Capistrana
M. Claire
M. Olivia
Wyatt
Gunman robs Albuquerque savings office at gunpoint
An estimated $3,000 was taken from a San dia Savings and Loan office in Albuquerque by a man about 50 years old who used a revolver and spoke through a scarf. Three women employees Kathryn Domme Fride Parkinson and Thelma Vinson described the incident. Humphrey visits Laos after a Bangkok stop while warning of U.S. support. A tornado storm battered the South before moving offshore.
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Associated Press
Albuquerque
Sandia Savings and Loan
Kathryn Domme
Fride Parkinson
Thelma Vinson
Plane wreckage found after Globemaster crash in Sierra Nevada
United States Air Force Globemaster with eight crew members aboard disappeared while delivering equipment for a bomb search off Spain. Wreckage located six miles northwest of Treveler on Pico Mulhacen. No survivors confirmed. names of eight airmen listed by U S officials.
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Palomares Beach
Spain
U.S
Treveler
Pico Mulhacen
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Hunter Air Force Base
Seville
Sierra Nevada
U.S. Navy
Mediterranean
16Th
U.S. Air Force
William T. Cornwell Jr
Manchester
John F. Arceneaux
Supreme
James P. Cisco
Milwaukee
Wis
Donald G. Gallitzin
Cleveland
Ohio
James W. Thompson
Mill Spring
N.C
Ronald W. Hickman
Portland
Ore
Charles R. Anderson
Tacoma
Wash
Kenneth C. Young
Butler, Pa
Lopez Grocery Burglarized. items stolen from store
Burglars broke into Lopez Grocery at 303 E. Hendricks and took meat valued over 40 dollars. Virginia Bartlett reported the break in after the rear window was broken. A Pontiac 1965 tachometer and console were also stolen from W. W. Hair at 603 S. Utah, worth 110 dollars.
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Lopez
E. Hendricks
Virginia Bartlett
W. W. Hair
S. Utah
Senate committee backs 53 member apportionment plan
The New Mexico House Privileges and Elections Committee gave a favorable report to the 53 member Senate apportionment bill after amendments in Bernalillo San Juan Valencia and San Miguel Guadalupe counties The panel rejected without recommendation and committee substitute motions and added language to end Senate terms by Dec 31 or upon vacancy filing opposition centered on gerrymander concerns and tailor made districting for a named senator Melody of San Miguel was cited by observers.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Senate
Lawrence Goodell
Chaves
David Cargo
R-Bernalillo
Graham Stewart
D-Bernalillo
Arthur Dow
Cargo
Ruidoso Sees 3 Degrees as 70 Years Free of Cold Record
Skies were clear at Ruidoso with 3 degrees at 7 a.m. after a 24 hour low of 2 degrees. Grants recorded 1 degree as the coldest spot in the state. Sierra Blanca Ski area reported excellent base snow depth and superb skiing conditions.
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Ruidoso
Grants
Weather Bureau
Sierra Blanca
Picacho Man Suffers Foot Wound in Accident
Douglas McKnight, 23, of Picacho, was treated and released from St Marys Hospital after accidentally shooting himself in the foot with a .22 pistol. He was reportedly trying to repair the jammed weapon on Pine Lodge Road, about 10 miles northwest of Roswell on a ranch.
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Douglas McKnight
Picacho
St. Mary’s Hospital
McKnight
Roswell
Pine Lodge
Secret of Happy Marriage Told by Two High School Sweethearts
Clyde A. Ransom and his wife Fannie marked their 70th wedding anniversary on Valentine’s Day. The couple, joined in Neola Iowa, first met in the 1890s as sweethearts and married February 14 1896 after growing up together.
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Pat Schaaphok
Farmington Daily Times
AZTEC
Clyde A. Ransom
Fannie
Neola
Iowa
Ransom
Engineers Elect Slade First Vice President at New Mexico Meeting
William C. Slade, division engineer for Southwestern Public Service Co., was named first vice president of the New Mexico Society of Professional Engineers at the society’s 20th annual Santa Fe convention. Bill Botwinis of Armstrong and Armstrong, Roswell, was elected president of the southeastern chapter as the group planned the 1967 state convention in Roswell. The chapter meeting focused on irrigation well metering.
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William C
Bill) Slade
Southwestern Public Service Co
New Mexico Society of Professional Engineers
Society
Santa Fe
Slade
Southeastern New Mexico
Hiway House
Bill Botwinis
Armstrong and
Armstrong
Roswell
Republican Pre-Primary Delegates Split On Endorsements
A AP survey of 923 of 1,268 convention votes shows only E. Lee Francis of Grants with committed delegates for lieutenant governor. Most delegates remain undecided amid lack of announced candidates, with party figures noting possible endorsements later and counties planning varied vote splits.
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Associated Press
Santa Fe
E. Lee Francis
Grants
Francis
Valencia County
Jack Redman
Albuquerque
Congress
Dona Ana
Curry County
David Cargo
Clifford Hawley
Rodney Driver
Lea County
Mike Sims
Hobbs
Driver
Barry Goldwater
Legislative Work Nears End of Road
Santa Fe AP reports the 30 day New Mexico budget session enters its final week with fights over Senate reapportionment a $182.2 million general appropriations bill and liquor licensing. Speaker Bruce King says the reapportionment bill may return to the Senate for revamp due to Bernalillo County districting. A special session is possible if amid time constraints. The $175.8 million general fund allocation for state government operations is a key issue.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Senate
House
Bruce King
Bernaldo County
King
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Ku Klux Klan
House Un-American Activities Committee
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Thailand
Hubert H. Humphrey
Laos
Gordon) Melody
San Miguel
Gonzales
James Atcitty
San Juan
San Juan County
Casper
Wyo
Gayle
Janice Savala
UPI
Ransoms
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Hawaii
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Ralph Ransom
Olive R. Sharp
Raymond Ransom
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