New Mexico Boys State Session Opens With 307 Delegates
The 23rd annual New Mexico Boys State begins at New Mexico Military Institute with 307 high school seniors arriving after 6 30 am bugle call. Delegates from Roswell Corpus include students from Roswell High Goddard High NM Military Institute Artesia Capitan Carrizozo Corona Dexter Fr Sumner Hagerman Hondo Lake Arthur Ruidoso among others as they undertake flag, chapel, calisthenics and city level elections and governance training led by officials from Roswell NMMI and the American Legion. Gov. David F Cargo is among visiting speakers as the week advances toward city county and state elections.
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New Mexico
New Mexico Boys State
New Mexico Military Institute
David F Cargo
Pearson Auditorium
Roswell
NMMI
American Legion
Boys State
Reed Mulkey
Rodney Adair
Wayne Shipman
Hondo
Donald McTeigue
Ralph Montes
Simm Polace
Lake Arthur
Robbie L. Robinson
Ruidoso
Pat Brown
Mike Montes
Nixon appoints panel to study campus unrest causes
President Nixon created the President Commission on Campus Unrest to identify causes of violence on campuses and propose methods to resolve grievances while protecting academic freedom. Chairman is William Scranton. panel may gain subpoena powers and will report before the next academic year begins.
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KEV
William W Scranton
Pennsylvania
Kent State University
Sq Ob
Jackson State College
Mississippi
Nexon
Congress
Act Wal
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Nixon
Sun
Bob Haldeman
Robert H Finch
Health, Education and Welfare
Grand Cay
Bahamas
Robert B Abpiansi
Cinch
Commission
Ninon
Roswell Maiden Linda Sloan Crowned Maid of Cotton
Ninteen year old Linda Louise Sloan of Roswell is Chaves County's Maid of Cotton, crowned during ceremonies Saturday night at the Roswell Inn. She receives a $500 college scholarship and will compete statewide in July at Ruidoso. Runner up Bonnie Barber, also 19 from Roswell, is named. Nixon calls for steps by all government levels to reduce campus violence and urges university leaders to help control and prevent it.
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Linda Louise Sloan
Roswell
Chaves County
Roswell Inn
Ruidoso
Bonnie Barber
Brazil to free prisoners as ransom for German envoy kidnap
The Brazilian government agreed to release 40 political prisoners and publish a leftist document urging rural guerrilla war as ransom for West German Ambassador Enren fried von Holleben, kidnapped by terrorists. A separate report notes an American Chinook helicopter crash near Lima injuring three of six aboard during earthquake relief. Brig Gen Levingston named Argentina's president by the junta. Capt Thomas K Willingham of the U S Army, cleared in the My Lai massacre, returns home.
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Associated Press
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Enrenfried von Holleben
Lima
Peru
U.S
Buenos Aires
Roberto Marcelo Levingston
Argentina
Levingston
Juan Carlos Ongania
Roswell Faces Growth Challenge After Turnover And Losses
Roswell undergoes 70 percent council turnover over 32 months with a death and a transfer. The city seeks industrial growth to fund needed street and airport upgrades as Pan Am and LTV Electrosystems shutter local facilities. Mayor Brainerd and Roswell Chamber push Be Counted census drive and pursue new tenants to restore growth.
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Pan Am
Brainerd
Roswell Industrial Development Corp
Bob Hoffman
Roswell Chamber of Commerce
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LTV
Strife Tensions Rise as Amman Unrest Intensifies
Tracer bullets lit Amman outskirts on Saturday as Jordanian forces moved on the capital amid clashes with Palestinian guerrillas. Al Fatah and PFLP leaders warned of further fighting while King Hussein took command to quell the strife. Red Cross said 24 died and 500 to 700 wounded over five days. evacuations of foreigners completed.
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Associated Press
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Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
al Fatah
Hussein
Sherif Nasser Ben Jamil
International Red Cross
Nasser Ben Jamil
Zeid Ben Shaker
Jordan
Palestinian Liberation Movement
Mashour Haditha
Jerusalem
Haditha
Wahdat
Hassan
Red Cross
United Nations
Boys State Delegates Arrive for New Mexico Citizenship Session
Richard Blara and Russell Nelms of Goddard High School sign in at New Mexico Boys State arrival day. A total of 507 delegates reach the New Mexico Military Institute for the week long citizenship training session sponsored by the American Legion.
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Richard Blara
Russell Nelms
Goddard High School
New Mexico
Ranchers Seek City's Aid Over White Sands Condemnation
Las Cruces New Mexico ranchers led by Paul Harvey meet to pursue legal steps after condemnation notices from the US government over White Sands Missile Range lands. They seek extension of a 20 day reply period and involve attorney Clarence Hinkle of Roswell, while disputes focus on lease terms and possession after June 30.
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Las Cruces
White Sands Missile Range
Paul Harvey
el Paso
Tex
Clarence Hinkle
Roswell
Public Land Law Review Commission
White Sands Range
Hinkle
US Dist
H. Vearl Payne
Albuquerque
US. Corps of Engineers
Corps of Engineers
Col
Richard West
Payne
State Land Office
Missile Range
William Jordan
Lindsay Says Nixon Panel Against Campus Violence Useless
Denver Mayors Conference hears Lindsay urge not to form another commission. He notes past presidential panels on crime and unrest offered recommendations but few were acted on. The council approves his substitute resolution, to be voted by the full conference.
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Lindsay
New York Republican
Nixon
US Conference of Mayors
Ann Uccello
Hartford
Conn
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