Same God Protects by Val Cooper
Seventeen years after the 1952 Aztec kidnapping of Johnny Wade a church census taker abducted him from his home. The boy was found in Levelland with a 21 year old man and his 22 year old wife, who later returned him to his family amid prayers for safety. Johnny grew up, married, and served in Vietnam. his mother credits divine protection for his return as a child and again for his safety now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Val Cooper
Farmington Daily Times
AZTEC
Cherubic
Johnny Wade
Johnny
Animas
Levelland
Tex
Jim Wiman
Farmington
Wade
Rev
Wades
Clinton
Okla
Vietnam
U.S. Infantry
John
Spending Priority System Is Urged
Allan Shivers, former Texas governor and chair of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce board, urged setting federal spending priorities at the Taxpayers Association of New Mexico meeting in Santa Fe. He proposed a Hoover type commission for program evaluation and argued state and local control would curb rising federal taxes by focusing on community needs and personal spending discipline.
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Santa FE
Allan Shivers
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Texas
Taxpayers Association of New Mexico
Shivers
Hoover
Wholesale Marijuana Counts Filed
Las Cruces police raids net about 30 arrests across ages from junior high to adults on marijuana charges. Bonds were set at 2000 per marijuana count and 1000 per unlawful furnishing count, with 14 year old among juveniles. Police, county and federal officers, about 80 in total, conducted the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Cruces
Errol Baca
Dudley Richardson
Leilani Horton
Suzanne Jamison
Billie Holiday
Johnny Johnston
Jimmy Johnston
John Fowler
Mike Palski
Bill Slade
Eddie Vega
Albert Vega
Marvin Mathes
Arlen Anderson
Armando Porras
Woman Given Six Months for Knife Wounding Case
Lenore Brown, 44, of 403 FE Third, is sentenced to six months in the county jail after pleading guilty to a reduced charge of simple battery for involvement in the April 13 knife wounding of two people. Magistrate Clyde McKee imposed the sentence after she pleaded guilty to the lesser charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenore Brown
Clyde McKee
Pickup fire damages engine at Alhambra Drive scene
Fire Sunday at 6 21 pm at 3201 Alhambra Drive damaged wiring heater hose and paint in a pickup owned by Weir Drilling Co Artesia Backfire in carburetor caused the damage. Earlier at 5 06 p m a fire in the front seat of a car at 802 W Hendricks owned by Mildred A Chalfant may have been caused by a cigarette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alhambra Drive
Weir Drilling Co
Artesia
W. Hendricks
Mildred A. Chalfant
Holloman MDs Assist Tucumcari Emergency Care
In Tucumcari three hometown doctors receive weekend relief through a doctor exchange with Holloman Air Force Base. Each weekend one AF doctor at Trigg Memorial Hospital covers emergencies, easing local strain as the hospital handles 20 to 25 ER cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucumcari
Holloman Air Force Base
Air Force
Trigg Memorial Hospital
Roy Rumbaugh
Rumbaugh
Blacks Told To Reject Militants At Dillard University
U S Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall urged Blacks to reject militant leaders at the centennial of Dillard University in New Orleans. He warned that anarchy must be punished and urged leadership through education, stressing responsibility in race problems and minority rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
U.S. Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
Marshall
Plumbing Fixtures Firms in Trouble
A federal court jury found Borg Warner American Standard and Kohler guilty of illegal price fixing in bath fixtures. The ruling could trigger treble damages from states cities builders and homeowners. The government said the scheme covered 1962 to 1966 and affected up to 98 percent of enameled cast iron fixtures and 80 percent of vitreous china fixtures sold in the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Barton
