Roswell Visit Includes Silver Roadrunner Tie Pins
Al Stubbs presents Japanese visitors to Roswell with silver roadrunner tie pins. The state bird emblem debate is recalled, with tails up for rest and down for running as roadrunners never walk. Gibson's Del Norte thanks emergency crews after a Sunday fire destroyed Gibson's and other center businesses except Safeway.
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Art Aiello
The
House of Arts
Roswell
New Mexico
Gibson's
del Norte
State Police Department
LaGrone Ambulance
Salvation Army
Safeway
Richard Sandoval
Gibson
Fire critique and praise amid Roswell blaze coverage
An anonymous letter criticizes firefighting at a major Roswell fire citing many combustibles at Gibson's and a beauty shop. the Roswell Fire Department is praised for its handling. The piece notes a lack of four snorkels and acknowledges the demanding nature of firefighting.
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Gibson’s
Roswell
Skylab mission photographs Cape Kennedy area amid Disney World boom
Astronauts Paul Weitz Charles Conrad Jr and Dr Joseph Kerwin completed a 10th earth resources pass hampered by cloud cover over the central United States. The focus shifted to Brevard County Florida home of Cape Kennedy where sensor planes gathered data to compare with Skylab amid Disney World’s regional growth. The note also mentions a 7:30 p.m. game between the American Legion team and St John’s at Fair Park.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace Winter Space Center
Houston
AP Skylab
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Walt Disney World
Florida
Paul J. Weitz
Titan
Weitz
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
United States
Colorado Rockies
Wyoming
Big Horn Mountains
Great Plains
Midwest
Brevard County
Skylab
Verl R. Willmarth
Earth Resources Project
Disney World
Retired pilot dies in Roswell area obituary
William E. Seale 51 former Air Force lieutenant colonel and national sales director at the House of Art in Roswell died Tuesday after an apparent heart attack at St. Marys Hospital. Born December 1 1922 in Douglas Arizona he served 20 years and earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters. He is survived by his wife two daughters his mother and siblings. Funeral arrangements at Ballard Funeral Home with full military honors from Kirtland AFB. Donations urged to the Chaves County Cancer Society or Immanuel Lutheran Memorial Fund.
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U.S. Air Force
William E. Seale
Mr. Seale
Air Force
House of Art
Roswell
Douglas
Ariz
St. Mary’s Hospital
Carver Drive
Korea
Vietnam
Verla Mae Pabst
Spokane
Wash
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Seale
Lisa A. Seale
Tanya G. Seale
Ruby FE. Seale
Douglas, Ariz
Frank B. Seale
Phoenix
Clara Bahschnitt
Bisbee, Ariz
Boy Hunt Continues In Grand Canyon Search
Marcus Ortega, 11, of Santa Fe New Mexico, is missing at the Grand Canyon. He was among 10 children who hiked into the canyon with his uncle Desi Baca of Albuquerque. Temperature at the canyon bottom reached 110 degrees as search efforts continued.
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Grand Canyon
Ariz
Santa Fe
N.M
Park Service
Marcus Ortega
Marcus
Desi Baca
Albuquerque
Colorado River
Bright Angel Trail
Los Esteros Dam receives court approval for early work
District Judge Joe Angel clears the way for preliminary construction on the 450 000 acre foot Los Esteros Dam near Santa Rosa New Mexico The ruling allows a 5000 acre foot flow through pool at Alamogordo Reservoir downstream from the site as proposed by the state engineer The Fort Sumner Irrigation District opposed a larger pool citing sediment dilution benefits and the Corps of Engineers has limited funds for initial work including access roads
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Santa Rosa
N.M
Joe Angel
Los Esteros
Paul Bloom
Angel
Pecos
Fort Sumner
Alamogordo
Steve Reynolds
Reynold
John J. Coury
Bloom
Coury
Carlsbad Irrigation District
Corps of Engineers
Congress
Alamogordo Reservoir
Market reports stock prices barely move in New York
Market news notes small moves as investors react to a White House plan for a nationwide TV speech on the economy. The Dow Jones industrial average stood at 927.38 at noon after an initial rise, with advances exceeding declines by more than two to one.
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New York
White House
Nixon
Sandoval rites set for former SBA head Hilary Sandoval Jr.
Funeral mass for Hilary Joseph Sandoval Jr. former head of the Small Business Administration is set for 1:30 p.m. at St Matthews Catholic Church with burial at Ft. Bliss National Cemetery. He died Monday at 43 after a long illness. He directed the SBA from 1969 to 1971 and earlier served as a Caribbean intelligence agent during the Korean War. He is survived by his wife Dolores, six children, a brother George, and his parents. The NYSE rose .16 to 97.11. the Dow showed gains as analysts awaited a presidential economic announcement.
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EL Paso
Sandoval
Dolores
George
Tucson
Ariz
Hilary Sandoval
Tornado Funnel Reported North of Roswell and Sinking Road
A tornado funnel was reportedly sighted 13 miles north of Roswell during heavy rain. State police checked for the funnel but found no sighting. A second report noted a road between Greenfield and the Rio Felix Bridge had sunk about one foot, with highway officials to place flares.
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Roswell
New Mexico
National Weather Service
Albuquerque
Here
Chaves
Hagerman
Greenfield
Rio Felix Bridge
Highway Department
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Texas International Today
Los Angeles
California
Goddard Museum
Rogers Aston
Pearletta Lynn Bell
Pearson Auditorium
New Mexico Military Institute
Miss Bell
Emma Williams
Hobbs High School
American Legion
St. John’s
Fair Park
National Cemetery
John C. Hetlinger
Lutheran Church
Ballard Funeral
Kirtland Afb
Ballard Funeral Home
Tom Stephens
Dave Janke
Eddie David
LaVerne Koske
Bill Peck
O. F
Pete’’ Kunkel
Sonoma
Denise Frost
S. Washington Ave
South Park Cemetery
John J. Fourie
First Christian Church
LaGrone
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
Clinton Dale Frost
N. D. Frost
Duffy Johnson
Dexter
Thelma Keeth
Thelma Irene Phillips Keeth
S. Ohio
Keeth
John Henry Keeth
Patrick Henry
James M. Mills
E. Poe
St. John's Catholic Church
Howard Meyer
OFM
Arctic
Hobbs and
South Main Streets
Roswell Savings & Loan
Hondo Lodge No. 74
Afram
Louis Angelos, WM
B&w
Ocean South Main
Ber CO Ell, N.M
New York Stock Exchange
Nw York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
Dow
Wall Street
E. F. Hutton & Co
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Amer Met
Marco
Amer
Mobil Oil
Atl Achfid
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Avco
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Pan Am WA
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Cont
Ramada Inn
del Webb
RCA Corp
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Ryndis Tob
Duplan Corp
DuPont
Santa Fe Ind
Sears
Exxon
Signal Oi
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Fsrah Mtg
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Goodyear
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Texaco
Hueblien
Transam
US Steel
Kennecott
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Elec
Levi Strauss
Meron
Ling Temco
Liten Ind
Union of Cai
Boe Dow Jones
EF Hutton & Co
Chicago
EF. Hutton & Co
St Ia
Funnel
Roswell Industrial Air Center
Maurice Mordka
Arizona
Sony TV
Sony
Trinitron
N. Main
Tp AG
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