Lincoln County history talk at Roswell Rotarians
Old Lincoln Museum curators Bill and Pat Ward presented slides on historic Lincoln County. Pat noted a new movie soon, discussed restoration ideas to bury power lines, and recalled the Pony Express Ride and Lincoln’s founding era.
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Pat Ward
Lincoln Museum
Lincoln County
Roswell
Old Town
Pat
Lincoln
New Mexico Department of Tourism
Las Placita del Rio Bonito
Pretty River
la Placita
Rio Bonito
Abraham Lincoln
Public Relations Seminar Features Former RIDC Director
Skit performer Bob Hoffman involved in Tucumcari weekend event as the 13th Annual Public Relations and Marketing Seminar of the New Mexico Bankers Association takes place. Hoffman now with Bank Securities and leads Security Development Credit Corp in Albuquerque. Evaluation forms sent to Goddard parents for high school review period by North Central Asia.
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RIDC
Bob Hoffman
Tucumcari
New Mexico Bankers Assn
Hoffman
Bank Securities
Goddard
Goddard High
North Central Asia
Elkin Named Staff Specialist for Southwest Hatcheries
Ronald E. Elkin Jr. formerly manager of Mescalero National Fish Hatchery is named staff specialist in charge of Fish Production and Distribution for the Southwest Region. He will oversee production and distribution from the national hatcheries in the region under the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife.
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Mescalero National Fish Hatchery
Ronald E. Elkin Jr
Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
Chain of National Fish Hatcheries
Department of Interior Wildlife Agency
Dean's List student and real estate fraternity initiates noted
Mellicent Wauters of 809 Deborah Dr. made the Fall Dean's List at the University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy as a first year student. Jim Snell will be among special initiates at the Rho Epsilon spring initiation at ENMU. He serves on the state board of directors of NAREB.
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Jr. M. Wauters
Deborah Dr
University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy
Jim Snell
Rho Epsilon
ENMU
Snell
NAREB
National Assn. of Real Estate Boards
Dole Accuses AT&T of Violating Law Over Miami Convention
Sen. Robert Dole claims AT&T violated laws by agreeing to install phones at the Miami convention despite a 1.5 million debt from 1968. He ties AT&T to a GOP scandal and counters antitrust Underwriting claims from ITT. Democratic spokesman dismisses the charges as a distraction from White House tied scandal.
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Washington
Robert Dole
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Miami
International Telephone & Telegraph Co
Dole
At&t
Democrat Committee
San Diego
Lawrence F. O’brien
Detroit shooting probe after deputy killed in card game
Authorities weighed conflicting statements as a Wayne County deputy died and three men were wounded in a gunfire exchange when a city police unit interrupted a Thursday card game with five off duty deputies and a friend. Aaron Vincent survived and said city officers did all the shooting while Richard Sain claimed otherwise. The apartment showed at least 34 bullet holes.
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Detroit
Wayne County
Aaron Vincent
Richard Sain
Sain
Vincent
David Davis
Sam
John Nichols
Roswell Daily Record Subscription Rates Listed
Roswell Daily Record outlines in advance subscription prices for Chaves County and other areas. Rates include monthly carrier at 2.40, three months 7.20, six months 14.40, and one year 28.80, with similar figures for other counties and states.
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Roswell
Wholesale prices rise in February signaling consumer cost hike
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports an overall 0.9 percent rise in February wholesale prices for food and industrial products, with farm products and processed foods up 1.9 percent. Unadjusted figures show a 0.9 percent gain, the largest since December, and the index stands at 117.3 of the 1967 average.
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Washington
Bureau of
Nixon
Bureau
William L. Martin dies. Artesia farmer and civic leader
William Leslie Martin of Artesia, 68, a longtime farmer and agricultural figure, died at the Good Samaritan Home. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Saturday at the First United Methodist Church with burial in Woodbine Cemetery. He held local posts, led the Pecos Valley Water Conservancy District, and served on the New Mexico State Cotton Committee during WWII. He was married to Marie Johnson in 1929.
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First United Methodist Church
William Leslie Martin
Phillip Royal
Woodbine
Martin
Abilene
Tex
Marie Johnson
Eddy County
Artesia Rotary Club
Pecos
Artelia
Terpening- Paulin
Pearl Clark Rogers
W. Grand
Texas
Artesia General Hospital
Restlawn Memorial Park
John G. Rogers
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Doil Rogers
O. A. Rogers
Roseville
Calif
A. K. Rogers
Sacramento
Floy Donaldson
Tulsa
Okla
Maude Privetts
Oda Plummer
Carvie Rogers
Wynema Cothern
National Black Political Convention opens in Gary with 2000 delegates
The National Black Political Convention begins in Gary led by Gary Mayor Hatcher Imamu Amiri Baraka and Rep. Charles Diggs. Delegates from states are chosen to attend the four day event aiming to draft a national black political movement and possible party structure.
