Rain brings scattered relief across southeastern New Mexico
The region reports more rain than in years with southwest New Mexico missing heavy rainfall and fire danger remaining high. Camp Thunderbird in the Gila Wilderness stays dry while youths go on a weeklong hike aided by local volunteers. Kathy Allen’s dog missing prompts a citywide call. Cahoon Park Golf Assn plans a meeting to discuss crossing improvements. U S Representative Johnny Walker praises Roswell for LTV Electro facility move and pledges ongoing support.
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Presbyterian
Thunderbird
Gila
Alamogordo
Mescalero Reservation
New Mexico
Rain floods Texas Panhandle. Wellington hit by heavy cloudburst
Rain drenched the Texas Panhandle with Lubbock receiving 5 inches and Wellington tallying over 12 inches in a two hour span. A cloudburst with winds damaged trees occurred between 1:30 and 3:30 a.m., according to a sheriff's dispatcher.
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Associated Press
Lubbock
Tex
Texas Panhandle Plains
Wellington
Panhandle
Sharlene Marsh
Sheriff's Department
U S and Soviet Sign Cultural Exchange Pact
The United States and the Soviet Union signed a 1968 69 cultural and technical exchange agreement in Moscow after tough bargaining. Amb Thompson and Nikola Lunkov signed for their governments, continuing a 10 year program of scientific educational and cultural contacts amid earlier route openings and Vietnam War tensions.
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Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Nikola M. Lunkov
Foreign Ministry
Atlantic Richfield approves 2 for 1 stock split
Atlantic Richfield Co. shareholders approve a two for one split of common stock and an increase in authorized common shares from 25 million to 50 million. Chairman Robert O. Anderson says the split takes effect after today’s close and additional shares will be mailed to shareholders on August 2.
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Philadelphia
Atlantic Richfield Co
Robert O. Anderson
A S Bunte Dies Rites Set At St Peters Tuesday
Arnold S. Bunte 66 retired petroleum geologist and Roswell Artesian Water Basin expert died Sunday after sudden illness. A native of Denver he lived in Roswell 10 years. He held geology degrees from Colorado School of Mines and taught there. Survived by widow three daughters a brother eight grandchildren and several associations. Rites set at St Peters Catholic Church Tuesday at 9 a.m. Rosary tonight Ballard Chapel. body to be flown to Denver for Mount Olivet Cemetery burial.
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St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Arnold S. Bunte
Roswell
Bunte
Denver
Colo
Colorado Schools of Mines
Golden
Jack Savage
Dallas
Tex
James L. DeRose
Glasgow
Afb
Mont
Harry S. Bunte
Kiwanis International
St. Peter’s Church
Lambert Danenfelser
St. Peter
Ballard Chapel
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Government Starts Taking Bigger Tax Bite Out Today
The 10 percent income surcharge approved by President Johnson to fund the Vietnam War takes effect today. Withholding rises from 20 to 22 dollars in a weekly pay period, and retroactive dates cause larger tax bills next April. The measure, signed June 28, aims to raise over 15 billion this fiscal year and extend the excise and corporate provisions.
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Johnson
Mrs. Johnson
Washington
UPI
Congress
Vember
Flood Stricken Lubbock Sealed By Police Barricades
Heavy rains deluged Lubbock Texas injuring and flooding western districts. Police sealed five blocks along 34th street isolating shopping centers while ambulances and boats stood by to evacuate about 80 nursing home patients. Cars floated on lawns as water three to four feet deep disturbed streets.
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Lubbock
Tex
34Th Street
KCBD
Lakeside Nursing Home
Cargo to Accept OBrien Resignation From Finance Board
Gov. David Cargo said he will accept Lincoln O Briens resignation from the State Finance Board. He may appoint former Gov. Tom Bolack to fill the vacancy and would place him on the board immediately if Bolack agrees. State Sen. Mack Easley criticizes the move as partisan politics.
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Albuquerque
David Cargo
Farmington
Lincoln O’brien
State Finance Board
Tom Bolack
O’brien O'Brien
Daily Times
Clifford J. Hawley
Cargo
O’brien
Bolack
Chama
Mack Easley
Democratic Party
O'Brien
Bell Studies Arbitration Proposal in Illinois Bell Dispute
Illinois Bell Telephone Co studies a binding arbitration proposal from striking IBEW Local T-4 unionists after a two hour meeting with federal mediator Gilbert Seldin. The union says a decision is expected soon and may allow workers to return during arbitration. If arbitration is rejected, the union could file unfair bargaining charges with the NLRB. The dispute risks delaying the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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Chicago
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Gilbert J. Seldin
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Systems Council
T-4
Illinois Bell
Nickey
NLRB
National Labor Relations Board
John M. Bailey
National Convention
International Amphitheatre
Democratic National Committee
Washington
Bailey
Ray Admits He's Sneyd in King Killing Link
The Chicago Daily News reports James Earl Ray wrote a letter to his brother claiming he is Ramon George Sneyd, the alias used when arrested in London in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. John Ray doubts the claim and notes the handwriting matches.
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Chicago
Chicago Daily News
James Earl Ray
Ramon George Sneyd
London
Martin Luther King Jr
Daily News
John Ray
Lord R. G Sneyd
Sneyd
Lord
King
Memphis
St. Louis
U.S
Ray
Soviet Withdrawals from Czechoslovakia Resume Amid Warsaw Talks
Soviet forces resumed leaving Czechoslovakia after a brief halt as East bloc leaders met in Warsaw to discuss Prague liberal reforms. CTK reported ongoing withdrawals overnight with more expected. about 5,000 troops had arrived for joint Warsaw Pact maneuvers, alarming Czechoslovaks. Brezhnev and Kosygin met Polish and East German leaders Concern centers on potential spread of unrest and West German relations.
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Martin Zucker
Associated Press
Warsaw
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Prague
CTK
East Germany
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexei Kosygin
Hungary
Bulgaria
Stalin
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Walter Ulbricht
West Germany
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LTV
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