Budget deficit for 1968 hits $25.4 billion
Washington officials said the fiscal year ended June 30 shows a deficit of 25.4 billion, $5.6 billion above January estimates and 3.1 billion above the March revision. They cited delays in enacting the 10 percent income tax surcharge and short receipts as key factors.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Charles J. Zwick
Bureau of the Budget
Vietnam
Johnson
Congress
Fowler
Zwick
Arenal Volcano Erupts Killing Dozens And Forcing Evacuations
Costa Rica appeals for aid as Mt Arenal erupts after 500 years of silence. At least 12 dead and hundreds injured as lava, ash, and lava flows threaten Pueblo Nuevo Tabacon and surrounding villages. Emergency declared. 4,000 people evacuated.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
U.S
Pueblo Nuevo
Tabacon
Mt. Arenal
Legislative Assembly
Mt. Irazu
Ezell Ragsdale Rites Planned in Roswell
Funeral services are pending at Ballard Funeral Home for Ezell Ragsdale 74 of 1068S Montana who died Saturday in Anaheim California. A 65 year Roswell resident and WWII era custodian at Walker AF Base and Price's Creamery, he was a WWI veteran and Church of God in Christ member. He was born January 4 1894 in Jackson Mississippi. survived by wife Vi Smith and a large family.
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Ballard
Ezell Ragsdale
Montana
Anaheim
Calif
Roswell
Ragsdale
Walker AF Base
Price
Church of God In Christ
Jackson
Miss
Clinton
Melly Ragsdale
Blackman
N.M
Violet Smith
Ezell Ragsdale Jr
Seattle
Wash
Preston Ragsdale
Denver
Colo
Ozen Ragsdale
Birdell Whitney
Des Moines
Iowa
Hattie Joe Whitenberg
Bernice Walker
Violet Bantam
Riverside
Joyce Ragsdale
San Francisco
Lillian Ragsdale
Baltimore
Gary police actions end citywide disorder with arrests
Police silenced snipers with return fire and arrested 64 people as Gary Indiana authorities restored order. Mayor Richard G Hatcher announced a 14 member Negro community commission and continued hour by hour curfew amid night of unrest with no injuries reported. Police praised quick action by officers and Indiana state police, noting youths are discouraged from using violence.
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Gary, Ind
Gary
Richard G. Hatcher
Hatcher
Hilton
Central District
Terrytown
Mayor Sheds Ex-Beauty Queen Wife
Detroit AP report: Detroit Mayor Jerome P. Cavanagh is granted an absolute divorce from Mary Helen Cavanagh. He receives custody of the four oldest Cavanagh boys. she gets the home, furniture, car, and personal property. Alimony set at 50 dollars weekly to the wife and 25 dollars weekly for each of the four children. He must maintain the home mortgage. Both are Roman Catholic and the divorce was approved with archdiocesan permission after separation since January 1965.
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Detroit
Jerome P. Cavanagh
Mary Helen
Cavanagh
Bond Set for Man Arrested on Robbery Charge
U S Commissioner L C Thompson set bond at 25000 for Roy Linton Welch of Seymour Texas after his Hobbs arrest on a federal bank robbery complaint. FBI in Albuquerque said Welch robbed Woodson Texas State Bank on July 25 taking 17070 dollars. Welch was advised of rights in Thompson court and held in Chaves County jail. Deputies said Welch chartered a flight from Waco to Hobbs and did not detain the pilot.
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U.S
L. C. Thompson
Roswell
Texas
Hobbs
FBI
Albuquerque
Roy Linton Welch
Seymour
Tex
Woodson
Welch
Thompson
Chaves County
Lea County
Waco
Woodson State Bank
Burglaries and Thefts Reported Around Roswell
Roswell police logged multiple thefts including a burglary at Van's Shamrock Station 900 W Second with a window break and $210 in valuables taken, a stolen 1951 car later found near Grand Street, a portable TV from Samuel Najar’s car, and a $30 transistor radio plus two unknown items stolen from Luther Cullins.
