Manned Aircraft Urged by Chiefs
Washington AP report on a renewed clash between Congress and Defense Secretary McNamara over a new advanced manned strategic bomber. Rep. Hebert released Joint Chiefs of Staff testimony showing support for full-scale development to replace the B52, amid disputes about Pentagon comments and bomber retirement plans.
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Washington
Congress
Robert S. McNamara
Rep
Edward Hebert
D-La
Pentagon
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Hebert
McNamara
Air Force
John P. McConnell
Joint Chiefs
House
Armed Services
Defense Department
Iron Curtain Trade Pact To Be Stalled
Washington AP confirms no hearings this year on President Johnson's trade plan with European Iron Curtain states. Rep. Wilbur D. Mills notes he will not sponsor the bill and cites a full Ways and Means schedule. The measure seeks most favored nation treatment with Soviet bloc countries except East Germany.
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Washington
Johnson
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Mills
Ways and Means
Dean Rusk
Congress
House Customs
Ways and Means Committee
Soviet Union
Europe
East Germany
Banks urged tougher open housing laws in federal reform push
The Civil Rights Commission called for stricter open housing legislation beyond admin proposals. It urged withdrawing federal bank charters, mortgage insurance, and loan guarantees from discriminatory lenders and builders. William L. Taylor presented the plan to a House Judiciary subcommittee while Housing Secretary Robert C. Weaver pressed for stronger executive action.
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Washington
Civil Rights Commission
Commission
William L. Taylor
House
Robert C. Weaver
Babcock Debunks Story On Liquor Thorn
Former state liquor control director Howard E. Babcock Jr says an AP report about Pojoaque Pueblo seeking three liquor outlets on Indian lands is inaccurate. He cites a 3 year old AG ruling that the state lacks authority to license liquor on reservations, while noting existing tribal licenses and Indian owned outlets in Mescalero.
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Roy Carbine
Record City
State Liquor Control
Howard E. Babcock Jr
Associated Press
Daily Record
Babcock
Chaves
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Joe A. Armijo
Mescalero
Santa Fe County
Pueblo
Guerrilla elephants flee coast attack near Quang Ngai
Reports say a guerrilla band fled on elephants after a U S Marine strike 18 miles west of Quang Ngai. A Marine pilot saw a line of elephants moving under artillery fire along a mountain trail. In Nebraska a DC3 landed in a alfalfa field near Norfolk with one engine on fire. all aboard uninjured and evacuated. A federal grand jury will probe price fixing in library book sales following a Senate hearing chaired by Sen. Hart.
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Saigon
Quang Ngai
Norfolk
Neb
A. T. Bergum
St. Paul
Washington
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Senate
City Motorists Drive With Care
Local motorists reportedly drove carefully on the ninth accident-free day within city limits this year. So far 2024 has seen 432 accidents since January 1, with two deaths from city crashes and 37 accident-free days. last year there were 1,183 city accidents.
Yearly totals show slight rise in early period
At this date this year 144 cases or items are recorded, compared with 146 the same date last year, signaling a modest year over year change. The figures reflect early period activity and may indicate trends in the measured metric.
FDR Jr enters race for New York governor nomination
Franklin D Roosevelt son of the 32nd president declares candidacy for the Democratic nomination for New York governor. A former federal EEOC chairman he resigns to pursue the post as fellow candidates Nelson Rockefeller Eugene Nickerson and Howard Samuels compete for the party nod.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Washington
Federal
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Eugene H. Nickerson
Nassau County
Howard Samuels
Frank D. O’connor
Beauty pageant entries sought for Miss Roswell
The Roswell Jaycees announce the Miss Roswell Pageant will be held in June. Women 18 to 28, high school graduates and American citizens may enter by contacting Mrs. Kent Shannon at 3115 N Garden Ave or 623 1120 after 1 30 p m. Prizes include a scholarship and a pathway to Miss New Mexico and Miss America.
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The
Roswell Jaycees
Kent Shannon
N. Garden Ave
Landmen Poised For Big Night
Robert O. Anderson chairman of Atlantic Richfield will be the featured speaker at the New Mexico Landmen Association Executive Night at the Roswell Inn in Roswell. He will discuss domestic oil and gas exploration in the United States.
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Robert O. Anderson
Atlantic- Richfield Board
Philadelphia
New Mexico Landmen Association
Roswell Inn
Anderson
Roswell
United States
Cold Weather Grips Nation From Plains To Northeast
Cold rainy Atlantic conditions end week freezes in the northeast while central and southern plains see subsiding storms. Denver logs two inches of snow and severe weather hits Kansas Missouri Illinois with injuries and property damage. Fruit and vegetable crop losses reach 15 million in Ohio and 10 million in Michigan.
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Associated Press
Atlantic Coast
Mississippi Valley
Denver
Colo
Kansas
Missouri
Pittsburg
Topeka
Kansas City
Columbia
Joplin
Illinois
Chicago
Rockies
Central Plains
Montana
Idaho
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
New York
Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
Colorado Basin Bill Backed Here
New Mexico state engineer says the 1.6 billion Colorado River Basin project authorization gains general support locally. He testifies to a House Interior subcommittee that a Hooker Dam plan on the Gila River may boost New Mexico water allocations and outlines an exchange with Arizona. He also voices backing for the 109 million Animas La Plata project, including 26 million spending in New Mexico and irrigation for about 16,700 acres. supporting speakers include Farmington mayor and bureau and commission leaders.
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Washington
New Mexico
Steve Reynolds
House Interior Subcommittee
Arizona
Hooker
Gila River
Gila Basin
Colorado
Reynolds
Animas-La Plata
Farmington
Floyd G. Davis
New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau
A. W. Langenegger
New Mexico Interstate Streams Commission
I. J. Coury
Airman in critical condition after NM 37 motorcycle crash
A 21 year old airman from Walker Air Force Base remains near death after a motorcycle crash on NM 37 near Alto. His passenger Henry de Cuir is in serious condition. Both suffered head injuries and multiple contusions when the bike left the road and tumbled about 30 feet into a 15 foot embankment. Police say no other vehicle was involved and the investigation continues.
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Walker Air Force Base
NM 37
Alto
Howard R. Warren
Henry de Cuir
WAFB
New Mexico
Ruidoso
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Thomas L. Carr
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al Rogers Combo
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