Jumbo jet stored in Roswell amid fuel crisis
Continental Airlines parked its four jumbo Boeing 747s at Roswell Industrial Air Center due to fuel rationing. Five mechanics arrived with chief of 747 maintenance Robert V. Hardesty. two more jets may arrive within a month. Roswell officials cited security and favorable conditions as reasons for a long term storage plan.
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Roswell
Continental Airlines
Roswell Industrial Air Center
Sert
Robert V. Hardesty
Los Angeles
Calif
Hardesty
Ment and Commerce
Continental
Ferguson delays decision on gubernatorial bid as session ends
Senator Bob Ferguson of Artesia plans to wait until after the current session to declare for office in the Democratic ticket possibly as lieutenant governor or land commissioner. He notes others have announced to gain publicity and supports open hearings in his committee.
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Marjorie Beck Santa FE
New Mexico
Senate
Bob Ferguson
Artesia
Tibo Chavez
Jerry Apodaca
Odis Echols
Ferguson
Alexander Pope
Cato
Chaves County
Lykins annexation denied by Roswell zoning panel
Roswell City Planning and Zoning Commission rejected a petition to annex the New Lykins Subdivision after chair Richard Waggoner said the panel lacked authority. About 24 residents sought annexation as the area contends with a chlorinated water system and rising rates.
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Clifford Aldrich
L. C. Stiles
City Planning and Zoning Committee
Environmental Improvement Agency
John Gragg
Disengagement Pact Signed Between Egypt and Israel
Egypt and Israel signed disengagement documents along the Suez Canal to separate forces. Kissinger pressed talks with Syria as Sadat planned to visit, while Sharon resigned in protest over the pullback. Geneva talks set for January 24 to resume efforts toward a broader peace.
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Associated Press
Egypt
Israel
Suez Canal
United States
Syria
Anwar Sadat
Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
Ariel Sharon
West Bank
Kissinger
Jerusalem
Aswan
Sadat
Jordan
Hussein
Mideast
Hafez Assad
Golan
International Red Cross
Golda Meir
Cairo
East Bank
Gidi
Mitla
Sinai Peninsula
Geneva
United Nations
Apache Belles to judge New Mexico drill clinic
Tyler Junior College Apache Belles will judge a high school drill team clinic in New Mexico on Feb 12 hosted by Goddard Rockettes. Marilyn Jackson says 21 schools registered and over 400 girls are expected with public competition Feb 2 at Goddard. Rockettes captains and lieutenants named Elvia Garcia Pam Hendricks Shirley Crawford Jeanie Bixler Belle Harris.
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Marilyn Jackson
Rockettes
Tyler
Tex
New Mexico
Roswell
Goddard
Texas
Goddard Rockettes
Goddard High School
Albuquerque
Mexico City
Ms Jackson
Armstrong Bid Wins Major New Mexico Road Projects
Armstrong and Armstrong Construction of Roswell won two highway contracts totaling over 6.4 million dollars. One bid covers 9 miles of northbound Interstate 25 in Socorro County, and the other covers 4.5 miles of four lane U.S. 70 east of Tularosa in Otero County. A separate Interior Department grant of 15,787 dollars to Capitan funds park development, with total support from state and local funds. President Nixon to announce energy program in a live radio address at noon Saturday.
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Santa Fe, N.M
Armstrong and Armstrong Construction Co
Roswell
Socorro County
San Marcial
Highway Department
Armstrong and Armstrong
Tularosa
Otero County
Washington
Capitan
Department of Interior
Joseph Montoya
D-N.m
Nixon
Roswell Man Obituary Acknowledges Brookshier 77
Obituary notice for Orville Brookshire 77 of Roswell states he died at 2 49 am in his home after a life spanning theater and advertising work in Chillicothe and Civil Service with the U S Air Force. Survived by wife Dora Justine Thurston two sons two daughters a brother a sister five grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral services pending at Ballard Funeral Home.
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Ballard Funeral Home
Q. B .Orville Brooks Brookshire
Pennsylvania Ave
Roswell
Mr. Brookshire
Chillicothe
Dora Justine Thurston
O. B. Brookshier
FE Paso
Tex
Thomas J. Brookshier
Philadelpha
Beverly N. Ragland
Woman's Page
Brookshier
Jack T. Brookshier
Woolsey Brookshier
Tigard
Ore
O. FE. Mildred) Lorton
Kansas City
Jefferson Davis
Ida Minerva Woolsey Brookshier
Methodist Church
Charles M. de Bremond
American Legion
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Rod Starkey
Chamber of Develop
Bob Woods
Legislative School Study Committee
LSSC
Wood
State Department of Education
Portales
House Appropriations and Finance
Sen
R. K. Thompson
Tom Brown Jr
House
Colin McMillan
Lykins
Louis Davies
Gragg
Frances Browning
Lykins Estate
U.N
Belles Coming
Apache Belles
O.B. Brookshier
U.S. Air Force
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