Sears catalogue restored shows 1890s bargains and growth
The piece notes Chelsea House reprinting an 1890s Sears catalogue with items and prices including canopies rings saddles and ornate clocks. It contrasts Sears capitalization from 150000 in 1895 to 100 million twenty years later and mentions Ed Kruse owning a copy. It also adds brief regional items on March of Dimes talks saline water budget and a cattlemen school.
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Sears
Chelsea House
Ed Kruse
Procurement overhaul urged by Admiral Rick in testimony
Admiral Hyman G. Rick charged defense procurement rules are toothless and costly, urging Congress to overhaul Pentagon procedures. The remarks come as contractors collect an estimated two billion dollars annually under current rules.
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Washington
Adm
Hyman G. Rickover
Pentagon
Congress of Defense Department
Retirement Ranch Faces Welfare Fee Cuts Threatening Care
Retirement Ranch Inc of Clovis warns that halving state welfare payments to sheltered care will force about half its welfare patients to leave. President Max Littell says similar cuts endanger hundreds statewide and endanger housing, meals, nursing, and laundry for residents. The board paused expansion plans totaling over 2 million dollars and urged the Legislature to fund the program.
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Retirement Ranch, Inc
Clovis
Max Littell
Roswell
Littell
United Presbyterian Church, Synod of New Mexico
Gov. Cargo
Retirement Ranches, Inc
Board of Directors
Santa Rosa
Lordsburg
Juror Antideath Veto Roils Sirhan Trial
A prospective juror, Alvina Alvidrez, opposes the death penalty under any circumstances and may be seated despite concerns about biased verdicts. The judge weighs seating this juror while prosecutors challenge the potential impact on a Kennedy assassination case. Supreme Court rulings have invalidated convictions when death penalty opponents were excluded.
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Los Angeles
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Alvina Alvidrez
Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
U.S. Supreme Court
Warring Factions Reach Agreement in Vietnam Talks
The Vietnam peace talks set to begin in Paris on Saturday will use a round unmarked table after a breakthrough on seating. U S ambassador Harriman called the accord not a victory but a satisfactory compromise. Delegations from the United States North Vietnam South Vietnam and the National Liberation Front will sit with four per side plus secretaries.
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William L. Ryan
Paris
Vietnam
United States
North Vietnam
National
International Conference Center
W. Averell Harriman
U.S
Harriman
Henry Cabot Lodge
Saigon
Tran Chanh Thanh
Hanoi
Thanh
Nguyen Than le
South Vietnam
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Final Economic Report From President Johnson
President Johnson delivers his final Economic Report to Congress detailing eight years of sustained prosperity, heavy investments in industry and education, and a wage price spiral blamed on delayed tax measures. He urges continued growth, productivity gains, and a prudent, anti inflation program including a $3.5 billion surplus and surtax extension.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
United States
Defense Department
Posthumous Navy CMOH Honor for Cpl James L Foster
Cpl James L Foster of Roswell received the Navy Commendation Medal posthumously for heroic actions as a radio operator with Company I Third Battalion Fourth Marines Vietnam on January 27 1968. He directed helicopters to evacuate wounded Marines and administered aid under fire, sacrificing himself to save others. His father Captain John J Foster and mother lived at 1418 S Missouri. The award cites bold initiative and conspicuous gallantry reflecting great credit on the Marine Corps and United States Naval Service.
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James L. Foster
U.S.M.C
Roswell
Vietnam
John J. Foster
S. Missouri
Foster
New Mexico Military Institute
Navy Commendation
Cpl Foster
Fourth Marines
Third Marine Division
Camp Carroll
Corporal Foster
Marine Corps
United States Naval Service
Roswell Sailor Seriously Injured Aboard Enterprise
A Roswell sailor aboard the USS Enterprise suffered serious injuries in Tuesday’s explosion and fire off Honolulu. Henry Mendosa, 2%, son of Pansilo Mendosa of 1412 Stanton, is among eight sailors hurt as the incident left twenty five dead. Mendosa, a Roswell High School graduate, has been in the Navy since 1961 and is hospitalized in Honolulu.
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Washington
Navy
Enterprise
Jacob J. Quintas III
la Luz
Roswell
Honolulu
Henry Mendosa
Pansilo Mendosa
Stanton
Damasio Regalado
Hagerman
White Sands Proving Ground
Mendosa
Roswell High School
Lupe Sisneros
Russians Transfer in Orbit in Historic Space Linkup
Two Soviet cosmonauts Khrunov and Yeliseyev transferred from Soyuz 5 to the linked Soyuz 4 while Vladimir Shatalov remained aboard. Tass said the ships joined for 4 hours 35 minutes and the crew reported good condition as they test a new autonomous life support system.
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John Bausman
Moscow
Tass
Radio Moscow
Khrunov
Yeliseyev
Shatalov
South America
Soviet Union
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AL Stubbs
State March of Dimes
Bob Conway
Albuquerque
Frances Currier
Artesia
March of Dimes
U.S.A
Office of Saline Water
Jolly Schram
Mark
Jean Robinson
Shell Oil
Westport
Conn
Jolly
Jean
Shell
New York
Alvin D. Callaway
Clardy Farms
Graham School For Cattlemen
Beef & Dairy
Garnett
Kan
THE
Associated Press
United Telegraph Workers Union
Wire Service Guild
UTW
Denver
Colo
New Mexico State University
Penrod Toles
Santa Fe
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
George P. Shultz
University of Chicago
Graduate School of Business
Brussels
Belgium
Britain
Dennis Healey
Atlantic Alliance
Healey
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Senate Commerce Committee
John A. Volpe
Houston
Tex
Travis
Weather Bureau
UPI
Cyrus R. Vance
Col
Ha van Lau
Nguyen Phong
Nguyen Thi Binh
NLF
Cpl
Cpl. J. Lo. Foster
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