B52 Crash Survivor Recalls Ejection And Mountain Rescue
Lt. Col. Donald Hayes, 39, of Aita lowa, recovered from a B52 explosion that killed two of the six crew. Hayes recalls ejecting, drifting to a shack, walking out by dawn, and sharing a note with his parachute. Maj. Emil Goldbeck, 40, Roswell, suffered back injuries and possible pelvic fracture as officials search the wreck and begin a coroner’s inquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrap
Air Force
Donald Hayes
Aita Lowa
Hayes
Maj
Emil Goldbeck
Roswell
Goldbeck
Hospitals and Births Noted in Local Notices
Visiting hours listed for General and Maternity at several hospitals. Admissions and dismissals include a wide range of names and addresses with birth announcements and at Walker Air Force Base with multiple births and parental details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Mary's
Visiting Maestro Leads Roswell Audience in Grand Concert
San Antonio's maestro and its symphony orchestra won high praise from Roswell music lovers who packed Pearson Auditorium. The visiting ensemble performed El Salon Mexico Overture Egmont Overture Piano Concerto in G Major and Symphony No 2 in D Major with David Bar Ilan as soloist. Two encores and plans for two more Community Concert Association concerts were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Roswell
Texas Symphony Orchestra
Texas
Pearson Auditorium
David Bar-Illan
Ravel
Dorothy Herring
Roswell Symphony
Harry F. Taylor
Egmont
el Salon Mexico
Community Concert Association
Rodden Complaint Over Road Unfounded Says Schauer
Schauer, chairman, says Rodden served on the commission that voted to construct the access road to a 100 lot Federal Small Tract Area on Six Mile Hill. Rodden claimed the road accessed a lot he owns, but Schauer notes the project was approved on Nov 6, 1961 and reflected in permanent public records.
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Rodden
Commission
Schauer
Six Mile Hill
W. E. Burkstaller
March 2 Deadline for Vehicle License Plate Registration
Auto license distributor Earl Worley reminds Roswell residents that March 2 is the deadline to register cars scooters trailers and other vehicles that must display license plates under New Mexico law. Licenses are issued weekdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Chaves County courthouse basement and 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays. a courthouse rep will issue plates at Walker Air Force Base Feb. 18 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Worley
Roswell Area
New Mexico
Chaves County
Walker Air Force Base
Air Police Office
Kennedy Outlines Cotton Program Proposal
President Kennedy presents a two price cotton plan to Congress to curb foreign competition and domestic price gaps. He proposes an equalization payment to align domestic and foreign cotton prices while retaining grower supports and no direct cut in subsidies. A two year trial is recommended with a possible 200 million dollar annual cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Kennedy
Delta
Alleged Vagrants Escape En Route To Court
Two young men charged with vagrancy and slated for arraignment escaped from officers taking them to court from the city jail. They were captured within 10 minutes a few blocks from the police station as patrol cars and a motorcycle converged. Both were returned to the station with one reluctant to exit the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby W. Beardsley
Missouri Ave
Robert J. McCullough
Redmond
Wash
House Committee Work Maintains Quickened Pace
In Santa Fe on the 24th day of the legislature, both chambers pushed fast hearings. Mead’s pre primary convention bill and reapportionment changes were debated, with committees also examining a banking act and a tobacco tax proposal plus lobbyist registration and ethics measures. The Senate passed the tobacco bill.
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Santa FE
House
Senate
Ed V. Mead
Senate Rules Committee
Mead
New Mexico
House Corporations and Banks
Ways and Meas
David Cargo
Bernalillo Republican
Ways and Means
House Taxation and Revenue Committee
Blaze heavily damages Beech Street home under construction
Firefighters battled a near hour long blaze at 1610 S Beech in Roswell. The fire caused extensive damage to the west exterior wall of a three bedroom house under construction by Dungan Homes Inc. Officials said it started from pine joints being welded. Engines 1 and 7 responded at 10 41 and left at 11 37 a.m.
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Roswell
S. Beech
Dungan Homes Inc
Guerrilla clash kills U.S. Army captain north of Saigon
Communist guerrillas shot and killed a U.S. Army captain in a coastal mountains engagement about 300 miles north of Saigon, marking another fatal clash in South Viet Nam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Albuquerque Temperance Group Attacks Chavez Over Liquor Bills
The Albuquerque chapter of the American Temperance Society labels State Sen. Fabian Chavez Jr. a responsible figure in liquor legislation while urging lawmakers to address health welfare and public safety. The group cites 1962 highway alcohol casualties at 456 as evidence for stricter measures.
