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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1965
Page
2
A 19 year old St Michael s College freshman Sammy J Quintana of Ledoux Mo ra died after hitting his head on the pool bottom while diving at the Santa Fe municipal pool. Authorities reported the accident occurred this weekend and the student was transported from the scene.
AP reports Dr. Henry V. Cobb, president of the...
The National Association for Retarded Children will be the keynote speaker at the state association's tenth annual convention. The meeting is scheduled for April 23 and 24 in Santa Fe.
Mora and Taos counties in New Mexico qualify for 100 percent federal aid to fight poverty. They are among 182 nationwide with per capita income under $750, triggering special OEO teams to assist local officials in creating community action programs.
ARTESIA Special L Foy Fisher a cotton purchasing agent for J P Stevens and Co Greenville S C will be the featured speaker at a meeting for producers business men and women and any other interested persons next Tuesday at 2 p m in the CVE Community Room Fisher s topic will be Can We Afford Not to Produce Quality Cotton There is now a 14 s million bale surplus Most cotton produced in this area is being consumed by the cotton mills and not added to this surplus Fisher will give reasons for its continued production Also appearing on the program will be Glenn Staten cotton seed breeder from New Mexico State University and representatives from the National Cotton Council Staten will discuss New Developments in Quality Cotton and preview future plans in the college s breeding program The cotton council s presentation will include a brief report on the work of the Cotton Producers Institute.
Archie L. McDonald 68 a Eddy County pioneer died last week in Belen He was a retired Santa Fe railroad section foreman and father of Artesia resident Mrs Carter Izard He was born August 7 1896 in Seven Rivers Funeral services were held in Carlsbad with burial in Carlsbad Cemetery Survivors include two daughters three sons and eight grandchildren He had lived in Belen for 14 months
The Community Concert president Mrs. Bert Muncy Jr. announced a campaign kick off with a Monday dinner at the Town House Cafeteria banquet room. Invitations have been mailed to volunteers. Betty Mann the New York representative visited Artesia to assist plans and discuss talent for the 1965 66 season.
Webb City Missouri police divers searched an abandoned lead mine after Roy Hunt aged 23 disappeared while attempting to recover a car. The vehicle linked to the November 18 hit-and-run that killed 13 year old Benjamin Carl was found on a ledge under seventy feet of water. The diver was presumed drowned.
Capitan School band earned a Division 1 rating and a sight-reading plaque at the Southeastern New Mexico Music Educators Band contest in Clovis on March 20. The group schedules a concert April 8 at Carrizozo High School and its annual spring band concert in Capitan on April 23.
James Marlow surveys three Klans in American history. The Invisible Empire post Civil War promoted white supremacy, the 1915 1928 nationwide Klan influenced politics, and the present Klan ties to civil rights era murders.
Eight regional winners were named to lead exhibitors at the 1965 New Mexico Science Fair in Socorro on April 9 and 10. Winners also earned entry to the National Science Fair in St. Louis May 3 to 7. Lola Dickson and Tommy Glover led Southwestern Fair honors, while regional champions include Lemons, Anderson, Russell, Clarke, Jordan, and Shearman from various high schools.
The State Board of Educational Finance approved Western New Mexico University to build a $920 000 fine arts complex funded by 470 000 from a statewide bond issue and 450 000 from a proposed revenue bond. The board also approved plans for New Mexico State University and the School for the Visually Handicapped and allocated federal funds to UNM and NMSU libraries.
AP report shows 125 early 1965 first quarter results indicate 24 firms earned less than 1964, while about four out of five firms posted higher after tax earnings. Industries lifting profits include rubber, food, textiles, paper, appliances, retail, metals, and chemicals amid a year of rising dividends and optimistic forecasts for 1965.
Lieutenant Marion Wayne West of Walker Air Force Base died Sunday afternoon in an automobile crash south of Roswell on U S 285. Funeral arrangements are pending at Ballard Funeral Home. Christopher Herrmann, seven, of Dexter died Sunday in an automobile accident near Hondo. Funeral arrangements are pending at Ballard Funeral Home.
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