Drowned Explorers After Yellowstone Lake Trip Tragedy
Four Albuquerque Explorer Scouts drowned when storms roared over Yellowstone Lake. A 14 year old survivor Kim Jones walked barefoot from the scene to seek help, recalling others swamped in icy waters while swells halted rescue efforts.
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Yellowstone National Park
Wyo
Albuquerque
Kim Jones
Park
Vern Hennesay
Yellowstone Lake
Darwin Seamons
Tom Gower
Bob Safran
Burris Wolsieffer
Young Safran
Robert L. Safran
Gower
A. Rusty Gower
Young Jones
Nixon vows to stay on as president amid Watergate glare
President Nixon, back at the White House after a medical visit, told staff he will not resign, calling rumors of his resignation "plain poppycock." He urged continued hard work and urged others to bear down on the job despite health concerns.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Rose Garden
Bethesda Naval Medical Center
Full Hill
Nixon Discharged After Viral Pneumonia At Bethesda
President Nixon left Bethesda Naval Hospital after an eight day stay for viral pneumonia. He praised the Navy medical staff and the spirit of Bethesda and said he would work from Camp David while rest is advised. He visited Rep. Landgrebe and planned to answer the Watergate tapes request.
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Nixon
Bethesda
Navy
White House
Camp David
Earl Landgrebe
Rind
Landgrebe
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Ronald L. Ziegler
Senate Watergate Investigating Committee
Watergate
Fourteen NM National Guard officer candidates to be commissioned
Fourteen officer candidates from across New Mexico will receive commissions as second lieutenants at a 10 30 a m ceremony in Pearson Auditorium at the New Mexico Military Institute. Maj. Gen. James P. Jolly will give the commencement address.
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Pearson Auditorium
New Mexico Military Institute
New Mexico
State National Guard
James P. Jolly
Santa Fe
Pearson
Jolly
New Mexico National Guard Officer Training School Academy
Roswell
Academy Supt
Edward J. Hamilton
Denton
Tex
National Guard
Comanche Hill
Hamilton
Tom Closson
U.S. Army
Ft. Benning
New Mexico National Guard
Glover’s Packing Faces Hard Review Over Price Ceilings
Government price ceilings on beef remain until Sept. 12 forcing Glover’s Packing Co. Roswell to reassess operations as losses mount. Executive VP Rudy Narod says production continues but warns of possible layoffs if curtailment becomes necessary. Narod cites a shrinking cattle supply and consumer price pressures as driving the potential setback.
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Glover's Packing Co
Roswell
Rudy Narod
Narod
Associated Press
Glover's
Jess Karler
Karler Packing Co
Albuquerque
Explorer Scouts Drown Canoe Trip At Yellowstone Lake
Tom Gower and Bob Safran both 16 and two adult leaders were aboard canoes they built for a Yellowstone trip when a thunderstorm struck. Five survived as park officials reported the youths and leaders drowned. Seamons was a father of six and worked as an electrical engineer. the troop had raised about $500 for the journey.
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Hennesay
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Church of
Albuquerque
William A. Sego
Aernallo
Yellowstone Park
Wyoming
Sedge Bay
Jones
Paul Porter
Kevin Seamons
Russ Hallett
Ken Foley
Hennsay
Lake Hospital
N.M
Tom Gower
Bob Safran
Yellowstone National Park
David E. Cummings
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Burris Wollsieffer
Darwin Seamons
Yellowstone Lake
Cummings
Seamons
General Electric Co
Wollsieffer
Yellowstone
By law review eyed for private clubs in New Mexico
Deputy state liquor director John Romero said the state may examine by-laws of private clubs to see if male only restrictions could void liquor licenses. He cited the Elks nationally removing whites-only clauses and noted potential action on equal rights for women. A AG opinion would be needed before enforcing.
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Santa FE
N.M
John Romero
Elks Clubs
Romero
National Elks Convention
Chicago
Elks
Carlos Jaramillo
Jaramillo
ENMU to Receive 24000 Grant for Rural Institute in Roswell
The governor's office announced a 24000 grant to Eastern New Mexico University for a rural development institute on ENMU's Roswell campus. Funding is provided under the Higher Education Act of 1965.
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Santa FE
N.M
Governor's Office
Eastern New Mexico University
Roswell
ENMU
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Marilyn Holmes
Glovers
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Ronald D. Awtrey
Friona
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Clovis
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Taos
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Houston B. McKenzie Jr
Tucumcari
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University Park
Barry F. and
Bruce T. Stout
Berry S. Newberger
Los Alamos
State Department
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D Minn
Senate
Madison
Wis
Oscar Mayer & Co
Oscar Mayer
Senate Today
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Soviet Union
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