City Spelling Contests Set for Thursday and Friday
Spellers from grade schools will memorize the dictionary for city events. Fifth graders compete at 1 15 p m Thursday at Berrendo Elementary while Friday at East Grand Plains sixth graders face tough words. A junior event follows next week with middle and high school competitors. A Roswell parent praises youth and recalls a Roswell High School room poem honoring Mr Noble Armstrong who died last week.
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Berrendo
East Grand Plains
Roswell High School
Noble Armstrong
Mr. Armstrong
Builders protest lumber prices rise after Phase 3
Charles F. Smith reports from Pecos Valley Lumber Co. that the National Association of Home Builders has urged Congress to curb lumber price spikes seen since Phase 3. Association president George C. Martin cites a $1,200 added cost to a $25,000 home and blames log exports to Japan for the shortage.
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Charles F. Smith
Pecos Valley Lumber Co
Washington
Washington Star
National Association of Home Builders
Congress
George C. Martin
Japan
Martin
Roswell
POWs Return From Vietnam To New Mexico Welcome
Clark Air Base Philippines reports liberation of James Lindberg Hughes after nearly six years as a POW. Fellow freed prisoners Juan L. Jacquez and Gary Lawrence Daves depart Vietnamese captivity. All three receive a hero’s welcome in New Mexico, with Daves buying a wristwatch and Jacquez recalling service as an effective barber during captivity.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
New Mexico
Air Force
James Lindberg Hughes
Santa Fe
N.M
Hughes
Clark Air Force Base
Gary Lawrence Daves
Army
Juan L. Jacquez
Hanoi
Jacquez
Daves
Gallinas
South Vietnam
Area evacuated for Athena missile launch in New Mexico
Air Force says evacuation procedures will begin at 6 p.m. Thursday for two Athena missiles launched from Green River Utah. The Athenas are set to impact White Sands Missile Range about 500 miles southeast, evacuating an area north of Magdalena and Datil south of Grants and between Belen and Blue Mesa in New Mexico.
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White Sands Missile Range
N.M
Air Force
New Mexico
Green River
Utah
White Sands
Hog prices fall at major markets amid boycott fears
Hog prices across Midwest markets fell sharply as traders cited consumer boycott talk and lighter cattle demand. At Webster City Iowa hogs dropped 3 to 3.50 per hundredweight with top prices down, while Joliet Illinois opened about 2 and slid further. Analysts cite psychological factors and higher supply after a prior peak, with Nebraska packers signaling reduced slaughter due to weak demand.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Iowa
Webster City
Jerry Struck
Joliet
Ill
Minnesota
Sioux City
Phillip Bradshaw
Illinois Pork Producers Association
Bradshaw
American Meat Institute
Allen Johnson
Johnson
Nebraska
Man Held in Slaying in Gallup Downtown Shooting
In Gallup New Mexico Nelson S Wilson was arraigned on a murder charge after Chester Johnson 53 of Ganado Arizona was shot three times in the chest outside a U S 66 store Monday Witnesses said a pickup truck occupant fired three shots then fled Wilson was arrested about two hours later near an abandoned pickup used in the incident
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Gallup
N.M
Nageesi
Chester Johnson
Ganado
Ariz
Nelson S. Wilson
Johnson
U.S. 66
Wilson
Chile loans halted amid Allende election probes
Treasury official told senators that international banks have stopped lending to Chile since Allende's 1970 election due to poor credit risk. He noted World Bank and ITT-linked lending waned, with only two educational loans from IDB in 1971 and pre-1971 Chilean loans totaling over 270 million from World Bank group and 312 million from IDB.
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Harrison Humphries
Associated Press
Washington
Treasury Department
Chile
Salvador Allende
John M. Hennessy
The
Treasury
Hennessy
Senate Foreign Relations
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
Allende
World Bank
International Finance Corp
Inter-American Development Bank
World Bank Group
IDB
Anaconda Kennecott Copper Co
ITT
Chile Telephone Co
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
White House
State Department
Breakins and Thefts Reported in Roswell Area
Roswell City Police investigated multiple breakins over two days. Darryl Samples reported a broken window at Traders Furniture Co and a missing brown pottery jug. Joe Moody reported a home entry via broken window with over $100 cash and a .22 pistol missing. Eddie Pyeatt reported a car burglary at North Garden Avenue with a tape deck and tapes valued over $100. Aurelia Vasquez reported a home entry via bedroom window with a tape deck speakers and tapes missing.
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Roswell
Traders’ Furniture Co
Tilden
Darryl
Joe Moody
Third St
Eddie Pyeatt
Pennsylvania Ave
Glover's
North Garden Avenue
Aurelia Vasquez
W. Matthews
Bus Hijacking Near Korat Sparks Airport Standoff
Armed Thais seized a bus with about 30 passengers near Korat and drove it to Bangkok airport demanding a plane to Peking. Five or six hijackers, armed with a grenade and pistol, held the group inside the bus as police and military surrounded the vehicle. Officials said the Thai Black September claim appeared to be new to authorities.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Peking
Thai Black September Organization
Injured man recovering after 30 foot fall near Roswell
David Cox a 28 year old from 3104 S Lea Ave is listed in satisfactory condition at Eastern New Mexico Medical Center after tumbling about 30 feet from a bluff near the Pecos River Bridge northeast of Roswell. State police report he fell while climbing a bluff while with a United Geophysical Corp survey team. bruises only no broken bones. The accident was reported at 10 09 a m Tuesday.
