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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1973
Page
2
Old newspapers are being recycled as dairy feed in New Holland Pennsylvania while Cornell University studies warn about heavy metals in newsprint. The Roswell Environmental Council opens a recycling center at 88 E McGaffey inviting Girl Scouts to collect cans this Saturday afternoon.
A Roswell paperboy, Bill Oliver, earns praise from Mrs. P W Perry for prompt, careful delivery. Stanley Mathis joins NAREB Public Relations Committee. J D Sawyer names Freind V V Tex to two committees. Major Jack Ross discusses preserving Indian pictographs with Sertoma Club. emphasis on quality paint.
In Roswell, Joe Martin was arrested and charged with larceny over $100 after earlier reporting an armed robbery at the South Main Gulf Station. Police recovered the allegedly stolen money and noted no armed robbery occurred. Martin was arraigned and released on his own recognizance.
After six years offshore at Vietnam, barges carry 130000 tons of U S military hardware and 75 percent of 100000 tons of old gear to Singapore for final voyage home. Transformers each worth about 250000 dollars join junked bulldozers generators tanks jeeps and tires awaiting disposal. Singapore offers top prices for serviceable scrap valued over 50 million dollars.
Funeral services for 77 year old Dessie L Pearson who died Monday at St Marys Hospital will be announced. She lived at 1414 S Union and previously ran the Sands Motel. She was active in local clubs and the First United Methodist Church and leaves a daughter in Los Angeles and siblings in California and Washington.
A 17 year old male was held in Santa Rosa New Mexico on charges including driving without a license after allegedly kidnapping Jenellee Smith in Amarillo Texas and forcing her to drive to Vega Texas. Police report he robbed her took $50 then returned $1 and fled. A revolver was seized at arrest.
State officials announce a Friday symposium at New Mexico State University to discuss solar energy as the campus begins plans for a solar energy resource program. Lead speaker is William R. Cherry from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Jet team to visit Holloman AFB for open house.
New Mexico senators and a representative introduced a measure to establish a permanent 50 000 acre foot water pool at Elephant Butte Reservoir near Truth or Consequences. The plan would offset evaporation by adding 6 000 acre feet annually for ten years. support argues storage has fallen under 50 000 acre feet seven times in 23 years.
Roswell City Engineer Farrell McLean will deliver welcoming remarks at a Water Pollution Control Federation Workshop in Denver. About 100 public works officials from Montana to New Mexico will attend as McLean serves as president of the Rocky Mountain Section. He will discuss the 1972 Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments and EPA construction topics.
New York stock market moved ahead in moderate trading on an upward path. Analysts cited a technical rally and improving economy with the Conference Board predicting a boom in capital spending and factory orders rising in January. Imperial Oil led actives, up 9 percent, with Mattel and American Telephone also advancing.
Santa Fe marks Col. Albert Runyan and Family Day with quiet tribute and gratitude. Governor King notes New Mexico welcomes its first returned POW, who after nearly seven years in North Vietnam arrived in Albuquerque after medical treatment at Sheppard Air Force Base. Runyan had not seen New Mexico before and received the city key amid cheering crowds.
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