Argument over Western Union site sparks Roswell dispute
A long running argument at Herring Produce Co centers on the location of the Western Union attic and which doorway led to the old Ayers newsstand. Townspeople recall the First National Bank and the White Building. Robert Geyer, husband of a crash survivor, notes a racing tip change and credits an act of fate with saving lives. The Roswell Farm Bureau convention plans are set as delegates arrive for a big weekend.
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Alex Crest
Herring Produce Co
Businest
Western Union
Second Street
Ayers
Alles South
Third
Waites State
Balloon Grounded Delays Air Force High Altitude Flight
An Air Force high altitude balloon launch was postponed here due to cloud cover and winds. The 10 million cubic foot craft would reach about 110000 feet before drifting west over White Sands Missile Range.
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Associated Press and Record News
Air Force
White Sands Missile Range
Witness Tells Story Of Multiple Killings At Tate Trial
Linda Kasabian testified that Patricia Krenwinkel chased Abigail Folger across the Tate lawn and that Susan Atkins complained of a painful hand during stabbing. Kasabian said the group changed clothes in the car and sought a house to wash away blood. She described terror, pleas for mercy, and the group’s midnight mission under Charles Manson’s orders.
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Linda Deutsch
Associated Press
LOS Angeles
Linda Kasabian
Sharon Tate
Kasabian
Miss Tate
Sadies
Susan Atkins
Miss Pate
Tate
Tug
Mai
Hari
Mirs Brusalan
Frykowsk
Miss Folger
Jay Sebring
Kasabians
Manson
Irving Kanarek
Charlie
Tex
Kasabian Watson
Texas
Reports Awards Set To Open Convention Seattad Reverts
Delegates expected as the New Meaty Parn and Livestock Bureau holds its annual convention on Thursday. Secretary of Agriculture Hardin to deliver keynote. registration starts early morning at the Rosenstein and AS GHRS.
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Seattad
Toer
Whicch
Sprarultar
Citteard
Appropriations Veto Feared Over Housing and Education Funds
Senate Leader Hugh Swatt warns an $18 billion housing package and related federal programs risk a presidential veto. Education funding at $4 billion sailed through the Senate unanimously, with support to prevent school closures busing or transfers without parental consent as part of desegregation efforts.
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Washington
Senate
Hugh Swatt
Exon
White House
House
Housing and Urban Development Conference
Scott
Nixon
Len Norris Cotton
New Hampshire
Cotton
Warren G Magnuson
D-Wash
Congress
Pennsylvania Avenue
Gaston Resigns Roswell Chamber Manager Post
Roswell Chamber of Commerce manager Bob Gaston has resigned after nearly two years in the post. Chamber president J McLelland said a replacement has not been named and it will be some time before another manager is hired. Gaston did not reveal his future plans.
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Bob Gaston
Roswell
Congress
Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Wilbur D. Mills
Arkansas
House
Ways and Means Committee
Murray L. Weidenbaum
Robert L. Joss
Weidenbaum
Joss
Rumors of cash on crashed plane denied by state officer
State police officer Darrell Austin with Capitan reports rumors of large cash aboard the private plane that crashed in the Capitan Mountains are unverified. About $1,000 recovered. earlier rumors of up to $200,000 in valuables dismissed. Survivor Mrs. Geyer in fair condition at Eastern New Mexico Medical Center. Victims include five from one family and the pilot Jerry Gates. Funeral plans set in Texas. Roswell and Albuquerque facilities mentioned.
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Capitan Mountains
Darrell Austin
Capitan Austin
Acotoon
Austin
Robert Gever
Geyer
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
Albuquerque
William Stumbling
Sandy
Mr. Sumbling
Alma Sumbling
Gordon Lytton
New Braunfels
Tex
Revenue Sharing Plan Seen Shifting Funds to States
Treasury breakdown shows New York would gain 542.67 million in year one and California 536.37 million under the revenue sharing proposal with large shares to local governments. New York would pass on about 228 million to local units including 157 million to New York City. California would pass 166 million. The plan aims to reach 5 billion in federal grants as revenue sharing expands, amid congressional resistance.
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Washington
New York
California
Treasury Department
Department
Congress
New York City
Federal
Treasury
New Mexico City County Breakdown of Nixon Revenue Sharing
The state shows total annual revenue sharing of 33 221 595 dollars with 27 588 871 to state government 5 632 722 to local government 4 129 018 to cities and 1 503 704 to counties. Cities listed include Albuquerque Clovis Farmington Gallup Hobbs Las Cruces Roswell Santa Fe and others with amounts ranging from 102 470 to 312 040. Counties include Bernalillo Chaves Grant Lea and others totaling 1 903 704.
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Washington
Nixon
The
Treasury
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Clovis
Farmington
Gallup
Hobbs
Las Cruces
Roswell
Santa Fe
Tentative OK Given Postal Reform Bill
House and Senate negotiators reached a tentative agreement to remove the U.S. mail from congressional control and establish an independent postal service with an 8 percent pay raise for mail workers. Details include a new board of governors confirmed by the Senate and an independent rates commission, with broad autonomy and limited congressional veto.
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Senate
U.S
Congress
Edward J. Derwinski
Derwinski
Nixon
Board of Governors
Independent Commission
Commission
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