16 Jun 1970
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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1970
Page
1
Story notes Lloyd Coe of Angus as a frequent rescuer for flatlanders stuck in the mountain country. He uses heavy equipment and a road grader on the Angus Bonita Dam road. The tale blends local anecdotes with references to hunts, high country mishaps, and a community feel.
Three American corre held by Viet Cong in Cambodia for over five weeks were released and returned to Saigon unharmed. Rich ard B. Dudman of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Elizabeth Pond of the Christian Science Monitor and Michael D. Morrow of Dispatch reported they were safe and in good shape.
Dr William Paul Shrum, a 45 year old American medical adviser, was released by Palestinian guerrillas in Amman after a week in captivity. He was handed to the Jordanian Foreign Ministry and flown to Beirut, amid ongoing regional conflict and calls for settlement.
President Nixon plans a no power commission to publicize wage and price changes to curb inflation. The panel would include 10 to 12 respected figures and could influence policy without authority. Separate reports show manufacturers profits at two year lows and a mild recession spreading in Minnesota and nationally.
New Mexico ranchers in the northeast plan to apply pesticides to combat a reported range caterpillar infestation. The statement, issued through the governor's office, cites an anticipated need to protect forage and cattle health.
Roswell’s Pan American World Airways training site logged 47 747s making 786 flights and 8 191 landings in six months. 369 Pan Am pilots earned 747 ratings as the base phases out with last superjet departure.
The Department of Game and Fish donated two antelope fawns to Roswell Zoo after being picked up by well meaning passersby who believed they were abandoned. The department warns it is unlawful to take young wildlife and urges people not to remove them from their habitat.
Heat wave grips southern New Mexico with Roswell reaching 103 to 105 degrees. Carlsbad tied for the nation's high at 105 while El Paso posted 103. Forecasters expect temperatures to stay above 100 as readings top daily records and local towns report hot, dry conditions.
A panel of prospective jurors was summoned in Los Angeles for the Sharon Tate murder case while a contempt charge against Deputy D A A Aaron Stovitz is set to be ruled on in a few days. Deputy prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi says the Rolling Stone interview won’t affect the trial though publication sparked defense motions. Linda Kasabian’s trial is severed and delayed to August 17 as hearings on her date proceed.
The 13th annual Miss Wool of America Pageant begins in San Angelo with 20 college coeds arriving to compete. The winner, crowned June 25, earns a 2000 dollar scholarship, a new car, a major wardrobe, and a year of wool industry travel, as contestants model fall fashions in a TV special.
Six Roswell youths and about a dozen from the surrounding area won nomination for county offices at New Mexico Boys State on the New Mexico Military Institute campus. The mock counties move toward the governor and state officials election as candidates are named for DeBaca DeLeon De Vargas De Castro De Baca and DeLeon counties.
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