Hitchhiking Pooch and Roswell Notices Span Local Happenings
A missing miniature schnauzer matching the Wylys description was reported after a boy was bitten. Sam Moorhead found the dog 40 miles north of Roswell, hitching a ride on a stock trailer. The boy will check to confirm the dog is the one. Also noted is a postponed high altitude balloon launch from Roswell.
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Vic Wyly
Wylys
Sam Moorhead
Garden
Roswell
Moorhead
Roswell Many Airport
Funeral planned for Oliver M. Russell in Ruidoso
Funeral services for Oliver Marion Russell 58 publisher editor of the Ruidoso Reporter will be held at 2 30 p m Saturday at the First Baptist Church of Ruidoso with Rev Leon Bruce officiating. Russell died Tuesday after an extended illness at Rui doso Hondo Valley General Hospital.
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Ruidoso
Oliver Marion Russell
First Baptist Church of
Leon Bruce
Russell
Ruidoso-Hondo Valley General Hospital
Wary Secret Service Eye on Collapsing Fixture at Denver Session
A Secret Service agent in the right foreground watches a trembling light fixture as Vice President Spiro Agnew speaks to the Education Commission of the States in Denver. Gov. John Love sits to the right as officials move quickly from the speakers platform after the danger emerges.
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Secret Service
Spiro Agnew
Education Commission of the States
Denver
Colu
Commission
Asta
John Love
Administration Vows Farm Payment Fight
Rep Poage says the Nixon administration will oppose a Senate limit of 20000 by pursuing a 55000 bid in farm payment policy. He cites Agriculture Secretary Hardin and notes the administration will back higher payments to curb overproduction and idle huge acres. The issue centers on farm support for large operators and the politics of farm program costs.
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Washington
WR Poage
D-Tex Poage
House Agriculture Committee
Agriculture
Chifard M Hardin
Poage
Senate
Agriculture Department
House
Hardin
District Attorney Names Humphrey to Lea Post
Joan Humphrey Jr is named assistant district attorney for the 3rd Judicial District by Patrick Flanagan of Roswell. He will reside in Hobbs and work from the Lea County office starting Wednesday. Born in Clovis in 1920, he studied at Harvard and Northwestern Law School, admitted to the Illinois bar in 1949 and New Mexico bar in 1950, with a Fort Sumner practice since 1951.
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Joan Humphrey Jr
Patrick Flanagan
Roswell
Humphrey
Hobbs
Lea County
Clovis
Harvard University
Northwestern University
Chicago
Iceland Premier Dies in Summer Home Fire
Iceland's premier Bjarni Benediktsson his wife and a grandson were killed in a fire at the government summer cottage near Reykajavik. A nearby priest discovered the blaze at Ghingveille and firemen found three bodies. The cottage served cabinet members. Benediktsson was 62 and a former Reykjavik mayor and law professor.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Bjarni Benediktsson
Ghingveille
Reykajavik
Dr. Benediktsson
Regent Meet Not Secret Says Officer
An officer testified at a show cause hearing that regents at New Mexico Highlands were not barred from attending a secret meeting where candidates for university president were discussed. The case involves objections to Charles Graham’s selection and possible bias in the process, plus a temporary restraining order.
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Das Vegas
New Menice Highlands Livers, Regents
Wisconsin Ian
Hoover Wembers
State Supreme Court
Paul Tacke
Donald Martinez
Las Vegas
The
Highlands Regents
Charles Graham
Wisconsin State University
Thomas Donnelly
Ray Leger
West Las Vegas
Leger
New Mexico
Aragon
Highlands
Soap Box Derby Set With 29 Local Racers In Roswell
Twenty nine homemade racers vie on North Virginia Avenue in Roswell Saturday for the annual Soap Box Derby. Heats start at 10 a.m. with an area winner to compete in Akron on August 15. A 6 p.m. banquet at Ingalls Memorial Hall honors entrants.
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North Virginia Avenue
Roswell
College Boulevard
Little Theatre
Roswell Optimist Club
Valley Chevrolet
Roswell Daily Record
Akron
Ohio
Ingalls Memoria Hall
Jimmy Kennon
S. Montana
Reliable Realtors
Mark A. Gerek
Futura
Roswell State Bank
Larry A. Gerek
Taos Pueblo seeks full control of sacred timber land
Taos Indians press Congress for total control of 48,004 acres of timberland in the Sangre de Cristo mountains. They cite sacred land, a 700 year pilgrimage site at Blue Lake, and seek no mining or farming use. The tribe rejects reverter clauses and seeks sovereignty over the area.
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Sangre de Cristo Mountains
Blue Lake
Lee Metcalf
D-Mont
Congress
Taos Pueblo
Paul J. Bernal
Pueblo Council
Metcalf
Teddy Roosevelt
Quentin Burdick
D-N
Taos
Bernal
White House
Nixon
Juan de Jesus Romero
Interior Subcommittee
Walter Hickel
Stewart Udall
Udall
Clinton Anderson
D-N.m
New Mexico
Indian Claims Commission
National Forest System
Roosevelt
Forest Service
Changes in Roswell School Zones Proposed for Next Year
Roswell administrators propose minor boundary changes affecting 16 eighth graders 10 seventh graders and 9 sixth graders moving to Mesa Middle School. East of the old city zone a new line along Bland Meadowbrook Highway 380 would route students to Goddard High or Roswell High depending on location. East Grand Plains would absorb LFD students with a bond plan and master plan review on the agenda.
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Lahr
Bland
Meadowbrook Road
380
Goddard High School
Roswell
East Grand Plains
Roswell High School
Toxaphene Use Delayed
In northeast New Mexico five counties may use toxaphene to control range caterpillars threatening grass. Most ranchers opt for wait and see as they hope for a federally funded spray program. The decision followed a U S District Court ruling that allowed its use despite river pollution concerns. The appeal process and USDA program approval remain uncertain.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
U.S
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LaGrone Funeral Chapel
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Michael Walls
Mayes Lumber Co
John Benson Walls
Nash Pharmacy-Neal Builders Supply
Freddy van Eaton
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Glover Packing Co
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