Honor Roll of Service recognizes Roswell Artesia staff
Eight municipal employees from four cities are honored by the Municipal League for over 25 years of service. Roswell names Captain Lindon G. Hall, Lieutenant Henry E. Argenbright, and Fire Captain J. C. Smith all at 25 or 26 years. Artesia honors sanitation foreman Fred Lara. The item also notes a rise in local funerals and a postponed balloon launch at the municipal airport.
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Roswell
Artesia
Municipal League
League
Lindon G. Hall
Henry E. Argenbright
J. C. Smith
Fred Lara
Nixon proposed salary raise to 200000 a year
The House voted to raise the president's salary to 200000 annually, double the Johnson era, with Senate approval and Johnson signature needed. it would be the fourth raise since Washington and the first since 1949.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Richard M. Nixon
Johnson
Senate
George Washington
Harry S. Truman
Pickets at SF State Enter Entrance Amid Student Strikes
A noisy group of teachers and minority students picketed the SF State entrance while classes continued. Acting President Hayakawa questioned keeping the college open as unions push for higher pay and policy influence. five demonstrators were arrested for intimidation and obscenities.
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San Francisco
San Francisco State College
S. I. Hayakawa
State College
San Jose
Hayakawa
American Federation of Teachers
AFT
Teachers Union
San Francisco Labor Council
Central Labor Council
Santa Clara County
San Jose Aft
Thiokol Plan Draws DOD Parallels in New Mexico
DOD Director James Roberson says Thiokol's proposed industrial development program for New Mexico mirrors current DOD efforts. He warns the plan is questionable as the state economy improves. Thiokol officials seek a two year contract at 200000 dollars annually with state backing to attract new industry.
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Santa FE
James Roberson
Department of Development
Thiokol Chemical Corporation
New Mexico
DOD
Roberson
Legislative Finance Committee
Thiokol
Edmundo Delgado
D-Santa Fe
LFC
Premier Yafi resigns as Lebanon faces coalition option
Premier Abdullah Yafi submitted his resignation to President Charles Helou after the Israeli raid on Beirut's airport. A government spokesman said Helou had not yet accepted it, with reports citing a move toward a national coalition and a potential replacement like Rashid Karami. The crisis follows pressure over security at the airport and Beirut’s stance toward Arab guerrillas amid new French arms cuts affecting Israel.
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Associated Press
Abdullah Yafi
Lebanon
Beirut International
Charles Helou
Yafi
Beirut
Mier
Rashid Karami
Camille Chamoun
U.S
Israel
Sidon
France
Mystere
Mirage
Jordan
Paris
Washington
Banks Raise Prime Interest Rate to 7 Percent
Major banks across the United States boosted the prime lending rate for business loans to a new high of 7 percent from 6.4 percent. First National City Bank of New York led the move, followed by Bank of America and other large banks, signaling tighter credit amid higher money-market rates and stronger demand for business loans.
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Robert Haworth
New York
First National City Bank of
Bank of America of
San Francisco
First National City Bank
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Medal of Honor Goes to Chaplain Capodanno in Vietnam
Lt. Vincent R. Capodanno a 37 year old Maryknoll priest from Staten Island N Y is posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for remaining with wounded Marines and administering last rites during a Sept 4 1967 battle in the Que Son Valley 30 miles south of Da Nang He extended his Vietnam tour by six months after becoming a Navy chaplain in 1965 and had previously served as a missionary in Taiwan
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Washington
Vietnam
Vincent R. Capodanno
Staten Island
N.Y
Que Son Valley
da Nang
Father Capodanno
Maryknoll Order
Navy
Taiwan
Defense Motion For Delay Denied In Sirhan Kennedy Trial
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan faced court for the Kennedy murder trial as Judge Herbert V. Walker denied a 30 day delay and denied two jury configurations. Proceedings paused until Wednesday with motions and witness lists expected to span weeks.
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Linda Deutsch
Los Angeles
Sirhan Bishara
Sirhan
Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
Anna
Herbert V. Walker
Walker
Grant B. Cooper
Gailty
Cooper
Russell Parsons
Friar’s Club
Kennedy
Ambassador Hotel
California
Hall of Justice
Superior Court
Cary Chessman
David N. Fitts
Lynn Compton
John Howard
District Attorney's Office
Los Angeles County Bar Association
Parsons
Emile Zola Berman
New York City
Nixon expands economic advisory council with Houthakker
President elect Nixon adds Dutch-born Harvard economist Hendrik Houthakker to the three member Council of Economic Advisers. Houthakker, 44, calls for reform of the international monetary system and cautions that 1969 recession forecasts are on the extreme side.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
NEW York
Nixon
Council of Economic Advisors
Hendrik $ Houthakker
Harvard
Houthakker
Johnson
Paul W McCracken
Nixon Council
Herbert Stein
Brookings Institution
Washington
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Thomas G. Morris
Adam Clayton Powell II
Berv Slocum
Sacramento
Ronald Reagan
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White House
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Brazil
Phillips Talbot
Greece
Robert C. Good
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Peter Fuller
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State Public Service Commission
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Carlsbad
Clovis
Portales
Rosweil
SF State
N.M
LTV
Chamber of Commerce
City
RIDC
NMMI
Danny Hearn
LTV Electrosystems
William F. Brainerd
O. R. Kirby
Harold Ledgerwood
Jim Clark
Roswell Industrial Development Corporation
Walter Annenberg
Britain
Kenneth Keating
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