Grommets and the Military Budget Mirage
A humorous critique of defense contracting logic through a cartoonish engineer’s tale. It traces escalating costs from a 34 cent grommet to 103.30 per unit as contracts shift and retooling demands rise, all while joking that no price can be put on national security. The piece lampoons how cost figures balloon in military procurement debates.
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Art Buchwald
Washington
Lockheed
Air Force
Navy
United States
Nixon relaxes yet cautious as new Republican reformers emerge
Washington Merry-Go-Round reports Nixon gains a relaxed White House persona at late dinners while balancing South and city bosses. Finch rises as a key HEW figure guiding desegregation and appointments. Nixon’s Sea of Japan maneuver with a four carrier task force prompts Kremlin concern and a hasty withdrawal, drawing humility from Johnson’s Pueblo incident comparison.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Lyndon Johnson
Roosevelt
Sen
Everett McKinley Dirksen
Illinois
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Strom
Miami Beach
Robert Finch
HEW
Thurmond
Finch
Miami
NEW LA Follette
Sea of Japan
Russia
Caribbean
United States
Vladivostok
Voice of Reasonin the Campus Unrest Debate
The piece cites Father Hesburgh of Notre Dame urging a university to declare its ground rules and defend them while protecting protest within campus life. New Mexico State University reiterates a policy of honest dissent but forbids disruption of education and will involve law enforcement when laws are broken.
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Theodore Hesburgh
University of Notre Dame
New Mexico State University
Roger Corbett
State Democrats split over reapportionment plans in New Mexico
The state party's rules drafting committee faces old guard protests as May 17 hearings loom. Proposals split counties by vote counts, elevating Bernalillo and Dona Ana while others fear overrepresentation. Gallegos and others push for reform, with upcoming conventions set for June 14 and local precincts already meeting.
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Santa FE
New Mexico
State Central Committee
Penrod Toles
Roswell
U.S
Tom Morris
Tucumcari
Bernalillo County
Central Committee
Bernalillo
Dona Ana
Lea
Eddy
Chaves
Otero
San Juan
Valencia
Eugene Gallegos
Harding County
Catron
Hidalgo
Union
Reorganization Committee
McKinley
Rio Arriba
Curry
Grant
San Miguel
Roosevelt
Los Alamos
Sandova
Taos
Colfax
Gallegos
Mike Alarid
Tom Olson
Albuquerque
Chicago
McCarthy
Neal Vinson
Charles Williams
Senator Soaper Says A Satirical Roundup Of Oddities
By Bill Vaughan a satirical column listing remarks on China and Russia politics, Congress criticism, generational rebellion, bus etiquette, local taste arbiters, antique disposal, college admission hints, and pesticide resistance in bugs.
Queen Sits NEW PORTRAIT By Peter Muccini AP Writer
Florence painter Pietro Annigoni discusses his new official portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. Seated in eight sessions, the 58 year old artist plans a summer 1970 completion in oil and tempera for a National Portrait Gallery gift. He recalls his 1954 breakthrough portrait and notes Elizabeth’s mature, relaxed manner while remaining a queen.
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Associated Press
London
Pietro Annigoni
Annigoni
Buckingham Palace
Elizabeth
Margaret
Prince Philip
Philip
Hugh Leggatt
Leggatt
National Portrait Gallery
Fishmongers’ Co
Hair length rules in baseball and sports polling
The item critiques meddling with baseball rules on hair covering uniforms and notes the continued essentials of life. It observes football leading baseball in popularity in polls but finds poll-taking itself the most ranked activity.
History Highlights May 6 1969 Highlights
Today equals May 6 1969 a Tuesday marking the 126th day of the year with 239 remaining. This brief column previews notable events and anniversaries in U S and world history.
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Associated Press
Roswell Daily Record Advertising and historical notes
The Roswell Daily Record lists staff roles and subscription rates for Chaves County and surrounding areas. It notes home delivery options using carriers and price plans, and provides a brief historical date column highlighting events from 1861 to 1941 including Corregidor’s surrender and Stalin’s rise, along with Sikorsky’s first successful helicopter.
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Chaves
Roswell
Trade
Corregidor
Arkansas
Union
New York
Grant and Ward
Ulyesses S. Grant
Joseph Stalin
V. M. Molotov
Igor Sikorsky
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Jack Anderson
James Allen
New York State
John Knowles
Massachusetts General Hospital
American Medical Association
Ev Dirksen
Senate
Chuck Percy
Jim Pearson
Kansas
Mark Hatfield
Oregon
Great Society
Teddy Roosevelt
Nixon and
Brezhnev
Sea of
Japan
Moscow
Kremlin
Leonid Brezhnev
North Vietnam
President Johnson
Pueblo
North Korea
Johnson
Yesday
Voice OF Reason
Demo Old Guard
By Fred Buckles
Jerry Apodaca
Las Cruces
Bob Turner
Frank Hammond
Aztec
Donald A
Tiny) Martinez
Las Vegas
Martinez
San Miguel County
Rincona
Rowe Mesa
Pecos
San Geronimo
Ojitos Frios
Mora County
Public Service Commission
el Paso Electric Co
Anapra
Sierra, Luna
Grant Bramlow
Citizens Bank of
Four Corners Regional Commission
Farmington
Ueda
Joey
Tarzan
Soaper
By Bill Vaughan
By Peter Muccini
Jimmy C. Cox
Advertising Manager
Albert A. Stubbs
R. M. Higginbotham
North Main Street
Roswell, NM
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