20 Jun 1973
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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1973
Page
1
Martha Mitchell pounded a reporter twice on the head and hurled obscenities during two downstairs confrontations outside her Fifth Avenue residence. She attacked amid press intrusion tied to her husband’s Watergate ties and later sought police eviction.
President Nixon and Leonid Brezhnev met at Camp David to discuss stopping nuclear war and advancing SALT talks. They planned a full day of talks with advisers while tax accord talks progressed in Washington amid MFN trade debates and U.S. pressure over Soviet emigration. Brezhnev denied a Jewish problem in the USSR as he answered questions from 20 senators at Blair House.
New Mexico reports a total road toll of 262 fatalities so far this year, compared with 253 at the same date last year, indicating a rise in traffic deaths.
A crowd topping a million gathered near Buenos Aires to greet exiled leader Juan Peron returning from Madrid. Violence erupted as Peronist youth clashed with rivals. two foreign businessmen were kidnapped, and an attack on party secretary general Juan Manuel Abal Medina injured his foot.
Fred Swinney of St Marys Hospital examines bone fragments found 17 miles northeast of Oasis Cafe, Roswell, on the Crosby ranch. He says the skeleton may be a male Mexican bracero over 40, dead about 30 years.
Legislation passage authorizes 9.1 million dollars for fiscal 1974 for the Roswell Test Center brackish water research. The bill, now before President Nixon, approves 1 million for Roswell studies, signaling expected federal funding but no appropriations yet. Facility managers caution funding is pending and operations will run on leftover funds through October.
Former secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally said at a White House news conference that he plans to quit his part time unpaid presidential consultant post by midsummer. He noted no specific unhappiness but described restlessness and frustration in his advisory role.
Three year old Sheila Trujillo of Albuquerque grabbed a handhold during a local circus. Her father Michael Trujillo found the scene hard to watch while others enjoyed the performance.
In Roswell area a skeletal find northeast of town is believed to be a male Mexican bracero or Indian, likely died from exposure up to 30 years ago. Dr Fred Swinney notes fragmentary remains, modern dentition, fetal pose, and missing arm bones, with weather aiding discovery.
Two masked men hijacked an 8400 gallon gas truck at a Phillips 66 plant in Jacksonville before dawn. They forced 43-year-old Frank Chaires into the tanker, taped his eyes and mouth, and chained him between the front seats. The truck was abandoned five miles northeast of Lakeland. Chaires alerted a motorist when he honked.
Don Bennett and Leon Ham complete purchase of about 35,000 acres of ranchland near Pinon west of Roswell and near Mayhill. The $1 million cattle operation transfers from Charles Dean of Midland, Texas, with Roswell broker Wayne Adams handling the deal as the co-owners return to their native state.
New co-owners Don Bennett and Leon Ham of Lubbock with former owner Charles Dean of Midland complete a 35 000 acre land transfer near Mayhill. The Roswell broker handled the deal, tying in a herd with Emulous Angus bloodlines and Western Canadian imports. Bennett plans potential Der Wienerschnitzel sites while running a ranch and hiring three more workers.
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