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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1966
Page
2
Editor notes the personal tragedies of the 56 Declaration signers as July 4 celebrations recall their sacrifices. It lists signers from Rhode Island to Georgia, detailing deaths, imprisonments, losses of property, and battles, with Jefferson noting the Declaration as the American mind.
Inez Fern Montgomery 74 of 1403 E Alameda died here early Saturday after a long illness. Born January 26, 1892 in Kankakee Illinois, she was a former teacher in North Dakota and later co ran a Roswell business with her husband until 1958. She leaves husband W H Montgomery, son William H Montgomery Jr, Denver daughter Mrs Robert Raabe and three grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday 2 p.m. at Ballard Chapel with burial in South Park Cemetery. Pallbearers named J C Casey Vance Crocker Rue Chrisman Tom Emerson Virgil Bench Harvey Emerson.
The employees of Electronics Industries Inc. rejected the efforts of two national unions the CWA and IBEW to organize them as a bargaining unit in a National Labor Relations Board election held Friday at the plant. Company officials said the vote showed confidence in current conditions and policies.
In Kyoto Japan may warn the United States at the three day U S Japan Committee on Trade and Economic Affairs meeting that leftist opposition to the Vietnam war could compromise American military installations. Talks will cover Vietnam relations with Communist China and broader trade policy. Rusk and Japanese Foreign Minister Shiina head a list of officials attending.
At 5:45 p.m. on Second and Fir Streets drivers John L. Zimmer man and Syvester Gonzales were involved. Gonzales cited for improper turning. At 7:06 p.m. at Second and Richardson drivers Severo Sedillo and Arthur Johnson were involved. Sedillo cited for following too closely.
The Third and Richardson intersection will close to traffic Tuesday as city workers remove a water cross drain. The project aims to speed runoff along Richardson from Third to Seventh after heavy rains, with Sixth already open and Fifth remaining closed for concrete pouring and aging per assistant city manager Bob Owens.
In Johnstown Pennsylvania the 1889 flood disaster claimed about 2,300 lives. The tragedy marked a defining moment in local and national memory.
The Roswell Daily Record offers five dollars for the best tip of the week. Contact 622-7710 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. or 623-6693 after 5 p.m. Additional numbers 22-4809. Carriers are told to place papers on porches. Circulation issues call 622-7710 5–7 p.m. weekdays and 8–10 a.m. Sunday.
Los Angeles hosts the annual governors conference as police stay alert for potential demonstrations over racial tensions and Vietnam issues. President Johnson may attend a fireworks display at the Coliseum. NAACP meets July 5-9, overlapping the event.
David Stucki, 21, who swapped places with a soldier to serve in Vietnam, arrived home in San Francisco and expressed a wish to return as a social worker for Vietnamese people. He traveled with Pvt. John A. Jones, 19, from Knoxville, Tenn. No one greeted him at the airport after the Pan Am flight from Tokyo.
Milk prices in Roswell will rise about eight cents per gallon next week following a federal price support increase. Retail milk runs about $1.09 a gallon, while a non federally ordered dairyman could see home delivery price jump from 9.38 to 1.06 dollars per gallon.
Bobby Eugene Donihoo of Green Haven Court was picked up on a bad check warrant from Otero County and returned to Alamogordo to face the charge. A Record story had misstated the nature of the warrant.
The House Commerce Committee has spent three weeks debating auto safety measures without settling when federal standards would take effect. While adopting tires labeling provisions and a tough safety aim, it faces disputes over coverage, penalties, recalls, and whether to apply to used cars, with action tied to hearings after the July 4 recess.
In Miami Beach James R. Hoffa meets 2200 union delegates at the Teamsters convention as he campaigns confidently for another five year term. Hoffa's only potential rival vanished when Harold Gibbons withdrew to oppose Frank Fitzsimmons for general vice president.
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