ENMU Rodeo delivers top finishes as fair nears
Eastern New Mexico University Ag Club rodeo team members excel with Alan Brunsen and Ross Chesser winning calp and ribbon roping, Joe Flinn taking bull riding, while Waddy Hobbs places second in bareback. NMMI Rodeo Club to host the state fair with college teams from multiple states competing.
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Eastern New Mexico University
Ag Club
Alan Brunsen
Corona
Ross Chesser
Joe Flinn
Roswell
Waddy Hobbs
Carrizozo
New Mexico Military Institute Rodeo Club
Trans-Texas
TTA
Britain moves toward joining European Common Market majority aids bid
The government in Brussels boosted by the largest Commons majority in 25 years pushes to join the European Common Market. In Cleveland a white officer was killed during a burglary probe. Eisenhower improves after a gastrointestinal illness and is eating solid food. In Las Cruces three newsmen are subpoenaed for a May 17 venue hearing in Joe Shawan’s assault with intent to kill case.
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Associated Press
Brussels
House of Commons
Las Cruces
Joe Shawan
Short spring snow storms sweep Montana towns
Helena residents faced eight inches of snow on Wednesday as a late spring storm blanketed eastern Montana and heightened flood threats and cattle feed concerns. Snow totals rose to nine inches in Great Falls and varied across Miles City Lewistown Helena and Cut Bank with more on the way.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Continental Divide
Divide
Great Falls
Miles City
Lewistown
U S Demands End to Soviet Harassment of Ships
The United States charged that a Soviet destroyer collided with the USS Walker for the second time in two days in the Sea of Japan. Washington lodged a forceful protest, stating the incidents involved dangerous maneuvers near U S naval forces during antisubmarine training near Vladivostok.
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Washington
United States
U.S
Russia
Pentagon
Walker
Sea of Japan
State Department
John M. Leddy
Yuri N. Tcherniakov
Besslednyi
Hornet
Vladivostok
Moscow
Taos Water Declared Safe by State Health Department
Gov. David Cargo announced Taos water system received a clean bill of health from the State Health Department after correcting six major defects. Health engineer Aubrey Willard had two months earlier warned of deficiencies and urged boiling drinking water. The report had upset Taos tourism by seeming to criticize the system.
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Mountain States
Johnson
David Cargo
White House
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Chuck Machemehl
Roswell
Joshua P. Church
Machemehl
Santa FE
Taos
State Health Department
Aubrey Willard
Willard
Meigs Found Guilty on 5 Tax Charges
San Patricio artist John Meigs was found guilty by a U.S. District Court jury of five counts of willful failure to file income tax returns. Sentencing is set for May 26.
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Albuquerque
San Patricio
John Meigs
U.S. District Court
U.S. Dist
Howard Bratton
New Mexico
Texas
California
Meigs
Rioting Students Seize Jackson State Campus Area
About 1,500 rioting Negro students blocked Lynch Street near Jackson State College. They burned barricades looted a drug store and fired shots into the air as police sealed a 15 to 20 block area.
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Jackson, Miss
Jackson State College
Lynch Street
Tougaloo
Jackson
Leola McGregory
Clarksdale
Associated Press
James Young
Common Market Breaks Barrier on Chemicals Tariffs
In Brussels the six Common Market ministers advance negotiations by endorsing Eric Wyndham White’s plan to cut chemical duties by 20 percent before the United States ends ASP pricing. They would reduce remaining duties by 30 percent after ASP abolition, aligning with a U.S. proposal as Geneva talks proceed on farm price supports and grain trade.
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Brussels
Belgium
European Common Market Council of Ministers
Geneva
Eric Wyndham White
GATT
United States
Wyndham White
U.S
Common Market
Appointments Announced to New Mexico Boards
Governor Cargo named Frank O. Elliott to the New Mexico Military Board of Regents replacing the late George Ward. Dr. William C. Johns was named to the State Board of Medical Examiners and Dr. Paige W. Christiansen of New Mexico Tech to direct the state student government intern program.
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Santa FE (Ap
David Cargo
Frank O. Elliott
Roswell
New Mexico Military Board of Regents
George Ward
William C. Johns
Albuquerque
State Board of Medical Examiners
Paige W. Christiansen
New Mexico Tech
State Personnel Board
Six Week Old Great Vessels Transposed Baby Goes Home
Erik Agostini six weeks old returns home after two major heart operations at New York University Medical Center. Doctors corrected transposition of the great vessels with staged surgeries and managed complications including an irregular heartbeat a collapsed lung and high blood acidity. His father Benjamin calls the outcome miraculous.
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New York
Erik Agostini
Benjamin Agostini
Erik
Lynfield
New York University Medical Center
Beth Israel Hospital
University Hospital
Frank Cole Spencer
Department of Surgery
O.K
Agostini
Missing $1600 in Sales Tax Funds Sparks Audit
Santa Fe officials report at least $1,600 in Las Vegas area state sales tax money unaccounted for with 164 missing receipts. The Revenue Bureau has 91 affidavits totaling $1,603.55 confirming payments, yet records show no cash arrival in Santa Fe. Investigators say no field staff involvement is found and audits for a former district manager’s tenure were not performed.
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Bud Jorgensen
Associated Press
Santa FE
Las Vegas
State Revenue Bureau
Vincent Montoya
Revenue Bureau Budget and Finance Division
Montoya
Revenue Bureau
John Cassidy
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Danny Madison Leonard
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
Leonard
R. J. Leonard
Kansas
Phi Kappa Sigma
New Mexico Military Institute
A.F. Madison
West Texas
School of Music
Joyce Anne Curby
Pamela Ruth Dempsey
Cleveland
East Side
Steve Huber
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sideswipe
Leddy
Tcherniakov
Robert J. McCloskey
Llewellyn E. Thomson
McCloskey
Air Force
Dale Noyd
Cannon Air Force Base
UPI
Heckler
Evelyn W. Davis
At&t
Atlanta
Davis
UPI Telephoto
John Peoples
M. B. Pierce
Ellison Weathersby Jr
Alex McNeil
Pierce
Tougaloo College
James Elliott
Joshua Lynfield
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