Associated Press
Washington
Justice Department
Pittsburgh
Borg Warner Corp
Chicago
American Standard Corp
New York
Kohler Corp
Kohler
Wis
John C. Fricano
U.S. Dist
Louis Rosenberg
Rosenberg
Fricano
EEOC Nominee Brown Confirmed Amid Senate Exchange
William H. Brown of Philadelphia was confirmed to the Equal Opportunity Commission after Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen withdrew his objection following a 45 minute office talk. Kennedy accused Dirksen of demagoguery during the vote, while Dirksen praised Brown as attractive and personable with excellent credentials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
William H. Brown
Philadelphia
Equal Opportunity Commission
Everett M. Dirksen
Ili
Dirksen
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
EEOC
Kennedy
GOP
Indian Training Schools Criticized For Poor Conditions
BIA Commissioner Robert Bennett told a House appropriations subcommittee that Indian schools face leaky roofs weak walls and understaffing. He cited pupils at a Cherokee school confined to one floor of a three story building and noted 400 positions remain unfilled due to funding shortfalls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Indian Affairs
BIA
Robert Bennett
House Appropriations
Roswell
Thioko Chemical Corp
Ben Reifel
R-S.d
Ft. Wingate
Bennett
Bennet
Accidents Register With Multiple Saturday Incidents
Saturday incidents list several minor collisions with no citations issued. Beulah Gilmore and Ralph Powell report a tangle on 13th Richardson. William Stone Jr. damages a house on 509 E Mescalero. Mary Sigala and Adolph Padilla collide at 1000 S Lincoln with Padilla cited for tailgating. Renalee Lannom hits a parked car near Roswell. Robert Richardson and Willie Herrera crash at McGaffey Union with Herrera cited for following too closely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richardson
Beulah Ann Gilmore
Ralph Powell
William Jay Stone Jr
Lincoln
Mary Carlotta Sigala
Dexter
Adolph Orona Padilla
E. Mathews
Padilla
Ant. Pecos and
Chisum
Renalee Lannom
Truman Allen
Roswell
McGaffey and Union
Robert M. Richardson
Carrizoto
Willie Herrera
N. H St
Miller Family Pioneer Dead
Funeral services were held for John L. Miller 86 of Santa Rosa California a member of a Roswell area pioneer family He died at his Santa Rosa home born about 1883 he moved from Roswell in the late 1800s and was cousin to Mrs Sylvester E Ross of Roswell New Mexico His death ends a long Roswell lineage tied to early settlement and area history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Miller
Santa Rosa
Calif
Roswell
Miller
William H. H. Miller
Sylvester E. Ross
N. Main St
Hospital Admissions and Dismissals List
Dismissals May 3 include Mrs. Robert Richards and daughter Thomas FE. Elam, Mrs. Richard Goree and daughter, Malcolm Eady, Mrs. Lupe Franco. Admitted May 4 Glen Alan French, Juanita B. Owen, Corona, Donna Ellis, Audrey Shaffer, Las Cruces, Shirley Teel. Births May 4 to Ronald Teel and spouse a girl. Admitted May 3 Nell Mikesell, Louise Lankford, Joe W. Randolph, and others. Dismissed May 5 Perry Wood, Alonzo Acosta, James Taylor, Rudy Rodriguez, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Richards
Thomas FE. Elam
Richard Goree
Malcolm Eady
Lupe Franco
Glen Alan French
S. Aspen
Juanita B. Owen
Corona
Donna Ellis
E. Cherry
Audrey Shaffer
Las Cruces
Shirley Teel
S. Lea
Nell Mikesell
W. First
Louise Lankford
S. Len
Joe W. Randolph
Portales
Perry Wood
Alonzo Acosta
Amelia Heine
James R Taylor
Rudy Rodriguez
Filemon Montoya Daave
Anna Jenkins
Cecil Nelson
Lucille Lightfoot
Jeff Weathers
Walter B. Stone
Gayle
Militant Takes Over Riverside Church in New York
A black militant halted a Riverside Church communion in New York to demand reparations. James Forman, supported by six bodyguards, asserted 60 percent of the church’s assets and extensive use of facilities, citing slavery and ongoing injustices. About 1,300 congregants attended. 500 stayed to hear him.
