Sunrise notes and literary praise in Roswell column
Edna K McMillan notes excellent sunrises with a January morning glow near Roswell. Rev Jack Drake of Carlsbad praised by John Meigs in New Mexico Magazine with photos by Ken Cobean and Newell Crouch. District librarians host a feed at Artesia. Lions District 49x governor to visit Roswell on Jan 23. Snow reports 3 inches at Sierra Blanca ski area with speculation on future powder.
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Edna K. McMillan
N. M
A.m
Jack Drake
Carlsbad
San Patricio
John Meigs
New Mexico
John Audubon
Ken Cobean
Newell Crouch
Mr. Drake
Lion District
Roswell Club
Roswellian
Lions
Ruidoso
Sierra Blanca
Welfare rights group forms to challenge cuts in Albuquerque
Citizens for Welfare Rights formed in Albuquerque to oppose a 10 percent welfare benefit cut and press for welfare reform. The same reports note other items: Prague union leaders avoided a strike over Smrkovsky's future, and welfare prescriptions may be filled temporarily in Otero County.
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Associated Press
Albuquerque
Citizens For Welfare Rights
Prague
Czechoslovakia
National Assembly
Josef Smrkovsky
Apollo 8 Astronauts Honored in New York City Parade
Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders greeted by jubilant crowds on Broadway in a canyon of heroes parade. Mayor Lindsay and Gov Rockefeller award each pilot the Medal of the City of New York as families ride in a protective bubble dome.
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Belman Morin
NEW York (Ap
New York
Broadway
Apolloway
the Battery
City Hall
New York Harbor
Air Force
Frank Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
William Anders
Nelson A. Rockefeller
John V. Lindsay
Susan Borman
Marilyn Lovell
Valerie Anders
Lindsay
James A. Lovell
William A. Anders
UPI
Three Major Decisions Face State Legislature This Year
State Rep. Steve Helbing from Chaves County outlines three major decisions for 1969: tax levels, government service funding with Federal matching funds, and economic development bids by private firms. He notes public schools and higher education financing, cabinet-style government reorganization, Sunday liquor sales, and ongoing liquor industry regulation as key debated topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Helbing
Chaves County
House
New Mexico
Helbing
Thiokol Corp
Fantas, Inc
David Cargo
Department of Labor, Public Safety and of Corrections
Supreme Court
BEF
Lease Agreement Signed By LTV Electrosystems in Dallas
LTV Electrosystems of Greenville Texas signed a lease for space at the Roswell Industrial Air Center with company president E F Buehring and officials announcing the deal from Dallas. A make ready crew will begin renovation when needed and a city council meeting will set final details.
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LTV Electrosystems
Greenville
Tex
Dallas
E. F. Buehring
Roswell Industrial Air Center
Roswell
Bull Brainerd
Robert Hoffman
Hoffman
Brainerd
Danny Hearn
LTV
South Carolina
Greenville, Tex
S.C
Campus clashes flare across U S colleges and Japan
Protestors at Queens College and other City University divisions reopen after a two day shutdown. Police and students clash at San Fernando Valley State College and East Los Angeles College with hundreds involved. In Tokyo riot police disperse thousands as student strikes continue.
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Associated Press
Queens College
City University of New York
Brandeis University
Waltham
Mass
Swarthmore College
Philadelphia
San Fernando Valley State College
Northridge
Calif
Southwest College
East Los Angeles College
California
el Camino College
San Francisco State College
American Federation of Teachers
Tokyo
Tokyo University
U.S
San Fer
Brasilia students visit Roswell with AAA tour details
Ten to fifteen Brasilia students will spend two nights in Roswell visiting the Roswell Industrial Air Center Thiokol operation and Roswell Museum. Bill Seale of AAA announced tentative 5 p.m. arrival at Roswell Inn with Norman Roger of the U.S. Embassy leading the group. A dinner at 8 p.m. at Roswell Inn will welcome the delegation before Sunday departure westward.
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Brasilia
New City
Brazil
Roswell
Roswell Industrial Air Center
Thiokol
Roswell Museum and Art Center
Bill Seale
AAA
American Automobile Assn
Roswell Inn
Seale
Norman Roger
U.S
Miami
Los Angeles
Chamber
Points West
Violent clash at campus protest leads to arrests
About 1,000 demonstrators clashed with police on Wednesday as 14 arrests were made and six people were injured. The San Fernando campus has been tense since November 4 when Black Student Union members seized two buildings and held people at knife point demanding changes in administration staff and curriculum.
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San Fernando
District 6 School Boards Withhold Backing in Roswell
District 6 members in Lea Eddy and Chaves counties refused to back the Legislative School Study Committee plan to replace the Greer Formula with a new foundation funding model needing $27 million more. Only Roswell Carlsbad and Loving supported it while Eunice tabled, Lake Arthur declined to vote and Hagerman was absent.
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District 6
Roswell
Carlsbad
Loving
Eunice
Lake Arthur
Hagerman
Dexter
Tatum
Jal
Lovington
Hobbs
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AL Stubbs
Sanctum Sanctorum
Artesia
Alamogordo
Otero County
London
Harold Wilson
Britain
Wilson
Tan Smith
Rhodesia
Moscow
Soviet Union
Venus
Saturday Evening Post
America
Martin S. Ackerman
Saturday Evening Post Co
Mannheim
Germany
Grafenwoen
United States
Santa FE
Joseph McCaron Jr
Springer
Combined Juvenile Institutions Board
Clovis
Calvin Jenkins
State Advisory Hospital Council
Donald Mueller
Albuquerne
General Construction Board
The
Construction Industries Commission
NY City
Ing
Financial District
Army
Coast Guard
Secret Service
Hearn
NMEA
Nando
Delmar T. Oviatt
Don Cook
LSSC
Finis Heidel
D-Sea
House Taxation Committee
Harold Runnels
Runnels
D-Sen
Lea, Eddy
Chaves
Goddard High School
R-Chaves
George Blocker
D-Eddy
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