Roswell area leads with Coast Guard cadet appointments and civic notes
Roswell native Terry W. Newell earned a U S Coast Guard Academy appointment in New London joining Edward Holcomb of Los Alamos and Joseph Kuchin of Albuquerque among New Mexico cadet selections from 3 000 applicants for June 1967 entry.
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Roswell
United States Coast Guard Academy
New London
Conn
Tom G. Morris
Terry W. Newell
Leroy Newell
Viking Riders II Reform Image Move in Newport
The Viking Riders II motorcycle club in Newport Rhode Island renames from Ghost Riders and launches a public relations push after a police crackdown. Members pay 5 dollars dues 1 dollar weekly 0.10 fines for swearing. 1 dollar for wearing insignia while racing. Expulsion after a third violation. Noise control is tightened with muffler changes and police noise rulings. The club donates blood.
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Newport
R.I
Vrooom
Viking Riders II Motorcycle Club
Viking Riders
Viking
Mao foe Peng Chen named by Peking press
In a rare public challenge to Mao Tse-tung, Radio Peking identified Peng Chen, former Politburo member and mayor of Peking, as an opponent of Mao’s thinking signaling a potential climactic power struggle in China. The move widens official exposure of internal dissent.
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Tokyo
Mao Tse-tung
Peking
Radio Peking Today
Peng Chen
Red Guard Wall
China riots delay Hong Kong court trial headline
Hundreds of Chinese chanting Mao Tse-tung quotes disrupted a Hong Kong court as the trial of rioters from last week’s Communist protests adjourned. Police were on alert after Peking demanded the release of about 400 detainees and condemned British actions during labor unrest and demonstrations in Canton and Peking.
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Forrest Edwards
Hong Kong
Mao Tse-tung
Peking
Canton
London
Kowloon
Mao
Ming
D. A. Davies
China
Portugal
Macao
Vietnam
Teens Try Robbery on Brooklyn Bridge
Two teenagers, Louis Negron 17 and a 14 year old, tried to mug a man on the Brooklyn Bridge. The victim, Deputy Inspector Jules Sachson, pulled a .38 revolver and his police badge, foiling the attempt.
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NEW York
Brooklyn Bridge
Louis Negron
Brooklyn
Jules Sachson
US Jet May Have Crashed In Red China
The Pentagon says a U S Air Force F105 Thunder chief may have been shot down by North Vietnamese antiaircraft fire during a Monday attack near Kep North Vietnam. The pilot radioed he was heading out and the crew’s status remained unconfirmed.
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Washington
Pentagon
U.S. Air Force
Red China
State Department
U.S
Kep
North Vietnam
Hanoi
China
Robert J. McCloskey
Tyner Elected to Masonic Grand High Priest Post
Roswell and Las Cruces men won top offices at the New Mexico Masonic meeting. Roy V. Tyner of Roswell was elected grand high priest of the Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons of New Mexico. Phil Witherspoon of Las Cruces became grand master of the Royal Grand Council and Select Master Masons of New Mexico. Wayne Lampert announced water meter inspections in the Roswell artesian basin, noting about 1,593 meters installed since January. State Police Chief Joe Black moved former Chief John Bradford to command the Albuquerque district. Capt Hoover Wimberly reassigned to Santa Fe to oversee in-security work.
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Spurs
New Mexico State University
Karen Patterson
Roswell
Las Vegas
N.M
Las Cruces
Phil Witherspoon
Royal Grand Council
New Mexico
Roy V. Tyner
Royal Arch Masons of
Wayne Lampert
Roswell Basin
Lampert
Roswell Artesian Basin
Santa FE
Joe Black
John Bradford
Albuquerque
Hoover Wimberly
Wimberly
Black
De Gaulle Condemns Foreign Intervention and Sticks to EU Aims
President Charles de Gaulle denounced foreign intervention in Asia and insisted the United States must leave Vietnam for peace. He signaled no veto of Britain joining the European Common Market but warned of obstacles. Domestically he aimed to improve social and economic conditions and sought emergency powers from Parliament amid a general strike.
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Stephens Broening
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Asia
Vietnam
Britain
The
Elysee Palace
de Gaulle
United States
France
Dam North of Roswell Proposed by Pumpers
The Pecos River Pumpers Assn may back a Roswell area dam as an alternative to Brantley Dam. Spokesman Bill Langenegger said a north Roswell project could be more practical than Brantley or Los Esteros dams, while PVACD opposed Brantley. Pumpers members are Hagerman and Dexter area farmers with Pecos River water rights.
