Roswell Weather Light Sprinkle Prompts Local Quips
Roswell residents report a brief sprinkle described as sweat like for two or three minutes. Dry conditions persist in the mountains with a mid day cloud buildup dispersing in the afternoon. Local figures warn drought impacts and forest closures affect business while noting the New Mexico Military Institute commencement weekend may bring rain.
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Roswell
Warren Tucker
Ruidoso
New Mexico Military Institute
NMMI
Box Top Greeting From Vietnam Reaches Home
A Mothers Day message written on a Cration box top arrived at Mrs. Edgar L. Walter in San Bernardino California without postage. The handwritten note from Army Lt Ronald Walter serving in Vietnam expresses love and prayers for his mother on her special day.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Edgar L. Walter
Army
Ronald Walter
Vietnam
Ronald
Sahara Motel Bomb Threat Evacuates Las Vegas Hotels
A homemade bomb with a note demanding 75 000 dollars was found in room 4014 of the Sahara Hotel. The device contained black powder and failed to explode after a rope detonation and removal by a demolition team. Thousands were evacuated across Nevada California and Arizona as FBI and sheriff's deputies investigated.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Sahara
Las Vegas Strip
del Webb
Nevada
California
Arizona
Clark County
Nellis Air Force Base
Glenn Simmons
Sheriff’s Office
Mint
Sahara Tahoe
Kings Inns
Fresno
San Francisco
Phoenix
Scottsdale
FBI
North Mexico road tolls to date this year
The toll on Route N M reaches 113 for the year to date, compared with 147 at the same point last year.
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N. M
Touring Newsmen Hear War in Vietnam Is Hot Topic
A group of 15 American editors and publishers, traveling via Air France from New York to Warsaw, discuss U.S. policy on Vietnam with Polish newspaper colleagues. They note Poland under socialism, government ownership, poverty, and a high import of English for teachers amid a visit to the Polish capital before heading to Leningrad and Moscow.
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Vietnam
Robert H. Beck
Warsaw
Poland
New York
Air France
Air Chance
Paris
Rolling Stones
U.S
North Vietnam
Polis
United States
Vieenam
John A. Gronouski
States
Leningrad
Moscow
U.S.S.R
Secretary Fowler Pushes Debt Ceiling Increase and Surcharge
Secretary of the Treasury Henry H. Fowler urged Congress to raise the national debt ceiling to 365 billion dollars and make it permanent. He called for a six percent income tax surcharge to curb the deficit, noting an 11 billion dollar shortfall expected for the new fiscal year despite the surcharge whether enacted or not.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Congress
Fowler
House
Ways and Means
Johnson
Administration
Man Accused of Falsely Obtaining Bank Funds
U S marshals moved Alfred M. DeBakey a 33 year old Memphis Tennessee man from Clovis to Albuquerque to face possible federal grand jury action on bank larceny charges. FBI says he falsely obtained 150 from a Roswell bank after reporting lost travelers checks he bought. DeBakey may face similar charges in other states, marshal Ben Martinez said. He was arrested last week at Clovis National Bank after staff alerted police.
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U.S
Memphis, Tenn
Clovis
Albuquerque
Alfred M. DeBakey
FBI
Roswell
DeBakey
Ben Martinez
Clovis National Bank
Hong Kong Told To Renew Riots
Asian press and Red China press urged renewed anti British action in Hong Kong while curfew eased after three days of clashes. Chinese note to London demanded admission of guilt and compensation for victims and warned of ongoing struggle. Police reported 389 arrests 118 injuries and one death in Kowloon district.
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Forest Edwards
Hong Kong
Red China
Britain
Red
Hong
Macao
Siuiver
Foreign Ministry
D. C. Hopson
Peking
London
Ta Kung Pao
Wen Wei Pao
Kowloon
Communist New China News Agency
Hopson
Radio
United States
Vietnam
Funeral Rites Pending for Manuel A Oracion Jr in Roswell
Manuel A Oracion Jr 39 of Roswell died unexpectedly at home. He was born June 22 1927 in Roswell. Survived by wife Betty Bobb four daughters Debbie Pamula Susan Paula two sons Vance Tim and two brothers Ted Leopold and two sisters Amy Redman and Angela in Germany. He worked 21 years as a letter carrier for the U S Postal Service and was a member of Assumption Catholic Church Elks Lodge 969 and the National Letter Carriers Assn. Funeral services are pending at Ballard Funeral Home.
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Ballard Funeral Home
Manuel A. Oracion Jr
N. Union
Roswell
Clara Kranz Oracion
Manuel A. Oracion Sr
Betty Bobb
Assumption Catholic Church
Elks Lodge No
Assn
Oracion
U.S. Postal Department
Vance
Tim
Debbie
Pamula
Susan
Paula
Ted
Leopold
San Diego
Calif
Amy Redman
Angela
Germany
Expert Tracker Joins Search for Missing Hannibal Boys
A Missouri State employee skilled in tracking joined the fifth day hunt for Billy Hoag 11 Joey Hoag 13 and Craig Dowell 14 believed lost in caves near Hannibal. Rescue teams methodically search caves while a surface search seeks footprints as families plead for the boys to come home safe.
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Hannibal
Missouri
Billy Hoag
Joey Hoag
Craig Dowell
Terry Hill
Missouri Department of Corrections
Moberly
Hill
William Karras
White Post
Karras
Spellogical Society of America
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AL Stubbs
Georgia
C.Z. Hardwick
Marathon Oil Co
Findlay
Ohio
Marathon
Hardwick
American Petroleum Institute
Lubbock Christian College
Sharron Joyce Hale
Sylvia Kay
Miss Hale
John Edward Hale
W. First
Miss Law
Alvin Law
Palomar Pl
Alan Tester
Iowa State University
Roswell Geological Society
Roswell Inn
Tester
American Institute of Professional Geologists
Eddie Davis
Tom Siwula
Associated Press and Record News
Capitan
Jimmy Wright
Capitan High School
Ruidoso Hospital
Hermosillo
Mexico
Luis Encinas Johnson
Presidential Crime Commission
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
Michigan
George Romney
Romney
Beverly Hills
Frank McGrath
McGrath
Soviet Union
Hackettstown
N.J
Greyhound
China
James Webb
W.M
Bud) Foster
Gail Harris
Webb
Ralph Fresquez
James B. Stapp
New Mexico Board of Probations and Paroles
Air Force
Secretary of Treasury
Hoag Brothers
Mike Hoag
Joey
Billy
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