Pink elephants in deer season and local civic notes
Deer hunters may face higher costs as venison prices rise with the fall season. In camp, some hunters enjoy games and outings while a few stay in camp, effectively hunting pink elephants. A retiree suggests paid alley cleanup to beautify Roswell. Bob Sena leads a revival in Tularosa as Baptist missionary. four churches sponsor. Roswell proclaims Finian's Rainbow Festival Days with a 150 student cast marking its 15th annual show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Brainerd
Roswell
Roswell High School
Jerry Luck
Texas
Outstanding student artwork exhibited at NMSU
Connie Sandoval of Roswell contributed a painting to an NMSU exhibit of outstanding undergraduate art. The display, chosen from hundreds of works across painting drawing sculpture and prints, reflects the faculty selection of top pieces from this year. Sandoval is a Roswell High School 1966 graduate and daughter of Mrs. Virgie Charles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connie Sandoval
Roswell
New Mexico State University
NMSU
Sandoval
Virgie Charles
W. Frazier
Roswell High School
Three Men Charged in Theft of Aircraft Engines
U.S. Attorney Victor Ortega said the case against Charles Desrosiers, Charles Harris Jr., and Fred Warden over the February 22 theft of three aircraft engines may be returned to state prosecution. Engines belonged to a school, a Hobbs individual, and the United States government. The trio face burglary and larceny charges in state court and a federal theft of government property count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Victor Ortega
Albuquerque
Vocational Technical
Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell
Roswell Industrial Air Center
Charles Anthony Desrosiers
Clayton
Hobbs
Residents Seek Election On Pine Ridge Tribal Constitution
Residents of the Pine Ridge Reservation filed a petition with the Interior Department urging an election to decide whether to dissolve the existing Oglala Sioux constitution and tribal council government. The filing included over 1,400 signatures and followed weeks of AIM pressure around Wounded Knee. Russell Means announced a bid for tribal chairman as authorities keep security roadblocks in place.
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Associated Press
Wounded Knee
S.D
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
Interior Department
Jack Murphy
Pine Ridge
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Stanley Lyman
Department of the Interior
Wounded Kriee
Richard Wilson
American Indian Movement
AIM
Wilson
Russell Means
U.S
Means
Supreme Court awards Texas half Sabine River oil lands
The Supreme Court ruled 8 to 1 that Texas owns half the oil rich land beneath the Sabine River. It sets the river boundary at the geographic middle, with Louisiana retaining eastern islands and the United States possibly owning western islands. Offshore tidelands and further litigation remain to be resolved.
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Supreme Court
Texas
Sabine River
Washington
Louisiana
High Court
Sabine Pass
United States
Robert van Pelt
Nebraska
Spain
Congress
Lone Star
Union
Sabine
Gulf of Mexico
Texas General Land Office
William O. Douglas
Baton Rouge
William Guste
Trial set for today in Buenrostro v Martin GM
Jury trial in U S District Court was scheduled to begin at 9 a m today in the case of Jesus M Buenrostro vs C D Martin and General Motors Corporation. Buenrostro seeks 100000 for personal injury from a motor vehicle wreck. Case moved to Roswell from Santa Fe County. Albert J Rivera of Alamogordo represents Buenrostro. Shaffer and Butt of Albuquerque represent Martin. Atwood Malone Mann and Cooter of Roswell represent General Motors.
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U.S
Jesus M. Buenrostro
C. D. Martin
General Motors Corporation
Buenrostro
Roswell
Santa Fe County
Albert J. Rivera
Alamogordo
Shaffer and Butt
Albuquerque
Martin
Sammy Davis Jr Offers Bail for Wounded Knee Arrests
Entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. said he would post bond for 16 people arrested while carrying supplies to the Indian occupation at Wounded Knee South Dakota. A spokesman said Davis arranged through his bank to pay the bonds Tuesday after the arraignments on federal riot law violations.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Sammy Davis Jr
Wounded Knee
S.D
Davis
Roswell Man Sentenced in Burglary Case
Curtis James Singleton, 19, 413% E. McGaffey, was sentenced in Fifth Judicial District Court to one to five years with most time suspended for receiving stolen property linked to the February burglary of six autos at the First Church of the Nazarene. He earns credit for time served and faces three years of probation under the New Mexico Corrections Department.
