Acapulco News Highlights Utah Car Towing Incident
Brigham Young University police towed a car parked at the Marriott Activities Center in Provo, Utah. Inside the center, J Willard Marriott was being honored for donating more than 1 million dollars to the school, and officials had the vehicle returned to its spot after the ceremony.
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Acapulco
Brigham Young University
Provo
Utah
Marriott Activities Center
J. Willard Marriott
Church Bulletin Blooper and Budget Amendment Error
A church bulletin foul up notes a meeting at both ends of the church and children to be baptized at each end. State Sen R K Thompson says an error in an amendment to the General Appropriations Bill affects 35000 for New Mexico Military Institute but can be fixed. NM Military Institute president Col Robert Kemble calls it a technical error ready for easy correction.
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John Parrott
First Baptist Church
Roswell
Southern Baptist Convention
Portland
Ore
Owen Cooper
SBC
Pete Domenici
Dr. Parrott
United States Senate
Senate
Dan Vorhees
New Mexico Military Institute
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RK. E. Thompson
NMML
Thompson
Robert Kemble
NMMI
Democratic National Committee approves compromise slate for 25 at large posts
The Democratic National Committee endorsed a 25 at large slate crafted by Robert Strauss after pressure to include union leader Joseph Beirne and two black representatives. Strauss criticized Nixon's conduct while House Speaker Carl Albert condemned Nixon, saying he has been getting by with murder. The dissent centered on Puerto Rican representation, noted by Theodora Martinez.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Nixon
Robert 5. Strauss
Strauss
Jean Westwood
Joseph Beirne
House
Carl Albert
Vietnam
Theodora Martinez
New York
Albert
Congress
Mountain Bell sees Roswell office leadership swap
Mountain Bell in Roswell reorganizes its local management with Ted Spurlin moving to Roswell manager from outside plant supervising service foreman and Jim Miles shifting to outside plant supervising service foreman. Both call the change unusual and aimed at broader company insight.
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Roswell
Mountain Bell
Jim Miles
Ted Spurlin
Spurlin
Miles
Western Electric
Alamogordo
Albuquerque
Gallup
Escapees Apprehended After Night Jail Break Near Roswell
Two prisoners from Roswell City Jail, Mike D. Ewing and Abel Najar both 20, were recaptured at 9 a.m. eight to ten miles south of Roswell on State Road 2 near Crossroads. They escaped by removing a bar and vent. Both are in Chaves County Jail on felony escape charges. Ewing faced drunk and disorderly, Najar drunk disorderly and walking away from work detail.
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Roswell
Chaves County
Mike D. Ewing
Abel Najar
E. Tilden
Ewing
Najar
Stein
John Sutton
del Rio Hotel
Sutton
South Main
Laurence G. Hamm
Bartlett
Orwell Fuller
F. Dexter
Chaves
Wade
Associated Press
Local man badly hurt in Nomad Trail System motorcycle crash
Harold Don Sawyer a 49 year old Roswell District Bureau of Land Management recreation specialist was critically injured riding his 1967 Yamaha on the Nomad Trail System south of Black River Village near Carlsbad. He was moved from Carlsbad Regional Medical Center to Lubbock Methodist Hospital for intensive care after surgery. A BLM investigation team examined the area as Sawyer’s family joined him in Carlsbad.
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Harold Don Sawyer
Meadow Lane
Roswell
Campbell
Sawyer
Web
el Paso Road
Carlsbad
W. O. Denison
Lubbock
Bureau of Land
Mack Wiseman
BLM
Governor vetoes tax levy hike in New Mexico counties
Gov. Bruce King vetoed a bill to raise the county sales tax from 0.25% to 0.50% to fund indigent hospital care. He said temporary courthouse taxes should not become permanent and noted he has vetoed 11 of 440 bills.
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Santa FE
N.M
Bruce King
New Mexico
Matias Chacon
D-Rio Arriba
Rio Arriba
King
Roswell Residents Call for Wider Goods and Lower Prices
Traffic notes show residents urging a larger product range, better services, and lower prices. Many say local merchants lack competitiveness and suggest bringing in new goods to reduce shopping outside Roswell. The report also mentions vacation training opinions and store payment preferences. The great horned owl is described as having keen ears and enormous eyes.
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Roswell
Market slips as stock averages retreat from early rally
New York stocks opened strong but slid by noon with the Dow down 6.40 to 918.80. Analysts call the early rise a technical rally amid an oversold market, with little fresh news driving the decline. Sheep and lamb sales showed active trading with several price ranges and quality adjustments across classes.
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New York Stock Exchange
John Smith
Fahnestock & Co
Rites scheduled for long-time Roswell reporter Edward Emerson
Funeral mass for Edward Brownie Emerson 68 of 108 W Deming set for 11 am Saturday at St Peter s Catholic Church with Fr Fridolin Voegele OFM officiating. Burial at South Park Cemetery after rosary at 7 pm today in LaGrone Funeral Chapel. Emerson a Mountain View Rest Home resident and former Roswell Daily Record reporter is survived by daughter K P Hargis Jr and sister Garvin Chastain.
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Edward ‘Brownie’ Emerson
W. Deming
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Fridolin Voegele
OFM
South Park Cemetery
LaGrone
Emerson
Mountain View Rest Home
Roswell
Domenici Votes Yes On Rural Water Project Amendment
In Congress Domenici backs a Curtis amendment to require prior filed applications for rural sewer and water projects before Nixon era terminations. Montoya opposes the move as the proposal is voted down 66 to 23.
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Washington
New Mexico
U.S
Pete Domenici
Joseph Montoya
Carl Curtis
Nebraska
Bus rates hike eyed in New Mexico hearing
The State Corporation Commission will hear April 25-26 a request from multiple bus firms for a five percent fare increase between cities in New Mexico. Continal Bus System Continental Trailways Greyhound Lines Inter-City Transit Lines New Mexico Transportation Roswell Carrizozo Texas New Mexico and Oklahoma Coaches Valley Transit Lines are among the applicants.
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Santa FE
N.M
State Corporation Commission
New Mexico
Continental Bus System, Inc
Continental Trailways
Greyhound Lines, Inc
Inter- City Transit Lines, Inc
New Mexico Transportation Co., Inc
Roswell-Carrizoro Stage Lines
Texas, New Mexico and
Oklahoma Coaches, Inc
Valley Transit Lines, Inc
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University of New Mexico
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Democrat
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Harold F. Hughes
Iowa
Patrick Cunningham
Bronx
N.Y
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Financial House
ISC
N. Main
Interstate Securities Company
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Jerry McCormack
Lois Purvis
R. M. Higginbotham Busness
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Harold Kingrey
Hutton & Co
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DOW Jones
EF Hutton
Roswell Livestock Commission
Oklahoma City
Okla
Garvin Chastain
Ranger
Tex
Frank Martinez
Roy Moots
Lawrence Barrington
Joe Romero
Ray Gonzales
Zen Determan
Robert Garcia
Donald Taylor LaGrone
Edward Hernandez
Edward D. Hernandez
Hernandez
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