Mountain Bell to Add 2700 Phone Connections in Roswell
Mountain Bell plans 2700 new hookups in Southwest Roswell by installing cable over about 60 days. Jim Miles, manager, says the project brings telephone service to residents long without it after crews dug a large hole at Washington and Poe and worked at Lea and Poe.
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Mountain Bell
Lea
Poe
Washington and Poe
Jim Miles
Roswell
Miles
Albuquerque
Rotary talk on South Africa sparks reflection at meeting
The Rev. John Fourie spoke at the Rotary Club about life in South Africa and religious persecution affecting families. He, born in South Africa and naturalized American, contrasted Christian responses with ongoing pain in black communities. His slides contrasted urban and rural life.
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John Fourie
South Africa
Rotary Club
Fourie
Supreme Court appeal sought on trans Alaska oil pipeline fate
Government lawyers will ask the Supreme Court to decide the stalled trans Alaska oil pipeline case. A three group lawsuit delayed construction for over two years, and the US Court of Appeals last February ruled the 1920 Mineral Leasing Act limits federal right of way to 54 feet, blocking construction. The Interior Department questions environmental review requirements and seeks a wider right of way and a Supreme Court ruling in its favor on environmental impacts.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Interior Department
Department
Congress
Appeals Court
County seeks unified civil defense plan approval
Chaves County Commissioners Thursday reviewed a report from an on site team urging a unified civil defense program across the county. The panel plans to seek endorsements from county mayors while Cottonwood Fire District requests financial support, with the matter taken under advisement. In other news, over 1,500 FFA members from 70 chapters meet March 22 24 at New Mexico State University for state contests in livestock crops horse horticulture dairy and more plus public speaking and agricultural mechanics.
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Chaves County
Cottonwood Fire District
Las Cruces
N.M
Farmers of America
New Mexico State University
FFA
Inspection Scheduled for Pipeline Contract Near Carlsbad
The Roswell District Bureau of Land Management will inspect a pipeline contract site southeast of Carlsbad on March 16. The project covers about 15 miles of plastic pipeline with watering facilities on the Charles James, Carlton Davis and Bess Culp allotments to improve grazing distance for cattle. Bidders should meet at the BLM Office on 1717 W. Second St. at 8 a.m. March 16. bids open in Denver on March 27.
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Roswell
W. Second St
Denver
Subscription Rates in Chaves County and Nearby Areas
Subscription rates listed include $28.80 by mail in Chaves County and $40 in other counties and states. Roswell and trade territory price is $2.40 per month, three months $7.20, six months $14, or one year. Second class postage paid at Roswell NM. Associated Press membership noted.
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Chaves
Roswell
Trade
Carner
Associated Press
Employment rises as February adds jobs and wages climb
Washington AP notes total employment rose to 81.8 million in February, up about 800000, while unemployment edged higher to 5.1 percent. Average weekly earnings rose 8.47 dollars year over year, and the average work week extended to 37.3 hours.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Tually
US presses for release of 140 POWs by next Tuesday
In Saigon the United States urged the Communists to free about 140 American prisoners of war by the coming Tuesday. Brig. Gen. John A. Wickham Jr. reported that roughly 74 percent of U S and allied forces have been withdrawn since the January cease-fire, with 15 747 U S troops and 27 490 foreign troops pulled out and nearly 15 795 including 7 769 Americans remaining to be withdrawn by March 28. The cease-fire requires prisoner releases at the same pace as troop withdrawals. The North Vietnamese and Viet Cong have freed a little over half of the 585 captives at the start of the cease-fire.
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Saigon
United States
John A. Wickham Jr
U.S
Joint Military Commission
Vietnam
Wickham
South Korea
Roswell Obituaries and Funeral Notices
Roswell area notices list the deaths of John Tyler Donham 75 born 1897 Ardmore Okla and Sophia Kroening 64 Rochester Minn with services and burial plans at LaGrone Ranfranz Ballard funeral homes. Included are infant Sheila Ortega and Fred Torres services, with survivors and pallbearers noted.
