Porter wins 1966 Pulitzer for fiction in bold stroke
The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter wins fiction prize as AP reporter Peter Arnett earns international reporting Pulitzer for Viet Nam coverage. Boston Globe claims public service prize for campaign blocking Morrissey appointment. other prizes include history, biography, poetry, general nonfiction, music, and editorial writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Katherine Anne Porter
Perry Miller
America
Leslie Bassett
Peter Arnett
Associated Press
Viet Nam
Public Service
Boston Globe
Francis X. Morrissey
Massachusetts
Arnett
Los Angeles Times
John A. Frasca
Tampa
Fla
Tribune
Haynes Johnson
Washington Evening Star
Selma
Ala
Robert Lasch
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Don Wright
Miami News
Kyoichi Sawade
United Press International
Parachutist Piantanida fights for life after 57,000-foot fall
Nick Piantanida, 33, of Brick Town New Jersey, fell from 57,000 feet during a Sunday balloon test near Sioux Falls. He was placed in a hyperbaric chamber at Hennepin County General Hospital after a three minute oxygen lapse. Doctors reported brain damage status unknown as flight surgeon Leonard Thompson noted the descent from 57,000 to 40,000 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Nick Piantanida
N.J
Minnesota
Hennepin County General Hospital
Claude Hitchcock
Leonard Thompson
Piantanida
Thompson
Worthington, Minn
Sioux Falls
S.D
Ed Yost
Raven Industries
Yost
Pilot Rescued After Highland North Viet Nam Ordeal
In North Viet Nam near the Laos border, Capt. James M. Ingalls of Palo Alto Calif. parachuted after his Skyraider was shot down during a forward air control mission. Rescue attempts via three helicopters failed under groundfire before dawn contact led to his ultimate pick up by rescue helicopters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
USS. Air Force
North Viet Nam
James M. Ingalls
Palo Alto
Calif
Ingalls
U.S. Air Force
3Rd Aerospace Rescue Recovery Group
Viet Nam-Laos
Air Force
Roswell seeks new school superintendent from broad applicant pool
Forty seven seek the Roswell school post after H F Allred’s 14 year tenure ends. Applicants from across the U S including Bangkok and Wiesbaden, Germany. most hold doctorates. May 15 is the cutoff, with Deans Travelstead and Roush to screen and the Board to interview finalists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell
H.F. Allred
Allred
John Hall
Germany
Roswell School Board
Chester Travelstead
College of Education
University of New Mexico
Donald Roush
New Mexico State University
April Weather Stuns Locals With Wet 24 Year Highs
The month was the wettest April in 24 years with 1.97 inches of rain, only topped by 1942. Temperatures ranged from 90 to 30 degrees, while average highs reached 76.7 and lows 42.8. Sunshine totaled 77 percent and winds averaged 10.8 mph. The fastest minute pace hit 39 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Weather Bureau
Employer Named County Employer of the Year at Convention
Prentice Bailey of Furr's Inc. received Chaves County Employer of the Year for employing a mentally retarded person full time. Alamogordo was chosen as the 1967 convention site during the statewide gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prentice Bailey
Furr’s Inc
Chaves County
Chaves
Ten Killed On Highways In New Mexico Weekend
The April 30 May 1 period saw ten highway deaths in New Mexico. A Las Cruces man, Raymond Bejaran, 24, was charged with involuntary manslaughter after his car crossed the centerline on U S 70 east of Deming, killing a San Diego couple and their infant. Other fatalities included a Mesilla Park man in a Vegas of two-vehicle crash on I 10 near Las Cruces and six more deaths on Saturday involving two Clovis teens, two Sandia Base soldiers and a Albuquerque youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New Mexico
Las Cruces
Raymond Bejaran
Asst. Dist. Atty
Lee Wesley
U.S. 70
Deming
San Diego
Calif
Douglas Ratliff
Carolyn
Six States Vote in 1966 Primaries with Wallace in Spotlight
Six states hold primaries Tuesday including Alabama where Gov. Wallace is barred from re election but his wife Lurleen seeks the Democratic nomination. Florida Indiana New Mexico Ohio Oklahoma also vote with governorships up in all but Indiana and two states Alabama and Oklahoma nominating for the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
Lurleen
Florida
Indiana
New Mexico
Ohio
Oklahoma
Senate
Santa FE
John Burroughs
Burroughs
Gene Lusk
Democratic Party
Miami abductor contacts rabbi in New York over ransom
Wealthy Miami contractor Aaron Goldman says a man who may be the kidnapper of his 18 year old son Daniel contacted a New York rabbi. Goldman pledges ransom through a church once the kidnapper identifies their son as promised. Daniel was taken from Surfside home before dawn on March 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Miami
Aaron Goldman
Daniel
New York
Goldman
Surfside
Leaders Week End and Junior Leader Training Camp Held
More than 325 Scouts and leaders gathered at Camp Wehinahpay for Leaders Week End and the first Junior Leader Training Camp. Harold DeShurley cited strong turnout from Artesia, Carlsbad, Clovis, Eunice, Hobbs, Lovington, Portales, Roswell, and Bovina Texas, with 50 troops signed up for the 1966 season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wehinahpay
Harold DeShurley
Conquistador Council
New Mexico
Ini Ivite
C.W. Tarter Jr
Rio Hondo
George Budd
Louis Kendrick
Jimmy Ford
Roswell
George Miller
DeShurley
Artesia
Carlsbad
Clovis
Eunice
Hobbs
Lovington
Portales
Bovina
Texas
Grahams sweep National Fast Draw title in Stanton
Bob Graham 31, and Merrill Graham 21 of Houston won the world championships in Stanton, Missouri, with Bob averaging 0.45 seconds per draw and fire across four classes and Merrill averaging 0.61 seconds with a fastest shot of .44.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Graham
Merrill
Chaves County Considers Re Evaluation Proposals
Three firms will present re appraisal bids to Chaves County commissioners for a statewide property re evaluation program. Dean Evaluation Service of Midland Texas hears Wednesday, McMorries and Company Amarillo Texas Thursday, and J L Jacobs Co Chicago Illinois, the Bernalillo pilot. Commitments needed by July 1, cost estimated at 50000 dollars, with a 16 month survey to set 1968 tax figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaves County
Dean Evaluation Service
Midland
Tex
McMorries and Company, Inc
Amarillo, Tex
J.L. Jacobs Co
Chicago
Ill
Jacobs
Bernalillo County
Roswell
State Tax Commission
Voting districts map outlines state senate and house races
The map shows districts 1 through 4 voting for house representatives in their districts. Chaves county has two senate districts plus one at large seat. Districts 1–2 voters choose between Hudson or Clardy for senate or Moody or Bruin for the other. Districts 3–4 choose Harris or Shackelford for senate or Schauer. All voters may cast at large senate and county commissioner ballots.
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Chaves County
Albert Hudson
Carl Clardy
Republi
Charles Harris
Wilbur Shackelford
Bill Schauer
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Bia
Porter
John F. Kennedy
White House
Arthur M. Schlesinger
Richard Eberhart
Edwin Way Teale
Riverton
New Zealand
U.S
Ia Drang
U.S. Information Service
Washington
House
Johnson
Lusk
Vic Thumberg
el Paso
Bottomless Lakes State Park
Harry Lawrence
Stanton, Mo
Mrs
Bob Graham
West
N. M
Cans Joseph R. Moody, Jr
James L. Bruin
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