Roswell Record Moves to New Plant as Baby Arrives
Jerry Mc Cormack and wife June welcome son Kevin around 8:30 a.m. in Roswell as the Record begins publishing from its new offset plant on North Main Street. Newsroom staff, circulation chief Harold Kingrey, and local merchants note the move and the community support. The Roswell Public Library later reports new deaf child materials from the state library and a workshop grant for the New Mexico School for the Deaf.
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Record
Jerry McCormack
June
Kevin
Roswell Record
North Main Street
Harold Kingrey
Primm Drug
Raymond Primm
North Main
Primm
Roswell
Governors discuss acting shift during western conference
Gov Bruce King of New Mexico may appoint Betty Fiorina as acting governor briefly later this week while at the Western Governors Conference in Wyoming. Lt Gov Mondragon plans to attend the National Lieutenant Governors Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, midweek.
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Jackson Lake
Wyo
Bruce King
New Mexico
Betty Fiorina
King
Wyoming
Robert Mondragon
Sun Valley
Idaho
Estes Released From Federal Prison At Midnight
Former Texas fertilizer financier Billie Sol Estes walked free from La Tuna Federal Correctional Institution after serving more than six years of a 15 year fraud sentence tied to a nonexistent fertilizer storage tank empire.
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la Tuna Federal Correctional Institution
Estes
Estes leaves prison amid family plans and parole rules
Estes was released from La Tuna federal prison at 12:03 a.m. with wife Patsy and two daughters amid a high profile parole. His car fled pursuers toward the University of Texas at El Paso as his wife spoke of a private family trip before a public 25th wedding anniversary party with 200 to 400 guests.
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Patsy
Billie Sol Jr
University of Texas At
el Paso
W. E. Zachem
Abilene
John Estes
U.S. Parole Board
Fei Paso
Leavenworth
Kan
Sandstone
Minn
la Tuna
Zachem
Dawn
Joy
Louis Armstrong Tribute Fetes Basin Street Jazz Jazz Funeral Beat
In New Orleans the Olympia Brass Band ends its funeral music and shifts to a lively Basin Street beat during a tribute to Louis Armstrong, celebrating the late jazz icon with a traditional close to a jazz funeral style.
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Basin Street
New Orleans
Olympia Brass Band
Louis Armstrong
Bond Issue Indicated At Chaves County Meeting
Confusion over state election laws surfaced during today's Chaves County Commissioners meeting as officials indicated a school bond issue. The session highlighted legal uncertainties affecting the upcoming ballot and local funding plans.
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Chaves County
Roswell Independent
Earlene Smith
Secretary of State’s
Roger Luginbill
Roswell
Yucca Middle School
Yucca Pta
PTA
General Baldwin relieved as Americal Division commander
Maj. Gen. James L. Baldwin is reassigned after serving under eight months. U.S. Command cites unusual circumstances tied to the March 28 Fire Base Mary Ann attack near Chu Lai in which 33 Americans died and 76 were wounded. Maj. Gen. Frederick J. Kroesen takes command during the investigation. The report notes lax defenses as a possible factor.
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Americal Division
196Th Infantry
Chu Lai
U.S
Frederick J. Kroesen
Saigon
Chulai
Baldwin
United States
Campfire wedding pairs couple in North Dakota plains
Cathy Olson and Michael Barron wed on a Medina ranch with 500 attending as wagons and horse-drawn buggies formed a rustic altar. Barron, from Jamestown, served in Germany. Olson hails from Geyser Montana. The bride wore white and carried prairie flowers. the groom wore elk leather. They rode away on horseback for their honeymoon.
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Medina
N.D
Cathy Olson
Michael Barron
North Dakota
Bismarck
Barron
Jamestown
Miss Olson
Montana
Geyser
U.S. Army
Germany
Prairie
Dakotas
Hilary Bitz
Fumes force Houston longshoremen off docks Sunday
Four docks at the Port of Houston halted work as fumes drifted over the Ship Channel causing about 30 longshoremen to seek oxygen from the Volunteer Mercy Corps. No fumes were found at the Stauffer Chemical Co plant after its manager said nothing was out of order.
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Houston, Tex
Houston
Ransom Bill
Volunteer Mercy Corps
Stauffer Chemical Co
Ed Lang
Stauffer
Bill
Lutherans face choice on strict conformity in faith
At the Church-Missouri Synod biennial convention in Milwaukee leaders clash over enforcing doctrinal conformity. President J A O Preus says the church must insist on unity in scripture interpretation, while liberals favor latitude on open questions including Adams Eve the flood miracles and the devil.
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George W. Cornell
Milwaukee, Wis
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
J. A. O. Preus
King sees himself a compromiser in primary
New Mexico Governor Bruce King says he will act as a compromiser in the state's first presidential primary next year. He has no fixed favorite among Democrats, but suggests Senators Henry Jackson and Edmund Muskie may be best fits for New Mexico. He aims to work with the party and hopes unity strengthens as Birch Bayh listens with governors.
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Howard Graves
Associated Press
Jackson Lake
Wyo
New Mexico
Bruce King
King
Henry Jackson
Washington
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Sen
Jackson
Muskie
Sen. Muskie
New Mexico Governors Eye Senate Race Collateral Talks
King cites collaboration among Western governors and lists possible NM candidates including Thomas G. Morris Jack Campbell Jack Daniels Jesse Kornegay and Dave Norvell. He expects no candidacy focus from himself and aims to prevent a bitter June primary while tolls reach 257 this year versus 298 last year at this date.
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U.S
Thomas G. Morris
Jack Campbell
Hobbs Banking Insurance
Jack Daniels
Jesse Kornegay
Dave Norvell
King
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