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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1977
Page
4
The firing of Mahlon Love by Gov. Jerry Apodaca triggers debate over board independence as reorganization in 1978 shifts most citizen boards to advisory roles under state agencies. Critics warn firing independent members erodes checks on power and risks political influence over future leadership.
Sam Papich resigns as executive director of the Governors Organized Crime Prevention Commission after a decade of leadership. The commission, independent since 1973, credited Papich with pivotal investigations including a $395000 embezzlement case in Health and Social Services and steering amid political pressures in Santa Fe. Harris Hartz is named as his successor, seen as qualified for a critical period.
A reader denounces the New Mexico IWY Conference in Albuquerque as a staged event funded by a $5 million federal appropriation. The letter alleges bias toward socialistic resolutions, lack of flags, poor attendee access to materials, and argues the state turnout was too small to represent NM women. The writer calls for accountability from organizers and condemns the conference as unrepresentative.
Mrs. W H Kegley hosted the South Springs Acres Garden Club in Burt Astons country garden. Cpl Francis M Russell, son of Mr and Mrs S M Russell Route 2, serves with the 7th Infantry Division on the Korean front. Pamela Skeen named Miss Roswell with Richard Adams and Roger Dearley as Master Roswell at a Pythian Sisters contest. Don Swain, son of Mr and Mrs C D Swain, elected president of the Sherman Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Santa Fe and Cuba superintendents told the Legislative School Study Committee that transportation, food and lodging for student activities are rising fast. Grants and other districts report enrollment growth, mobility, truancy, and bus discipline challenges while officials seek targeted state aid and policy fixes.
Jack Anderson and Les Whitten report misuse of the courts carpentry shop by officials including Chief Justice Warren Burger. Examples include furniture and home fittings for justices and nepotism cases, with efforts to discuss the matter met by stonewall.
The piece surveys Hitler’s plans to invade England, the anticipated Sea Lion, and the Battle of Britain as pivotal to World War II. It notes Churchill becoming prime minister on May 10 1940, British code names, Dunkirk evacuation Dynamo, and alleged beliefs about England and Germany.
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