Driver Akard Honored. Widow Receives Carnegie Medal
The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission awarded a bronze medal to honor Raymond E. Akard who died from burns after guiding another man away from a flaming truck at a road project in Nageezi New Mexico. His widow Betty receives $80 monthly for five years or until remarriage.
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Albuquerque
Raymond E. Akard
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Nageezi
New Mexico
Carnegie Commission
Betty
Akard
Interior Department
Washington
Cross Says Not Guilty in Double Slaying Case
James C. Cross Jr pleads innocent to strangling two University of Texas coeds, Shirley Ann Stark formerly of Roswell and Susan Rigsby, last summer. District Attorney Tom Blackwell plans to prosecute first on Rigsby charge, as Cross appears pale after five months in county jail ahead of trial February 14.
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Austin
Tex
James C. Cross Jr
Shirley Ann Stark
Roswell
Susan Rigbsy
University of Texas
Dallas
Allies Launch Drives Over Bitter Cold Eastern Vietnam War Front
Allied forces push into the Communist coastal plain as President Johnson contemplates resuming air strikes on North Vietnam. The fighting marks the largest clash since the lunar New Year truce, with U S helicopters under heavy fire near Bong Son and South Korean and U S units advancing along Route 1 toward Tuy Hoa. Vietnamese forces report 37 Viet Cong killed and 6 prisoners taken by the cavalry, while a U S fighter bomber suffered engine failure and a pilot bailout.
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Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U.S. 1St Cavalry
Bong Son
Saigon
U. S. Air Force
U. S
South China Sea
South Korea
U.S. Army
101St Airborne Division
Tuy Hoa
Crown on KBIM-TV Needle Crown on KBIM-TV Super Tele-Tower
The 94 foot GE helical antenna was hoisted atop KBIM-TV's Super Tele-Tower, lifting the crown among tall structures. The 1,839 foot base rises to 2,000 feet above terrain, with 316,000 watt broadcast, serving New Mexico and Texas. TV-10 plans mid February telecasting and KBIM FM will offer 100,000 watt stereo.
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Kbim-Tv
TV-10
Caprock
Hagerman
New Mexico
Texas
Fargo
N. D
Kbimfm
Kbim-Fm
Channel 10
New Mexico House Restores Three Fourths Mill Hospital Levy
The New Mexico House approved a bill to reinstate the three fourths mill levy for Indigent Hospitals Claims Act counties Lincoln Chaves and Quay to operate their hospitals after voters rejected the assessment last year. Secretary Rusk defenses of bombing draw scathing remarks from Senator Clark as winter’s deep freeze grips the nation with record lows, storms, and power outages across the Midwest and Northeast.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
Lincoln
Chaves
Quay
NM Senate Moves On Reapportionment And Budget Hearings
The New Mexico Senate shelved reapportionment for now to focus on other business including a hearing on next fiscal year's 26.95 million dollar budget request for colleges and universities. The Joint Senate House Finance Committee completed action on the feed bill funding the current session and legislative operations.
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Santa FE
New Mexico Senate
Senate
New Mexico Colleges and Universities
Joint
Senate House Finance Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Track Commission
Premature Infants May Have Long-Term Learning Gaps
Johns Hopkins researchers report after 13 years that a significant portion of premature single births score about three points lower on IQ tests at age six and about 5.5 points lower by age nine. The study involved 992 births across Baltimore hospitals and found impairments in comprehension, reasoning, motor, and speech, affecting both Negro and White infants.
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Baltimore, Md
Johns Hopkins Medical School
Gerald Wiener
Paul Harper
Baltimore
US Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Wiener
Harper
Journal of the American Medical Association
May be firings justified says Bluefield city manager
Bluefield city manager Randolph G Whittle defends firing two street department workers after they used a scraper to clear snow and rammed five cars hit a hedge became stuck in a ditch ran out of gas and abandoned the machine on a street.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Randolph G. Whittle
Whittle
Death Trial Jury Picked in Mossler Case Miami
Circuit Judge George Schulz completed jury selection in the Mossler murder trial after defense motions for mistrial and separate trials were denied. Attorneys accused each other of prejudicial statements. Mrs. Mossler, ill with migraines, remained in her downtown apartment under a doctor's care as proceedings continued.
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Miami, Fla
George Schulz
Mossler
Candace Mossler
Melvin Lane Powers
Babcock Announces Candidacy for Sheriff in Chaves County
Former State Liquor Control Director E. Babcock Jr., resigning two weeks ago, enters the Democratic race for sheriff of Chaves County. A Roswell resident born, he previously served as sheriff from 1957 to 1962 and was appointed to the liquor post in 1963. He vows an efficient countywide law enforcement administration.
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Howard E. Babcock Jr
Chaves County
Babcock
State
Jack Campbell
Roswell
Sheriff's Office
New Mexico Military Institute
Cornell University
Roswell Typewriter Co
Benevolent Paternal Order of Elks
National Sheriff's Organization
International Asso
Ex CO Calls Walker AFB Best Among B 52 Bases for Closure
Ex commander and SAC veteran says Roswell base should be among last closed. He criticizes Defense Department claims about Walker climate and altitude hurting B 52 and KC 135 operations and cites Walker as ideal for airfield location.
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Walker Air Force Base
SAC
Roswell
E. S
Johnny) Walker
D-Nm
Defense Department
Walker
Walker Afb
United States
Wafb
Two Precinct Meetings Slated in Roswell for Delegates
Roswell Democrats plan two precinct meetings tonight at 8 p.m. Precinct I will meet in the district courtroom at the courthouse and Precinct II in the Roswell High School cafeteria. Precinct I covers north of Second Street and Precinct II lies south of it. The county convention to pick delegates for the state convention will be held February 5.
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Roswell
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