Sailboat outing and religious assignments in New Mexico
Becomes Old Salt notes sailing on Lea Lake at Bottomless Lakes State Park with smooth crossings from south to north and back, a novice learning quick. Artesia United Methodist Church assigns new pastors, with William Johnston moving from Clovis to Artesia First UMC and retirement of F E Curry. Roswell churches retain current pastors. Roswell students earn awards and front-page column changes noted.
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Floyd Burns
Bottomless Lakes State Park
Lea Lake
Roswell
Artesia
William Johnston
Clovis
UMC
F. FE. Curry
Phillip Royal
Highlands University Regents stand by Graham presidency
Highlands University regents insist they have a contractual obligation to appoint Dr Charles J Graham as president and will honor it. Gov Cargo mediates with students in Las Vegas while faculty resolutions praise student restraint and critique university procedures in the Graham selection.
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Santa FE
Highlands University
David F Cargo
Charles J. Graham
Las Vegas
Cargo
Ilfeld Auditorium
Highlands
Graham
Thomas
Donnelly Donnelly
Regents
Board of Regents
Thomas Mallory
Dy Mallory
Acults
Arthur Vargas
Berne Price
Vargas
J D. Robb
Albuquerque
Lynn Perrigo
Dr. Robbs
Robb
Omaha
Neb
Joe Lotero
Taos
Wisconsin State University
John Aragon
University of New Mexico
Aragon
David F. Cargo
Wisconsin
Charles Graham
Bernie Price
Thomas Donnelly
Donnelly
Ralph Boyer
John Levin
Budget hearings moved to Dexter for two schools
The Dexter and Lake Arthur school budgets will be heard Tuesday at the Dexter school auditorium starting at 9 30 am for Dexter and 1 pm for Lake Arthur. Dexter officials say the proceedings occur in Dexter rather than Roswell.
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Roswell
Austin H Dillon
J. Ray Lawler i
Trinity
Aldersgate
Thomas H. Norris
Dexter
Lake Arthur
Young Pilot Sam Spry Found Dead Near Desert Plane
Sam Spry a Mesa College sophomore rented a plane May 13 and disappeared into the California desert. His body was found Sunday about 20 miles from the downed single engine craft after searchers scoured the brown hills. Officials say fog and course deviation contributed to the crash 260 miles south of the Mexican border in Baja California.
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San Diego
Calif
Sam Spry
Mesa College
California
Spry
el Centro
Baja California
Lori
Brown Hills
Thes
New Mexico Road Toll At This Date
A New Mexico toll tally shows 202 for the current year compared with 185 at this date last year. The figures reflect accumulated road fatalities to this point in the year.
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N.M
Artesia Artist Wins Sunport Mural Commission
Artesia architect James T. Anderson won the right to paint a three panel mural for Albuquerque Sunport. His piece titled Universal Freedom uses plastic coated copper wire on ebony plywood and traces from ancient pueblo design to future space travel. The competition followed protests over prior selection of Wilson Hurley, who withdrew.
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Albuquerque
Artesia
James T. Anderson
Albuquerque Sunport
Universal Freedom
New Mexico Pueblo
Sunport
Anderson
New Mexico
Wilson Hurley
Hurley
Sunport Tunnel
Supreme Court upholds city power to ban assemblies in emergencies
The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by three Philadelphia peaceful demonstrators arrested after MLK's assassination. Mayor Tate's emergency order prohibited gatherings of 12 or more on streets or sidewalks except for transit, recreation, or entering buildings, with over 100 arrests across three events. Justice Douglas dissented, urging a full review of First Amendment implications.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Martin Luther King Jr
James H . Tate
King
William Barrett
D-Pa
University of Pennsylvania
Janet Stotland
Emily Achtenberg
Cambridge
Mass
Peter Coun
Tryman
Carpenter
Philadelphia
William O. Douglas
Paratroopers Engaged in Heavy Fighting Near Memot
South Vietnamese paratroopers fought heavy battles along Highway 7 east of Memot, near the Cambodian border. U.S. helicopters faced enemy fire while evacuating wounded, with light to moderate casualties reported among the paratroopers and no immediate enemy loss tally available.
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Saigon
Cap
Memot
Fishhook
Israeli Armor Crosses Into Lebanon in New Attack
Israeli armored forces crossed into southern Lebanon near Yaroun and fought Lebanese troops for about four hours with air and artillery backing. Israeli patrols increased after Friday’s bus ambush that killed 12. No Israeli casualties were reported.
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Beirut
Yaroun
Lebanon
Tel Aviv
Maariv
Israel
Jordan
Jordan River
Tornado Sightings Reported in New Mexico Area
State Police report two unconfirmed tornado sightings in southeastern New Mexico this morning. One occurred 30 miles northwest of Lovington at 10 45 am and another 20 miles north of Loco Hills with a Second location 20 miles north-northeast of Hagerman per Weather Bureau. A tornado warning persisted east of the Pecos River in Chaves County until 1 pm along with a severe thunderstorm warning for the region including Clovis to Wink area with possible hail and damaging winds.
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New Mexico
Lovington
Loco Hills
Weather Bureau
Hagerman
Pecos River
Chaves County
Texas
Clovis
Wink
Tex
Carlsbad
Artesia
Roswell
Ft. Sumner
Dearborn Heights housewife tours Vietnam combat zone
A Dearborn Heights housewife recounts visiting Saigon to see her naval son Edward 19 and touring Dong Tam and Long Binh with a lieutenant. She says servicemen know their mission to stop communism and criticizes domestic protests. Her son enlisted “because he believed in America.”
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Dearborn Heights
Mich
United States
South Vietnam
Raymond Brimmer
Saigon
Edward
Dong Tam
Long Binh
Navy
America
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Roswell Daily Record
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Ami Eggnt
Ines
Tiatlade
Dail Brown
Rex Brown
Lubbock Christian College
Shep Rite Foods, Inc
David
Hay
THE
Associated Press and Record News
Manuel Alvarado
Shanks Ranch
Alvarado
John Vasquez
Alfonso Madrid
Dist. Atty
Pat Hanagan
Hanagan
Artesian’s
Associated Press
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