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Roswell
Shamrock
Seachease
Sesei Ghater
Shendeon
Grand Street
Hondo River
B.L. Najar
Samuel Najar
Ronald W. Dennis
E. Hoagland
Luther Cullins
S. Pine
Episcopal Bishop Backs Birth Curbs at Lambeth
The Rt. Rev. John E. Hines reaffirmed support for birth control by medical means as aiding sound marriage and fighting poverty. The Lambeth Conference discussed the pope's veto on artificial contraception while bishops formed subcommittees to debate church renewal themes.
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London
John E. Hines
Episcopal Church
United States
Paul Paul
Hines
Presbyterian Church of Scotland
Municipal Court Crackdown on Drunk and Disorderly Offenders
Speeding and traffic fines imposed on Francisco AH Villa and Jean Gibson Hughes. Cecil M. Jenkins faces illegal alcohol sale. Several individuals including Henry Farmer Edward Pope Frank Kinsel and Charlie Dutchover jailed or fined for drunkenness prowling indecent exposure and related offenses. George Daley fined for driving while intoxicated.
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Francisco AH. Villa
W. Adams
Jean Gibson Hughes
S. Main
Cecil M. Jenkins
Henry Farmer
E. Deming
Edward Pope
San Angelo
Frank Kinsel
Charlie Dutchover
E. Elm
Bobby Duran
George Daley
Grandmother Receives First Woman to Woman Heart Transplant
A 49 year old Houston grandmother, Beth White Brunk, received the heart of Mon day night from donor Betty O Neal in the first female to female heart transplant. Surgeons led by Dr Denton A Cooley completed the operation in about two hours and reported Brunk in satisfactory condition at St Luke s Episcopal Hospital.
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Houston, Tex
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital
Beth White Brunk
Houston
Corsicana, Tex
Denton A. Cooley
Cooley
Gladys Smith
Bryan
Tex
O’neal
Hospital visiting hours and admissions at ENM Medical Center
The list details hospital visiting hours for general and maternity patients, addresses and names of patients and staff at ENM Medical Center and Memorial Osteopathic, with admissions and births recorded on July 29. Notable names include Ely McCarter Olive Brown C.B. Hoddinott George Harrison Cecilia Ybarra Robert W. Fall Lorene Jordan J.S. Tabor Adolario Sigala and others.
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Ely McCarter
N. Sequoia
Olive Brown
Rancho Rd
C.B. Hoddinott
N. Louisiana
George Harrison
Hagerman
Cecilia Ybarra
Robert W. Fall
Box
Lorene Jordan
E. Bland
J.S. Tabor
S. Atkinson
Adolario Sigala
S. Ohio
Beneta Ann Keith
S. Delaware
Roy Debara
Tularosa
Alice Roark
N. Garden
Accident Reports From N Kansas and N Main Streets
At 1 44 p m a parked car owned by John R Cummins was struck by a vehicle driven by Eunice Aloranda Johnson 61 of 310 N Kansas Johnson cited for improper backing. At 2 36 p m at N Main and Second drivers Marvin Bowin 27 of 613 E Mescalero and Nancy Lance 17 of 8 Del Norte Lance cited for following too closely.
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N. Kansas
John R. Cummins
E. Country Club
Eunice Aloranda Johnson
Eunice R. Johnson
N. Main
Marvin Paul Bowin
E. Mescalero
Nancy Sharon Lance
del Norte
Nancy Lance
Markets Mixed as Blue Chips Hold Gains in Patchy Session
In New York, steel and auto shares led a cautious rally with Ford and Chrysler up, IBM and other techs rising. Denver cattle and hogs moved modestly, Chicago hogs and cattle altered, while Taos officials meet Taos Ski Valley road funding talks seek 80 percent EDA aid for a 13 mile route costing about 650000.
