Roswell Educators Raise Issues With Better Schools Act
Roswell educators and district leaders met with US Senator Domenici to press a fairer funding formula in the Better Schools Act. They warned the proposed plan may exclude many disadvantaged students and argued for broader eligibility to ensure access across districts. Domenici indicated federal education funding may extend via continuing resolution, with uncertainty about final totals.
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Roswell Independent School District
Roger L. Luginbill
Pete Domenici
R-N.m
Congress
Luginhill
National Education Assn
State Department of Education
Luginbill
Domenici
Roswell
Diplomat kidnapped in Mexico over ransom demands
U S consul general Terrance G Leonardy was abducted in Guadalajara by the Armed Revolutionary Forces of the People. Mexico ordered the 30 prisoners to be flown to Cuba for asylum to secure his release. President Luis Echeverria said the government would meet the kidnapper demands.
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Chris Angelo
Associated Press
Guadalajara
Mexico
Luis Echeverria
U.S
Cuba
Armed Revolutionary Forces of the People
Havana
Terrance G. Leonardy
Echeverria
Mexico City
Washington
State Department
Emilio Rabasa
Leonhardy
Fatal Motel 6 confrontation leaves man dead in Roswell
Richard Owen Rusty Needham 32 died after a fight at a parking dispute near Motel 6 and Raymond's Lounge on West Second Street. Four 19–20 year olds, Gary Shaw, Sammy Burke Jr., Robert Winkler, Lonnie Wagner, face voluntary manslaughter charges. all posted $2,000 bonds. Needham, a Roswell resident and Glover Packing Co. employee, died from stab and head injuries. suspects were hospitalized briefly with wounds.
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Motel 6
Raymond
Second St
Morris Stagner
Gary Lee Shaw
Dexter
Sammy
Rocky”’ Burke Jr
Las Cruces
Robert Fred Winkler
Roswell
Lonnie Wagner
Austin
Tex
Winkler
Wagner
St. Mary’s Hospital
Shaw
Burke
Clyde McKee
Needham
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
Glover Packing Co
Kidnapping Crisis Deepens in Mexico and Cuba
The Mexican government negotiates over a 30 prisoner list tied to a kidnapping ring abroad while Cuba agrees to asylum for inmates. Guerrillas broadcast ransom demands and threaten renewed uprisings as Mexico acts to suspend investigations and secure the abducted Leonhardy.
Things That Go Win Presidential Award At Scout Fair
At the scout fair held Saturday afternoon at New Mexico Military Institute fairgrounds Cub Scout Pack 10 earned a presidential award for its project Things That Go a display featuring a tractor and air bicycle. Pack members Howard Huff and Royce Stephenson led the entry with their parents listed at 906 East Deming Street and 1105 South Lea Avenue. Other presidential award winners included Troop 6 with Pioneer Bridge Tower and Pack 25 Webelos Den with Craftsmen.
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Cub Scout Pack
New Mexico Military Institute Fairgrounds
Howard Huff
Bob Huff
E. Deming St
Royce Stephenson
Delo Stephenson
S. Lea Ave
Troop 6
Pioneer Bridge Tower
Webelos den
Roswell Collision Kills Young Woman and Sparks Arrest
Edna Gail Threadgill, 23, of Roswell died from head and internal injuries when a car she rode in collided with a truck trailer at Union Avenue and West Second Street. Ernest Mitchell, 31, driver of the car, is charged with the death as other drivers face injuries and an unrelated drunken driving arrest follows.
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Roswell
Union Avenue
West Second Street
Edna Gail Threadgill
Morris Pl
Ernest Mitchell
Route 1
Box 575
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
Mitchell
Ed J. Ely
Riverside Dr
Saturay
Ely
Daniel C. Walton
N. Orchard
Walton
Second Street
Union
Franklin Patton
Los Angeles
Calif
Boat capsizes on Ute Lake. mother and two children drown
State police report a Logan-A mother and two of her three children died when their small boat capsized in high winds on Ute Lake Saturday afternoon. The father and a surviving son clung to the overturned craft. Authorities postponed identification and daylight search for the two children, ages about 10 to 12, as divers failed to locate them. Weather included high winds and storms in the area.
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Logan
Ute Lake
Ruidoso
Dark Canyon
Mescalero Reservation
Domenici Says Impeachment Talk on Nixon Far-Fetched
U S Senator Pete Domenici in Roswell says impeachment talk over Watergate is far fetched and that Nixon had no prior knowledge of the bugging. He discusses highway spending, energy shortages, and his new field offices while outlining his committee roles in public works and NASA.
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Roswell
William F. Brainerd
U.S
Pete Domenici
Roswell Daily Record
Domenici
Federal Building
Marilyn Holmes
Nixon
Watergate
Senate
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Demenici
Las Cruces
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
Domenic
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Shine
Richard Owen
S. Penn
B. J. Thomas
NARFE
Samaritan
U.S. van Lines
Atlanta
Patton
Barbara Ann Patton
Associated Press and Record News
Alaska
Curry County
Cecil Daniels
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