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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1965
Page
7
Denver Malaspina Glacier near Mt. St. Elias in southeastern Alaska is the largest glacier in the world outside the polar regions. The giant ice mass covers 1,500 square miles, an area larger than Rhode Island.
AP interview notes Glenn Ford negotiating a multiple film contract with MGM as an actor. He favors strong directors and recalls his Columbia and MGM tenures, praising George Marshall and wishing to work with John Ford, John Wayne, Henry Hathaway and Otto Preminger. He warns actors benefit from firm direction and dislikes being cosseted.
The Sells & Gray Circus folded its tents in Indiana Pa and moved to Wimber 40 miles away, leaving a 6,834 pound hippo unattended in a trailer truck. The animal was found and the hippo was retrieved Friday after the circus paid a $10 fine for cruelty to an animal.
San Antonio authorities report Dickie Lee Baca aged five fell Sunday into an irrigation canal while playing with a younger brother. His body was recovered about three hours later one mile south of the accident site from six to eight feet of water.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency reports total assets of New Mexico s 33 national banks rose to 686 million dollars at year end 1964 from 670 million at the end of 1963 reflecting a modest expansion in the banking system.
A list of crossword style clues and partial answers including numbers and directions. Entries cover various word parts from protection to Gentile terms, with hints on lengths and transliterations. The fragment appears to be a puzzle grid or clue catalog.
The University of Oklahoma awarded five alumni including Santa Fe publisher Robert M McKinney with its 1965 Distinguished Service Citations at commencement. Recipients also include Joseph A Brandt of Los Angeles and former OU leaders Dr Robert Calvert Dr Glenn C Couch and W Dow Hamm for sustained public service and contributions to human progress.
The New Mexico State Fair adds a Cotton Style Show for this year with plans approved by the State Fair Board. Sponsored by the New Mexico Cotton Promotions Association, it features work from county and regional contest winners. The board also appointed the New Mexico Council of American Indians to operate the fair's Indian Village.
In a six no trump contract from a 1965 Chicago Tribune report, South with 26 high cards faces a tricky play after West opens a diamond lead. The narrative examines spade and heart finesses, a blocked club, and a sequence to force a 12th trick with precise timing and cashing of top clubs.
AP reports appeal hearings for three former Fort Stanton State Tuberculosis Hospital workers will be held by the State Personnel Board on June 10 in Santa Fe. Rosa Crani and Rufino Padilla were dismissed when their jobs were abolished, while Esther Nichols a nurse aide was discharged for alleged insubordination.
In Chicago, agricultural fairs attracted six times as many attendees as league baseball events, highlighting strong public interest in farm exhibits and related activities over professional baseball during the period.
The agency will supervise race track security at 525 dollars per week and accept Chuck Head’s proposal to provide and maintain sound systems at the fairgrounds. Officials plan to mail the 1965 fair premium books next week and schedule a board meeting for July 8 at Los Alamos.
Three firemen were hospitalized and two slightly injured when a brick wall collapsed during efforts to quell a blaze that destroyed three businesses in El Paso. Fire Marshal H L O Hara estimated damage at several hundred thousand dollars. cause under investigation. The fire consumed a forklift equipment store a repair shop and an upholstery supply warehouse.
University of New Mexico President Tom Popejoy had his salary increased by 2500 to 26500 plus free housing and domestic help. Regents said the raise aligns his pay with peers at similar Western universities.
An autopsy found Walter R. Gensler, 33, died of a heart attack just before his truck left U S 66 near Santa Rosa, so New Mexico police said the fatality will not be counted in the state toll.
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