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The
New Mexico Medical Society
Santa Fe
Roswell Area
Owen E. Puckett
Carlsbad
W. M. Lancaster
Clovis
Pecos
PVACD
Pecos River
Kennedy Trade Pact Ends Tariff War With Broad Global Cuts
Geneva AP Four years of Kennedy Round talks wrap up with 33 to 35 percent tariff reductions on world trade, covering about 6 300 items and affecting over 80 nations. U S officials hail the accord as a major advance and predict a substantial rise in global commerce and U S trade flows.
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Geneva
United States
Gulf of Mexico
Stabbing Incident Investigated At Local Service Station
James R. Prince a member of the 4260th Air Base Sqdn Walk er Air Force Base walked into a Texaco station on West Second and Sycamore at 1 40 a m today bleeding and said he had been stabbed. He reported the attack occurred at 316 S Sequoia and was treated at Walker Air Force Base. Police pursued the case with no arrests yet.
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James R. Prince
4260Th Air Base
Walker Air Force Base
Texaco
West Second
Sycamore
City Police
Prince
S. Sequoia
Webb Jails Two Fines Three After First Day on Bench
Municipal Judge James Webb jailed two men for 30 days and fined three underage individuals 50 dollars each on illegal possession of alcohol charges. The defendants named were Dixie D. Eshleman John Wesley Edwards and Jackie Taylor Cornelison. Pete L. Mendosa and David Cleo Griggs received 30 day sentences for drunken in public charges.
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James Webb
Dixie D. Eshleman
John Wesley Edwards
Jackie Taylor Cornelison
Pete L. Mendosa
David Cleo Griggs
Aged man in Guatemala not Martin Bormann
Frankfurt prosecutor says fingerprint test proves an elderly man arrested in Guatemala on suspicion of being Martin Bormann is not Hitler's deputy. The man, in his 70s, claimed the name Fabro Martinez born in Uruguay and was working as a farm laborer in rural Guatemala last week.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Joachim Richter
Guatemala
Martin Bormann
Hitler
Feuhrer
Fabro Martinez
Uruguay
Rescue Underway on Lover's Leap Missing Boys
In Hannibal Missouri rescue teams search a bluff above the Mississippi River dubbed Lover's Leap for three missing boys, Craig Dowell 14 Joey Hoag 13 and Billy Hoag 11, entering day six of the operation as volunteers map a newly found cave entrancemates of Dowell had spoken of excitement about a cave discovery.
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Hannibal, Mo
Mississippi River
Hannibal
Lover’s Leap
Bill Bridges
Craig Dowell
Dowell
Joey Hoag
Billy
Roswell Coyotes Clinch State Tourney Trip with 5 1 Victory
Roswell High School defeats Carlsbad 5-1 to earn a spot in the state baseball tournament. Billy Pacheco pitched the win for Roswell, finishing the regular season at 17-3 while the Coyotes claimed the sub district title with a 5-2 mark. Key hits by Stiles Harrison Hutson Clark and Ragsdale sparked a fourth inning rally, with Roswell extending the lead in the sixth. Carlsbad starter Terry Cox took the loss.
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Artelia
Roswell
Fightin’ Coyotes
Carsbad
Billy Pacheco
AHS
Carlsbad
Terry Cox
George White
Coyotes
Larry Stiles
Glen Harrison
Phil Hutson
Harrison
Gary Clark
Phil
Hutson
Clark
Doug Ragsdale
Stiles
Rhe Roswell
Howell Martin
Ricky Onsurez
Pecos Valley Artesian Conservancy District Budget Adopted
Pecos Valley Artesian Conservancy District board approves a 1967 68 operating budget of 285445 dollars, up 18 dollars from 1966 67. Major items include 17000 salaries 10000 legal 15000 labor and services 18000 materials 8000 capital outlay 101000 conservation 27000 meter master office 31150 study on water usage by New Mexico State University experts.
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Pecos Valley
New Mexico State University
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Ruidoso
Charles Meister
Eastern New Mexico University
West Texas
Eunice
Mayfield High
Texico High
College of the Southwest
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South Plains College
Levelland
Tex
Wyatt S. Hedrick
Fair City
Tucson
G. G. Lambert
Barnett Dr
Lamberts
Associated Press
Forest Service
Weather Bureau
Chicago
George Lincoln Rockwell
Cook County
Columbia
S.C
Army
Howard B. Levy
Johnson
Adolph Hitler
Richard W. Gillum
Danville
Ill
Levy
Dominican Republic
Communist New China News Agency
Far East
Red
Tyner
Masonic
Bradford
Florida
Tomoka
N. M
William Roth
Webb
River Bluff
RHS
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