Cuban Army Major Garners Cuban Asylum for Self and Son
Cuban Granma reports U S Army Major Richard Harwood Pearce and his 4% year old son received asylum or permission to proceed to another country after Pearce flew a Cessna from Key West to Liberty Airport near Havana. Pearce, a Vietnam veteran and aide to Lt Gen Dunn, left the United States claiming conscience. US officials said the Swiss embassy in Havana relayed the asylum decision to Washington.
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Havana
Cuba
U.S. Army
Richard Harwood Pearce
Pearce
Thomas W. Dunn
Ft. Sam Houston
San Antonio
Tex
Key West
Fla
Richard Jr
Liberty
Granma
Vietnam
Washington
State Department
Carl Bartch
U.S
Bartch
United States
Parce
United States Army
Houston
Sandra Mitchell
Soviets Move to Sidetrack U.N. War Debate
The Soviet Union pressed to derail Security Council talks on the Israel Arab state threat. The United States accused the Soviets of avoiding the tense Middle East situation and blocked efforts to sidestep the issue.
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William N. Oatis
United Nations
N.Y
Soviet Union
U.N. Security Council
Israel
United States
Council
Middle East
O C Fisher Dies Rites On Thursday
Funeral services for Oscar Cecil Fisher 60 owner of the Yellow Cab Co Roswell will be at 11 a m Thursday at Washington Avenue Baptist Church with Rev Buford Coplen officiating Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens Lawton Okla Survived by wife Bertie three sisters and a brother Ballard Funeral Home in charge of arrangements The text also includes a separate obituary for Emma Jane Fleming with service details.
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Oscar Cecil Fisher
Pecan Drive
Yellow Cab Co
Buford Coplen
Washington Avenue Baptist Church
Leon Wagner
Hazel Whitehead
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Lawton
Oklo
Ballard Funeral Home
Mr. Fisher
Roswell
Chico
Tex
William B
Lena Morgan Fisher
Bertie Hix
Duncan
Okla
Fisher
Calvin
Oklahoma City
Ossie Jones
Audie Lynch
Effie Edwards
Emma Jane Fleming
W. Fifth
Fort Bayard
Ballard Chapel
Elmer Whitehead
Immanuel Baptist Church
Geraldine Barbee
South Park Cemetery
Fleming
Memphis
Tenn
Lubbock
First Baptist Church
Levelland
Jess Fleming
Grosebeck
Nell Foust
Littlefield
Carl Chaney
Woodside
Cailif
Middle East tensions mount as nations seek action
Paris urges joint action by France the United States Britain and the Soviet Union to ease the crisis in the Middle East with details pending. Britain seeks UN backed solution to keep the Gulf of Aqaba open and warns of a potential stand by Mediterranean warships. U Thant meets Egyptian officials as Al Ahram reports mines and patrols in the Gulf of Aqaba. The United States and Britain begin urgent talks over the sea route while Johnson calls the blockade illegal. The Soviet Union vows support for Arab states and the UN Security Council convenes amid calls for peacekeepers from Canada. Saudi Arabia alerts for possible war and Jordan expels Syria's ambassador in border clashes. Iraq pledges forces to aid Egypt and Syria in what it calls a battle of honor.
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France
Bulgaria
Mali
India
Canada
Denmark
United States
Council
U Thant
Cairo
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
Roger Seydbux
Liu Chieh
Middle East
NATO
Near East
Security Council
Fedorenko
Aarbs
Israel
China
Associated Press
Paris
Britain
Soviet Union
London
Harold Wilson
United Nations
Gulf of Aqaba
Africa
Far East
Mediterranean
Washington
Aqaba
Johnson
Baghdad
Iraq
Egypt
Syria
City Council Rejects Library Budget Increase Request
Roswell officials say no extra funds are available for library expansion this year. The Roswell Public Library asked the council to elevate its budget beyond the $34 000 allotted for fiscal year 1967 68 as per capita support declines and services dwindle.
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New Mexico
Roswell
Gordon McShean
Library Board
McShean
Council
Howard Smith
Bill Derby
Librry
School Aid Amendment Sparks Civil Rights Debate in House
Lawmakers clash on a House amendment tied to a GOP plan to shift federal education aid to state control. Edith Green says it enforces civil rights as intended, while some northern liberals hail it as a weapon to advance desegregation nationwide, and southern critics fear weakening existing authority.
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House
Edith Green
D-Ore
Office of Education
Congress
South
Conyers
North
Frank Thompson Jr
Dn.j
Gerald R. Ford
Thompson
Green
John G. O’hara
D-Mich
F. Peter Libassi
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Record Highway Budget Is Ready
A record 89 million fiscal year budget for the Highway Commission awaits approval in Santa Fe. The plan for the year starting July 1 increases by about 9 million from the current outlay, with 42 million for interstate construction 11.4 million for primary 6.7 million for secondary and 1.25 million for urban roads. Beautification projects total 1.25 million.
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Santa FE
Highway Commission
Accidents Reported At Seventh Missouri And Third Kentucky
Police log notes two crashes Tuesday afternoon and noon. At Seventh and Missouri a collision involved Larry Flores 16 and Henry Archuletta 14 with no citations issued. At Third and Kentucky James Walters 30 and Emmett Ball Jr. 22 Walters cited for failure to yield. Police seek thief who stole golf balls and a wrist watch from John Young's car parked at Christa Lee Manor.
