Ranch sale near Roswell nets 750000 in 30000 acres
A mail notice announces the Sonny Wright Ranch in Chaves County sold for about 750000. Purchasers are Mr and Mrs Morgan Gist of Las Vegas New Mexico and Midland Texas. The ranch becomes a Hereford operation with James Gist as manager. Wright keeps the northern division as a Mexican steel venture.
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Sonny Wright
Roswell
Chaves County
Morgan Gist
Las Vegas
N.M
Midland
Tex
James Gist
Wright
Bank of California ordered to diversify management by 1982
A federal judge ordered Bank of California to fill 50 percent of management roles with women and minorities within ten years and set 16 percent loan officers and department heads as women, 4 percent blacks and 6 percent Spanish surnamed by 1982, with 1980 targets tied to California demographics. The decree follows a 1980s anti discrimination case aided by Public Advocates.
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San Francisco
Bank of California
U.S. District Court
Robert F. Peckham
Peckham
Bank and
Public Advocates, Inc
California
Charles de Breetteville
Bank of California Board
Robert Gnaizdla
Public Advocates
Bank of America
Wells Fargo
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
National Organization For Women
American GI Forum
Areasury Department
Rites set for James Witcher and others in local obituaries
Funeral services listed for James Thomas Witcher 72 of Roswell and Alda May Schlemeyer 67 of Odessa, with multiple relatives named. Services noted at LaGrone and Ballard chapels, burial in South Park Memorial Park, and other memorial details for Needham and Threadgill.
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James Thomas Witcher
Mississippi Ave
LaGrone
Elbert F. White
Trinity Baptist Church
Witcher
St. Mary’s Hospital
Mr. Witcher
New Mexico
Roswell
Ronard
Ada Morris
Tulsa
Tex
L. D
Melissa Beauchamp Witcher
Leonard M. Witcher
Artesia
James D. Witcher
Holden
James Fe, Gwartney
Jewel B. Witcher
Monterrey
Calif
Noble D. Witcher
Las
Alda M. Schlemeyer
Alda May Schlemeyer
Odessa
Dexter
First Methodist
Rest Haven Memorial Park
Midland
Schlemeyer
Palmyra
Neb
R. L. Schlemeyer
Alda
James Wesley Coats Sr
Kentucky Ave
Ballard Chapel
Coats
Dexter and Roswell Area
Kenneth Stohner
Calvary Baptist Church
Zoe Ann Milner
Geraldine Barbee
South Park Cemetery
Ballard Funeral Home
Kirk Phillips
Herman Johnson
James Freeland
Clifford Butts
Joe Durand
James Harris
Richard Owen Marshall Needham
Pennsylvania Ave
John J. Fourie
First Christian Church
Bobby Long
Howard Davis
J. D. Tays
Charles Nolan
Royce Parker
Jimmy Dee Herring
Edna G. Threadgill
Edna Gail Threadgill
Norris Place
Jack Stringer
Immanuel Baptist Church
Hobbs
Weldon Higgins
Ray Patrick
Alford Higgins
Toney Seimenes
Cecil Fisher
Ivan Hopkins
State convention set for Roswell Jaycees May 17 20
The Roswell Jaycees publish the Jaycee Round-Up announcing the state convention in Roswell May 17 20 with delegates F Neria P Herring J McLelan J Green and C Sutherland. The Miss Roswell Pageant moves to June 23 due to the Maid of Cotton contest on June 16. Fred Gibson becomes contestant recruiter. An honorary colonel title is given to BOB Chewning by the Goddard ROTC unit and chews by the editor of The Sertoma Booster notes Chewning’s big head after his table etiquette claim.
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Sherry Ann Shaw
Roswell
Washington, D.C
Jack O. Hicks
Miss Shaw
George A. Blevins
S. Union Ave
Jaycee
Jaycees
Bob Chewning
Goddard
Sertoma
Chewning
Doc Webster
Sir
Baylor U names Fall Dean's List students in Roswell batch
The Baylor University in Waco announces its Fall semester Dean's List including six Roswell students Susan Arrington 3.60 math Joe Childs 3.82 pre med Douglas Combs 3.60 business Vickie Ferguson 4.0 freshman Elyse Lower 4.10 pre med Thomas Spradling 3.80 marketing.
