Roswell Tornado Strikes Lubbock. Students Escorted Home
Roswell residents including Ronnie Collins Gerald Pond and Paul Niel stayed at the Astro Motel in Lubbock when a tornado leveled much of the city. Top floor collapse reports and near misses followed as Robert Rhoads drove from Roswell to pick up the students and take them home.
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Roswell
Lubbock
Ronnie Collins
Gerald Pond
Paul Niel
Robert Rhoads
Astro Motel
Texas City
National Guards Calm as City Hall Talks Resume
Augusta officials, state troopers and guardsmen kept a watchful calm while negotiations resumed over racial violence after rioting that left six dead. Officials met black leaders demanding amnesty for those arrested Monday night amid widespread looting and arson.
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Augusta
Oil Supply Decline Blamed on Inaction
A national spokesman for the oil industry blamed government inaction for a declining supply of petroleum and natural gas. Harvld M McClure Jr. warned that lack of quotas on foreign crude could halt new reserves search within a decade. He cited Canadian exports and argued failing enforcement costs the U S billions and reduces drilling, with New Mexico production possibly dropping 50 percent as old reserves deplete. The briefing came at a New Mexico Landmen's Association banquet in Roswell with state officials present.
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Harvld M McClure Jr
Alma
Mich
Independent Petroleum Association of America
Rocky Mountains
Washington
McClure
New Mexico
Michigan Oirman
New Mexico Landmen’s Association
A. L ‘Pete’ Porter
New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission
Alex J. Armijo
Porter and Armije
David F Cargo
Oil Conservation Commission
Roswell
Charles B. Read
Harold Mc McClure Jr
Midh_ center
L “Pete” Porter
Santa Fe
Roswell Teen Dies After Motorcycle Crash
A 15 year old Roswell girl Carol Arthur died at 5 55 am after a motorcycle crash at Mescalero and Alhambra Tuesday night Larry Don Forbes 18 of 1717 Pontiac Drive was rider in the crash and authorities said the machine lost control and jumped a curb She died at Eastern New Mexico Medical Center Funeral services are pending Ballard Funeral Home.
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Mescalero
Alhambra
Carol Arthur
Mescalero Road
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
Larry Don Forbes
Pontiac Drive
Miss Arthur
Goddard High School
W. Thomas Arthur
South Main Church of Christ
Jerry Ann Leman
Rome
Mary Jo Gorman
Oklahoma City
Okla
Cynthia Arthur
Blast Damages Des Moines Police Station
A morning explosion at a five story Des Moines police station caused heavy damage, shattered windows, and damaged cars in the adjacent lot. Police Chief Wendell Nichols estimated about 500000 dollars in damage. An officer said dynamite likely placed near an electrical transformer caused a three foot hole and cut one janitor, Willie Wells, 63, with a back cut from flying glass.
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Des Moines, Iowa
Des Moines
Wendell Nichols
Willie Wells
Senate Debates Cambodia War Policy And Pullout Timetable
Senate Foreign Relations Committee warned of grave risks of widening the Cambodia conflict and urged passage of funding cutoffs effective June 30. Leaders Mansfield and Scott pressed for withdrawal measures while McGovern urged concrete legal action to end the war. A televised broadcast supported public backing for phased U.S. troop withdrawals in Cambodia Laos and Vietnam.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Vietnam
Cambodia
U.S
Committee
Senate
Hugh Scott
White House
Mike Mansfield
Nixon
Nam
Mansfield
Cambo
Pennsylvania
Robert J Dole
Kansas
New Mexico Senators Indicate Support for Cambodia Aid Cutoff
Senators Clinton P. Anderson and Joseph M. Montoya indicated they will back a Senate resolution to cut off arms and aid to Cambodia as of June 30. Both said they support the measure but did not commit to a timetable for total US troop withdrawal from Southeast Asia.
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Washington
New
Clinton P. Anderson
Joseph M. Montoya
DNM
University of New Mexico
Southeast Asia
Rescue Workers Press Search For Lubbock Tornado Victims
Rescue workers and relief agencies pressed a search for dead and injured in debris in Lubbock Texas after a destructive tornado. Thousands homeless with up to 750 dwellings destroyed and about 500 injured were reported. authorities estimated losses up to 200 million dollars.
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Lubbock
Tex.ap
West Texas
Great Plains Life
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