Explosion Demolishes Bar and Liquor Store in Farmington
An explosion demolished a newly opened liquor store and bar in Farmington at about 7:35 a.m. The owner, Bert Reynolds, 46, suffered severe burns and was hospitalized. Welding tanks behind the building are being checked as a possible cause. Reynolds did not own the store but leased the property. Church groups had opposed the location near a drive in popular with teenagers.
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Farmington
Bert Reynolds
San Juan Hospital
Reynolds
Toppy’s Liquors
Funeral set for Martin Loussena in Roswell
Funeral services planned for 9:30 a.m. Friday at St. Peter's Catholic Church for Martin Loussena a native Frenchman who lived and rancher in the Roswell area for 57 years He died at 5 15 a.m Tuesday at St Mary's Hospital after a lengthy illness He was 80 born July 3 1884 in Banka France and moved to the United States in 1908 settling at Hope Chaves County before moving to Lincoln County and later Caprock He is survived by a brother Pierre Caprock two sisters Maria and Agnes Lousseau Bogirry France three cousins Graciano Yriart Martin Yriart and Mrs Robert Naylor Roswell and a niece Mrs W W Roach Caprock Fr Lambert Dannenfelser O F M will celebrate Burial is in South Park Cemetery Pallbearers include Sam Love Jack White Lyman Graham Gene Roach Martin Yrart and Robert Naylor
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St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Martin Loussena
Roswell
Mr. Loussena
St. Mary's Hospital
Banka
France
Dominique and
Gratiane Flakxa Loussena
United States
New Mexico
Hope
Chaves County
Lincoln County
Pete
Caprock
Lousseau
Pierre
Maria
Agnes Lousseau
Bogirry
Graciano Yriart
Martin Yriart
Robert Naylor
W.W. Roach
Lambert Dannenfelser
O.F.M
Investigators Back Assassination Bill
Two lawmakers on the commission probing President Kennedy's murder urged passage of a federal crime bill. Hale Boggs and Gerald Ford criticized post assassination confusion as Lee Harvey Oswald was held by local authorities before his death.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Hale Boggs
D-La
Gerald R. Ford
R-Mich
Lee Harvey Oswald
Ford
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Oswald
Hoover
Kennedy
House Judiciary Subcommittee
Boggs
Earl Warren
United States
Society Matron Hangs Self in Detroit Suburb
Mrs. Ethel du Pont Roosevelt Warren 49, heiress and former Roosevelt wife, was found dead in a Grosse Pointe Farms bathroom in what authorities ruled as death by own action. An inquest cited psychiatric care and past threats, with funeral plans set for Christ Episcopal church and burial in Wilmington.
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Grosse Pointe Farms
Mich
Ethel du Pont Roosevelt Warren
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Edward
Zawadzki
Wayne
Detroit
Martha Weber
Warren
Mrs. Warren
Eugene I. du Pont
du Pont Chemical Manufacturing Dynasty
Municipal Tax Levy Faces Court Challenge in New Mexico
In New Mexico on Tuesday, Belen voters approved a one cent sales tax to fund operating expenses, 615 to 384, but a court order impounded the ballots amid an investigation after a committee opposed to the tax alleged undisclosed irregularities. Silver City school district residents supported a $1.2 million bond for a new high school and remodeling of four elementary schools, 1,226 to 243.
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New Mexico
Belen
Dist
Paul Tackett
Silver City
Small Business Week Proclaimed in Roswell
Mayor Gail Harris proclaims this week as Small Business Week with Walker Air Force Base saluting local small businesses. The proclamation notes their contribution to the national economy and military contracts. Over half of 1965 civilian contracts went to small businesses, with 2.5 million dollars remaining in Roswell for base construction repairs and alterations.
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Gail Harris
Walker Air Force Base
Roswell
Walker
Warning Fire Hazards in New Mexico Forests Stretch Open
The U S Forest Service warns Lincoln, Gila and Cibola forests in southern New Mexico are dry and fire prone. Fire danger ranges moderate to high in central and northern areas amid hot winds. Last year over 2 200 fires occurred in the two states, with about 40 reported this year and 30 man caused.
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Albuquerque
Lincoln, Gila and
Cibola
New Mexico
U.S. Forest Service
Frank Carroll
New Mexico-Arizona
Forest Service
Arizona
Roswell Public Library Announces Summer Hours
The Roswell Public Library sets summer hours starting June 1 with 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 30 p.m. Friday, and 9 a.m. to 12 30 p.m. Saturday.
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Roswell
Four 4-H Club Members Receive Pigs from Kiwanis Gift
Four Chaves County 4-H youths received four registered Poland China gilts and one boar from the Roswell Kiwanis Agricultural Committee. Recipients include George Pirtle Gary Rhodes Bern Newiin and Charlie Gilmore who also claimed a boar. County winners were chosen by an essay on Care and Management of a Sow and Litter.
