Roswell City Council weighs funds for museum snakes and tour debts
Roswell officials consider approving a venomous snakes ordinance as museum specimens stay in glass enclosures amid debate over public hazard. The council also weighs an $18 000 building lease to house a $40 000 rattlesnake exhibit tied to the Roswell Museum and Art Center. World Academy tour funding troubles threaten student travel with parents to cover extra costs.
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Roswell Museum and Art Center
Brainerd
Solomon
Roswell
Europe
World Academy
Charlie Smith
Jack Deason
Pauline Smith
Goddard
Hhei
Switzerland
France
England
Roswell Council Sets Sept 1 Vote on Library and Fire Bonds
Roswell city council schedules a special election for Sept 1 to approve up to 610000 for a public library and up to 400000 for new fire protection equipment and facilities. The decision accompanies actions on an anti venomous snake ordinance and a gift offer for an antique merry go round if shelter funds are found.
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Roswell
Marianne Stevens
Peppermint Park
DeBremond Stadium
DeBremond
Ilth and
Richardson
Norman L. Stevens
Gaye Drive
Spring River Park
Library bond election faces site shift and lone dissent
The library bond vote moves forward after the board dropped preferred sites in favor of a stadium location. Councilman Bill Schnedar is the sole vote against calling the election, citing financial concerns.
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Library
Bill Schnedar
Roswell council moves to bar poisonous snakes
Roswell city council discusses an ordinance to prohibit poisonous snakes after Colby White defends keeping rattlesnakes, a bull snake, and a boa at 3200 S Sequoia Ave. Dorothy Lack led antisnake petitioners alleging unsafe care, while White contests the claims amid public safety concerns.
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Colby White
Roswell
White
S. Sequoia Ave
Dorothy Lack
S. Sequoia
Nixon plan to cut Korea force stirs South Korea
CAPSULES BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL The Nixon administration’s plan to reduce the 60,000 man U.S. force in Korea provoked reactions in the South Korean government which did not expect such action until the late 1970s. SANTA FE A statewide coordinating agency for information on drug abuse problems was proposed as Gov. Cargo’s advisory committee met in Santa Fe. The 40 member panel held its first meeting since 1970 and Cargo asked for federal funding after addressing the group. NEW YORK The city threatened to cut apartment rents to as low as $1 a month if services in stricken buildings are not maintained and a new labor contract is not reached.
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Associated Press
Seoul
U.S
Korea
Santa FE
David F. Cargo
Cargo
New York
White House briefing with Spanish speaking appointees
News conference followed a meeting with Spanish speaking appointees who hold executive positions in the Nixon administration. Martin Castillo and Vice President Spiro Agnew spoke to newsmen about minority group concerns and opportunities.
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Martin Castillo
Spiro Agnew
White House
Agnew
Nixon
Agnew Pledges Help To Spanish-Americans
Vice President Spiro Agnew promises aid to improve the lot of about 10 million Spanish speaking citizens. A key aim is to shift government and media attention to Mexican Americans Puerto Ricans and Cuban Americans. A 90 minute meeting with 12 Nixon appointees highlighted language and migrant life challenges and urged media sensitivity.
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Peggy Simpson
Associated Press
Washington
Spiro
Agnew
United States
Nixon Administration
Martin G. Castillo
Cabinet
Castillo
L. John Gardner
Emiliano Zapata
Strike of Albuquerque City Employes Continues
About 400 city workers in Albuquerque entered a second day of a dispute over overtime pay. The city hired 19 temporary staff to aid in garbage collection but residential pickups remain stalled. A scuffle at the city yards led to riot police scening one assault arrest. spokesman Arturo B. Lopez cited years of lip service as the grievance.
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Albuquerque
City
Arturo B. Lopez
al Swallows
Swallows
Swallos
David T. Rubi
Rubi
Lopez
Roswell Eyes New Public Library With $610000 Bond Measure
Plans for a proposed Roswell Public Library include an 18 225 square foot building expandable to 30 000, at DeBremond stadium site with 100 off street parking. The bond election asks voters to approve $610 000 for construction equipment parking landscaping contingencies fees and site removal.
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Roswell Public
Roswell
Carnegie Foundation
Roswell Considers 400000 Fire Protection Bond Issue
Fire Chief George Daniels outlines a 400000 bond plan for a new southwest Roswell fire station at Gayle and Washington, four new 1000 gpm pumpers, and upgrades to the central station and fleet. The measure funds a new station, central station additions, and four new trucks with details totaling 400000, with cost trimmed to needed amount. The plan aims to improve coverage within two miles of most areas and may boost insurer ratings ahead of a 1972 inspection. bond on ballot with a separate library measure.
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Roswell
George Daniels
Edwin C French
Gayle and
Washington
Central Fire Station
Daniels
Dibrom Lacks Testing Cited in New Mexico toxaphene case
Agriculture Director Dallas Rierson told a U S District Court hearing that dibrom has not been adequately tested as a toxaphone substitute. He warned that caterpillar damage could rise in six weeks without a control program as the Canadian River Water Authority seeks a temporary injunction to curb toxaphone spraying near Lake Meredith.
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Albuquerque
N.M
State Agriculture Department
Dallas Rierson
Rierson
U.S
Texas Panhandle
New Mexico
Agriculture Department
Fish and Wildlife Bureau
M. E. Garza
Federal Water Quality Control Administration
Baton Rouge
Miami Lake
Springer
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