26 Mar 1962
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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1962
Page
1
Jackie Kennedy wrapped up a two week Asia journey marked by elephants camels bands and fashion shows as she left for London from Karachi with a three day stopover in Tehran and a luncheon with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace during her return voyage and a Rome audience with the Pope.
Lt. Col. John H. Glenn Jr.s orbital flight boosts education as NASA official John Sims reports national teachers group and NASA educators discuss handling student questions. Sims notes youngsters view space science as natural and predicts future moon landings by bright sixth graders.
Eight men playing poker were held up and robbed of $3819 and a diamond cluster ring by four masked bandits Sunday night. The robbers forced the men to remove their clothes, then bound six with handcuffs and tied the remaining two with ropes. Two robbers carried guns. Police withheld the victims' names.
FBI sought Richard Lee Blankenship 35 and sister-in-law Peggy Blankenship 28 after a Carlsbad drugstore robbery that netted about 1900 dollars and narcotics. Patrols, bloodhounds, and roadblocks pursued the gunman who fled on foot after a wreck. the woman was captured and treated for injuries.
Charles Wiggins of 3017 Delicado Ave won a $5 cash award for the best news tip of the week. He witnessed a Saturday night gun battle and car chase in Artesia after an armed robbery in Carlsbad, as a widespread manhunt continued in the Artesia area.
The Senate met for the fifth consecutive session to push the antipoll tax constitutional amendment. Sen. John Stennis led with forestry remarks before finally addressing the measure as a test vote looms Tuesday. Senate leaders expressed cautious optimism but offered no firm prediction.
Two masked gunmen hijacked an armored car in Jacksonville and fled with 88269, leaving 3400 in cash. The robbery involved accomplices in a following car and gunmen binding drivers before transferring the loot to a second vehicle. The FBI joined the investigation with no leads reported.
Boxer Benny Paret remained in a coma and near death after the world welterweight title bout with Emile Griffith. Doctors said recovery chances were one in ten thousand, as Paret’s wife Lucy and son Benny Jr. waited at the hospital and surgeons performed skull operations to relieve brain pressure.
The 48th annual New Mexico Cattle Growers Association convention opened with speeches and committee meetings. About 2,000 members expected. Notables include Cushman Ra delbaugh of Orlando president of the American National Cattlemen's Association, Gov. Mechem, Dr. Orlo M. Brees, and Robert O. Anderson. Hereford and Palomino groups elected leaders and planned tours of ranches in Santa Rosa and Alamogordo.
Ex General Edmund Jouhaud, once a top leader of the European Secret Army, was captured and sent to a French prison in Oran. The outfit later rallied French settlers in Algiers for a march that ended in deadly violence.
Hollywood reports actress Martha Raye was found unconscious on a Malibu beach. Rescue workers revived her, she was treated at Malibu Emergency Hospital, then transferred to Hollywood West Hospital. Dr. Morris Katz cited exhaustion from walking the sand as cause.
President Kennedy asked Congress for a $600 million public works program to create jobs in areas with high unemployment, aiming to jump start employment and economic activity.
Perry Bizzle aged 12 of 527 West Reed Street was taken to the Medical Center after a scooter collision in the 100 block of West Reed Street. He was a passenger on the motor scooter.
Jacqueline Kennedy arrived in London in chilly conditions for a visit. Her arrival marks a notable event as she steps into British capital, drawing media attention and public interest.
PENSACOLA Fla AP four teen aged skindivers disappear after leaving a tide swept rubber raft in the Gulf of Mexico a fifth youth swam two miles to shore near dark Saturday
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