City Postpones Rezoning Action Third Month
Protests by residents near the proposed 70 unit apartment site prompted Roswell City councilmen to postpone rezoning for a third time. A special session was set for 5:30 p.m. next Tuesday to hear more testimony on the Lea and South Main Streets project fronting Gayle Street. The same meeting also approved a 120 unit multi building rezoning request.
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Roswell
Lea
South Main Streets
Gayle Street
Bob Sitze
Roswell City Council debates elderly apartment plan at Gayle Street
Citizens protest a proposed 11 story elderly housing project bounded by Main Ballard and Pennsylvania. Harold Foreman’s representative sought meetings but protesters say contact was late. Traffic, crime, rent concerns frame the session as talks to postpone rezoning continue.
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David Carl
Levi-Strauss
Roswell Officials Hear Foreman Explain Apartment Plan
Contractor Harold Foreman of Las Cruces explains a plat for an apartment complex along Gayle Street during a Roswell City Council session prior to a public hearing. Roswell residents oppose rezoning, as the council hears protest Tuesday night.
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Roswell
Gayle Street
Las Cruces
Harold Foreman
Hughes Tool Co wins suit in Supreme Court ruling
The Supreme Court in a 6-2 decision overturned a $145 million default judgment against Hughes Tool Co, owner Howard Hughes, in an antitrust case with Trans World Airlines. Justice Douglas wrote for the majority, while Chief Justice Burger and Justice Blackmun dissented.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Hughes Tool Co
Howard R
Civil Aeronautics Board
Warren E. Burger
Harry A. Blackmun
Burger
Atty
Herbert Brownell
Hughes Tool
TWA
Tooleco
Hughes
Tooleo
Brownell
U.S. Dist
Charles M. Metzner
New York
U.S. Circuit Court
Douglas
Toole
Roswell Board Deadlocks Over Extended Year Program
Roswell Independent School District split votes on extending the school year with a $74,447 Title III proposal. The motion to approve failed for lack of a second. the board later tabled the item and approved competing budget and staffing actions for 1973-74.
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Roswell Independent School Board
el Capitan
Lawrence C. Harris
State Department of Education
Jack Prichard
Norman Harold Patterson
Prichard
Patterson
Luginbill
Roswell Independent School District
Roswell
Harris
Bill Butts Caps Elite Sharpshooter Run at El Paso Carnival
New Mexico State Police Officer Bill Butts of Roswell dominated the El Paso Pistol Club Sun Carnival Match winning seven trophies. He earned six second place sharpshooting awards and one first place across .22 .38 and .45 pistols plus time-fire events. Butts, an eight year state officer, lives south of Roswell with his wife Schari and three children Wade Miller and Scharni and is a member of the New Mexico State Police Pistol team.
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New Mexico
Bill Butts
Roswell
el Paso
Tex
Butts
Schari
Wade
Miller
Scharni
Sharpshooter Bill Butts Dominates El Paso Carnival Match
Roswell police officer Bill Butts captured seven trophies at the El Paso Pistol Club Sun Carnival Match. He won events firing .22, .38 and .45 caliber pistols, drawing praise from competitors as a sharpshooter who stole the show.
Senate delays Clements nomination amid SEC probe
Senator William Prixmire asked the Senate Armed Services Committee to defer William P. Clements Jr. for the Pentagon’s No. 2 post until the SEC completes an investigation of a company headed by Clements. In Santa Fe Gov Bruce King’s spokesman said the state of the state message should be ready by Friday. Roswell area forecast calls for fog and cold with light snow flurries and freezing drizzle today. gradual warming Thursday.
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Washington
William Prixmire
D-Wis
Senate Armed Services Committee
Dallas
William P. Clements Jr
Pentagon
Securities and Exchange Commission
Clements
Santa FE
Bruce King
Pete Pence
Roswell
Power shortages trigger early load reductions in Roswell area
Southwestern Public Service reports only 65 percent of capacity active due to fuel limits and implements a 2 to 4 am voltage reduction to ease shortages. Southern Union seeks fuel oil, not gas, amid tight supplies. Industrial customers and rural coops were asked to curb usage, with some large users already placed on interruptible contracts.
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Southwestern Public Service Co
Rex Brown
Southern Union
Public Service Company
Public Service
Dexter
Hagerman
Honda
Roswell
Southwestern Public Service
Dick Cooper
Southwestern
Saline Water Plant
City of Roswell Water Department
Icy frame blankets Larry Harris place in morning ice
Icy trees frame the area around the Larry Harris place northwest of the truck bypass as ice covers most exposed surfaces this morning following a forecast from the National Weather Service.
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Larry Harris
National Weather Service
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Main
Ballard
Pennsylvania
Roswell Assn
William F. Brainerd
Foreman
Clyde Campbell
Jim Bruin
Campbell
Bruin
Brainerd
Richard Bean
Brain
H. Hughes
By Barry Schweid
Associated Press
Mitcham
Department of Education
ESEA
Division of Public School Finance
Bill
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