Dingo confusion and cattle work disputed in Roswell notes
The Roswell item questions whether a dog described as a Dingo in cattle work is a crossbreed or kelpie mix. It cites Wiggins of Roswell and Kilpatrick lineage hints, mentions zoo origin, and notes skepticism about the dog’s breed and use. The piece also references a Roswell Police Department incident and emergency help after a fireworks show at Bottomless Lakes State Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Kendrick
Waco
Tix
Australia
Rhenedick
Walt Wiggins
Roswell
Queensland
Ruidose
Wiggins
Sani Angelo
Pingo Kendrick
Wiens
Tringo
Sle Crewe
Roswell Rehab Center
RIAC
Bottomless Lakes State Park
KBIM
Crewe
Pathfinding balloon launch follows Air Force plan in New Mexico
The Air Force tests a 96 foot pathfinder balloon from Roswell to White Sands as a prelude to a Tuesday launch of a 10 million cubic foot, 536 foot high altitude research balloon. Also noted are a plague case in New Mexico and Dennis Hopper legal proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Roswell Municipal
White Sands Missile Range
Driver strike ends as Teamsters resume Dan Ryan deliveries
Teamsters representing 10,000 drivers return to cabs on the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago after a 12 week strike lockout. They begin delivering merchandise valued in the millions, restored under a 36 month agreement that increases pay by 1.69 dollars per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dan Ryan
Teamsters Union
Feup
Ares
Italy Sees Premier Rumor Resign Amid Growing Crisis
Prime Minister Rumor of Italy announced his resignation after a three-hour meeting with President Saragat amid a looming general strike. The move follows renewed feud between Socialists and continued labor unrest as unions push for rapid social reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rom
Mariana Hiner
Giuseppe Saragat
Tyrrhenian Sea
Saragat
Rumor
Centerjet
Kumor
Italy
Mario Tanassi
Saragatto
Christian Democrats
Socialists
PSI
Moderate
PSU
Republican Party
Booby trap backfires injures boy at farm home
Frankie Holt an eight year old boy sustained burns covering about a third of his body when sparkler fireworks rigged to a screen door ignited as he entered the house while refueling a tractor. His older sister Annie, fourteen, helped extinguish the flames with pillows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris
Frankie Holt
Frankie
Annie
Seven Die in New Mexico July Fourth Wrecks and Drownings
State Police list seven holiday fatalities across highways and waterways in New Mexico plus an eighth from a toppled baseball backstop. Names include Jerree Billie Hill 23 Santa Monica California Jose Alvarocota Cordova 32 Chihuahua Mexico Arthur L Madrid 25 Grants New Mexico Patricia Askew 20 Albuquerque Newton 20 months Questa John David Gonzales 20 Albuquerque Johnny Hernandez 2 El Paso. Also fatal boating and drowning incidents at Elephant Butte Lake and Rio Grande near Anapra New Mexico.
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New Mexico
Jerree Billie Hill
Santa Monica
Cahi
Jose Alvarocota Cordova
Chihuahua
Mexico
Arthur L Madrid
Grants
Patricia Askew
Albuquerqué
Jeffers
Newton
Questa
John David Gonzales
Albuquerque
Johnny Hernandez
el Paso
Leo Revnand
Lascares
New Mesicy
Amalia
Madrid
Vna
Askew
Tucumcari
Gonzales
Elephant Butte Lake
Serra County
Portales Man Wounded in Accidental Gunshot
A 31 year old Portales man, Michael Grady Morrison, was treated at St Mary's Hospital for an accidental 22 caliber gunshot wound to the upper mouth suffered near Roswell. Sheriff officials said the wound occurred around 4 am Sunday at the Ivan Johnson residence while preparing to rabbit hunt and jokingly holding a pistol to his mouth. Morrison lost several teeth and his tongue was split. doctors planned to remove the bullet.
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Portales
St Mary's Hospital
Roswell
Sheriff's
Michael Grady Morrison
Morrison
Ivan Johnson
Black Empress Crowned At Roswell Black Arts Festival
Miss Black Empress 1970 is 15 year old Roxi Mitchem daughter of Lt Col James Mitchim. She dazzled with a poem I Am Woman as talent and was crowned by Earl Johnson with Edward Simpson escorting her. The Roswell High School theater hosted the festival with fashion shows dances and a pageant including Miss Soul 1970 Renee Nelson and Miss Roswell contestants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxy Mitchem
James A. Mitchim
Roswell High School
Mitchem
Am Woman
Earl Johnson
Mary Sue Gaines
Edward Simpson
Renee Nelson
Thomas Simmons
Christy Simpson
Edward A. Simpson
Miss Nelson
Miss Simmons
Yvonne McKoy
Sgt
William McKoy
Brenda Kay Dawson
Dashkis
Barbara Lacy Mather
James Mitchem
Gail
Sylvia
Katie Wagoner
Dorothy Maxwell
Ben Brown
Johnny Joel
Albert Walker
Philmont Scout Ranch Bear Attacks Two Boys
Mike Butkin a 14 year old from Louisville sustained bruises and lacerations after a bear entered his Philmont Scout Ranch tent and dragged him 40 feet. He remained in satisfactory condition after treatment at a Trinidad Colorado hospital. A second boy was injured in a separate nighttime bear attack on the same remote ranch property and was being treated for injuries as authorities attempt to trap the bear.
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Cam
Delares
Ahern
Scout
Doe Darin
Davis
New Mexico
Fish Rangers
Mike Butkin
Louisville
Philmont
Cinvarron
Butkin
Trinidad
Colo
Honor America Day Sparked Patriot Pride in Washington
Organizers hailed the Honor America Day Fourth of July observance in Washington as a great success. President Nixon phoned Marriott to congratulate him on the event. Billy Graham energized the day while antiwar protesters carried banners as fireworks lit the night sky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
Nixon
J. Willard Marriott
San Clemente
Calif Marriott
Billy Graham
Hijacker Gets Life Sentence in Aircraft Hijacking Case
Lorenzo Edward Ervin Jr., 25, of Chattanooga Tennessee, was sentenced in Newman Georgia to life imprisonment on two counts of aircraft hijacking for the February 25 1969 Eastern Airlines Flight 955 hijack to Havana Cuba. The jury found him guilty of kidnapping and air piracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Czechoslovakia
Cuba
Ervin
Miss Black Empress 1970 crowned at Black Arts Festival
Roxy Mitchem a 15 year old daughter of Lt Col and Mrs James A Mitchem was crowned Miss Black Empress 1970 at Roswell High School Little Theatre Sunday. Edward Simpson served as her escort as the festival concluded its two day run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxy Mitchem
James A. Mitchem
Edward Simpson
Roswell High School
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al Stubbs
Associated Press and Record
Santa FE
State Health and Social Services Department
Cimarron Dist
John Hobbes
Eighth Judicial District
Dennis Hopper
Hopper
Taos
Dulce
Shelly Marie Bliesner
Woodruff
Utah
Carracas Mesa
Jicarillo Apache Reservation
THE
Associated Press
Hernandez
Rio Grande
Anapra
N.M
Horace Reese
Lonnie Franklin
Yvonne McKay
Miss Simpson
Wayman Walker
Rita Davis
Downy Cheatim
Proud Ones
Debbie Wagoner
Ann Smith
Ben Smith
Yvonne Smith
Weberly Terrell
Calvin Howard
James Stuart
Diane Boyes
Verna Smith
Johnny Jones
Joe Cheatem
James Edmonson
Robert Walker
Waymon Walker
Danny Oliver
Nelda Jean Martin
Martin Luther King
Black Educational Escalation Foundation
Philmont Scout Ranch
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