Roswell Students Join Indiana Revival Mission
Roswell High School graduate Burnie Schumpert leads music at Temple Baptist Church in Terre Haute as part of 50 Hardin-Simmons students aiding 16 Southern Baptist churches in Indiana March 17 to 28. He is a freshman education major with biology and music emphasis.
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Burnie Schumpert
Roswell High School
Hardin-Simmons University
Indiana
Schumpert
W. P. Schumpert
Fulkerson
Temple Baptist Church
Terre Haute
Ind
James Warren Baird
Roswell
North Texas State University
Baird
Lambda Chi Alpha
Warren H. Baird
1610
Kansas
Pacifist warning over Haiphong voyage loom
Seven American pacifists face U S laws if their yacht sails to Haiphong with medical supplies for North Vietnam. The Associated Press reports government officials clarified legal risk as the plan advances.
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Associated Press
Hong Kong
U.S
Haiphong
North Vietnam
Congress Aims For 10 Day Easter Recess
Washington awaits a 10 day Easter recess as Congress winds down a short week with little final action. The Senate weighs a 12.2 billion defense and Vietnam War supplemental while ethics cases surrounding Dodd and Powell loom. Bills seek funding for overseas CIA linked student and union activities and a private foundation funded ethics fund.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Johnson
Senate Ethics Committee
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
John Stennis
D-Miss
House
Adam Clayton Powell
Atty
Ramsey Clark
Powell
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Dodd
Javits
Central Intelligence Agency
Eugene J. McCarthy
Dminn
R O White 64 Dies in Ruidoso
Funeral services are pending for R O White 64 of Ruidoso who died Sunday after a long illness at Ruidoso Hondo Valley General Hospital. A former owner of White's Mattress Factory in Roswell he formerly lived in Roswell.
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Ruidoso
R. O. White
White
Roswell
Ruidoso- Hondo Valley General Hospital
Chapel of Roses Mortuary
Johnson and Ky Clash As Guam Conference Opens
President Johnson seeks a peace oriented Guam conference as Premier Ky calls for a sharp Vietnam war escalation. The opening session on Guam notes Ky debating bombing Hanoi and halting harbor traffic while Johnson reviews advisers reporting Communist escalation.
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Johnson
Guam
United States
Hanoi
Supreme Court refuses to review draft case
The court rejected an appeal by David Henry Mitchell III 24 a Brooklyn bookstore clerk who refused induction claiming Vietnam violates international treaties The 8-1 ruling left his conviction for failing to report for induction intact Justice Douglas dissented saying Mitchell deserved a hearing to determine if the Vietnam war is an aggression within the Treaty of London framework The majority did not comment on the merits of the claims
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Washington
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Vietnam
William O. Douglas
David Henry Mitchell III
Mitchell
Douglas
U.S. District Court
Hartford
Conn
United States
Jury Sets Murder Trial for Diane Smith in New Mexico
A district court jury of one woman and 11 men was seated to hear the murder trial of Diane Smith, 22, in the shooting death of Kuan Tien Shih, 31, a New Mexico State University graduate student found shot near Mesilla. Smith and Billy R. Miller were arrested in November. Miller later pleaded innocent by reason of insanity. The case unfolds as details of the killing and related proceedings become public.
New Mexico lawmakers begin emergency session the same day
The New Mexico Legislature opened a special session called by Gov. Cargo to consider four emergency measures including general appropriations for 1967 68 and a county income tax to aid local schools. Debates over timing and a liquor bill led to overtime sessions and parliamentary disputes.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
David Cargo
House
Senate
Heidel
Dexter man in critical condition after crash near Roswell
New Mexico State Police say Gonzalo V. Guereque 29 of Route 1 Dexter is in critical condition at St. Mary's Hospital after a one car crash 13 miles southeast of Roswell on State Road 2. He suffered a crushed left shoulder and possible internal injuries when his car skidded on a curve and struck a power pole.
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Dexter
St. Mary’s Hospital
New Mexico
M. J. Payne
Gonzalo V. Guereque
Roswell
Payne
Guereque
Wintry Central Park Wedding Between Secretary and Rock Manager
In New York City a mini skirted secretary Jo Ann De Voe and Larry Waterman a rock n roll manager wed Sunday on a snow covered granite boulder in Central Park. About 30 guests attended as Rev Richard Leonard of the Community Church officiated. Waterman explained the choice by asking if they did not like trees sky or fresh air.
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New York
Central Park
Jo Ann de Voe
Larry Waterman
Richard Leonard
Community Church
Waterman
Mrs. Clara Armstrong Dies in Roswell at 86
Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Ballard Chapel for Mrs. Clara Gayle Armstrong 86 of 512 North Missouri Roswell who died Saturday at her home. She lived in Roswell 84 years born July 30 1880 in Dallas Texas daughter of Fredrick P and Laura Ferguson Gayle. She and husband Gardner B Armstrong founded Armstrong and Armstrong Construction Co now led by grandson Bill B Armstrong as general manager. Surviving are son Jack Armstrong Roswell daughter Iva Wilhite Cuernavaca Mexico seven grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. two sons predeceased. Burial at South Park Cemetery.
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Ballard Chapel
Clara Gayle Armstrong
N. Missouri
Roswell
Dallas
Tex
Fredrick P
Laura Ferguson Gayle
Geard B. Armstrong
Order of the Eastern Star
Ballard
Austin H. Dillon
First Methodist Church
Armstrong
South Park
Bill B. Armstrong
Dewey Stokes
Dick Armstrong
Allen Klinikowski
W.R. Wagner Jr
Leon Blackwelder
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