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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1973
Page
2
Visitors observed on the Portales campus during the 19th Annual Drama Festival and 10th Annual ENMU Talent Day included high school students from eastern New Mexico and West Texas. Plays, critiques, and an awards banquet occurred over Thursday through Saturday with events and judging.
Young members of First Presbyterian Church guided the entire Sunday service for high school and middle school participants. They delivered the Children’s Sermon Part II of the Joseph story, after the minister began it last week, and their lively music drew praise for the new pace.
Chuck Carrara spoke on Fort Stanton Caves sharing slides and a talk at the club meeting. Fort Stanton now has a fence at the entrance requiring a mission permit to enter, a change from its former open access. Vandals prompted protective regrouping as cave access tightened.
Honor students include Mark W Sterrett of Sul Ross State U Alpine Texas with a 3.0 and Ruth W Morgan for Fall at Texas Christian U Fort Worth. DON Robertson heads Longhorn Manufacturing Co Roswell fireworks factory says 100 employees up from 70. company markets directly to various markets. Cyclists on streets receive attention as they grow in numbers and share road space with vehicles.
A 7 p.m. television panel on Channel 6 will debate replacing the B52 with a Bl bomber system as the third leg of the U S TRIAD. Cadets Mark Ferrell Mike Hall and Steve King answer questions from Goddard High School students in a national AFROTC contest that awards a $5 000 scholarship to the winning unit.
The Supreme Court, in a 6 to 0 ruling, upholds a lower court order requiring El Paso Natural Gas Co to divest its Northwest division. The decision ends a year-long government effort. Justices Brennan White and Marshall did not participate, with no reason given. The Court rejected five appeals from Judge Hatfield Chilson’s 1972 order.
Peace talks in a tepee were planned today at Wounded Knee where militants hold the hamlet after burning a government proposal. The Justice Department offered that the 200 occupiers could leave with no arrest threat starting at 10 a.m. EST, but only if they surrender weapons and only males identify themselves crossing federal lines.
Small Business Administration offers the Bell Lake Oil Property in Lea County New Mexico for sale under court orders. Bids must be mailed with a 10 percent cashier’s check to SBA Albuquerque and opened April 13 1973. High bidder pays balance within 30 days and bids may be rejected.
Roswell State Bank the City of Roswell Mayor William F Brainerd and Roswell State Bank president James K Lusk were dismissed from the conspiracy count of the 3 million suit filed by Krebs and Sohn Inc The order grants summary judgments on both counts and dismisses the defendants from count II while count I remains between Krebs and Sohn and Roswell State Bank The trial date set for March 14 was vacated and will be rescheduled
A gasoline attendant at the South Main Gulf Service Station in Roswell was held up Sunday night, forced to surrender just over $100. The suspect, a Spanish male in his late teens or early 20s, about six foot one and 165 pounds, fled south on Main in a dark green or blue older model Chevrolet. Police set up a roadblock but reported no arrests.
Goddard High School students Dale Armstrong and Roberta Shaw won tuition scholarships at the 19th Annual Drama Festival held on the Eastern New Mexico University campus. They performed Mary of Scotland in a competition among New Mexico and West Texas high schools under Ruth Ann Smith. Adjudicators included ENMU broadcasting director Duane W. Ryan and J. Richard Waite of Eastern University.
The Senate Rules Committee backed a constitutional change allowing two consecutive four year terms for state officials. A floor clash over incumbent governor Bruce King’s eligibility is anticipated. If ratified by a special election this year King could run again. if sent to voters in 1974 general elections he could not. The change would take effect after qualifying timelines. The panel adopted the measure from Sen. Odis Echols, with three votes opposed.
Chaves County 4-H leaders gather at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Extension Office to discuss proposed amendments affecting terms of elected state officials. Assistant County Home Agent Nancy Hughes notes substantial material and outlines three amendment options including governor and lieutenant governor term lengths and limits on other offices. The measures touch on limiting King’s eligibility for re election and vary on two or four year terms for various posts.
Funeral services are pending at LaGrone Funeral Chapel for Lee Irvin Green 52 of Route 1 Box 146 who died Sunday at home. A retired master sergeant in the Air Force he was a Roswell resident for eight years and is survived by his wife Mary Green at the home.
A bill to authorize a 26.5 million dollar severance tax bond to buy the WS Ranch in Colfax and Taos counties leads the House agenda as the 1973 session nears adjournment. Also under discussion are the General Appropriations Act and Rep. Eugene Cinelli’s Narcotics Addiction Act proposing state treatment centers. About 2,000 Canadian children die yearly from home accidents.
New York stocks advanced modestly in active trading as investors welcomed the absence of dollar troubles. The Dow rose 0.15 to 961.47 at noon, with 774 gainers to 430 decliners on the NYSE and the broad index up 0.06 to 60.11. Champion Home Builders led AMEX activity, slipping as the price change index edged up to 24.72.
County representatives from Lincoln Curry Roosevelt and Chaves met at Roswell Industrial Air Center in the Adult Education Center for a prebudget hearing. They reviewed budget reporting forms and discussed format changes.
Veterans make up about 45 percent of the 172 students enrolled in the spring quarter at Eastern New Mexico University Roswell Vocational Studies Division. Registration occurred last week, with totals up from winter and similar to spring 1972. Interim sessions run May 4 to June 8 and summer June 11 to August 3, with 36 courses planned and several classes near full capacity.
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