Public audit dispute halts payment for Roswell firm
The Santa Fe school audit contract with Evertson and Associates was not approved by the Legislative Audit Commission, so C R Sebastian says the contract is invalid and the Roswell firm cannot be paid. The unsigned agreement dated December 1967 only reached the commission in June, influencing the Santa Fe superintendent’s firing.
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Roswell
Evertson and Associates
Santa Fe
Legislative Audit Commission
Legislative
C. R. Sebastian
Sebastian
Commission
Calvin C. Capshaw
New Mexico
Leslie Evertson
Bank burglary probe widens in Cuba town
FBI investigators pursue leads after a $24 000 burglary of the First State Bank in Cuba with cash and checks taken. Access was gained by forcing a side door and a vault torch attempt failed.
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Associated Press
Cuba
FBI
First State Bank
Paul Creek
Kenneth Bonnell
Bonnell
Steelworkers holdout tests new rank and file power
The United Steelworkers Union paused for talks on a 78 cent offer as 600 local presidents gain ratification power. Negotiations hint a total package could reach 88 cents with wage boosts, pensions, holidays, and widow pay, affecting about 450,000 basic steel workers.
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Anthony Tomko
McKeesport
Basic Steel Industry Conference
Joseph P. Molony
I. W. Abel
Red Shipe Accepts High NMSU Post
Rolland W. Shipe director of ENMU Roswell vocational technical division will become director of admissions at New Mexico State University on Aug 19. He helped establish the ENMAR program and its first year outcomes. Shipe replaces George Dennard who was killed in a recent auto accident. Frances Shipe, former NMSU publications editor, has done part time ENMU newswriting. John Gillis lauds his work. no replacement named.
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Justice of the Peace Assn
New Mexico
Tucumcari
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
George Wallace
American Independent Party
Wallace
Navajo
Window Rock
Ariz
Albuquerque
AIP
Rolland W
Red) Shipe
Eastern New Mexico University
Roswell
New Mexico State University
NMSU
Shipe
Enmar
Las Cruces
Mayfield High School
George Dennard
Miami University
Ohio
New Mexico Highlands
California Polytechnic College
University of California
Frances
New Mexico State
Enmu-R
John Gillis
Judge imposes tight publicity rules in Ray murder trial
MEMPHIS Tenn AP Judge W Preston Battle orders strict limits on interviews or press conferences for publicity in the James Earl Ray murder case. A committee cites violations by attorney Arthur Hanes Sheriff William Morris Atty Gen Ramsey Clark and Memphis attorney Russell X Thompson.
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Memphis, Tenn
James Earl Ray
W. Preston Battle
Battle Sunday
Arthur Hanes
Ray
Shelby County
William Morris
Ramsey Clark
Memphis
Russell X. Thompson
Criminal Courts
Funeral set for A Campbell in Roswell
W Archie Campbell 63 of 22 Riverside Drive Roswell died Monday at a local hospital. He owned The Myers Co. at 106 S Main and led the firm for 46 years. Funeral Wednesday at 2 p.m. Ballard Chapel officiated by Dr. Austin H Dillon. Burial South Park. Survived by wife Lucile Pix, a son Charles W Campbell, a daughter Mrs Charles Stubblefield, two brothers. Ballard Funeral Home in charge.
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W. Archie Campbell
Riverside Drive
Roswell
Myers Co
S. Main
Campbell
New Mexico
Ballard Chapel
Austin H. Dillon
First Methodist Church
South Park
Ballard Funeral Home
Minor Huffman
Maurice Trout
Hilton Ray
Frank Peters
HI. D. Hughes
Raymond Buckner
J. P. Williams
Olan Boyd
Cecil Deason
L. J. Reischman
Mansfield Tweedy
Charlie Powell
Roosevelt Peck
Lawrence King
Tommy Sumroe
Smith Peters
Albert Patterson
Fred Blocksom
J. R. Allen
Otero County
John
Elizabeth Hansen Campbell
Mr. Campbell
Santa Fe
Lucile Pix
Myer Co
Roswell Lodge No. 18
A.f.&a.m
Stewards
Charles W. Campbell
Dallas
Tex
Charles Stubblefield
Houston, Tex
Jesse W. Campbell
Mescalero
Ciarence Campbell
Winslow
Surtax Act Clarified by New Mexico Official
Santa Fe AP report says Assistant Attorney General Gary O Dowd views local income surtax as passing by a simple majority of those voting. Albuquerque Board of Education attorney Robert Botts argues the majority must be of qualified county electors. O Dowd notes the clarification opinion was sought amid financial trouble and not yet decided.
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Santa FE
Gary O'Dowd
Albuquerque
Czechs Face Soviet Saber Rattling as Summit Continues
AP dispatch from Prague reports Soviet military movements and a Czechoslovak general critical of liberalization meeting with Russian officers. Warsaw sources note substantial combat and supply traffic in Poland heading toward Czechoslovakia while the Prague leadership and Moscow hold their second showdown session.
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Hanns Neuerbourg
Associated Press
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Warsaw
Poland
Cierna
Prace
Samuel Kodaj
Rusk Upbeats Curbs on Bombing in Vietnam
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said the United States would not further curb bombing in North Vietnam without a realistic response from Hanoi. He warned that a halt could allow 100 percent of trucks to arrive, and stressed the need for accountable concessions before more progress. The remarks came amid broader coverage of Vietnam and related international tensions.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
United States
North Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnam
Rusk
Vietnam
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
North Korea
Red Cross
Three Roswell Area Farmers Fined for Water Violations
In Fifth Judicial District Court Judge Lael Oman presiding three Roswell area farmers were fined for water use violations. A J Greenwood east of Roswell received 750 dollars and six months jail suspended on no further violation. A W Langenegger Hagerman was fined 250 dollars with a suspended %-day sentence and must repay the water. Rosendo Casarez southeast of Roswell was fined 750 dollars and 90 days jail suspended on no further violation. State Engineer's Office through Wayne K Lampert filed charges.
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Roswell
Fifth Judicial District Court
Court of Appeals
Lael Oman
A.J. Greenwood
A. W. Langenegger
Hagerman
Langenegger
Rosendo Casarez
State Engineer’s Office
Wayne K. Lampert
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AL Stubbs
Anna Fleming
W. Ninth
C. G. Wiggins
S. Penn
Bruce Green
Wiggins
Green
New Mexico Arts Commission
Roswell Symphony
District Board of Education
Nera Cooperative News
Fort Sumner
Longbothams
Longbotham
Seminole
Tommie Harvell
Ft. Sumner
Perry Longbotham
Maurine Longbotham Harvell
Adios Amigos
Clovis
Air Force
Dale Noyd
10Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Denver
Colo
U.S. District Court
Noyd
Cannon Air Force Base
Federal Bureau
Harry Wagakter
Budget Bureau
Jerry Nol
David Cargo
Cargo
Daniel Evans
Noll
King County
Gerald Wayne Barnes
Nick Saiz
Tierra Amarilla
Perrs
Doug Bailey
Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
Mexico City
UPI
Red Shipe
A. Campbell
O'Dowd
Strecno
Alexander Dubcek
Ludvik Svoboda
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Dubcek
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