Former Roswell Attorney Lauds GM Safety Advances at Dallas Convention
Ross Malone, GM vice president and general counsel, spoke at the Associated General Contractors of America convention in Dallas about highway safety progress. He credited laminated windshields and energy absorbing columns, noting they could cut death or serious injury by 70 to 80 percent. Malone urged faster highway and driver improvements alongside voluntary auto industry safety work. Bill Armstrong of Roswell resigned as president of the contractors group. Also noted: buzzards in Roswell. C E Lynch and R E Rockwell returned from training in Denver. Paul Taylor nominated for Downtown Lions Club president with election set for April 18.
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Roswell
Ross Malone
General Motors
Dallas
Associated General Contractors of America
Bill Armstrong
Malone
New York
Detroit
William Haddon
National Highway Safety Bureau
Israeli Jets Bomb Jordan Amid Continued Frontline Fire
Israeli jets launched a second day of attacks over Jordan as artillery duels raged along the Jordan River from Galilee to Jericho. Jordan claimed four Israeli fighters were shot down and that tanks and artillery were destroyed, while reports spoke of continued air activity and troop movements on both sides with no confirmed casualties.
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ED Blanche
Associated Press
TEL Aviv
Jordan
Jordan River
Galilee
Jericho
Dead Sea
Stanley Bennett
U.s.-Jordan
Hussein
Amman
Um Kais
Karameh
al Fatah
Massada
Israel
Beisan
Gilad
Nurdan
Fertile
Gesher
Beit Yosef
Yardena
Lake Galilee
Cairo
Beirut
Damascus
Bagdad
Jordan Valley
Syria
Sinai
Lebanon
Roswell Retirement Service Formed To Promote City
A Roswell group has formed Roswell Retirement Service Inc to promote the area as a retirement destination. Officers include Clarence Hinkle as chairman and James Lusk as president with a large board representing banks, real estate, commerce, and city groups. The plan includes ad campaigns, FHA and VA cooperation, and housing referrals to attract retirees and strengthen the local economy.
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Roswell
Clarence E. Hinkle
Hinkle, Bondurant and Christy
James K. Lusk
Roswell State Bank
Sam Spencer
Federal Housing Administration
Fred Blocksom
Chaves County Savings & Loan Assn
Harlingen
Tex
Chamber of Commerce
Harligen
Midwest
Great Lakes
New Roswell Group
Roy Walker
FHA
Donald E. Crow
Albuquerque
Roswell Retirement Service Inc
Walker
Crow
Riots Prompt Guard Deployment After Memphis Clash
Armed national guardsmen stood watch in Memphis after Thursday rioting that left one dead. Civil rights leaders including Martin Luther King debated a second protest march as violence spread through Negro sections of the city where about 280000 Black residents live among 700000.
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Jay Bowles
Associated Press
Memphis, Tenn. (Ap
Martin Luther King
National
Beale Street
Nashville
Larry Payne
Mrs. Sims is Honored By Sertoma
Mrs Roscoe Sims of 701 S Del aware received the New Mexico El Paso District Sertoma Internationals Service to Mankind Award at a noon luncheon in the Roswell Inn. Jerry Joyner district governor from Alamogordo presented the award.
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New Mexico-El Paso
Sertoma International
Roscoe Sims
Roswell
Sertoma
Jerry Joyner
Roswell Inn
S. Delaware
New Mexico - el Paso
Alamogordo
Sertoma Club
Sims
Kennedy Campaign Tour Reaches Albuquerque in New Mexico
Senator Robert F Kennedy arrives at Albuquerque airport greeted by about 300 supporters. He plans a downtown reception and visits to St Anthony's orphanage and the Indian School before addressing the University of New Mexico and continuing to Arizona for more speeches. Tribal leaders cancel a Rough Rock feast in protest.
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New York
Cary Grant
St. John’s Hospital
Queens
Goodby
Albuquerque
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Old Town
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Cold Town Plaza
St. Anthony’s
University of New Mexico
Ari
Zona
Window Rock
Ariz
Paul Fannin
R-Ariz
Flagstaff
Fannin
Senate
D-N.y
Rough Rock
Fires at three State Street stores rack Chicago
Three big Chicago stores on State Street faced separate fires within three hours. Carson Pirie Scott Co Montgomery Ward and Co and the Wieboldt Co suffered substantial damage with no injuries reported. Arson is suspected as investigators review the incidents. Police deployed canine units for crowd control and looting prevention.
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Chicago
State Street
Carson Pirie Scott — Co
State and
Madison Streets
Montgomery Ward and Co
Adams Streets
Carsons
Wieboldt
Madison
Carson
Robert Quinn
Carson’s
Carsons and Wards
Wiebolt
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AL Stubbs
AGC
South Sea
Mike Rowland
Goddard Telestar
C. E. Lynch
R. E. Rockwell
Bureau of Land Management
Bureau
Denver
Paul Taylor
Downtown Lions Club
Associated Press and Record News
Roswell Tower, Inc
Washington
Johnson
America
U.S. Naval Station
Harold E. Holt
Australia
Holt
Northwest Cape
San Pedro
Calif
White House
White Sands
Air Force
Utah
New Mexico
Green River
Kansas City
U.S. District Court
Ideal Basic Industries, Inc
Ideal Cement Co
Potash Co. of America
Potash
Ideal
Silver City——Steelworkers Union
Kennecott Copper Corp
King
Memphis
Donald B. Anderson
Anderson Oil Co
William F. Brainerd
James A. Clark
Security National Bank
Charles F. Halverson
Mountain States Telephone Co
Joe F. Key
Southwestern Public Service Co
Jim Marks
Roswell Realtors Assn
R. L. Chewning
Roswell Merchants Assn
George A. Dietrich
Southern Union Gas Co
Clayton Menefee
Roswell Savings & Loan Assn
John Minton
Equitable Building & Loan Assn
J. C. Powell Jr
First
Huffman
Boy Scouts
Houston
Tom Fort Jr
Westinghouse Electric Company
Fort
Westinghouse
Mrs. Sims
Payne
John Stinson Nolan
Larry
Frank C. Holloman
Memphis Transit Authority
RFK
Nixon
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