Marine sergeant major opens new office in Roswell
Sgt. Maj. Clinton A. Puckett former Roswell resident becomes top enlisted man in the U S Marine Corps arriving to attend the grand opening of the Military Services Office at 308 Richardson Ave in Roswell He serves as adviser to the commandant on enlisted personnel and travels with him on installations Puckett rose from Santa Fe joining the Marine Corps in 1944 and earned the Navy Cross in Korea His Roswell ties include sister Inez Head and brother Johnny Puckett
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Maj
Clinton A. Puckett
Roswell
U.S. Marine Corps
Puckett
Military Services Office
Richardson’ Ave
Marine Corps
Robert E. Cushing Jr
Washington, D.C
U.S. Marine
Johnny Puckett
Artesia
Military recruiting offices open new quarters in Roswell
Formal opening of new recruiting offices for Air Force Army Navy and Marine Corps at 308-3102 N Richardson. Dignitaries including Marine Major William Brainerd and Sgt Major Clinton Puckett cut the ceremonial streamer. Detachments led by Col Elmer Funderburk Cmdr Ronald Smith and Lt Col Billy Brausium attended with Roswell Redcoats present. Receptions followed.
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Air Force
Army
Marine
Elmer Funderburk
Roswell
Navy
Ronald Smith
Billy R. Brausium
Albuquerque
Skylab 2 crew readies for 59 day space flight
Skylab 2 astronauts Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma prepare for their 59 day mission set to launch from Cape Kennedy aboard Saturn 1B. They will build on Skylab 1 solar studies using eight external telescopes and aim to extend Earth weather and energy research.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Alan L. Bean
Owen K. Garriott
Jack R. Lousma
Johnson Space Center
Houston
Earth
Orbiting Laboratory
William C. Keathley
NASA
Marshall Space Flight Center
Guiseppe Vaiana
Naval Research Laboratory
Bean
Garriott
Lousma
Johnson Center
The
Control Center
Texas
Nixon Rejects Subpoenas in Watergate Tapes Fight
President Nixon refused to turn over White House tapes to Senate Watergate investigators while promising to abide by a Supreme Court ruling. Archibald Cox sought court orders as the Senate panel voted to sue, arguing executive privilege clashes with congressional subpoena power.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Congress
Watergate
Senate Watergate Committee
Archibald Cox
Supreme Court
Cox
Watergate Committee
Sam J. Ervin
Dn.c
Gerald L. Warren
U.S
John J. Sirica
Sirica
Senate Committee
Ervin
Executive
Senate
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
Baker
U.S. District Court
Samuel Cash
H.R. Haldeman
New Mexico to receive grant for uniform crime reporting program
A $96,804 grant from the U S Department of Justice will fund a statewide uniform crime reporting program in New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici announced. President Nixon and Sen George McGovern met at a dinner hosted by the Shah of Iran with light exchange as Nixon praised his health.
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Washington
New Mexico
U.S. Justice Department
Pete Domenici
Nixon
George McGovern
Iran
McGovern
Notable guests set for Buena Suerte ranch party
More than 800 guests from across the nation are invited to a private 7 p.m. party at the Buena Suerte ranch owned by Mrs. Harriet Peckham in Roswell. Gov. Bruce King and actor Dale Robertson are listed among attendees along with leaders in the quarter horse industry.
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Buena Suerte Ranch
Harriet Peckham
Roswell
Bruce King
Dale Robertson
Spray program at half way mark in Chaves County
Chaves County Agent John Chappel reported half the grasshopper range caterpillar spraying complete. About 113,320 of 254,000 infested acres near Roswell were treated by two Lockheed Constellation planes, with a plan to spray 60,000 more if weather allows.
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Chaves County
John Chappel
Chappell
Roswell
U S veto blocks UN Middle East resolution at crisis debate
The United States casts its fifth veto in UN history to defeat a Security Council resolution deploring Israel’s 1967 war gains. China abstains. Yugoslavia India Indonesia Panama Peru Guinea Kenya Sudan sponsor the measure.
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United Nations, N.Y
United States
U.N
Security Council
Israel
Gunnar V. Jarring
Sweden
Middle East
Council
China
John A. Scali
U.S
Egypt
Nixon
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Yugoslavia
India
Indonesia
Panama
Peru
Guinea
Kenya
Sudan
Kurt Waldheim
Jordan
Montoya backs court challenge to Nixon tapes
Sen. Joseph Montoya of New Mexico says President Nixon’s refusal to release subpoenaed Watergate tapes and documents forces the Senate committee to seek a court ruling. The committee voted unanimously to sue, arguing executive privilege and separation of powers justify the action.
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Washington
Joseph Montoya
D-N.m
Nixon
Senate Watergate Committee
Montoya
Archibald Cox
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Santa Fe
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Iwo Jima
Mount Suribachi
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Korea
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Brotherhood of Arms
Robert M. MacQueen
High Altitude Observatory
Boulder
Colo
Roswell and Vicinity
Associated Press
Lester Goodson
Houston Tex
Bill Lamkin
Los Angeles
Calif
Bud Warren
Perry
Okla
Charles Strickland
Atlanta, Ga
B. F. Phillips
Dallas
Tex
C. L. Madden
Willard, N.M
Anthony Buford
St. Louis
Blair Folck
Columbus
Ohio
Art Pollard
Tucson, Ariz
Jack Dyer
Melvin Hatley
Okla. City
Walt Wiggins
Quarter Horse Racing World
Resolution
Seals
U. S
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