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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1973
Page
2
A Roswell church amused a Sunday congregation when the minister preached a sermon on abortion. A retiree noted that about ninety percent of attendees were retirees with few people of childbearing age present. She added retirees can advise others on the topic.
Pvt Raymond E. Lindsey son of Mrs Bobbie S Harbin 14 Neiss Roswell served in the Fifth U S Army security force and traffic control for Lyndon B Johnson's state funeral last week. Lindsey is assigned to the 410th Military Police Company 720th Military Police Battalion Fort Hood Texas.
Second lieutenant status earned by the husband of former Duranna Curtis after graduating from the School of Military Sciences for Officers at Lackland AFB Texas. He will train as an intelligence officer at Lowry AFB Colorado after earning a BS from Eastern New Mexico University in 1964 and an MS from Stout State University.
University of Oklahoma senior Martha Lynn Heider daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy E Crocker 2006 Fulkerson Dr will undertake a student teaching assignment this semester in Oklahoma She is slated to graduate in May The Presidents Club of the Roswell Chamber will visit Santa Fe en masse February 13 with a party for area legislators and state officials that evening and a Roswell return late the same day
Obituary notices from Roswell list Mrs Elvira Murphy 82 of 209 North Missouri Avenue died Sunday in St Marys Hospital. Mass of Resurrection at Ballard Chapel Tuesday with burial in South Park Cemetery. Donations to Chaves County Heart Fund. Also notices for Estelle Latham 77, Louise Miller 69, Harold Smith 56, and others. Plus a USDA quarantine in Roosevelt Curry and DeBaca counties over cattle scabies.
Lt. Col. William Nolde 43 of Mount Pleasant died in a Communist artillery barrage 11 hours before the cease fire. He was the senior American adviser in Binh Long Province and was talking with his Vietnamese counterpart on how to move the country forward. Neighbors and family described him as a dedicated soldier and compassionate man who believed in helping the Vietnamese. Blair Nolde, his son, spoke in a statement about his father’s devotion to God country and family. Nolde was killed in An Loc by a direct artillery round.
President Nixon called for a rigid 1974 budget ceiling of 268.7 billion and demanded death for dozens of federal programs. He warned that exceeding the total would trigger higher taxes or inflation while asserting a need to rein in spending through program terminations and reorganizations. The plan cuts social and health programs, liquidates the Office of Economic Opportunity, and aims to phase out Hill Burton hospital funding and several housing initiatives.
The Army Corps of Engineers seeks 16.4 million to build Cochiti Lake and 1.4 million for a Las Cruces flood project. Reclamation funds include 57.8 million for the Central Arizona Project, with 52.5 million to settle Navajo commitments, and 0.9 million for the San Juan-Chama irrigation work in New Mexico. Additional allocations cover Nambe Falls dam, Llano Taos Cerro units, Carlsbad and Tucumcari projects, Hammond system mods, San Juan River recreation, Gallup feasibility, and Western water planning. NASA requests 67.2 million for space shuttle facilities and White Sands tests. Indian Health Service allocates hospital contracts. National Park Service funds lighting at Carlsbad Caverns. Navajo irrigation and Acoma Ramah schools funded by Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Roswell police cited three burglaries over the weekend. At 7 05 a m Saturday El Capitan School reported a break in and a vending machine cash loss under 100 dollars. Sunday YMCA break in involved windows and a vandalized office vending machine with damage under 100 dollars. A home intrusion on Sunday night in Van Buren removed a television valued over 100 dollars.
Alfred Harris saw a car back down his driveway in Roswell at 8:15 p.m. Sunday. Officer Robert Overmier and Lt. Luis Torres joined the pursuit as the car spun and reversed through a yard before striking a light pole at Bonita and Caministo. Harris and Overmier were treated for injuries at St. Marys Hospital.
In New York the Dow slipped 4.52 to 999.02 as trading stayed moderate and I T&T led a mixed session with oil issues rising on energy crisis signals. In Albuquerque voters in seven northern New Mexico school districts vote Feb 6 on a millage tax of about 39 cents per $1000 valuation to fund a University of New Mexico branch serving about $100 per fulltime student.
Roswell attorneys discuss the pressures of court appointments to public defender work. Norwood handles about one third of such cases, while Ray Phelps criticizes the system stating some clients seek a magician not a lawyer.
The aunt and uncle of Air Force Capt. John S. Murphy received word over the weekend that Murphy, missing since June 8, 1972, is listed among released prisoners of war in Vietnam. His wife Jo Murphy reported the news. bracelets bearing Murphy’s name were sold in Roswell for VIVA efforts supporting POWs and MIAs.
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