Chavez Deplores Slow Paving Pace On Forest Roads
Washington senator Dennis Chavez blasts slow block topping of forest highways in New Mexico and the western states as only 20 percent of the approved program is completed. He cites 485 unmapped miles in New Mexico and requests for $1.5 million for U S 666 and $1.224 million for U S 142 in Gila National Forest.
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Washington
Dennis Chavez
New Mexico
U. S. 260
Silver City
Bureau of Public Roads
Chavez
U. S
Gallup
Shiprock
U. S. 142
Gila National Forest
Catron
Sen. Chavez
Senate Committee On Public Works
Congress
Sen
Commissioner of Public Roads
Grant County
Arizona Line
Luna
Catron County
Three DWI Cases Are Heard in Court
In the court of justice R. Perry Bean three drunken driving and two check cases were heard. Hendricks and Pacheco pled guilty and paid $105 fines plus costs with one year license suspensions. Gallegos pled innocent on a DWI. bond set at $500. Tyler pled guilty to forgery tied to a $70 check. bound over to District Court with $1,500 bond. Lewis pled innocent on a property theft and deceit charge related to Worley Auto Sales. bond set at $1,500.
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R. Perry Bean
James Bryan Hendricks
LeRoy Pacheco
Louis Gallegos
J. D. Tyler
District Court
A. L. Lewis
Worley Auto Sales
S. Main St
Scout Executive Serves as Instructor at Camp Constantine
Henry McGinty Rio Hondo district Boy Scout executive is at Camp Constantine Possum Kingdom Lake Texas this week as an instructor in the national camping school. Attending from this council are Wayne Sartin Howard C Brown from Roswell Charles Moore from Hobbs and Ned Shattuck from Carlsbad.
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Henry McGinty
Rio Hondo
Camp Constantine
Possum Kingdom Lake
Texas
Wayne Sartin
Howard C. Brown
Roswell
Charles Moore
Hobbs
Ned Shattuck
Carlsbad
Valedictory addresses on democracy and character at graduation
The ceremony featured B Laverty cadet colonel urging responsibility to country and teachers, Holt the valedictorian stressing character, self reliance, and keeping high standards. speakers warned against selfish pursuit and praised democracy as a two way street with duty.
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Dow
B. Laverty
Bradley
Laverty
Holt
Artesia Advocate Becomes Daily in Operations Today
Artesia Advocate transitions from a twice weekly to a Monday through Friday daily paper in Artesia. Publisher Orville Priestley says the daily edition will include AP state news from a six day service and features new staff led by Vernon E. Bryan and David H. Rodwell. Lincoln O Brien of Santa Fe plans Artesia Daily Press launch this week.
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Artesia
Artesia Advocate
The
Advocate
Orville Priestley
Lincoln O’brien
Santa Fe
New Mexico Newspapers, Inc
Artesia Daily Press
O’brien
Las Vegas
Tucumcari
Gallup
Farmington
Priestley
Las Cruces
Associated Press
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Vernon E. Bryan
David H. Rodwell
C. R.blocker
Gayle Talbot
Texas
New Mexico Press Assn
Daily Advocate
Weekly Advocate
Burglars Rob Safe at Gamble Store in Artesia
Artesia police report burglars pried open the rear door of the Gamble Store Sunday night and carried off a 300 pound safe with 144 in cash and 284 in checks. Four .22 rifles and two high powered rifles were also stolen, manager T L Welch said.
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Artesia
Gamble
Frank Powell
T. L. Welch
Social Security Bill Expands Coverage and Benefits
The bill would make Social Security operative two months after passage with many changes effective January 1. Benefits rise for current workers and retirees, with caps increasing to 108.50 for covered workers and 162.75 for a retiree with a wife 65 or older. family maximum to 200. It allows part time earnings up to 1,000 annually without losing benefits. beyond that, monthly benefits are reduced. Looser rules apply to those 75 and older. New coverage expands to farm owners and workers, many state and municipal employees, professionals, ministers, and domestic workers. New tax increases would start in 1970 and 1975, raising employer and employee rates and self-employment taxes.