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Baylor U. At
Waco
Roswell
Susan K. Arrington
Joe F. Childs
Douglas D. Combs
Vickie J. Ferguson
Elyse Ellen Lower
Thomas G. Spradling
Supreme Court upholds reporter source protection in civil rights suit
The Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling protecting a reporter's confidential source in a Chicago real estate discrimination case. The decision supports nondisclosure in civil proceedings, amid a class action by Black homebuyers from 1952 to 1969 who allege panic selling exploited by a real estate agent using blockbusting tactics.
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Washington
Supreme Court
U.S. Circuit Court
Chicago
Alfred Balk
Balk
Saturday Evening Post
Norris Vitchek
Vitchek
Black
Local Newsdesk Credits J McCormack P Purvis and Higginbotham
Jerry McCormack is identified as News Editor with Lois Purvis as Regional Editor and R M Higginbotham as Business Manager in the publication staff lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry McCormack
Lois Purvis
R M. Higginbotham
Break-ins report at Roswell sites include vehicles and a radio station
Police logs show multiple incidents from the Roswell area: a car break in at Roswell High School lot with clothing and a hair dryer stolen. another unlocked door entry at 1309 S Missouri Ave. a U H Aul trailer padlock broken. a cassette deck and tapes stolen from a vehicle. A stabbing at Memorial Osteopathic Hospital involved Leo Gonzales. KKAT Radio Station break-in yielded a cassette recorder and cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell
David Randall
Chicago
Ill
Roswell High School
Athur Otero
Conchas Place
S. Missouri Ave
Memorial Osteopathic
Leo Gonzales
W. Deming
Gonzales
Kkat Radio Station
N. Washington Ave
Market Tumble Deepens as Inflation and Watergate Weigh In
New York stock prices fell as the Dow dropped 8.88 to 944.99 at noon amid inflation fears and Watergate concerns. Banks raising prime lending rates to 7 percent and potential steel price hikes of up to 6 percent dampened investor sentiment. Levitz Furniture rose after a large block trade, while overall declines outpaced advances about 3 to 2 on the NYSE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Dow
Charles M. Lewis
Winkler, Cantor & Pomboy
Roswell City Council to tackle 1973 74 budget and zoning actions
Roswell City Council meets at 7 30 p m in city hall to consider approval of the roughly 3 million dollar 1973 74 budget with a public hearing set for 9 a m May 18 in city hall. The meeting includes lease talks with Wings of Yesterday for Building 1531 and Motel 6 for Building 42 at the Roswell Industrial Air Center and appointments to the planning and zoning commission and housing authority terms expiring in 1975 1978. Public hearings cover a Curr special use permit for a television repair service at 214 W McGaffey St and a zoning change request for a mobile home park in the Berrendo area. The council also reviews a contract with Edwin C French for an administration shop at North Grand and Eilith Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell
City Hall
State Department of Finance and Administration
Glenn Prager
Motel 6, Inc
Roswell Industrial Air Center
William F. Brainerd
Edwin C. French
North Grand and
Eilith Streets
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Samuel G. Hitchins
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U.S
United States
Modesto, Calif
Milton Meyer
Bill Patton
Col
Harry Bayless
Moody Warmuth
Jim R. Head
Wylie B. Cox III
James W. Coats
Richard C. Needham
State Convention
Fred Gibson
Cleo
Main St
Mex
Albert A. Stubbs
Cecil Goins
John Pettit
al Geary
Harold Kingrey
Trade
Associated Press
Hughes Electric Motor CO
Lowell Hughes
International
N. Main
Mozambique
Roswell Shrine
Shriners
ED W. Loudat
Gardless
Financial Cir
Roswell New mI
FCO
Atkinson
Chaves County Extension Services
East Grand Plains
Hagerman
Lake Arthur
Ocho Rios
Jamaica
Duns River Falls
Discovery Bay
Columbus
Fern Gully
E. F. Hutton & Co
Spm
McDon Doug
Amer
Ramada
del Webb
RCA Corp
Dresser Ind
Ryndis Tob
Duplan Corp
Safeway
DuPont Santa Fe Ind
Estmn
Sears
Exxon
Paso
Skelly
Fsrah
Ford
So UN Gas
Sperry
Elec
Goodyear
Telex Corp
Gulf Oil
Tenneco
Haliburton
Texaco
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Thiokol
Bs Mc
Transam
US Steel
Kennecott
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