Out of Debt and Letters From Roswell Readers
Letters reveal Park cleared of debt and conscience, a Roswell motel owner recounts a 5 cent theft. Readers praise Roswell News and request renewals as Alamogordo students visit Bottomless Lakes Park for a Mescalero Apache dance. Moon rock exhibit ends Thursday at Roswell Museum before Denver display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J Park
Ralph Clark
Roswell
Alamogordo
Bottomless Lakes State Park
Alan
Mescalero
Aruona
Hell
Roswell Museum and Art Center
11Th and Main
Denver
Sea of Tranquility
Local architect Waggoner named planning commission chair
Dick Waggoner was elected chairman of the city planning and zoning commission for the coming year at the May meeting. Phil York was chosen as vice chairman by the advisory group.
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Dick Waggoner
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Phil York
Highlands University students occupy admin offices over president pick
About 125 dissident Highlands students moved into the administration building after meetings with Gov. Cargo and regents. They seek mass arrest and oppose Dr Charles Graham as president, favoring Dr John Aragon from the University of New Mexico. Regular channels closed, sit in continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Feather
Associated Press
LAS Vegas
Highlands University
David F Cargo
Highlands Regents
Francisco Gonzales
Regents
Charles J Graham
Highlands
John Aragon
University of New Mexico
Thomas Donnell
Donnelly
Join Rops
Albuquerque
Cargo
Santa Ie
Graham
Tifeld Auditorium
Rebb
Br Graham
Robb
Santa Fe
Hobb Fold Ie
Graham Ir
Gonzales
State Human Rights Commission
Graham Cargo
Richard Whalen
Regents Booked And Released In Public Meetings Case
New Mexico Highlands regents Frank Peloso John Robb and Stuart Beck faced arrest warrants issued by Las Vegas magistrate Jose A Duran over alleged secret meetings to hire Highlands president Dr Charles Graham and to favor UNM applicant Dr John Aragon. Peloso was released on his own recognizance after booking in Albuquerque. Beck and Robb were not in custody. Robb was abroad on business. The sheriff plans arraignment in Las Vegas Wednesday.
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Associated Press
New Mexico Highland University
Frank Peloso
Las Vegas
Jose A. Duran
John Robb
Albuquerque
Stuart Beck
Duran
San Miguel County
Donald A. Martinez Peloso
Bernalillo County
Beck
Robb
Peoria
Peloso
Regents
Charles Graham
New Highlands
John Aragon
University of New Mexico
Roswell District Budget Approved With Pay Hikes
The Roswell Independent School District receives a $68 million operating budget for the coming year with an average teacher salary increase to $378. State finance chief Harry Wagaker praised the district and highlighted a $212,000 equalization boost, while noting salary movements and the district's strong financial handling. The budget shows 81 percent state funding, 16 percent local, and 3 percent federal, with most spending on instruction and operating costs, plus a potential $3.5 million bond for construction or remodeling.
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Roswell
Roswell Independent School
Harry Wagaker
Wagaker
Larry Harris
Wagalter
Proud Queen Tries Escape From Port Everglades
The Queen Elizabeth broke loose from its moorings during a 70 mph wind at Port Everglades Florida and drifted about 100 feet into the Intracoastal Waterway. Navy crews fired lines to the ship and used heavy winches to haul it back to its berth.
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Port Everglades
Fla.ap
Queen Elizabeth
US Troops Suffer Heavy Losses in Cambodia Fighting
North Vietnamese forces attacked U S infantry near Mimot and in Fishhook Cambodia, killing eight Americans and wounding 35 in a day of fighting. Total U S casualties in Cambodian operations rise to 216 killed and 807 wounded. A helicopter was shot down wounding three and killing one American.
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Rome
Nixon
North Atlantic
Cambodia
North Atlantic Council
William P Rogers
Manlio Brosio
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Saigon
U.S
Fishhook
25Th Infantry Division
Mimat
25Th Division
Mimot
First National Bank Disaster Fund Reaches 215 Dollars
The Lubbock Disaster Fund total stands at 215 dollars to aid tornado victims. Contributors include First National Bank, Woody's Truck Stop, Inez Bogle, J. D. Shinkle, Herman R. Greening, Lillie Grumble, White's Vending Service, Addie Witt Salter, and Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
Lubbock
Woody
Year Round School Proposed in Jefferson County
Jefferson County Board of Education votes to end the nine month term and switch all 12 grades to a four quarter year round plan with summer fall winter or spring terms. If a $350 000 federal grant is approved by September 1971 the change will begin then. otherwise phased in over several years.
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Louisville, Ky
Jefferson County
Board of Education
U.S. Office of Education
Richard van Hoose
Roberta Tully
Atlanta
Fulton County
Jefferson
Roswell High names 1970 valedictorian and salutatorian
Leslie Joan Harris named valedictorian and Marcia Jane Willingham salutatorian for Roswell High School Class of 1970 during the awards assembly. Harris and Willingham head a list of 44 honor graduates and receive multiple scholarships and awards from local civic groups and the school board.
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Roswell High School
Janie Willingham
Leslie Harris
Miss Harris
White House
Walhington
Dallas
Roswell
Leslie Joan Harris
Marcia Jane Willingham
Toda
Harris
William F. Harris
S. Sequoia Ave
Willingham
Q. B. Willingham
RHS
John Franklin Adams
Don Ray Allred
Elizabeth Kay Anders
David Jackson Biard
Randall Virgil Biggers
Shirley Ann Brabham
David Nelson Brown
Stephanie Lynn Brown
Abbie Jane Burnett
Pamela Gayle Carnutt
Cynthia Joyce Coleman
Belinda Sue Cox
Pamela Sue Crocker
Kathy Lynne Dennis
Nancy Kay Dennis
Joe Edward Hinderer
Wesley Allen Holloway
Barbara Hoover
Max Snitker Johnson
Robbie Helen Jones
Karen Randall Kastler
Kathy Ann Keith
Emma Lechler
Michael Wade Leitch
Ronald Wayne Lethgo
G. T. Lewis II
Debra Susan Markham
Martha Jan Martin
Kathleen Moody
Patricia Ann Mulvihill
Karen Ann Patterson
Phyllis Elaine Quails
Shanna Ann Rampley
Mark Alan Schlessman
Gail Marie Sears
Erma Sedillo
Rebecca Lynn
Abbie Burnett
Cottey College
Nevada
New Mexico
PEO Sisterhood
Jesse Randall Walker
Bausch and Lamb
Daughters of the American Revolution
Fred J. Voorhees
Board of Education
Steven Dale Scott
Dennis Marie York
Fred Graham Ryde
Yvonne Lea Thompson
Donald McKellar van Sickle Jr
David Edward Fairfield
John Michael Castillo
Leslie
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