Prolific Roswell writer Brownie Emerson dies at rest home
Former Roswell Record reporter Brownie Emerson, remembered for hard news and notable features, died today at a local rest home. He produced extensive work including a history of the Roswell Post Office and promoted paper recycling. Emerson spent years at the Pampa paper and was born in Indian Territory Oklahoma. He had been retired 13 years. Wright Hockey of Midland oil firm undergoes major surgery today. he and his wife Marie and son moved there after the Roswell oil exodus.
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Briggs named new administrator at St. Ann’s Hospital Truth or Consequences
Former St. Mary’s assistant administrator Robert Briggs was chosen to lead St. Ann’s Hospital in Truth or Consequences. He will oversee nursing, purchasing and all hospital operations following seven years at St. Mary’s. A Valley of Fires Easter sunrise service is noted for retirees, with a 3:45 a.m. start if they stay nearby.
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Funeral for Luz Bartlett Duran Held at St John’s Church
Funeral mass for Luz Bartlett Duran 83 will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at St John’s Catholic Church with Rev. Diego Mazon officiating. Burial is in South Park Cemetery under LaGrone Funeral Chapel. Rosary is at 7 p.m. today at LaGrone. Duran died Tuesday night at St Mary’s Hospital. She was born March 2 1890 in White Oaks daughter of Lucia Archuleta and Ezabel Archuleta. Survived by son Joe A. Duran Roswell two daughters Sophie Ayala Arcadia Calif Isabel Duran Roswell 14 grandchildren 35 great grandchildren preceded in death in 1928. Pallbearers Juan Chavez Sotero Sanchez Eloy Torrez Domingo Lopez Joe Mendolia Ramon Pacheco.
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Arcadia
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Sotero Sanchez
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Joe Mendolia
Ramon Pacheco
el Divino Pastor Methodist Church
Albuquerque
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North Missouri
Montoya
Ballard Chapel
Jose Murrillo
Ballard Funeral Home
Jim Garcia
Robert Garcia
Richard Montoya
Ernie Montoya
Catarina Cardona
Jessie Trujillo
Three Men Charged in Engine Theft Returned to Fifth District
Chief Assistant District Attorney Morris Stagner said the case against Charles Desrosiers Charles Harris Jr and Fred Warden for burglary and larceny over 100 involving three aircraft engines from ENMU Roswell on February 22 is back in the Fifth Judicial District after a halt for a federal charge of theft of government property. The engines were stolen from the Vocational Technical Building at Roswell Industrial Air Center. The defendants remain out on 10 000 bond each. One has a private attorney while the others are assigned public defenders in Albuquerque with local public defenders to be appointed.
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Albuquerque
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Horsemanship Clinic Set by Southeast New Mexico Assn
The Southeastern New Mexico Junior Quarterhorse Association sponsors a horsemanship clinic at the New Mexico Institute arena at 1 p.m. Sunday. Instructors include Orin Barnes of Demmitt Texas teaching showmanship at halter and western pleasure. Open to the public at no charge with no age or horse type limits.
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Kiva Club backs march through Gallup
The University of New Mexico Kiva Club supports a March 31 rally in Gallup by the Gallup Indian Coalition to press for changes in the community’s treatment of its Indian residents. They also back an Albuquerque march this Saturday in solidarity with the Wounded Knee message.
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Paquin
Navajo Reservation
Wool prices rise amid mixed farm outlook and demand shifts
Foreign buyers from Japan contract much of this year's wool crop while domestic mills bid up to 1.45 for top clips. Ranchers face higher feed costs and predator losses, but cotton prospects look favorable if prices stay firm. European demand shifts back to wool as synthetics falter, and producers see a bright overall agribusiness picture despite rising costs. In New Zealand, Judge Hoffman band marathon sets a 76 hour non stop music record.
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Drug study results sent to Congress and the President
The National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse presents a two year one million dollar study on America's drug problems to Congress and the President. The panel led by former Gov. Raymond P. Shafer includes nine Nixon appointees and four lawmakers.
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Roswell Residents Cite Store Hours and Shopping Habits
A Roswell survey finds 89 percent satisfied with store hours while a minority want later mornings and longer afternoons. Ninety-one percent shop Roswell first, with many citing high local prices as a reason to buy elsewhere or not at all. Mail order use rises in some brackets, and residents point to Albuquerque and El Paso as top out of town shopping cities. Tomorrow’s column notes on traffic rules and parking.
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Market declines ease as Dow steadies after 22 year CPI peak
New York prices stayed sharply lower with the Dow down 7.76 at 930.61 at noon. Analysts cited a 22 year high in February consumer prices and a 6 percent prime rate as factors boosting investor unease. The market also weakened after the Dow breached the 940 level earlier and a bankers government talk failed to calm nerves.
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Rites for Noble Armstrong set. Roswell teacher dies
Funeral services will be held at LaGrone Funeral Chapel for Noble M. Armstrong 60 history teacher at Roswell High School who collapsed at school. He died Wednesday at St. Marys Hospital 11 45 am. Survivors include his wife and three sisters. Graveside rites at County Line Cemetery Conroe Texas Monday. Edward Emerson 68 former Roswell Daily Record reporter died at Mountain View Rest Home services pending. Felipe Montoya 69 Roswell resident dies Tuesday. services planned with Ballard Chapel.
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