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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1966
Page
2
President Johnson pressed Congress to limit nondefense spending and warned a tax increase could follow if cuts are not made. He cited additions to his budget recommendations totaling about a billion dollars, possibly reaching 5 to 6 billion, as Viet Nam spending remains uncertain.
Luci Johnson and Patrick Nugent plan a Texas wedding on August six and will live in a small duplex in Austin after marriage. They will pursue limited work and study plans with Nugent aiming for an MBA and Luci continuing undergraduate courses. The couple seeks privacy and a modest home as they prepare for married life.
President Johnson and Mrs Johnson made an unannounced 40 minute visit to 600 wounded Viet Nam War veterans on a Potomac River excursion boat. Soldiers in wheelchairs and crutches greeted the president, sharing quiet exchanges about going back to Vietnam.
Chicago public relations man Julius Klein testifies before a Senate ethics panel that Senator Jacob Javits aided him with West German clients, though Klein says only Dodd received a detailed memorandum. Klein, not a defendant, says distortions harmed his clients and his image.
President Johnson announced a news conference at 4 p.m. EDT Wednesday in the East Room of the White House. He said the session would be available for live television and radio broadcasts.
Remodeling is in progress at the old Montgomery Ward's at Second and Main for occupancy by Fendley's. The store plans to open a junior department early next year. Dallas designers handled the interior while Dysart and Mitcham manage landscaping.
Fire at rear of unoccupied house at 902 West College alley reported at 12 55 p m. No damages observed. Cause undetermined. Firefighters attended and secured the area.
At 7:25 am an intersection collision at S Main and Tilden involved Jo seph Matowich 19 of Walker AFB and Linnie Woodrow Speegle 19 of Fort Worth Speegle cited for failure to yield. A second incident at 10:15 am Albuquerque and Pennsylva nia listed Jaquita S Snietle and Earl Gilmore Levich 69 of 603 S Plains Park with Levich cited for failure to yield.
Comedian Jerry Lewis secretary Miss Carol Saraceno and three men escaped unharmed when the 65 foot cabin cruiser Pussycat sprang a leak and broke up off the Monterey County coast. They donned life jackets and rode a rubber raft until a wave knocked them off and they reached shore. Coast Guard alerted after two boys reported the flares sighted from Shore. The vessel was en route from San Francisco Bay to San Diego.
Four Roswell youths aged 12 to 16 were committed to the New Mexico Boy's Camp at Springer after a juvenile court hearing. Police recovered 14 bicycles from the theft, some stripped, with defendants named Donald Anderson Larry Berger Darnell Vaughn and Ronnie Vaughn.
Prime Minister Harold Wilson came back from a Moscow peace mission with no economic relief as Britain endures its worst crisis in 17 years.
The Associated Press reports the New Mexico Press Women will focus on interpreting the space age for laymen at a Saturday convention in Albuquerque with panel discussions. Martha Eastlake of Cuba to receive the Zia Award for her writing. In Taos, former Gov. Cruz B Trujillo is free on 3000 bond after an involuntary manslaughter charge in a traffic death involving Alex Martinez, 56. Juan Archuleta, 56, also killed. In Las Vegas two teens died in separate NM traffic crashes: Thomas Martinez, 15, Romeroville. Esther Trujillo, 18, Grand Junction, Colo. In Santa Fe, the NM Supreme Court rejects an appeal challenging juror racial discrimination in Charlies Williams murder trial.
Cape Kennedy Florida AP report says Gemini 10 crew John W. Young and Michael Collins were told by Mission Control to keep eyes inside during a French atomic test over the South Pacific. Officials timed the blast so it would not affect the astronauts. they were flying too high for radiation danger.
Official records list marriage licenses for James Bates and Brenda Moore both age 20 and 18 in Roswell, plus other couples James Irvin, Johnnie Hilliard, Walter Fisher and Vicki Johnson, ages 23 to 26, all from Roswell. Divorces pending: Patrick Leonard and Patricia Leonard. McGinn Sandoval and Josie Sandoval.
A Monday 1 p.m. two car collision at Hahn and Summit Streets left Michael D. Maxwell 24 and Louis Riddle 57 injured and treated at St. Marys Hospital. Maxwell was cited for emerging from an alley without yielding.
After a Sunday cloud burst, more than an inch of rain in an hour triggered two rock slides near Red River. Rocks blocked New Mexico 38 for about a mile east and west of the community. Traffic slowed but cleared within hours. Telephone service was cut but restored by Monday. No damage reported in the village.
Visiting hours listed for General and Maternity patients at local hospitals. The St. Marys section records admissions on July 18 and dismissals the same day, listing names and addresses. Births on July 18 note a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Meek. Walker Air Force Base reports a daughter for A1C and Mrs. Charles G. Keesey at 6th FMS.
Maj Wilbur Ray Dudley one of the first to down a MIG over North Vietnam reports home demonstrations do not affect overseas morale. After nine months with the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing he returned July 10 praising his unit and noting most targets were ground transport. He describes ground fire as the main danger and says SAM sites pose less threat than AA guns.
The $206 million balance in the general fund at the start of the fiscal year July 1 reflects gains in most income sources. Fiscal 1965-66 revenues reached $184,785,000 with appropriations of $169,855,611 as Gov. Campbell cited in a party platform speech.
The New York stock market ended down after a session of sharp declines on reports that captured U S pilots could be tried as war criminals. By late trading, losses had narrowed with some gains among selected issues and airlines, rubbers and chemicals. Xerox and IBM remained down as volume reached 6.2 million shares.
The AFL CIO International Association of Machinists said it will ballot 35,000 striking workers at Eastern, National, United, Northwest and Trans World Airlines on a proposed 53 cent per hour raise over 36 months if no agreement is reached in 12 days. James J. Reynolds announced the move after a joint negotiating session, noting it is not a management agreement.
Two tool sets valued at 350 and 225 dollars were taken in separate incidents. Jessee Faulbn reported carpentry tools stolen from his auto in front of Zink's on North Main. Homer Stapleton said a complete mechanic tool set was lifted from his truck on Olen Featherstone property after a flat tire forced abandonment.
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