San Francisco Toasts 106th Birthday of Larry Lewis
Larry Lewis, a former waiter and goodwill ambassador for Western Girl Inc., celebrated his 106th birthday with a party. He jogs six miles daily and credits his vigor to a diet of 12 ounces of meat per week and organic vegetables, while abstaining from cake and smoking. He drinks three gallons of spring water daily and does not drink alcohol.
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Larry Lewis
San Francisco
Western Girl Inc
Temporary Help Service
Lewis
Brezhnev offers Paris chair at planned East West super summit
Brezhnev and Pompidou held a three hour Paris meeting to press consultations after Washington. France insists on sovereignty in defense and remains wary of a rigged Cold War closure. Brezhnev floated a Paris hosted December summit seen as allied to Nixon but France may resist until Helsinki talks progress.
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Roswell ISD Eyes $80,000 in Federal Funds Shift
Roswell Independent School District could gain an additional $80,000 in federal funding for education programs in the coming fiscal year. Robert K. Maxwell notes the boost may come from a HEW announcement that Title I allocations for 1973 74 will be based on 1970 census figures for low income children rather than 1960 figures.
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House of Representatives
Funeral services set for longtime Roswell rancher H H McGee
Funeral services for H H McGee 77 a Roswell resident for 45 years will be at 11 a m Wednesday at Ballard Funeral Home Chapel with Larry E Hartfelder officiating. Burial in South Park Cemetery follows. McGee, a former city official and school board member, died Monday night at home. He was born August 25 1895 in Mexico Missouri and lived in Roswell since the early 1920s. He helped found Amason McGee Insurance Co and served as president of Pecos Valley Compress Co and secretary treasurer of J P White Industries. He leaves his wife two children and four grandchildren. Pallbearers named.
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Roswell
South Park Cemetery
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Mexico
David Gasold
Mary Frances Wilson McGee
Westminster College
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Beta Theta Pi
Army Field Artillery
Gypsy Oil Co
Tulsa
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Amason-McGee Insurance Co
Dean Testifies on Nixon Involvement in Watergate Cover-Up
John W. Dean III told the Senate Watergate Committee he hoped Nixon would explain his role by mid April. When that did not happen Dean said he began to explain some of the things that involved the President. He insisted he was telling the truth as he knew it amid panel and legal questioning.
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Senate Watergate Committee
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New Mexico Flood Study Funded To Examine Rio Hondo West
A $40 000 grant to support a Corps of Engineers study on diverting floodwaters west of Roswell was announced by Congressman Harold Runnels. The work would be part of general flood control investigations under a $20 million New Mexico allocation in a $4.6 billion appropriation. The Roswell area project focuses on the Rio Hondo and Rio Felix and tributaries with feasibility surveys planned.
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Albuquerque
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New Mexico
House Appropriations Committee
Rio Hondo
Rio Felix
Chaves County
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Smith
Tom Mann
Las Vegas district superintendent resigns after 26 days
Dr Rowland King quits as superintendent of East Las Vegas school district citing threats and harassment. The school board announced the resignation today. In Washington the Senate Judiciary Committee approved Clarence M Kelley to become FBI director with no dissenting votes.
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Rowland King
East Las Vegas
Washington
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Clarence M. Kelley
Kansas City
FBI
Brantley Dam funds dropped from public works bill
Rep. Harold Runnels blamed the Nixon Administration for omitting 325000 for pre construction planning of Brantley Dam near Carlsbad from the 4.6 billion public works appropriation. He said Sen. Montoya would seek to add the Pecos River project when the Senate considers the bill.
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D-N.m
Nixon Administration
Brantley Dam
Carlsbad
House Appropriations Committee
Runnels
Joseph Montoya
Pecos
Senate
House
Joe Evins
D-Tenn
U. S. Bureau of Reclamation
Roswell drug scare piece warns of bad trips and risk
The Roswell Daily Record reports interviews with social workers and a drug counselor who describe cases of hallucinogen use turning into long lasting fear and paranoia. They stress that experiences vary by person and urge caution, noting tough recoveries and the dangers of a drug ill suited for experimentation.
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Roswell
Margie Trujillo
Chaves County
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