Roswell RIDC Seeks Renewals to Boost Industrial Growth
Roswell’s RIDC marks three years of progress including major acquisitions and local upgrades. Renewals and higher pledges are urged, with Jim Clark leading efforts and benefits such as a bulletin and license plate. Jim Cullom, patient in Albuquerque Veterans Hospital, seeks visitors and well wishes.
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Roswell Industrial Development Corp
LTV Electrosystems
Longhorn
Thiokol
State Hospital
the College
Pan Am
Air Center
Levi Strauss
U. S. 285 South
Roswell
RIDC
Bank
Jim Clark
North Main
Clark
Jim Cullom
W. Deming St
Veterans Hospital
Albuquerque
State board splits on Santa Fe superintendent case
The New Mexico State Board of Education debated whether to investigate the Santa Fe local board over the dismissal of Superintendent Calvin C. Capshaw. President Virgil Henry argued no authority to intervene. C. C. Murphy proposed nonintervention, but the motion failed to gain support and the board adjourned for lunch without a decision.
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Associated Press
Santa FE
State Board of Education
Santa Fe Citizens’ Committee
Santa Fe Board of Education
Calvin C. Capshaw
State Board
Virgil Henry
C. C. Murphy
Quiet 23rd anniversary marked at Trinity Site
A Trinity Site spokesman at White Sands admitted forgetting the 23rd anniversary of the first atomic bomb test. The blast occurred atop a tower on the Holloman Army Bombing Range, now part of White Sands, on July 16, 1945. News of the event reached New Mexicans after Hiroshima.
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Trinity Site
White Sands Missile Range
Holloman Army
White Sands
Hiroshima
Japan
New Mexico
Los Alamos
Likely Return of King Suspect to U S Tonight or Thursday
James Earl Ray may be returning to the United States to face trial for the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. after signing a declaration that he would not appeal the extradition order. Home Secretary Callaghan could sign the extradition before nightfall, with Ray flown to the U S under guard.
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London
James Earl Ray
United States
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
Home Office
Home
James Callaghan
U.S. Justice Department
Memphis
U.S
Heathrow
Gatwick
Arthur J. Hanes
Birmingham
Ala
Britain
Mayfield to Host Law Conference in Roswell
Rep Bobby Mayfield will host a Summit Conference on Law and Order in Roswell to explore crime and justice reforms in New Mexico. Oklahoma Attorney General G T Blankenship will speak at a noon luncheon at the Roswell Inn and discuss reform of courts and public support for law enforcement.
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Bobby Mayfield
Roswell
Blankenship
Oklahoma Crime Commission
Mayfield
New Mexico
Lands in Cuba With 64 Aboard
A National Airlines DC8 with 64 aboard was hijacked during a Houston takeoff and forced to Cuba. The hijacker, a Cuban, appeared to threaten the craft with a grenade and pistol, and the plane landed at Jose Marti Airport in Havana. The crew and passengers, including U.S. servicemen, were eventually evacuated as authorities monitored the situation.
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Miami
Fla
National Airlines
Texas
Cuba
Jose Marti
Havana
Fenton Wheeler
Jaumuy
New Orleans
Houston
Tex
United States
Red Cross
U.S
Sid Oliver
Los Angeles
FAA
Oliver
FBI
Federal Aviation Agency
Delta
Continental Airlines
Columbus, N.M
Phoenix
el Paso
Fortas questioned over call about speech on Vietnam costs
Justice Abe Fortas told the Senate Judiciary Committee he phoned a businessman friend while on the Supreme Court to complain about a Vietnam war costs speech. He said the call was a personal act and defended Presidents seeking court members’ help dating back to Washington and Jay. Michigan's Sen. Hart backed Fortas, predicting a favorable committee vote.
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Washington (Ap
Abe Fortas
Senate
Supreme Court
Fortas
Earl Warren
Ervin
Hot Springs
Johnson
United States
Senate Judiciary Committee
Washington
John Jay
New York Times
Michigan
Sen
Hart
North Vietnam Identifies Airmen To Be Released
Paris AP says North Vietnam named three captured U S airmen to be released soon Maj James Frederick Low Maj Fred Neale Thompson and Capt Joe Victor Carpenter. The Pentagon records list Low captured Dec 16 1967 and the other two missing. Parents of Thompson reported word of release.
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Paris
North Vietnam
United States
U.S
James Frederick Low
Fred Neale Thompson
Joe Victor Carpenter
Greenville
S. C
Greenville News
Maj. Thompson
Julius E. Thompson
Taylors
S.C
U.S. Air Force
Washington
Pentagon
Lau
International Control Commission
Hanoi
Vientiane
Laos
Czechoslovakia Defies Kremlin On Liberal Reforms
Czechoslovakia's new Communist leaders reject Soviet pressure and vow to pursue liberal reforms with popular support. The presidium reviews a Warsaw conference letter as Poles and East Germans fear democratization may spread. An interim communique warns opponents are exploiting the reform process.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Kremlin
Czechoslovak Communist Party Presidium
Warsaw
Soviet Union
East Germany
Poland
Hungary
Bulgaria
Czechoslovak Presidium
Hostage Husband Wounds Wife in Sanford Maine
Ralph Goodwin 28 held his wife for over six hours in a Maine home and fired a fatal shot as police arrived. He was wounded when the gun discharged while he held her head. He had previously terrorized a Somersworth trailer camp and forced his wife to Maine with their two children.
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Richard Goodwin
Mickey
Sanford
Goodwin
Maine Medical Center
Sanford Hospital
UPI
Maine
Ralph Goodwin
Dover, N.H
Afred
Somersworth
N.H
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AL Stubbs
Bob Hoffman
Hoffman
Justice Department
National Funeral Directors’ Association
Department
U.S. District Court
Milwaukee
Wis
State Oil Conservation Commission
Southeast
Northwest
Mike Mansfield
Congress
Miami Beach
San Juan
P.R
Puerto Rico
Council of the
Boy Scouts of America
Philmont Ranch
Boy Scout
National Council On Indian Opportunity
Wendell Chino
Raymond Nakai
Canyon, Tex
Lance van Zandt
Highlands University
West Texas State University
Law
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Dn.c
Judiciary Committee
Vietnam
Peter Rehak
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