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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1966
Page
2
A Los Alamos High School sophomore, Barbara Fox 15, died when the car struck a guard rail. Bruce Stanley Herder 20 of Shiprock died when his car left U.S. 550 west of Farmington, overturning three times.
A World War II observation plane reconditioned under Kurt Wagner is en route to Hyannis Port for five year old John Kennedy. The two seat Aeronca with deactivated engine will be attached to its wings on arrival and shipped by truck. The project remains secret per the Kennedy family request.
Southeast New Mexico saw storm activity similar to West Texas with funnel clouds in the Clovis Portales area. A brief tornado touched down west of Floyd with no damage reported while another short touchdown occurred north west of Moriarty. Rain totals reached three inches near Portales and Hobbs measured .60 inches.
Official records list pending divorces including Claudia Karen Mask and William Glen Mask Anetta G Tackett and Jay D Tackett John Roger Spaulding and Nancy Elizabeth Spaulding as separated spouses in ongoing proceedings.
Elizabeth Laura Lanier 83 of East Grand Plains died at Sunset Villa Nursing Home after a long illness. Born April 28 1883 in Everett Michigan she married John A Lanier in 1905. The Laniers moved to New Mexico in 1910 and fostered farms with Bloom Land and Cattle Co until 1916. Survived by two daughters three sons and a sister. Funeral arrangements pending.
At 9:31 p.m. Alton Sample and James Alsup were involved. Alsup cited for following too closely. At 10:32 a.m. Norman Hall and Mrs. Earl Hesse were involved. Mrs. Hesse cited for following too closely. At 1:30 p.m. Robert Broughton Jr. and Russell Powell Jr. collided at Sunset and Alameda.
Roswell High and Goddard High will have graduation pictures taken only by school photographers. The Roswell Board of Education cites disruptions from parent and friend photos. Prints of individual graduate pictures can be ordered for 50 cents through the high school offices.
Roswell Family YMCA releases a summer schedule effective June 6 with gymnastic clinics swim schools two week sessions for elementary pupils four one week camps for ages 6 8 and two mountain camps for ages 8 13. Open swimming gym health club and activities expand for youth and adults with hours 9 a.m. to 9 30 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays. Visitors welcome at Alameda and Sunset location.
Maj. Gen. Stanley R. Larsen said evidence indicates up to six North Vietnamese regiments two in Cambodia with about 10 000 men or more massed to strike South Vietnam's midsection. He spoke at a Pentagon briefing as Field Force 1 led U S and Korean troops in much of the country.
Delegates at the Southern Baptist Convention applaud as a floor resolution criticizing a high government official for dancing is ruled out of order. The motion, tied to Bill Moyers, was not germane to the convention and rejected on appeal. Moyers, an ordained Baptist minister, had faced criticism earlier after being photographed dancing at a Washington party.
The body of Pfc. Jimmy L. Williams returns from Vietnam for burial but no sites suit the family. His mother rejects municipal cemetery plots, citing dignity and memory. Justice Department says it will investigate. city officials cite space limits in Wetumpka Alabama.
Smoke issued from the ground at 209 211 East 4th Street at 8 34 p m as a shorted 2400 volt electric cable sparked the fire. A fire truck stood by until Public Service crew arrived to handle the incident.
Washington AP reports New Mexico State University and the Peace Corps signed a contract to operate a permanent training center for volunteers bound for Latin America. The first group of 250 volunteers will train in Colombia starting in late June.
Hospital notice lists general visiting hours from two to eight thirty PM and maternity slots from three to five PM and six thirty to eight thirty PM. It records a number of discharged and admitted patients with names and addresses, and notes births on May 25 and memorial osteopathic admissions and dismissals through May 26.
Castulo R Torres and Tina Torres sue Donald Wayne Hatch of Roswell in district court seeking $12,500 for pain and permanent disability and $1,200 for medical expenses. Tina, a passenger in Manuel Torres’s car, was injured when Hatch allegedly rear ended the stopped vehicle at the Highway 70 and US 285 intersection. The filing alleges careless and negligent operation causing chronic spine injuries requiring ongoing medical treatment.
An insurance spokesman estimates about 10 percent of cotton farms in East Grand Plains Dexter area suffered five to 15 percent damage from a hail storm on Wednesday. A farmer between Roswell and Dexter reports up to 75 percent loss. John Chappell, Chaves County agent, says valley cotton has generally a good stand and some farmers may replant.
An Illinois deputy sheriff, Robert D. Sumption of Tuscola, 34, moved from hospital to jail after admitting the abduction and 1500 mile trip to Albuquerque was a put up deal. He faces possible misdemeanor charges for filing a false report as FBI and sheriff probe whether any federal law was violated.
Captain D S MacCallon of Walker Air Force Base says he did not pull the rip cord of his emergency chute nor was he dragged from the plane as police reported. He states the reserve chute opened while aiding student jumper Ronald G Canter whose foot was caught. MacCallon says he was slammed into the plane and injured a broken collar bone and minor upper back injuries, hospitalized at WAFB.
H. L. Straughan Jr. of Amarillo Texas former Roswell resident died Thursday morning in Midland Texas from an apparent heart attack. Straughan was a Gulf Oil landman in Amarillo and left Roswell in 1954. He is survived by his wife and two daughters all of Amarillo. Funeral services set for 11 am Saturday at Blackburn Shaw Funeral Chapel in Amarillo.
Late buying pushed the stock averages into plus territory in a thin session the slowest since last summer. Volume was about 4.5 million shares as traders avoided risk during the Memorial Day weekend. Major names fluctuated with GE down, Du Pont and Xerox slipping, while nonferrous metals led gains and rails showed weakness.
In Dos Palos California 16 needy high school boys will attend the junior senior prom with tuxedo rentals and dinners funded by 232 dollars under Educational Funds Title 1. The principal said the program aims to teach etiquette and culture and is not anti poverty aid. About 43 000 dollars in federal funds are allocated to the school for various supplies and equipment. The Dos Palos prom is expected to draw around 300 attendees.
Denver livestock notes show calves nominal and hog prices weak or mixed, with hogs 53 and cattle at 25. Egg market in Chicago reports mediums weak while overall balance holds near steady, grade A whites at 32 1/2 cents and mixed 324, mediums 262, standards 30, dirties unquoted.
Two Athena missiles were fired successfully during the night from near Green River Utah to White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The Athena night flight tests study re entry phenomena of ballistic missiles and produced more reports of unidentified flying objects and bright flashes.
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