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Albuquerque
Fabian Chavez Jr
New Mexico
Senate bill seeks centralized state correctional board
A bill to consolidate all state correctional institutions under a single board was introduced in the Senate on Wednesday by Sen. James Patton for the Legislative Finance Committee. Separately, four Republican senators proposed a voter re registration plan requiring current registered voters to re register after July 1 1963. Funeral services for John Alfred Moritzky retired rancher and former Perryton resident will be held Friday at Mason Chapel with burial in South Park Cemetery.
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Senate
James Patton
D-Dona Ann
Legislative Finance Committee
New Mexico
Vincent M. Lee
Otero
Robert M. Holcomb
Sierra
Joseph Skeen
Lincoln
William H. Duckworth
Curry
John Alfred Moritzky
Perryton
Tex
Mason Chapel
Bill Curry
South Manor Baptist Church
South Park Cemetery
Moritzky
Shattuck
Okla
Jack Ridgill
Gene Hobson
Floyd Beagle
Vernon Gerhardt
John Stamp
Lucas Fletcher
Lawmakers Debated Fandango Exemption In House Session
In the House of Representatives the lighter side surfaced as Rep. Fred Boone proposed exempting fandangos from licensing. Speaker Bruce King questioned the term asking what fandages are, Boone replied Spanish dances. The bill was read twice and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Boone
D-Roosevelt
Bruce King
Boone
Tom Slaughter
Chaves
Roosevelt County
Roosevelt
King
Rep. Boone
House
Committee On Natural Resources
Meredith Begins Second Semester Registration at Ole Miss
James Meredith starts registering for his second semester at the University of Mississippi in Oxford. His enrollment continues to draw national attention amid the ongoing civil rights era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Miss
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Harvey Little Dies at 78 in Roswell
Harvey W. Little 78 a long time Roswell resident died early today at the Medical Center. He was born August 17 1884 in Eskridge Kansas and moved to New Mexico in 1905. Survivors include two sons two daughters and many grandchildren. Funeral services are pending at Ballard Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey W. Little
Roswell
Little
W. 12Th St
Eskridge
Kan
Cornelia M. Weekes
New Mexico
Hagerman
Ronald H
Kansas City
Joe W
Artesia
Earl Tankersley
Luther Tankersley
Ballard Funeral Home
New Mexico Legislature Quickens Pace Amid Liquor Debates
The 26th New Mexico Legislature moves briskly toward adjournment with 46 bills 8 memorials and one joint resolution introduced on Wednesday along with 10 measures passing and four failing in the House. Liquor bills dominate debate as rebels bar lobbyist Frank Padilla and several measures tighten licenses while revenue and tax reforms aim to fund a new assessments department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
New Mexico
House
Senate
Bobby Mayfield
Dona Ana
Frank Padilla
Padilla
Department of Assessments
Markets Rally Extends As NY Stocks Gain Broadly
New York stocks mounted a broad rally with volume around 4.2 million shares. Major issues rose while some weakened. Standard Oil New Jersey dividend boost and higher January construction outlays supported sentiment. Chrysler gained about 2 points while General Motors edged higher. IBM and International Nickel advanced. Du Pont dipped. Bethlehem, US Steel, and Jones & Laughlin moved modestly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Chrysler
General Motors
International Nickel
IBM
Polaroid
du Pont
Shell Official Speaking Tonight at Roswell Meeting
F L Dillon of Shell Oil Co will address the Roswell Geological Society on The Evolution of Well Data Systems as part of growing use of data processing in oil and gas. The talk expands a December 6 report for the Interstate Oil Compact Commission and covers the Permian Basin Well Data System.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Dillon
Shell Oil Co
Roswell
Graveside services for Mary Ellen Sels in Farming ton
Graveside services for Mary Ellen Sels age 28 of Farmington are set for 1 p.m. Saturday at South Park Cemetery with Ballard Funeral Home handling arrangements. Sels died Tuesday in Farmington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ellen Sels
Farmington
South Park Cemetery
Ballard Funeral Home
Dennis Coleman Dies at 45 in St. Mary's Hospital
Dennis Coleman, 45, of 211 S. Virginia, died early today at St. Mary’s Hospital. Funeral services are pending at Ballard Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Coleman
S. Virginia
St. Mary's Hospital
Ballard Funeral Home
James Conn Cunningham 81 of Ft. Stockton dies
James Conn Cunningham a rancher aged 81 from Ft. Stockton Texas died today at the Medical Center. Born September 29 1881 in Mills County Texas he was married to Winnie Frances Kersey who preceded him in death. Surviving are a daughter Mrs W G McCampbell Jr of Roswell a son G W of Ft. Stockton three grandchildren four sisters and two great grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 3 p.m. at Ft. Stockton Owen Funeral Home in charge Ballard's local arrangements.