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Roswell Main
Fifth Judicial District Court
Paul Snead
Curtis James Singleton
E. McGaffey
Singleton
New Mexico State Penitentiary
Chaves County
New Mexico Department of Corrections
First Church of the Nazarene
Samuel Lee Collins
Collins
David Newsom
S. Michigan
Cleon Schultz
Allen Houseton
S. Kentucky
Terry Haley
J. W. Ferrell
Willow Drive
Neville Eldridge
Nolo Contendre
Roswell
S and G
E. Second St
Mike Issac Silva
Louis Paul Silva
S. Richardson
Morris Stayner
L. M. Hall
Alvaro Luis Soto
Soto
Dexter
New Mexico
Graveside rites for Ralph H. Fisher in Roswell
Graveside funeral services for Ralph H. Fisher 67 formerly of 1118S Hahn will be held at 10 30 a m Wednesday with Dr John H Parrott of the First Baptist Church officiating Burial will be in South Park Cemetery Ballard Funeral Home in charge Fisher born January 2 1906 in Des Moines Iowa lived in Roswell about 20 years He died after a lengthy illness at Ft Bayard Hospital He married Olive P Snell August 4 1953 in Roswell His wife died May 13 1968 Survived by one sister Lt Col Jean Barcus of Rockville Md Memorials omitted Preserve names and dates from readable text
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Ralph H. Fisher
Hahn
Ft. Bayard Hospital
John H. Parrott
First Baptist Church
South Park Cemetery
Ballard Funeral Home
Ft. Ballard
Olive P. Snell
Roswell
John
Eva Hammons Fisher
Fisher
Jean Barcus
Rockville
Market drifts lower amid rate concerns and quiet trading
New York stocks moved in subdued activity as the Dow fell 4.44 to 947.62 at noon and declines outweighed advances on the NYSE by about 2 to 1. Investors fret over a 2 percent prime rate rise by banks, with analysts predicting a possible technical rally. S.S. Kresge led volume on the Big Board while others such as International Telephone, RCA, UAL, General Motors, and American Motors posted mixed moves.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Bradbury K. Thurlow
Laidlaw & Co
S.S. Kresge
International Telephone
RCA
UAL
General Motors
American Motors
Wreckage Found in New Mexico Plane Crash
The body of Gallup man Bob Taylor was recovered from a light airplane wreckage south of Farmington. Taylor disappeared after leaving Farmington airport without a flight plan. The Piper Commanche was located by a search plane 17 miles south of Farmington. ALBUQUERQUE: Bishop Alfie H. Carleton will receive SMU Distinguished Alumnus Award March 21 in Dallas.
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Farmington
N.M
Gallup
Bob Taylor
Taylor
Federal Aviation Administration
Albuquerque
United
Alfie H. Carleton
Texas-New Mexico
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Suspect charged in Roswell truck theft case
George Gonzales of 510 E Deming faces accessory to car theft charges in magistrate court. He remains jailed in lieu of 2000 bond after police recovered a stolen pickup owned by Fred Payton east of Roswell. A juvenile is also involved. The report also notes additional break ins and a stolen 1965 white Chevrolet Station wagon with brown primer spots.
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Roswell
George Gonzales
E. Deming
Chaves County
Fred Payton
Mesa Middle School
Gonzales
Kent Shannon
Bill Brainerd
L. O
Tommy" Thompson
Luciano Hernandez
E. Frazier
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AL Stubbs
Sena
Bob Sena
F. G. Sena
S. Poplar
Tularosa
Wayland Baptist College
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Fort Worth
Home Missionary Board
Finian
Artesia
Charles Willis Harris Jr
Bullock Court
Fred R. Warden
S. Evergreen
America
aGu
Henry Block
IRS
H & R Block
Her Bloch
S. Main
Tom Werk
Qwly
Murphy
Sammy Davis
Roswell Shrine Club
Chew den
All Shriners
Bill Verhines
Main St
Albert A. Stubbs
Jerry McCormack
Lois Purvis
R. M. Higginbotham
Cecil Goins
John Pettit
AL Geary
Harold Kingrey
Craves
Sammy Sims
Washington Ave. Baptist Church
Wash
Steven Cantu Morales
Hendricks
Ronnie Ray Hailey
Linda Vista
Space No
Hailey
Mr. Fisher
Des Moines
Iowa
John Hall
CLA
Insurance Counsellors Security National Bank
Mutton & Co
Mutton A
Don Deng
Penn
Ramada
BCA Corp
Dresser Ind
Rynds Tobiw
Doupian Corp
DuPont
Safeway
Santa Fe Ind
Eveon
Sears
Paso
Foran
Mtg
Ford
Sperry
Sud
Goodyear
Teter Corp “. Gut
Tenneco
Haliburton
Kennecon
West Bann
Levi-Strauss Keres
Litenine
Amien
Cal
Lockheed Ar
Wilex
Bank Servie
DOW Jones
F Mutton & Co
Chicago
Ohio
Missouri Avenue School
S. Missouri
James Owen
Roswell Unity
C.A
Winchester & Iverness
Hagerman
Joe Lucas Ray Carpenter
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