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Seventh
Missouri
Larry J. Flores
Kansas
Henry J. Archuletta
Ohio
Kentucky
James M. Walters
Emmett L. Ball Jr
Denver
Colo
Walters
John Young
Christa Lee Manor Apartments
E. 22Nd St
Kentucky GOP Race Seesaws Toward Climax
Louie B. Nunn built a slim lead over Jefferson County Judge Marlow W. Cook in the Kentucky Republican gubernatorial contest. Nunn held a 1,583 vote edge with 150 of 3,000 precincts in, while Cook planned a recanvass. The Democratic race closed with Henry Ward ahead of Hap Chandler as precincts reported.
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Louisville, Ky
Louie B. Nunn
South Kentucky
Jefferson County
Marlow W. Cook
Nunn
Cook
Henry Ward
A. B
Happy” Chandler
Fires Report From City Fire Desk
At 1004 Kings Drive a grass, trash and fence fire damaged a residence of H. T. Taylor with probable cause pegged on children playing with matches. A house fire near Walker AFB gate damaged eight rooms. owner Lykins Estate, occupants Francis and Pearl Browning, cause electrical short. A false alarm at 1703 E. Bland and a trash fire ignited a vacant lot behind 804 E. Deming.
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Kings Drive
H. T. Taylor
Walker Afb
Lykins Estate
Francis
Pearl Browning
Markets Shake as Middle East Crisis Weighs on Stocks
Market declined into the close amid fears of U.S.-Soviet confrontation over the Arab-Israeli crisis. Volume showed roughly 7.6 million shares traded in four hours with losers outnumbering gainers about five to one. Oil and glamor stocks fell while some blue chips edged down on broad selling and cautious sentiment.
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Middle East
United States
Russia
International Oils
Xerox
IBM
U.S
Fairchild Camera
Avco
Seaboard World Airlines
American Stock Exchange
Hospital visiting hours and births listed for May 23
The notice lists visiting hours for General patients from 2 30 to 8 30 p m Maternity visits 3 to 5 p m and 6 30 to 8 30 p m plus a roster of names and addresses of patients dismissed births and admissions across Memorial Osteopathic St Marys and affiliated wards on May 23 including several families and individuals such as Mr and Mrs Thurman White and Mr and Mrs Troy L King with births noted.
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Vernon Robertson
N. Washington
Tom Patteson
E. Fifth
Troy L. King
Calle del Sol
Thurman White
Dunlap
Mae A. Dallas
Caprock
Archie Weitner
Hugh Rowland
Faustino Silva
Abelino Maldonado
Hershell Bailey
Wilma Simmons
E. McGaffey
Adele Belcher
Ohio
Roy Longoria
ST. Mary’s
Melvin Chaves
Bernard J. Herring
E. Sixth
Pete Miller
E. Jefferson
Lawrence Vanderbunt
Dexter
Lawrence Moore
W. McGaffey
A. D. Massingale
E. Eighth
Oscar C. Fisher
Pecan
Ignacio Olivas Jr
Rt. 2
Christina Martinez
Artesia
Howard W. Smith
Florida
Addie Smith
Star Route
Hagerman
Don Moloney
Encanto
Marvin Alien
S. Washington
Carra Yates
Lewis H. Aldrich
Richard Martin
Wayne Skates
Fred H. Evans
John M. Ledesma
F. B. McShan Sr
Fire Guts Three Rooms Of House Near Roswell Base
Firefighters from Roswell East Grand Plains and Walker AFB battled a Tuesday blaze just north of the base gate from 3 52 to 5 46 p m. The kitchen living and dining rooms of an eight room home were gutted with heavy heat damage to remaining furnishings. About 1500 gallons of water were used. One fireman suffered a glass injury but no serious harm to others was reported.
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Roswell
East Grand Plains
Walker Afb
Lykins
Francis
Pearl Browning
George E. Daniels
Brownings
Second Community Conference Set
Gov. David Cargo and top state officials will attend the Mora and Las Vegas meetings as part of a series of community conferences. The Mora session centers on fixing the 15 mile Mora to Guadalupita road deemed the worst in the state and priority repairs have been requested from the Highway Department.
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SANTA
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Communist Party
Walter Pearce
Birmingham
U.N
O. C. Fisher
Emma Fleming
Mid-East
al Ahram
Moscow
George Brown
Damascus
Mecca
Saudi Arabia
Amman
Jordan
Aeco
John Conyers Jr
Dmich
ED McMahon
Ly Budweiser
King OF
Anheuser-Busch, Inc
ST. Louis
Newark
Los Angeles
Tampa
E. Bland
E. Deming
Jim Marks
W. Second
A. Hic
New York
de Hutton & Co. Amer. Can
Sta T&t Ae Amer
Phill
Pet Am Tel Tel
RCA
Atkinson
Rey
Ad Richaid
Safeway St
Burroughs
Sears Rocb
Chrysler
Shell Oil
Sinclair
Cent Oil
Skelly Oil
du Pont
Swest PS
Estman Ko
Sperry Rd
el Paso NG
Chicago
Ad Ag . Hutton
le H
Aarite
USDA
ENM Medical Center
National Association of Real Estate Boards
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