Education finance debate and tax proposals weigh on Roswell chamber
Chaves county leaders urged stockholders to press state government on school funding as New Mexico faces a likely mix of local tax measures. State Senator Cavin called education a large budget consumer while Senator Bruin warned against overreliance on state aid. The luncheon honored Buddy Rose and Bill Brainerd with key roles, and Rep. Steve Helbing quipped about the session. A science note on tiger beetles ends the page.
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Chaves County
Roswell
Buddy Rose
President’s Club
Chamber
Bill Brainerd
Robert Elder
International cartel rigged quinine prices, Senate probe says
Senate investigator Dr. John M. Blair reports an international cartel bought quinine from the U.S. government for about 21 cents an ounce and resold it in the United States and elsewhere at nearly ten times that price.
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Washington
U.S
America
Senate
John M. Blair
Law change urged to shield legislators from pressure
Attorney General Boston Witt said a new statute might be needed to protect lawmakers from pressure after Rep. Robert Mondragon said he faced threats for opposing liquor pricing bills. Mondragon’s employer, KABQ manager Joe Fullerman, reported a boycott threat by two beer distributors if Mondragon was not fired. Witt is reviewing whether any law has been violated and aims to see if a protective statute is warranted.
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Santa FE
Boston Witt
Robert Mondragon
D-Bernalillo
Mondragon
Albuquerque
KABQ
Joe Fullerman
Witt
Fullerman
Rainfall totals rise in region with Easter weekend clearing
A light rain fell in the Roswell area today with totals across Bitter Lake Walker AFB and Roswell. The weatherman forecasts showers and thunderstorms into Friday, followed by clearing and cooler conditions for Saturday. Total yearly precipitation stands at .27 inch, .97 below normal.
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Roswell
Bitter Lake
Walker Air Force Base
U.S
Walker AFB conversion roadblock cleared after House panel inquiry
Roswell and Eastern New Mexico University can proceed with plans to convert Walker Air Force Base for educational use after Rep. E S Johnny Walker raised pressure. A March 1967 letter from Armed Services Committee Chairman L Mendel Rivers to Secretary Harold Brown clarified that housing units would not transfer with the base disposal to GSA for state or Roswell education purposes.
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Walker Air Force Base
Armed Services Committee
U.S. House of Representatives
Department of Defense
Amarillo Air Force Base
James Connelly Air Force Base
Waco
Tex
Air Force
Eastern New Mexico University
Rivers
Brown
House Armed Service Committee
Texas
New Mexico
Connelly Air Force Base
Federal Housing Administration
GSA
Roswell
Man Claims Slavery Record Back Wages Suit
Abernicio Gonzales 46 sues in district court alleging peonage since 1933 at Elias Joe Montoya ranch. He seeks 40000 dollars plus interest for 50 cents daily wages started at age 13 to repay a $50 debt. defendant named is Joe Montoya of Cabezon.
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Albuquerque
Sandoval County
Abernicio Gonzales
Science Fair draws about 120 area students to NMMI
About 120 area students participate in the Southeastern New Mexico Science Fair at the New Mexico Military Institute campus. Exhibits run 3:30 a.m. to 12 midnight in Cahoon Armory. Top senior winners go to the national fair in San Francisco May 10 to 14.
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Sandia Corp
Albuquerque
NMMI
Eastern New Mexico University
San Francisco
Calif
Socorro
Ros
Ex-owner of Bar Witness in JFK Probe
In New Orleans Apache District Attorney Jim Garrison ordered Gordon Novel, former owner of a French Quarter bar, arrested as a material witness in the JFK assassination inquiry. Novel, 29, did not appear before the Orleans Parish County grand jury and fled to Columbus Ohio before heading toward Chicago.
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New Orleans
Jim Garrison
Gordon Novel
John F. Kennedy
Orleans Parish County
Garrison
Grand Jury
Clay L. Shaw
Kennedy
Columbus
Novel
Rampart Street
French Quarter
Criminal Dist
Edward A. Haggerty Jr
Shaw
Mississippi Gulf Coast
International Trade Mart
Louisiana
France
David W. Ferrie
Lee Harvey Oswald
Poorbaugh Resigns as New Mexico DOD Director
Earle Poorbaugh, 67, resigns as director of New Mexico Department of Development amid criticism. Gov. Cargo names Willis Smith as acting director and Peter Hirsch as administrator during the search for a new leader. Poorbaugh had been under fire for downgrading industrial development to tourist promotion and promised swift action.
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Santa FE (Ap
Earle Poorbaugh
Department of Development
New Mexico
David Cargo
Cargo
Willis Smith
Albuquerque
Smith
Peter Hirsch
Department
Poorbaugh
Maryland
Department of Information
Uncle Sam
Consumers Buy Milk As Usual Amid NFO Holdback
The National Farmers Organization milk withholding enters its eighth day as shoppers continue to buy milk. Dairies bottle more of the available milk and some outside imports ease shortages while NFO seeks a two cent per quart price raise. drive spans 25 states from Idaho to New York with limited action in several states. Cincinnati cooperatives report obtaining milk from Wisconsin.
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Chicago
National Farmers Organization
Dairies
Harold Cope
Pure Milk Association
Cincinnati
Wisconsin
NFO
Idaho
New York
Mission boycott at Twin Cities Rescue Mission in Marysville
A 40 person protest at the Twin Cities Rescue Mission in Marysville enters its eighth day over mandatory attendance at interdenominational services. The mission board approved the rule, stating no worship means no meals or lodging, claiming the primary aim is saving souls.
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Marysville
Calif
APA
Twin Cities
Hanoi Hawks and Doves Shape Hanoi Peace Probes
AP Special Correspondent Jill Hightower reports U S officials see hawk and dove factions inside North Vietnam influencing Ho Chi Minh. Washington notes shifts in Hanoi's responses to U S peace probes, five contacts with Johnson backed by Ho Chi Minh letter, and mixed reception to U S messages.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
US S
North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Johnson
Hanoi
U.S
Moscow
United States
North Vietnamese demands end bombing before peace talks
A Hanoi message forwarded via Moscow drew no reply until Jan 27. The State Department called it a diatrib e denouncing U.S. actions in Vietnam and demanding an unconditional end to bombing before negotiations.
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North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Moscow
United States
State Department
Vietnam
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American Association of University Women
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Chaves County Heart Assn
Chaves County Medical Auxiliary
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New Mexico Society of Professional Engineers
DeShurley Construction Co
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