Anchorage Resident Describes Mild Quake Experience
Roland Champion of Atlantic Refining in Anchorage recalls a brief tremor felt across Alaska and into Seattle. He says the quake lasted five to ten seconds, rattling windows and dishes but causing no damage.
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Roland Champion
Atlantic Refining Co
Anchorage
Alaska
Atlantic
Roswell
Champion
Record
Associated Press
Seward
Kodiak
Seattle
New Mexico Board rejects Chaves County independent district plan
The New Mexico Board of Education rejected a proposal to carve an independent district from Chaves County’s system after hours of discussion. A Luna County member supported the plan, while eight members opposed. remaining reorganizations loom for Taos and Rio Arriba.
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Santa FE
New Mexico Board of Education
Chaves County
Taos
Thelma Inmon
Luna County
Tito Martinez
Laura McKinley
Datil
Barbara Sena
Leonard DeLargo
Chaves
Department of Education
Roswell
Westminster Presbyterian Church to dedic ate new building
The Westminster Presbyterian Church plans its first service in the new building at 2801 W Fourth St next Sunday with a 3 pm dedication. A noon fellowship dinner will be held at 1602 W Second St in the Knights of Pythias Hall. Guest speaker Rev Samuel M Thompson and Synod of New Mexico executives will attend.
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Westminster Presbyterian Church
Fourth St
Knights of Pythias
Second St
Paul L. Dick
Synod of
Nannette Nietert
Westminster
Enchanted Lands, Inc
Synod of New Mexico
United Presbyterian Church
United States of America
Theo Schettler
Harriet Robertson
Viet Cong Attack Kills Five U S Advisers in Song Be
Viet Cong forces seized Song Be for seven hours killing five U S military advisers and 20 Vietnamese soldiers amid heavy fighting. U S and Vietnamese troops battled back with air and ground operations. total U S casualties around 100 in the day.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Song Be
U.S
Red
NEA sanctions Oklahoma schools over substandard programs
The National Education Association blacklisted Oklahoma and urged out of state teachers not to seek jobs there. It warned graduates against teaching in the state and said relocation centers would assist Oklahoma teachers to find work elsewhere. The drive targets perceived widespread deficiencies in Oklahoma's school system and could push hundreds of teachers to leave.
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Washington
National Education Association
Oklahoma
NEA
The
Oklahoma Education Association
US Opposes Uruguayan Dominican Crisis Move
United States objects to a Uruguayan resolution in the United Nations Security Council saying it would draw the council into the Dominican Republic crisis. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson urged that the Organization of American States is handling the situation and making progress toward a solution. The proposal avoids calling for U.S. troop withdrawal and condemnation, aiming for a moderate path that could gain support.
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United Nations
N.Y. AP
United States
U.N. Security Council
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Uruguay
Carlos Maria Velazquez
Dominican Republic
U.N
U Thant
Stevenson
Organization of American States
Security Council
Rusk Plans To Address NATO Meet
Secretary of State Dean Rusk will fly to London to address the NATO Council meeting after postponing due to the Dominican crisis. He also plans to visit Vienna for Austria’s May 15 independence anniversary observance.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
London
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Council
State Department
Rusk
NATO
George W. Ball
Vienna
Austria
Harold Wilson
North Atlantic Alliance
Charles de Gaulle
Wilson
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Peace Move Hazy In Strife Area
In the Dominican Republic the junta head said he would accept Brig. Gen. Wessin y Wessin's resignation if offered. Imbert Barreras claimed ignorance of the resignation, while the U.S. Embassy had said Wessin planned to quit but was reconsidering. The United States urged retirement as a peace gesture after air bombardments that killed over 1,000.
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Imbert
Wessin
U.S
Crampton Wins Colonial Invitational by Three Strokes
Bruce Crampton shot 4-under 66 to erase a lingering nightmare and win the Colonial Invitational by three strokes. He posted a 72-hole total of 276.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Bruce Crampton
Negro Envoy expelled by Soviet Union over anti-Soviet charges
The Soviet Union ordered the expulsion of Norris D. Garnett, a U S cultural attaché, for alleged anti-Soviet activities among African students in Moscow. Garnett denied the charges and said he would depart after the week. The Foreign Ministry deemed him persona non grata and urged a quick exit.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
U.S
Norris D. Garnett
Garnett
Foreign Ministry
V.I. Oberemko
Testimony Clarifies VA Firetrap Claim On Fort Bayard
VA official William J. Driver said he did not call Fort Bayard a firetrap in testimony. He noted about 90 percent of the Fort Bayard complex is over 40 years old and over half lacks fire resistance. Congress members discussed funding and hospital conditions amid VA closure plans.
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Washington
William J. Driver
Fort Bayard
N.M
House Appropriations
Driver
Congress
Charles R. Jonas
R-N.c
Jonas
Joe L. Evins
D-Tenn
707 Lands Safely After Wheel Loss Over El Paso
An American Airlines Boeing 707 with 125 aboard landed safely at El Paso International Airport after losing a wheel on takeoff and circling for over an hour while dumping fuel. A small hole was found in the fuselage near the right wing base. no injuries or damage to the aircraft were reported.
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EL Paso, Tex
American Airlines
el Paso International
Federal Aviation Agency
Ralph Johnson
Redondo Beach
Calif
American Flight 98
Dallas
New York
Move by Late Summer New City Zoo Site Is Worked
Parks director A B Gwinn reports rapid progress on the Hooved Animals Shelter and an expected late summer move of all animals from the old zoo. The 20 acre site on the Dow property near Atkinson and College will house native animals with a prairie dog village and bird exhibits and a dolphin-like note is not included.
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New City Zoo
A. B. Gwinn
Gwinn
Dow
Dottie Schauer
Atkinson and College
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Albuquerque
Gilbert Lopez
Las Vegas
New Presbyterian Church
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New Church
Samuel M. Thompson
Silver City
Dexter
U. S
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Rio Grande Gorge
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Colorado
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