Victoria Peak expedition uncovers cave on restricted peak
Expeditions Unlimited finds a slit in Victoria Peak within White Sands Missile Range and claims a cave exists below. Norman Scott states three men found a passage into the mountain with caverns hundreds of feet down while Leonard Fiege Jack Hull and Jerry Lee led the initial crawl. State officials granted a 10 day permit to search for Milton Doc Ness claimed treasure from 1937.
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White Sands Missile Range
Victoria Peak
Expeditions Unlimited, Inc
Milton
Doc’’ Ness
Norman
Scott
Leonard Fiege
Jack Hull
EUI
Jerry Lee
Hull
Fiege
Lee
Texans weigh bill to buy Diamond A ranch for state park
A Texas House bill would purchase 212000 acres from Diamond A Cattle Co of Roswell for 8 million dollars. Owner Robert Anderson favors selling to the state to preserve the land as a park and for geology and biology field trips, rather than private sale or subdivision.
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Texas
State of Texas
Lone Star State
Diamond ‘A’ Cattle Co
Roswell
Bill McCombs Jr
The
Cattle Company
Diamond
Robert B. Anderson
Anderson
McCombs
Texas State House Affairs Committee
Laura Murray
Austin
Tex
University of Texas At el Paso
UTEP
Cattle Co
Texas General Land Office
Texas Land
Bob Armstrong
GSA to visit Roswell over drainage at Wherry housing area
GSA official James Winsor said he or Jimmy Ware would travel to Roswell to discuss drainage problems at Wherry housing at Roswell Industrial Air Center. The agency plans to sell 785 housing units once the issue, tied to a city railway spur, is resolved.
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General Services Administration
Roswell
Wherry
GSA
Winsor
Ware
Jerry N. Smith
Smith
Chaves County
Walker Air Force Base
Wrecker Leveling Site of Roswell Library Faces Delays
Roswell construction on the new Public Library may be delayed as a state wage bill heads to Governor Apodaca. Bids for exterior work are planned for April 7 with interior bids reviewed before the April 12 council meeting. Wrecking work clears the 300 block North Pennsylvania site amid ongoing removal of nearby buildings.
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Roswell
Ruth Kelly
Jerry Apodaca
Kelly
Fourth St
Telephone Co
West Third Street
Spring Arrives as Snow Falls in New York
The AP notes spring by the calendar began, yet New York City finds snow continuing with frost lingering. The piece recalls the date of the equinox and contrasts expectation with wintry weather in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Associated Press
New York City
Spring Arrives at UN as Snow Stirs Northern States
Margaret Mead rang the Peace Bell at the United Nations to herald spring. The National Weather Service reported widespread snow across New England Iowa Wisconsin Colorado and western Montana with travel advisories in several states. Snow and wind battered the Central Plains and Upper Midwest while Florida enjoyed 80 degree warmth.
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Margaret Mead
United Nations
National Weather Service
New England
Iowa
Wisconsin
Colorado
Montana
Washington
South Dakota
Nebraska
Illinois
Michigan
Weather Service
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Minnesota
Florida
Central Plains
Valentine
North Dakota
Wyoming
Lower Peninsula
Blue Ridge Mountains
North Carolina
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UPI Telephoto
Gaddis Mining Co
Museum of New Mexico
Don Hoffman
Air Force
State Highway Department
Wrecker
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