Goldwater backs Ford as GOP delegates tally narrows
Senator Goldwater endorses President Ford over Ronald Reagan in a letter to convention delegates. Ford leads with 1,001 of 1,130 pledged, Reagan 976, with 182 uncommitted and 98 to be chosen. The move aims to sway uncommitted delegates and shape the nomination fight.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
Kent Ford
Ronald Reagan
Goldwater
GOP
Arizona
Reagan
Panama Canal
Kansas City
Panama
Ford
Associated Press
Rogers C.B. Morton
Ford Campaign Advisory Committee
Sen. Goldwater
Morton
Los Angeles
Water issue recalls Roswell water past and pride
Marian records a community memory as residents old and new discuss water rights. Byron L. Brown recalls Roswell in flood years with muddy Main Street and abundant rivers once fed by artesian wells. Inez Wilcox describes Roswell with flowing rivers and a big artesian well near South Springs Acres, now altered by irrigation drainage.
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Marian
Co Irrigation District
Pecos
Byron L. Brown
Brown Brothers
Roswell
Brown
Main Street
North Spring
Inez Wilcox
S. Washington Ave
Wilcox
W.E. Utterback
Hagerman
Country Club
Utterback
Eula M. Ellis
W. Tilden St
Berrendo
Hondo
Hondo River
Hijackers Free Hostages At Entebbe Air France Crisis
Palestinian hijackers of Air France freed 47 hostages at Entebbe Airport including 6 Americans and 33 French among about 250 held. The freed were sent toward Paris, while about 210 remained in a lounge under Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine control as Uganda, Israeli, and French officials negotiated and debated ransom demands.
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Kampala
Uganda
Entebbe
Air France
Paris
Carol Taylor
Eric
Cambridge
Mass
Greece
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Lake Victoria
Pierre Renard
Idi Amin
Hashi Abdullah
Kenya
Nairobi
Amin
Iraeli
Yitzhak Rabin
Jerusalem
Israel
France
Governent
Jerusalem Post
Roswell Library launches two month drive for new building
The Roswell Library begins a two month campaign to win support for a new library ahead of a $1.25 million bond election on Sept 7. Honorary chair Paul Horgan and library president Mrs Paul Kelly Jr announce the plan and site between Third and Fourth streets on the east side of Pennsylvania Avenue. Alley and Associates chosen to design the building.
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R.C
Alley
Kelly
Paul Horgan
Roswell
Paul Kelly Jr
Alley and Associates
Library Board
Steve Burkstaller
Citizens Committee
Jerry Ejiffert
Cochairman
James M. Moore
James Moore
Horgan
Coperenaies
New Jersey Schools Face En Banc Question On Shutdown
An en banc hearing before 11 federal judges opened in Trenton to decide if New Jersey must close its schools July 1 without a financing plan. State officials warn a shutdown could disrupt 1.5 million students across 6,000 schools, with summer and vocational programs affected.
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Trenton
N.J
New Jersey
Federal
U.S. District Court
William F. Hyland
Supreme Court
Federal Court
Lawrence A. Whipple
Assembly
Fred Burke
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