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New York
Riverside
James Forman
Ernest T. Campbell
Forman
Campbell
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
International Black Appeal
National Black Development Conference
Germany
Israel
Harlem
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Markets Rally Slows as Profit Taking Dampens Gains
The market paused after a vigorous rally with the Dow rising to 958.95, up 1.78, as profit-taking trimmed advances across 1,596 issues. The NYSE index edged up 0.23, while volume reached 13.30 million shares. 11 of 20 most active issues were up or down. The day featured mixed equity moves and persistent activity in energy and commodity groups.
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New York
Dow Industrial
New York Stock Exchange
Mississippi River Corp
Allied Chemical Corp
del G. Webb Corp
Canadian Breweries
Polaroid
British Petroleum
American Stock Exchange
E. F. Hutton & Co
Amer Pet
Lockheed
Ameran
Elec Amer
Amer Tel
McDon Doug
Mar Oh
Amer
Marco Atbsf
Mobil Oi
Ad Rohfid
Viele Mono
Ind
Avco Mig
Tel & E Cas
Occiden Pet
Brunswick Ue Pan Am Wa
Ramada
RCA Core
Colant
Dresser Ind
Santa Fe
Ing
Sears
Sperry Rand
Cal Ab
Ford
Texaco
Wilex& Gibbs
Zales Corp
Sig Dow Jones
FF Mutten & de Closine Industrials
Chicago
EB. F. Hutton
Ce Joo
Heavy Hail Damages Crops in East Grand Plains Area
Hail five to six inches deep struck East Grand Plains and surrounding territory on Sunday, damaging cotton and other crops. Ellis Whitney reported one inch of rain in the storm and described a four mile by one mile hail belt from Comanche Draw to East Grand Plains. Patches of hailstones remained on the ground, while County Agricultural Agent John Chappell awaited a full damage assessment and heard that cotton on the Bobby Michelet farm was hailed out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Grand Plains
Ellis Whitney
Whitney
Comanche Draw
John Chappell
Bobby Michelet
Chaves County Board of Equalization Hears 16 Protestes
Chaves County commissioners, acting as a board of equalization, planned to finish their annual session this afternoon after hearing protests from 16 property owners. Roy Peyton, the appraiser, rechecked properties signed under protest on the 1969 rendition sheet, with revisions accepted. About a dozen more owners were set to protest this afternoon, ahead of Tuesday’s regular session discussing the Medicaid fund crisis and the county hospital, Eastern New Mexico Medical Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaves County
Board of Equalization
Roy Peyton
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
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Army Security Agency
Army
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Julia Butler Hanse
Dash
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Northern
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Dennie Means
N. Richardson
James &. Pack
W. Alameda
John J. Rees
N. Union
Larry M. van Winkle
N. Greenwood
Ermenia E. Ortega
Jack A. Waxler
Ohio
Bonnie Mae Jones
Henry C Wylie
Fred K. Lewis
J. L Crownover
Jonathan Pihl
Anna Bell Anderson
Ronald Teel
Lee Little
E. Reed
James Bailey
Wilson Davis
ST. Mary's
Juan Baca
Constance White
Chrysler
John Gidney
S. Ohio
Eddy Mullins
Route 1
Scott Moore
Louis Medina
Pat Lyman
Earl Conn
Dorothy Stearman
Ron Lee Jones
Eiriam Sanchez
William Bragg
Manuel Reyes
Enid Bunter
Rufe Dunnahoo
Donald Hicks
Ronald B. Kenney
Jimmy Vigil
James B. Stephens
Walter Southerland
Militant
Nyc
Roswell Building and Loan Association
West
3Rd
Phil Thomas
Denver Livestock
Denver
AP Lisda
Lewe
Chicago Livestock Chicago
Ap-Usda
Zales
Baylor “Vogue
Baylor
N. Main
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