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Chaves County
Roswell Kiwanis Club
George Pirtle
LFD
Gary Rhodes
Hagerman
Bern Newiin
Elkins
Charlie Gilmore
East Grand Plains
Bishop's Company Performs Ibsen on Walker Base Stage
Six skilled actors presented An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen at Walker Air Force Base Community Center. The touring troupe from Burbank Calif charged 25 cents and offer two more shows tonight and tomorrow night with The Boy With A Cart and Saint Joan. Curtain 8 30 p.m. Townspeople admitted on base.
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Henrik Ibsen
Walker Air Force Base Community Center
Bishop's Company
Burbank
Calif
Christopher Fry
Readers Digest
Phyllis Beardsley Bakar
Pasadena Playhouse
Vermont Square Methodist Church
Los Angeles
Phyllis
Gerald H. Kennedy
Devil
Daniel Webster
Injunction Halts Navajo Littell Firing by Udall
A U S district court judge issued a permanent injunction blocking Secretary Udall from firing Norman Littell, general counsel and claims attorney for the Navajo Tribe. Judge Sirica said the tribal council, not Udall, has authority to terminate Littell and praised his 17 years of service and role in the tribe’s progress. The dispute followed a contested tribal chairman race won by Raymond Nakai who had promised Littell’s removal.
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Washington
USS
Secretary of the Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Norman M. Littell
John J. Sirica
Udall
Littell
Sirica
Raymond Nakai
Ramah man dies in New Mexico 32 crash near Valencia County
State Police report the death of 72 year old Trinidad Marez in a May 15 traffic crash on New Mexico 32, 17.2 miles south of the 53 junction. Marez struck a stone abutment on a cattle guard and overturned, Zuni police said.
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Trinidad Marez
New Mexico 32
Valencia County
New Mexico 53
Marez
Zuni
Official marriage records list Roswell pairings and others
The record shows marriages and pleas with names including Robert Reagan Watson and Lois Campbell of Roswell, Richard Herring and Ann Louise Jones of Roswell, plus multiple other weddings and filings in Roswell and nearby locales. Names appear with ages and spouse lists across several couples.
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Robert Reagan Watson
A Tex
Lois N. Campbell
Roswell
Richard Herring
Ann Louise Jones
Timoteo Chavez Jr
Alamogordo
Josephine Ortiz
David Oliver
la Marque
Tex
Ruby Jean Cox
Market closes lower after early advance fades in New York
The stock market ended lower as early gains faded amid stronger volume. Airlines and electronics rose late while IBM, Eastern Air Lines, Xerox and Studebaker fell about 2 to 5 points. Consolidated Cigar traded heavily on a 286,800 share block. Volume neared 48 million shares.
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Eastern Air Lines
IBM
Xerox
Studebaker
Union Carbide
Control Data
Polaroid
Consolidated Cigar
Kennecott
DuPont
American Telephone
New York
Ford
Chrysler
General Motors
Schick
Eversharp and
Technicolor
Thiokol
Pacific American
Lukens Steel
Glidden Co
Atlantic Refining
Bell & Howell
Braniff Airways
Crowell Collier
Fairchild Camera
FMC Corp
Kresge
Litton Industries
J.C. Penney
Swift and
Time
American Stock Exchange
U.S. Treasury
Two More RHS Students Win Scholarships
Roswell High School seniors Betty Ely and Susan M. Scott received college scholarships. Ely, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Ely of 20 W Mathews, earned a band scholarship to McMurry College Abilene Tex worth 70 dollars per semester. Scott, daughter of Mrs. Velma Scott of 1106 S Union and the late Mitchell Scott, won a $750 per year scholarship from the Society of Exploration Geophysicists Foundation.
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Roswell High School
Betty Ely
Susan M. Scott
Miss Ely
Charles W. Ely
W. Mathews
McMurry College
Abilene
Tex
The
Society of Exploration Geophysicists Foundation
Miss Scott
Velma Scott
S. Union
Mitchell Scott
Feed Program Extended in Chaves County
The drought feed program in Chaves County is extended from May 30 to June 30, per Tom Hoover, manager of the ASC. Local farmers may apply for livestock assistance through June 4 at the ASC office, 1011 S. Atkinson.
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Chaves County
Tom Hoover
Local
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASC
S. Atkinson
Livestock Leaders Plan Mexico United States Meeting
Livestock industry leaders from Mexico and the United States will hold a joint meeting on June 7 in Mexico City to push for an international agreement to eradicate screw worms from Mexico. Delegates aim to establish a U S Mexico commission to determine cost sharing.
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Mexico
United States
Mexico City
U. S
Egg Market Steady in Chicago Wholesale Prices
Chicago AP reports eggs about steady with wholesale buying prices unchanged. Grade A whites 2712, mixed 27 1 2, mediums 23, standards 25, dirties unquoted, checks 2112.