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LaGrone
John Tyler Donham
S. Kentucky
Donham
St. Mary's Hospital
Ardmore
Okla
George L
Mary Donham
Duncan
Prudie Ann Hawkins
Denham
Roswell
Shell Oil Co
Walker Air Force Base
Ken Kronauer
Joseph Denham
Oakland
Calif
Minnie Lansdon
Myrtle House
Borger
Tex
Ranfranz
Rochester
Minn
Sophia Nela Kroening
13Th Ave
Grandview Memorial Gardens
Ballard Funeral Home
Kroening
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
Henry John
Ida Penz
Hilbert Kroening
Orrie Muself
W.ilth St
Evangelical United Methodist Church
Women’s Auxiliary
Olmstead Hospital
Sheila Ortega
Arther
Ramona G. Ortega
Los Angeles
Temple Hermosa Spanish Assembly of God Church
E. Mathews
Fred Torres
W. Hendricks
Joseph R. Plata
South Park Cemetery
Gallup Abduction Case Goes To County Grand Jury
The state prepares to present eight charges against Robert Nakadineh in the Abduction of Gallup Mayor Emmett Garcia. Nakadineh, 29, of Fort Defiance, Ariz., held on 85 000 bond after a gunbattle that left accomplice Larry Casuse dead. Charges include kidnapping, aggravated assault, attempted murder and burglary.
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Gallup
N.M
Robert Nakadineh
Emmett Garcia
McKinley County
Dist
Louis DePauli
Joan Freeland
Santa Fe
Nakadineh
Fort Defiance
Ariz
Larry Casuse
Mexican Springs
Terrorist roundup planned in Britain under Heath
Prime Minister Edward Heath ordered security chiefs to plan a massive roundup of Irish terrorists and sympathizers in Britain amid car bomb attacks. Londoners were urged to stay alert after Thursday blasts killed one and injured 243, damaging the Old Bailey and Whitehall area. Police questioned ten Heathrow detainees as Provisional IRA sources claimed responsibility for the attacks. Hospitalized victims numbered over 200 with several in serious condition as workers resumed a strike.
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ED Blanche
Associated Press
London
Edward Heath
Britain
Old Bailey
Whitehall
Heathrow
Ireland
Belfast
Provisional
Irish Republican Army
Ing
Silver City Board Removes Bilingual Program Chief
Silver City New Mexico AP Maria Spencer head of the district bilingual education program is relieved of all administrative duties effective May 30. The U S Health Education and Welfare Department may continue with the district as a teacher. The board also reviews a teacher salary proposal from the Silver City Classroom Teachers Association ahead of March 23 when state legislative results on funding are due.
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Silver City
N.M
Market Reports Signal Quiet Trading In Paris Meeting Wait
New York stocks eased in light trading as investors awaited the outcome of a monetary meeting in Paris. The Dow fell to 969.45 as decliners led advancers 742 to 413, with wholesale price uptick noted and the NYSE index down 0.32 to 60.94 at noon. Livestock futures also market active with varied quotes across various classes.
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New York
Paris
New York Stock Exchange
Newton Zinder
E. F. Hutton Co., Inc
American Stock Exchange
Champion Home Builders
DOW Jones
Mutton & Co
Chicago
Roswell Livestock Commco
Goodyear forecasts large scale latex backed carpeting
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co says enough latex foam backed carpeting will be produced in the US this year to cover Washington DC. About 157 million square yards of broadloom carpeting with latex backing were produced last year, making installation easier and cheaper.
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Akron
Ohio
Washington DC
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Goodyear
New Mexico Energy Bill Signed To Secure Gas Supply
Gov Bruce King signed a law enabling the state to purchase minerals including oil and gas from state leased lands. The measure, sponsored by Rep George Fettinger, would require future leases to include a purchase option, aiming to ensure in state gas supply and attract industry. It could raise prices paid for gas and affect revived judgments liens law.
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Santa FE
N.M
New Mexico
Bruce King
George Fettinger
Fettinger
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