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New York
Ford
Chrysler
General Motors
Republic Steel
U.S. Steel
Jones & Laughlin
IBM
Xerox
Polaroid
Control Data
Merck
Pfizer
Swift
Goodrich
du Pont
American Smelting
Occidental Petroleum
Studebaker-Worthington
American Stock Exchange
Santa FE
Taos
Arroyo Seco
Economic Development Administration
Long bike trek ends in Springer New Mexico
A Princeton family completed a 2000 mile cross country ride in seven weeks from near the Statue of Liberty to Springer New Mexico but halted the trip due to wind hills and heat. They decided to continue to Los Angeles by train with Fred Bauer guiding his wife Laraine and children Steve and Laraine riding ahead while 3 year old Christopher rode on the back.
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Albuquerque
Princeton, N.J
Statue of Liberty
Fred Bauer
Guideposts Magazine
Springer, N.M
Los Angeles
Bauer
Laraine
Steve
Christopher
Youth Protest After Filipino Teenager Shot in Manila
About 100 youths gathered outside the U S Embassy in Manila shouting Yankee go home and killers. They forced the gate and entered briefly before retreating. The protest targets the fatal shooting of Rogelio Gonzales an 18 year old by a U S Marine guard at Sangley Point naval station south of Manila.
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Manila
U.S
Rogelio Gonzales
U.S. Naval Station
Sangley Point
Bicycle Rider Hospitalized After Collision With Car
Johnny Cordova Jr. aged 7 of 1006 S Union was injured around 9 07 am today when his bicycle collided with a car driven by Parker Forrest English of Midwest City Oklahoma. He was taken to St Marys Hospital for examination of injuries by city police.
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Johnny Cordova Jr
S. Union
St. Mary’s Hospital
Parker Forrest English
Midwest City
Okla
Car Fire Damages Vehicle at Plains Park Center
A car fire at Plains Park Shopping Center caused wiring damage and was attributed to a short in the wiring. The owner is Marvin Lethgo of 909 N Plains Park Dr. A regular monthly press breakfast is set for Wednesday at 7 a.m. hosted by Mayor William F Brainerd at Roswell Inn.
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Plains Park Shopping Center
Marvin Lethgo
Plains Park Dr
William F. Brainerd
Roswell Inn
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Mike Tipton
Tee
UPI
Betty O'Neal
ST. Mary’s
Eva Hurley
Gloria Lucero
Joe Clements
Herbert Buchanan
Levi Scarberry
ENM Medical Center
Lupe Guebora
N. Pontiac
Danny Carpenter
E. Fifth
Effie Mae Capps
Donna Atwell
W. Poe
Carolyn Sisk
Oak Dr
Eunice London
Kay Carter
H” St
Lopez Policarpio
Alex Guebora
Frank Ford
Michigan
Irving Sisk
Memorial Osteopathic
Clara Losella
N. Missouri
Mary Ruiz
Druie Manor
N. Richardson
Lucien Hernandez
Dexter
Elba Lissan
Norris
Anabelle DeBaca
E. Albuquerque
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Hervey
Lisa Hylton
Ruth Akin
Arthur Rhoads
Bernardo Flores
Willard Wren
Manuel Camargo
EGG Market
Chicago
Chicago Livestock
USDA
E. F. Hutton & Co
Vosing Amer
Mobil Oil
Amer
Mt Sta T&t
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RCA Va
Ad Richald
Brunswick
Safeway
E Sears Roeb
Sinclair
Coca Cola
Ova Skelly Oil
Cent Oil
du Pontry Rd
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NJ Atg
el Paso NG
Sunray DX
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Tenneco
Texaco
Elec
Gen Motors
UN Aircraft
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Greyhound
Western Air Va Sulf Oi Int
BusMch
Wn Bancorp
Wests E
Inter Paper
Ls i
Dow-Jones
H & Co
Denver Livestock
Netad
West Texas Barber College
O’neal Watson
Grams
Veterans Administration
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Amarillo
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