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James Conn Cunningham
Stockton
Tex
Cunningham
Mills County
Winnie Frances Kersey
The
Christian Church
W. G. McCampbell Jr
Roswell
G. W
Ft. Stockton, Tex
Ft. Stockton
Owen Funeral Home
Ballard’s
Accident report lists drivers and locations
At 4 35 p m an accident involved drivers Michael W Clemens of 504 W Jaffa and Bernard Leo Biddy of 2000 Barnett in Washington and Gayle area with details limited to names times and addresses.
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Washington and Gayle
Michael W. Clemens
W. Jaffa
Bernard Leo Biddy
Barnett
Two Injured Here In Barroom Bouts
Two men were injured in separate barroom clashes in Mason. Ray Popejoy 31 of 325 S Main St suffered a two inch facial slash at the Star Bar after an incident in a restroom. Frank Galven 63 of Box 1254 received a left eyelid laceration at the La Bonita Package Store from an unidentified man. Both men were treated at St Marys Hospital.
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S. Main St
la Bonita
St. Mary's Hospital
Mason
Ray Popejoy
Frank Galven
Egg Market Stays Steady in Chicago Prices
The Chicago egg market shows little movement with quotes near steady. Grade A whites bring 36 cents, mixed 35, mediums and standards 33, dirties 37.2 cents per dozen, with checks at 2?
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Chicago
Cotton Market and Kansas City Livestock Averages
In New York the cotton market shows Mar at 3440 and Jul at 3783 with modest shifts. Kansas City livestock reports moderate activity and mixed cattle prices including calves at 72 from 06, hogs and sows up to 2 higher, sheep around 7, wool prices and slaughter lambs noted with several range figures.
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Cotton Market
New York
Kansas
Wool Market Courtesy EF Hufton and Co
Market report notes futures for March at 135.3, May 133.1, July 131.3, October 130.3. Prices reference Bec 12 1944 March 1787 and May 1277 as historical basis.
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EF. Hufton & Co
Sheep Auction Shows Fewer Head Sold Than Last Week
Wed auction sold 902 sheep and lambs versus 1 269 a week ago. Trading was only moderately active across classes. Slaughter lambs steady to weak, feeder lambs down, stocker ewes steady, slaughter ewes and bucks steady. Prices listed for lambs, yearlings, ewes, bucks, feeders and stockers.
Californian Killed In Light Plane Crash Near Counse lors Trading Post
A California man Edward John McDermott of Van Nuys was killed Wednesday night when his two engine Aero Commander crashed south of State Road 44 near Counselors Trading Post. The FAA in Albuquerque said he was flying a flight plan from Burley Idaho to Midland Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Counselors
California
Counselors Trading Post
Edward John McDermott
van Nuys
Federal Aviation Agency
Albuquerque
Burley
Idaho
Midland
Tex
Theft declines at various Dexter locations and auto lot
Police report multiple thefts and vandalism incidents including two tires and wheels stolen from a car at Wayne Miller Auto Sales on Main Street and a broken coin box at Lonnie's Drive-In No 2. Grace Coleman reported a stolen radio at a laundromat on East Second Street. Ernest Gonzales reported clothing theft from an unlocked room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Miller Auto Sales
S. Main St
J. P. Lannom
Grace Coleman
Dexter
East Second Street
Ernest G. Gonzales
Richardson Ave
Gonzales
Lester's
E. McGaffey St
Don Blackard
Lonnie’s Drive - In No
W. College Blvd
Blackard
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Kirtland Air Force Base
Jesse Atkinson
S. Anion
Melanie Hamel
Herman Klassen
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Fabas Rodriguez
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Evan Heald
Pontiac
Nellie Leaton
Forest
Jeffery Maloof
Calle de Sol
Raroon Cardinal
James Haynes Jr
N. Main
Tony Carter
Clayton Donnelly
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Roy Baker
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Charles Furguson
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Billy Emerson
James King
Wesley D. Harris
Carver Dr
A Son Enm Medical Center
Ray Harmon Jr
N. Richardson
George G. Staley
Leonard
Goedeke
S. Sea
Edward B. Wilson
Riverside
Rennelce Reese
Rt. 1
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Royce Staples
Reed B. Harlan
George R. Kissieburg
Mir
G. W. Hurst
S. Sequoia
Memorial Osteopathic
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Frank Hughes
Ricky Butts
Earline Ross
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E. Ballard
Beverly Pagland
Record Society
Access
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William C
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Roswell Shrine Club
Masonic Temple
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Associated Press
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Austin Roberts
D-San Juan
New Mexico State University
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Bernalillo
Foster Evans
Los Alamos
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11Th Judicial District
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Philco
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Reyn
Atchison
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Western Gas
Western Nat Gas
O. L. Bullock
Dixon Bullock
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