Roswell Council of Churches Forming Next Sunday
The Roswell Council of Churches will officially form next Sunday at 3 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church with Rev. Max K. Jones as featured speaker. Members pledged include Friendship Baptist First Christian West ridge Christian St. Thomas a Becket Episcopal St. Mary Roman Catholic and St. Peter s Catholic among others with officers to be elected and a public invitation extended.
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Roswell
Friendship Baptist
First Christian
Westridge Christian
St. Thomas A Becket Episcopal
Roswell Pilgrim Holiness
Christ Lutheran
St. Mark's Lutheran
Aldersgate Methodist
Spanish Methodist
Trinity Methodist
Westminster Presbyterian
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
St. Peter's
Max K. Jones
First Christian Church
Wishard F. Lemons
Trinity Methodist Church
Paul L. Dick
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Lawrence A. Shoberg
Christ Lutheran Church
Sally Clark
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
William R. Hartman
Robert H. Hopkins
Westridge Christian Church
Norma Gomez
Spanish Methodist Church
James F. Kirkpatrick
St. Thomas
Becket Episcopal Church
Lambert Dannenberg
St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church
W. J. Lawhorn
Friendship Baptist Church
Armed Forces Budget Approved by House Panel
The House Appropriations Committee okayed a 45.2 billion appropriation to fund the armed forces for the next fiscal year starting July 1. It covers 2.653 million uniformed personnel 899 ships 29,571 aircraft and one million reservists plus 2 700 nuclear warheads for strategic forces. The proposal is 2.5 billion under this year’s Defense Department allocation and 60.6 million below the president’s request.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
House
Defense Department
Johnson
Flood Strikes Centennial Track South of Denver
Centennial Race Track near Denver battered by South Platte floods. Four feet of mud covers the track and offices. Seven to ten of 152 horses stabled for the summer meeting are missing, with at least two injuries reported and likely cancellation of the 54 day meeting set to begin July 2. Track officials fear extensive equipment loss.
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Denver
Centennial
South Platte
Dick Riley
Riley
Girls Elect Our Gai Lisle Governor at NM Girls State
Leslie Borom, 17, of Roswell, won the 18th annual New Mexico Girls State election at the University of New Mexico defeating Dee Anne Carr of Albuquerque. About 280 participants attend the week long workshop and will hold mock legislative sessions in Santa Fe Friday. Other state officers elected include Jill Yarborough, Celeste Faison, Doris Flood, Jo Pat Willis, Pam Carpenter, Pam Pendergrass, Roxana Drake, Lois Whited, Debbie Baker, Holly DeVore, Lyn Branson, Colleen Collins, Peggy Deere, Celeste Lewis and justices of the Supreme Court.
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Albuquerque
Leslie Borom
Roswell
New Mexico
Jill Yarborough
Clovis
Celeste Faison
Las Vegas
Doris Flood
Jo Pat Willis
Carlsbad
Pam Carpenter
Pam Pendergrass
Jal
Public Lands
Roxana Drake
Portales
Lois Whited
Debbie Baker
Albuquerque Sandia
Holly DeVore
Albuquerque Highland
Lyn Branson
Hobbs
Colleen Collins
Albuquerque St. Vin
Navy Jets Down Two MIGs South of Hanoi in Dogfight
Two U S Navy Phantom jets shot down two Communist MIG 17 fighters 50 miles south of Hanoi while escorting bombers 20 miles north of Thanh Hoa. Titan 3C launch postponed due to technical and weather problems at Cape Kennedy Florida. Raton New Mexico reports hail damage and a 24 hour rain record of 4.01 inches, surpassing 1942.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Hanoi
U.S
U. S
Thanh Hoa
Cape Kennedy
Fila
Raton
New Mexico
Colorado
U. S. Weather Bureau
One Death Reported in Denver Flood Outbreak
Wide floodwaters and tornadic winds struck Denver and surrounding areas causing extensive damage. One man, 69, drowned after returning to his evacuated home while several others were injured. Unconfirmed reports spoke of missing residents in South Platte River bottoms as bridges and power lines failed and tens of millions in losses loomed. The storm system also hit Palmer Lake and southeastern suburbs.
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Denver
Colo
South Platte
Palmer Lake
Here
the Valley Country Club
17Th Street
Union Pacific
Prairie Lands
Globeville
Cassie Frazzini
Colorado Highway Patrol
Santa Cruz Man Held In Slaying Taos AP Report
A 40 year old Santa Cruz man, Ray Hurtado, was held in Taos in the fatal shooting of Elizida Sanchez, 35, mother of five. The oldest daughter witnessed the attack as a man entered the home fired three shots, then left with the 1 year old daughter.
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TAOS
Santa Cruz
Rodarte
Ray Hurtado
Santa Cruz Television and Radio
Elizida Sanchez
Embudo
Hurtado
Miss Voll Seeks Miss Roswell Crown at N M I Campus
Karen Lynne Voll 18 seeks the Miss Roswell title in a June 25 pageant at Pearson Auditorium on the New Mexico Military Institute campus. She is among 12 contestants, judged on talent evening gown and bathing suit with tickets at Roswell Chamber of Commerce.
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Bill Mewhorter
Roy Bean
Frank Kaufmann
Walker Air Force Base
Bar of Justice
Military Affairs Committee
Chamber of Commerce
William C. Bacon
Dick Hoban
15Th Air Force
Roswell
Karen Lynne Voll
Pearson Auditorium
New Mexico Military Institute
H.J. Voll
Bonita Dr
Miss Voll
University of Colorado
Miss Roswell
Roswell Junior Chamber of Commerce
Roswell Chamber of Commerce
Jaycee
Gemini Astronauts Awarded Presidential Medals
President Johnson pinned Exceptional Service medals on James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White II in a White House rose garden ceremony. He praised their Gemini achievements for narrowing the manned spaceflight gap with the Soviet Union and for fostering peaceful international cooperation in space.
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Washington
America
Johnson
United States
Russia
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
White House
McDivitt
Capitol
Salinas meeting seeks fix for RHS A team farm program
In Salinas California officials from the Department of Labor and California Strawberry Growers discuss problems with the A team program that sends high school players to farms in eight states. Roswell players signed up, earning wages tied to strawberry baskets, sparking wage and living condition complaints.
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Department of Labor
California Strawberry Growers
Salinas
Calif
Roswell
Los Alamos
N.M
California
City plans three exploratory wells west of Roswell
The city water committee asks the City Council to publish drilling bids for three exploratory wells about eight miles west of Roswell in Black Water Draw. If approved and a drilling permit issued, bids open in July with drilling set to start around August 1.
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City Water Committee
Roswell
Black Water
State Engineers Office
Robert Owen
Kay Havener
South Park
Havenor
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UPI
Armed Forces
Cent
Peggy Deere
Alamogordo
Celeste Lewis
Albuquerque Valley
Supreme Court
Lisle Borom
China Sea
Philippines
Batanese Island
Formosa
South Platte River
Ers
Earl Warren
Robert S. McNamara
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Charles W. Mathews
Manned Space Center
Houston
Tex
RHS
Pruet
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