Computer Age Truly Remarkable TIME TELESCOPED
Henry J. Taylor surveys the Apollo era and the rise of computers in space and science. He notes the vast cost and speed of computer calculations, cites aerospace milestones from Lindbergh to Saturn V, and discusses future tech from jets to missiles and AI language translation.
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Henry J. Taylor
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Solomons
Ryan Aircraft
Donald A. Hall
Charles A. Lindberg
Atlantic
Columbia University
Gerald Feinberg
Earth
Jupiter
Mars
Columbus
China
Boeing
Russia
Univae III
Central Intelligence Agency
Fred Waller
Cinerama Fame
Postmaster General Blount battles postal bureaucracy and politics
Winton Blount threatens to resign as Postmaster General after four months of efforts to redesign the Post Office into a TVA like entity encounter strong opposition from letter carriers and a wary White House. The article also covers Nixon administration hunger policy talks and a forthcoming broad crime investigation led by Claude Pepper.
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Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Washington
Winton Blount
Blount
Capitol Hill
Nixon
White House
First Baptist Church of Roswell 75th Anniversary Event
Roswell's First Baptist Church marks 75 years with a Sunday celebration featuring a pageant on church history. Former pastors and widows return as residents recount milestones from 1896 stone meeting house to 1962 sanctuary and debt-free origins.
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First Baptist Church of
Roswell
New Mexico
Ing
John Parrott
Foreman Seat Targets 1970 NM Congressional Race
National COPE seeks to unseat U S Rep Ed Foreman in 1970 while Ed Foreman promotes his Washington activity. Potential rivals include E S Johnny Walker and Manuel Lujan, with Fabian Chavez and Bruce King named for future offices. Governor candidates and water issues, Pecos River Compact, Brantley Reservoir plans, and related political maneuvering across New Mexico frame a crowded field.
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Fred Buckles
Santa FE
National Cope
Committee On Political Education
Brass
U.S
Ed Foreman
Las Cruces
Cope
Afl-Cio
E.S
Johnny Walker
Foreman
Walker
U.S. House
West Texas
Washington
New Mexico
National Brain Trust
Manuel Lujan
Albuquerque
Fabian Chavez
Congressional
Mike Alarid
Mike
Bruce King
David Norvell
Clovis
House
George Fettinger
Alamogordo
Jerry Apodaca
Jerry
Bobby Mayfield
University of New Mexico Law School
Mayfield
Mesilla Park
State House
King
Bruce
Chavez
Pecos
Song of Praise the Sound of Mountain Water review
Wallace Stegner’s book gathers 16 essays written over 20 years on the American West. The first half praises wilderness and landscape while critiquing land plunder, the second half examines Western writing and its relation to broader literature. Miles A. Smith praises the intro and the interplay of nature and literature.
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American West
Havasupai
Canyon Country
New Mexico
Stegner
Miles A. Smith
Roswell Daily Record Advertising and Circulation Note
The Roswell Daily Record lists personnel and contact details for advertising and editing. It notes subscription rates by area, delivery methods, and publishing schedule. It confirms location at 414 North Main Street Roswell New Mexico and AP membership for local news and dispatches.
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Chaves County
Roswell
Trade
Caprief
North Main Street
History Highlights by Associated Press
Today is May 16 1969 a Friday with 229 days left in the year The AP notes on this date 1775 Massachusetts adopted the first state constitution 1770 Marie Antoinette wed Louis XVI 1866 the US Treasury authorized the nickel 1871 British Columbia joined Canada 1927 bootleggers taxed 1953 William N Oatis freed 1960 Paris Big Four summit collapse 1979 Soviet talks on nuclear explosion detection planned
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Associated Press
United States
Massachusetts
Marie Antoinette
Louis XVI
France
U.S. Treasury Department
British Columbia
Dominion of
U.S. Supreme Court
Czechoslovakia
William N. Oatis
Paris
Russia
Soviet Union
Outer Space
Senator Soaper Says and Other Quick Sketches
A humorous round of vignettes covers a bus outburst about pennies from a father of a baby, a northward armadillo, a teen’s grass-mavor, diet deferral by Tilly, a fitness nut on a golf cart, rising trash bans and arson risk, a soccer loving boy, college riots for parents, see-through skirts for men, and cigarette branding glimpses in shirts pockets.
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Advertising Council
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Don Rumsfeld
Health, Education
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Committee On Hunger In
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Kefauver
Claude Pepper
Florida
Martha Griffiths
Mich
Robert Nix
Jerome Waldie
Calif
Albert Watson
Charles Wiggins
Robert Denney
Neb
Pepper
Bayard Rustin
Ku Klux Klan
Allen Street
West End Avenue
Hell's Kitchen
Harlem
Cope Washington
Lujan
Schaler
Carlsbad
Dave Cargo
James Maloney
William Schauer
Schauer
Eddy County
GOP
Joe Rose
Brantley
McMillan
Bureau of Reclamation
Floyd Dominy
Bureau
Carlsbad Irrigation District
Carlsbad and the Irrigation District
Book Review
Song OF Praise
Wallace Stegner
Doubleday
Jimmy
Cox
Roswell, N
Soaper
Bill Vaughan
Tilly
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