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Associated Press
GARY
Ind
Washington
America
Imamu Amiri Baraka
LeRoi Jones
Newark
N.J
Richard Hatcher
Baraka
Charles Diggs
D-Mich
Congressional Black Caucus
Indiana
Hatcher
U.S
Dystrophy Fund Drive by Zia Rainbow and Roswell Assemblies
Girls from Zia Rainbow Assembly No 49 and Roswell Rainbow Assembly No 2 plan a Saturday collection in downtown and local shopping centers for Muscular Dystrophy Associations of America. The Shamrocks for Dystrophy drive supports research and patient services.
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Zia Rainbow Assembly No
Roswell
Heroes honored for lifesaving acts in Pittsburgh
Wava T. Campredon and Olive S. Harris were recognized in Pittsburgh by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission. Campredon received a bronze medal for rescuing Harris from a dog attack on Oct. 28, 1970, when she used a garden hoe against two Boxer dogs. A meter reader frightened the animals. both women were hospitalized and recovered.
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Pittsburgh, Pa
Wava T. Campredon
Carnegie Hero Fund
Theft reported from Roswell High School track team locker room
Roswell City Police investigated thefts reported Thursday afternoon by RHS Coach Stanley Lair. Fifteen youths reported items and money stolen during a practice session in the RHS track locker room, with no itemized loss disclosed. A separate report noted a 1967 Chevrolet stolen from Frank Mitchell’s home and later recovered abandoned and stripped on a farm southwest of Roswell.
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Stanley Lair
Frank Mitchell
Kentucky
Jack Patterson
McGraw-Hill weighs printing Hughes autobiography after indictments
McGraw-Hill Inc may still publish the Howard Hughes autobiography once the details behind the Irving Suskind fraud case are known. Hughes Tool Co seeks to uncover who aided the plot while McGraw-Hill weighs whether to retain publishing rights or publish the completed manuscript as written. The indictment ties the 230 000 word manuscript to a $750 000 scheme and questions who else was involved beyond Clifford Irving Edith Irving and Richard Suskind.
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McGraw-Hill, Inc
Howard Hughes
Clifford Irving
Hughes Tool Co
Irving
Edith
Richard Suskind
Ted Weber Jr
McGraw- Hill
Weber
Richard Hannah
Hughes Tool
Los Angeles
Hughes
Newsweek
Hannah
Suskind
Albuquerque Narcotics Arrest Nets 310 Pounds of Marijuana
Albuquerque police say three men were arrested at a West Central address after seizing 310 pounds of Mexican marijuana valued at 50 000 dollars. Suspects include George Tipton Smith 23 from Dexter Curtis Ross Wright 31 of Pecos Texas and Gary B Mares 21 of Albuquerque. Officers recovered 300 pounds in 10 Navy seabags from one car and 10 pounds from another.
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Albuquerque
West Central
George Tipton Smith
Dexter
Curtis Ross Wright
Pecos
Tex
Gary B. Mares
Navy
Market reports show prices lower as trading active across sectors
Market activity shifted lower at noon with the Dow 30 down 2.11 to 940.70 and the AP 60 off 1.1 to 337.5. Industrials rails and utilities declined while Sedco RCA Boise Cascade and other large blocks traded. Hearings set for the Ojo Power Line route with five public sessions across Cuba Lindrith Abiquiu Coy ote and Gallina. Roswell livestock market reports 2701 head sold with mixed gains and losses across sheep lambs ewes and bucks and notable local buyers.
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New York Stock Exchange
Associated Press
Sedco Inc
RCA
Boise Cascade
Kalvex
Braniff Airways
Albuquerque
N.M
Ojo
San Juan
Espanola
Cuba
Lindrith
Abiquiu
Coyote
Gallina
Roswell
Howard Belcher
Harris Bros
Socorro
Max Penix
Corona
Aubry Russell
Panhandle
Tex
Williams & Chesser
Don McGuire
Tularosa
UTU Strike Over Switchmen Jobs Shuts San Francisco Commutes
The United Transportation Union began a surprise strike against Southern Pacific at 6 am over eliminating switchmen positions. About 11,000 commuters on the Peninsula were stranded as UTU deputy George Lechner said 20 of 250 switchmen jobs were cut with more to follow, while SP claimed only two commuter runs from San Jose to San Francisco were completed.
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United Transportation Union
Southern Pacific Railroad
George Lechner
UTU
Southern Pacific
el Paso
Portland
Ore
Lechner
San Jose
Peninsula
Pacific Lines
Speed Reading Course To Begin At Roswell
Arrangements for a 21 hour speed reading course open to anyone over 13 promise speeds over 1000 WPM plus improved comprehension. Seven week program aims to teach study techniques and concentration with one weekly class. Free orientation lectures are scheduled March 6 to March 11 at Security National Bank Auditorium 502 N Main.
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Security National Bank
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N. Main
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