Cohn Denies Arrangement Move and Double Cross Claim
Cohn denied Adams charge that the McCarthy subcommittee moved hearings from New York to Washington. He said he recalled no remark accusing Stevens of a double cross and disputed Stevens statements about no espionage at Ft Monmouth. He said McCarthy objected to those claims and said he would supply documents Schine worked on during his Ft Dix pass. He indicated a large batch of papers would be produced.
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Cohn
Adams
McCarthy Subcommittee
New York
Washington
New York City
Subcommittee
Stevens
Sen
McCarthy
Ft. Monmouth
Indochina Cease Fire Talks Face New Hurdles
The Indochina conference tackles policing an armistice with a Korea like red and non red police body, while Col Jules Fleurant for France and Ta Uang Bau for Viet Minh attend. Gromyko proposes a four nation supervisory group amid U S objections to Communist veto power.
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Jules Fleurant
France
Ta Uang Bau
Indochina
Soviet Union
Poland
Czechoslovakia
India
Pakistan
Andrei Gromyko
U.S
Walter Bedel Smith
Korean Supervisory Commission
Smiths
United States
Cadets’ Ball Tragedy Leaves Campus in Mourning
Three cadets died in a tragedy at Walker Air Force Base campus as a ball turned to grief. Ambulances, police, and Air Force units responded while families and classmates mourned at the armory amid flashing lights and sobbing attendees. The Houston cadet Vlohoupoulos, son of John and Pearl Mae, is among the dead. Woody Moore had just become a father days earlier.
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Walker Air Force Base
Thompson
Dallas
Roswell
Houston
Vlohoupoulos
John
Pearl Mae _ Vlohoupoulos
Greece
Woody Moore
Ruidoso
Man Walks Across America From New York to San Francisco
Des Moines report on John F Frey who plans to walk the entire length of the country from New York to San Francisco about 3030 miles. He began April 1 and has traveled 1258 miles by last night averaging 21 miles daily with an aim to finish by mid November.
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Des Moines
John Ff. Frey
Switzerland
New York
San Francisco
United States
Military Institute Scholarships Awarded Across Many Donors
A long list of scholarships and awards at the New Mexico Military Institute recognizes cadets for continued study and military careers. Recipients include David Smith Jr., Norman Jack Brown, Joseph Clairon Witwer, and Wayne B. Laverty among others, with donors from Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, and Roswell supporting funds for education, sports, and leadership.
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Douglas MacArthur
Jesse
H. Jones
Houston
Charles Martin Chamberlain
Rushville
Neb
Brian Anthony Shannon
Beaumont
Calif
Jay Eugene Floyd
Flagstaff
Ariz
Peter Thomas Higgins
Los Angeles
Dorsey Lynn Baker
Lockney
Texas
Virgil Lusk
Edward Pressler
St. Louis
Jerry Waldo Ware
Roswell
Willie Morrison
Wilbur L. Morrison
Vincent Lee Morrison
Sylvester Aloysious Merritt Jr
Tucson
Herman Fleishman
John Hatfield Hughes
Cushing
Oklahoma
Tampico
Mexico
Ruppert
Max K. Ruppert
Chicago
Joseph Clairon Witwer
Galveston
Norman Jack Brown
Liberal
Kansas
J. Ross Thomas
T. H. Boswell, Jr
Wayne B. Laverty
Max Lynn Schrimscher
Albert Sanchez Romero
Alamogordo
MacMurphy
American Revolution Award for ROTC Cadet
The New Mexico Society Sons of the American Revolution presents the American Revolution Award to an outstanding ROTC cadet based on leadership soldierly bearing and excellence in military curriculum.
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The
New Mexico Society
Sons of the American Revolution
Senate bill seeks flood control survey for Rio Hondo area
A Senate public works committee member discusses Senate Bill 3522 authorizing the Army Secretary to direct a preliminary survey for flood control of Rio Hondo and its tributaries near Roswell New Mexico under the chief of engineers. He urges gathering supporting information including newspaper clippings and letters from Roswell city officials and county commissioners.
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Committee On Public Works
Senate
Rio Hondo
Spring River
Roswell
N. M
City of
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