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David Cox
S. Lea Ave
Eastern
New Mexico Medical Center
Pecos River
Roswell
New Mexico
Cox
Dismissal Offered in Lakewood Death Case
Asst Dist Atty Nolan Brown said in court he would dismiss murder and kidnapping charges against Carolyn McCrary in exchange for a guilty plea to accessory after the fact of murder a misdemeanor with up to two years in jail or a $500 fine. McCrary and her Texas family members face charges in the Aug 23 1971 death of Leeora Rose Looney whose body was found near the Wyoming border after disappearance from a Thornton doughnut shop.
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McCrary
Sherman McCrary
Carl R. Taylor
Texas
Leeora Rose Looney
Thornton
Colo
Miss Looney
Wyoming
Market reports note early rally then leveling in New York
Stock prices opened sharply higher in New York with the Dow around 950, then steadied by noon as profit-taking cooled gains. Analysts expect the rally sparked by prior declines to continue, though the noon Dow slipped to 941.15 from 950.26. The NYSE index fell slightly to 59.20 while the Big Board showed 635 advances to 574 declines.
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New York
Talcott National
American Stock Exchange
NYSE
Isler rites set for Jesse W Isler
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in LaGrone Funeral Chapel for Jesse W. Isler 4 213 W. Deming who died Tuesday morning at the Medical Center Survivors include his wife Oda the former Oda Young The couple wed November 18 1912 in Estellene Texas Jack McCall of the West Country Club Church of Christ will officiate Burial will be in Memory Lawn Cemetery Casket bearers are grandsons Danny Isler Jerry Isler George Pirtle Paul Pirtle Jud Price Wayne Kinman Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in South Park Cemetery for Julius Homer Wooley 82 former Roswell resident who died in Marlowe Oklahoma Monday The Rev Buford Coplen pastor of Washington Avenue Baptist Church will officiate He had lived in Roswell prior to December 195 but moved to Marlowe Okla shortly after his wife's death here in December 1945 He was a retired farmer Funeral arrangements under Ballard Funeral Home"}
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LaGrone
Jesse W. Isler
W. Deming
Isler
Medical Center
Oda
Oda Young
Estellene
Tex
Jack McCall
West Country Club
Danny Isler
Jerry Isler
George Pirtle
Paul Pirtle
Jud Price
Wayne Kinman
South Park
Julius Homer Wooley
Roswell
Marlowe
Oklo
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International Volunteer Service
Hue
Clark
Carolyn
Hattiesburg, Miss
N. Main St
Chaves County
Governor's Council On Criminal Justice Planning
W.E. Quigley
Anaconda Co
U.S
Anaconda
Ralph Mecham
Mecham
William V. Broe
CIA
Broe
Korat
Praphas Charusathien
Dawee Chullasapya
Chatichai Choonhavan
United Geophysical Corp
Pecos Valley
Pete Berry
Beltone
Beltones
Eltone
Virginia Ave
Main St
Albert A. Stubbs
Jerry McCormack
Lois Purvis
R. M. Higginbotham
Cecil Goins
John Pettit
AL Geary
Harold Kingrey
Trade
Carter
Tom
Meramec Caverns
US 66
No Cave
Lester B Dill
Feeder Claves
Benny Flerming
W. Mas Cartright
Pon
Lamagne Peters Capitan
Wima Davis
Corona
A & F Carrie Co
Sarmes Miles
Bent
Wi Het
Melvin Ey
Yeso
Bene
Maley. Hagerman
Jie Lesion
Capitan
Lane Wilburn
Artesa
Alvin Hargrove, Jr
Hagerman
Jack Mask
Onwell
Jarret Ware
Arther
Rowwell
Richard Montoya
San Patricio
Bull Co
Zane Leste
Vaugre
Rancho Morrane Tulerote
Townsend Land & Catte To
Monahan
Pfr
West York
Mawel
Lavon
Lowing
J Spangier
Evtencia
Gerard Tully
Crenco
Bf Stra
Noble Coron
Janes Gerge
Merde
Marold Smit Ponwell
Clee Sonwetl
Bowwell
James Nymeryer Lowing
Prova Cedaress
Cattie Co
Moswett
Goswell
Cattle Co
Sonwerl
Alfred
Cherawr
Toterosa
Jon
F Mutton & Co
Tom Amer
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Strauss
Chrysler
Lifening
Hay Cities
Lortheed
City Invest
Elec
Coca Cola
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Tetro Duptan Corp
Pete Es
DuPont
Pan Am
Penn Eng
el Paso
Pete Ford
Ramada
CA Corp
Safeway
Goodyear
Wwe Haliburton
Tnt
Eadie US
Teles Corp
Tennecoiss
Teraco
Wiles & Gibbs
EF Hutton & Colpm
DOW Jones
EF Mutton & Co
Chicago
Mutton & Co
Julius H. Wooley
Buford Coplen
Washington Avenue Baptist Church
Ballard Funeral Home
Tragy
America
Nambe
Phe
Arene
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