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Chicago
Denver Livestock Prices Sharply Shift Across Markets
AP report notes USDA Denver cattle prices with slaughter steers and heifers rising 25 to 50, cows up to 25, bulls steady. Hogs firm to higher, sows up to 50, barrows and gilts around 21, cows 18. Sheep steady to mixed, spring lambs high choice to prime near 28.40–29.20, ewes around 6.50–8.5 with cull ranges.
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Denver Livestock
Denver
USDA
Cros
Dow Jones Averages Mixed After Session Close
Market snapshot shows dividends and sectors with slight declines. Industrial and railroad groups drift while miscellaneous stocks edge lower. cattle futures list smaller prices and varied closings for June contracts.
Hospital Visiting Hours and Births and Adoptions Notice
Visiting hours listed for General and Maternity wards at local hospitals. Admitted May 25 include Rebecca Moore and several others. discharges also noted the same day. Births May 25 report two new sons to families Jerry Beuley and Jerry Wilson. Other listings include ENM Medical Center and Memorial Osteopathic personnel and a Walker Air Force Base family which welcomed a son.
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Jerry D. Beuley
Seventh St
Jerry G. Wilson
Baylor
Troy Farrar
James Thompson
Memorial Osteopathic
Luis Medina
E. Tilden
Ruth Gunter
Hagerman
Noah Haddock
Roswell
Susie Robinson
Kenneth Hicks
Curry Leeson
Walker Air Force Base
Man Loses Finger At Work On Car
Roswell man L C Booth at Lava Motel was working on a car when his fingers were caught in a fan belt and pulley. At least one finger was severed before he was rushed to Eastern New Mexico Medical Center for treatment.
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Roswell
L.C. Booth
Lava Motel
Booth
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
Roswell Daily Record Seeks News Tips and Carrier Instructions
The Roswell Daily Record offers a five dollar weekly tip for the best news tip of the week. Call MA 2-7710 from 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. or 623-6693, 622-4809 after 5 p.m. Carrier bays are told to place on the porch and the circulation department handles service at 622-7710 between 5 and 7 p.m. weekdays and 8 to 10 a.m. Sundays.
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Roswell Daily Record
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Eugene
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co
Wilmington
Del
Christ Episcopal Church
Grosse Pointe
Rosamund Havemeyer
Huntington
Long Island
N.Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt II
Benjamin S. Warren Ili
Eagle Brook
N.H
Roosevelt
Small Business Week
Federal Aviation Association
Harry Burkstaller
H. E. Pierce
W. P. Stevens
FAA
Farrell McLean
Wyatt
the Bishop’s Company
By Beverly Ragland
Record Women's Editor
Lowing
George Bernard Shaw
Santa FE
New Mexico Press Women
Albuquerque Press Club
Gallup
Electric and Power Department
Robert Noe
Munoz
United Mine Workers Union
Kmawati
U. S.A
Pacific
Africa
Geminis
Antigua
America
UPI
Edward H. White II
White
Official
Teofila M. Murray
Russell A. Murray
Gary W. Hamill
Ruth L. Hamill
Mignon J. Quattlebaum
Robert Ray Quattlebaum
Sean Mae Kirby
Curtis J. Kirby
James Thomas Griglack
Judith Norvell Griglack
Sadie C. Young
Calvin J. Young
Richard T. Beagles
Molly Beagles
Linda Sue Letcher
Jerry Dean Letcher
Nettie Northam
James Albert Northam
Anthony Pascale
Natalie Pascale
Linda G. Johnson
Don E. Johnson
Lucy Ann Luke
Charley Luke
Fern Moore
Leslie C
Marlene Kay Self
Delbert Self Jr
Benjamin Toppel
Louise K. Topple
Amerada
Reich
Reyn
Safeway
Ariz P
San Gas Atchison
Sears Roeb
Au Refin
Shell Oil
Sinclair
du Pont
Sperry Rd
Et & Mus
Paso NG
RHS
Livestock Industry
DOW Jones
E. F. Huffon & Co
Huffon & Co
ST. Mary's
Rebecca Moore
E. Hervey
In West
Artesia
Gregory Shamas
Mesa Dr
Benny Lujan
E. Mathews
Norval Frost
el Dora
Charles L. Morris
S. Washington
James McElroy
Dexter
George Grubbs Jr
S. Fulkerson
Glen Lanier
Box
Orlando Lucero
San Patricio
Carolyn Estrada
Frank Sandoval Jr
Rudy Ortega
Hubert Buchanan
Nancy Kocher
Ruben Price
William Godfrey
Encarnacion Anaya
J.P. Donnell
Sherman Buie
Roger Sparks
Missouri
Roy Crona
Vernie S. Carr
Kentucky
John R. Cacamara
A.J.C
Hilton Hall
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