Roswell Man Jansen Named State Commander of VFW
Roy B Jansen of Roswell elected state commander at Albuquerque convention. He has served as Roswell Post 2575 commander and held state roles including chief of staff and senior vice commander. Norman Jones of Washington D C attended the install ceremony.
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Roswell
Roy B. Jansen
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Jansen
Albuquerque
Clovis
Norman Jones
Rehabilitation Department
Catholic priest handcuffed in dispute at New Mexico pueblo
In a clash between church and pueblo authorities, Pueblo Gov. Andy Abeita cuffed and ejected Rt. Rev. Msgr. Fred Stadtmueller from a southern New Mexico pueblo. The governor charged the priest with interference and ridiculing Indian traditions and repeatedly challenging local authority.
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Albuquerque
Here
Pueblo
Andy Abeita
Fred Stadtmueller
Abeita
Msgr
Davis
Msgr. Stadtmueller
Stadtmueller
Lactmueller
Fredrick Stadtmueller
St. Augustine Church
Isleta Indian Reservation
Isleta Pueblo
Hungary names Gyula Kallai premier in leadership reshuffle
Hungarian Communist party chief Janos Kadar resigns as premier in a government reshuffle aimed at collective leadership. Deputy Gyula Kallai, long trusted aide and former foreign minister, takes the top post as party lines also shift.
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Budapest
Hungary
Communist Party
Janos Kadar
Kadar
Gyula Kallai
Hungarian Socialist Workers (Communist) Party
Kallai
Hungarian Communist Party
Apollo six scientists to appear at Houston news conference
Six young scientists chosen for the Apollo program will attend a news conference at NASA’s Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston. Two are pilots who will begin astronaut training locally, while four others head to Williams Air Force Base in Arizona for a year of flight training.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Manned Spacecraft Center
The
Space Center
Williams Air Force Base
Ariz
Secret Mission Suspected As U S Transport Downed Near Saigon
A twin engine C123 transport was shot down 13 miles east of Saigon. Officials say 16 bodies were recovered and two U S airmen were killed, suggesting a secret mission. Reports claim the aircraft carried about 20 Americans. Leaflet drops target North Vietnamese cities south of Hanoi amid continued bombardment and psychological warfare.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
Hanoi
Phat Diem
Thanh Hoa
Bai Thuong
Dong Phon Thuong
Ninh Binh
N M Road Toll Last Year At This Date
A historical note records 175 road toll incidents or deaths on this date from New Mexico's toll history, reflecting a snapshot of traffic risk levels and state transportation records from the period.
Roswell Pioneer R M Tigner Dies at 84
Richard Martin Tigner longtime Roswell resident and Owl Drug Store owner died at St Marys Hospital after 37 years in pharmacy and 21 years as police commissioner He also served as city councilman and Knights of Columbus leader Services scheduled at St Peters Church and Turner Funeral Home with burial at South Park Cemetery
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Richard Martin Tigner
W. Deming
Roswell
Owl Drug Store
St. Mary’s Hospital
Farnamville
Iowa
Josua
Martha Tigner
Tigner
Amelia Bachman
St. Peter Church
St. Peter Catholic Church
Knights of Columbus
Elks Lodge
New Mexico Pharmaceutical Board
Roswell grads mostly employed after electronics training
Twenty two graduates from a federally funded Roswell Community College electronics class mostly secured jobs with monthly salaries from 390 to 500 dollars. The program began with 25 participants in 1964, funded by a 24 512 dollar grant. four trainees declined work, and three dropped out for health or personal reasons.
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Roswell Community College
John Gillis
Gillis
New Mexico State University
Cable T.V. Services
Roswell
Hobbs
Actor Cochran Dies Aboard Schooner Off Guatemala
Guatemalan doctors attributed the actor Steve Cochran's death at 48 to an acute lung infection while aboard his 40 foot schooner Rogue off Champerico. Mexican women aboard said he grew paralyzed after June storms damaged the mast and engines, dying June 15 with them caring for him on deck.
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Guatemala
Steve Cochran
Cochran
Champerico
Acapulco
Mexico
Costa Rica
Sit-in Guilty Verdict Hits Berkeley Campus Leader Mario Savio
Berkeley AP report: All 155 defendants including Mario Savio were found guilty by a municipal judge on charges tied to the December sit in at Sproul Hall. The trial, without a jury, covered resisting arrest trespassing and unlawful assembly with verdicts for each defendant in three groups.
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Berkeley, Calif
Mario Savio
University of California
Savio
Suzanne Goldberg
Bettina Aptheker
Herbert Aptheker
New York School For Marxist Studies
Miss Aptheker
Sproul Hall
Berkeley
Jack Weinberg
Congress of Racial Equality
Weinberg
Guidance on student unrest urged from Harvard and NEA leaders
Harvard health services chief Dr Dana Farnsworth told the NEA convention that campus discontent can be constructive if faculties guide it with fairness and listen to student grievances. NEA speaker E K Fretwell urged greater student leadership in colleges, noting youth activism from Peace Corps to civil rights. The gathering also announced a $1 million fund to aid displaced Negro teachers in the South amid desegregation.
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New York
Harvard
Dana L. Farnsworth
Harvard University
Health Services
Farnsworth
National
E. K. Fretwell
Association For Higher Education
Peace Corps
Fretwell
NEA
South
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Republican National Committee
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Duke of Windsor
Santa Fe
James P. Davis
St. Augustine
Isleta Reservation
Luis J. Jaramillo
Abeila
Red Fire Downs
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Death Takes City
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R. M. Tigner
Employment Security Commission
City University of New York
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