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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1971
Page
4
Editorial satirizes travel prayers and tourist woes, contrasting monk and nun prayers to tourists. It jokes about hijacked planes, lost luggage, tipping, hotel pressure, and guide troubles, ending with a pun on shorter trips and satire of gender stereotypes.
In Washington a yearlong backroom fight pits energy policy chief Dave Freeman against Federal Power Chairman John Nassikas over powers to veto sites that threaten the environment. President Nixon backs Freeman. Interior Secretary Morton weighs utility pressure and a memo from James Smith critiques the White House bill.
A column recounts Brickman denying voluntary participation in a strip show, Bayh's lavish campaign spending and unpaid debts, and HEW intern cutbacks amid concerns of embarrassment to the Nixon administration. The piece ties personal conduct to political optics and policy shifts.
Roswell Independent School District moves toward closing Yucca Middle School and expanding other middle schools to accommodate students. Voters previously defeated a lumped package bond for Yucca and a library. officials now push a separate middle school bond, citing decades of decrepit facilities and safety concerns.
Gov Bruce King urged western states to gain more voice over land use within their borders at a Wyoming conference. He cited Forest Service roads in Carson National Forest built without state input and argued improved state involvement would decentralize Federal power and increase communication.
25 years ago on July 13 1946 the crew of Dave's Dream returned to Roswell Army Air Force Base after taking part in the Bikini Atoll atomic bomb test. Seaman Willie McDaniel Jr and Seaman Clarence R Ward were discharged at San Pedro separation center.
On this date in 1863 New York faced Civil War draft riots with about 1000 deaths in three days. The Northwest Territory ordinance was enacted by Congress in 1787. Greek victory at Thermopylae Pass occurred in 1822 and the Russo-Turkish War ended in 1878.
In Santa Fe the Supreme Court eases one man one vote standards and signals broader tolerance for multi member districts. The New Mexico GOP challenges the 1971 plan in U S District Court, arguing dilution against Indians in Sandoval McKinley and San Juan Counties amid debates over county lines and district population variation.
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