ENMU student elections feature tight margins and accolades
Larry Bell narrowly missed senior class president at ENMU as Pam Gasparovich of Las Cruces edged him by four votes. Russell Ables of Roswell lost the junior class vote to Tomma Greathouse. Bell won the student lobby chair, while Karen Petty of Ruidoso and Bill Hicks of Roswell became associate justices in supreme court appointments. Glen French of Roswell named to Firehouse Five. commencement speaker substitute announced as Jill Bartle. H Roe Bartle unable to attend due to illness. Joseph Scanlon to speak. J Caldwell Wilson elected president elect of National Society of Professional Engineers set to take post in July at Portland meeting. Roswell choir members Linda Sloan and Ron Traylor appeared in formal program in Las Cruces. John Caraway of Roswell notes an error in Today in History confusing Andrew Johnson with Andrew Jackson.
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Larry Bell
Eastern New Mexico University
Las Cruces
Pam Gasparovich
Russell Ables
Roswell
Tomma Greathouse
Bell
Supreme Court
Karen Petty
Ruidoso
Bill Hicks
Glen French
Firehouse
Eastern
H. Roe Bartle
ENMU
Iinness
Joseph Scanlon
Kansas City
Alpha Phi Omega
Roavellite J .Caldwell Wilson
Mountain Bell
Albuquerque
National Society of Professional Engineers
Wilson
Portland
Ore
Racine
State Society
Census figures delay for southern New Mexico counties
Preliminary census data released for northern New Mexico show Roswell population around 35 000, far below earlier estimates and the 1960 census. Southern counties await final figures after Washington checks. Nixon meets top economic advisers before a private dinner with business leaders to hear their views.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Washington, DC
Charles Little
Roswell
Walter Freeman
Denver
Roswells
Washington
Nixon
Ronald J. Ziegler
Dam Project Introduced Near Carlsbad on Pecos River
Legislation by U S Sen Clinton Anderson calls for a 348 million Brantley Project with a new dam north of Carlsbad to protect the city from floods and store water for the Carlsbad Irrigation District. It would also yield fish wildlife and recreation benefits and would be administered by the Interior Department with an estimated 34.785 million dollars.
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Pecos River
Carlsbad
UA. S
Clinton P. Anderson
D-N. M
Brantley
Anderson
Department of the Interior
Rocket Club To Sponsor Big Shoot
The Mountain View School Rocket Club will sponsor an open memory day model rocket meet on Memorial Day at the Berrendo Middle School track. Entrants ages 7 through 15 may enter multiple rockets. prizes and special trophies will honor space exploration volunteers. First lift off follows noon registration. 25 cent entry per rocket, hot dogs sold to fund club equipment.
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Mountain View School
Haswells
Roswell
Berrendo
Mountain View
Yucca
Berrendo School
U.S. 285
Roger Simond
RIAC
Highlands sit in pressures Highlands regents to resign
HU students staged a sit in at the Highlands University administration building demanding four regents resign by Thursday. They threaten to seek state and federal fund reductions if resignations do not occur, while mediation praised by Dr Willie Sanchez.
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Las Vegas
Highlands University
Charles Graham
Highlands
Willie Sanchez
Graham
John Aragon
Albuquerque
Josef Duran
Atty
Donald “Tiny” Martinez
Duran
Jose Armijo
Martinez
Regents
John Robb
Frank Peloso
Stuart Beck
Aragon
Dist
Joe Angel
Peloso
Beck
Robb
Bernie Price
Jose Maldonado
Santa Fe
Joe Otero
Taos
Board of Regents
New Mexico
Price
Roswell Ambulance Dispute Nears Settlement
A five month feud over ambulance service in Roswell appears near resolution after a late day city council session. A district court action to interpret the LaGrone Funeral Chapel subsidy contract may be dropped if a settlement is reached. The dispute centers on rotation of calls between Ballard Funeral Home and LaGrone with notice requirements.
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Roswell
Ballard Funeral Home
LaGrone
Ballard
Memorial Day Closures Across City and County
City county and federal offices will close Friday for Memorial Day. Banks and utility companies will also shut down. Chamber of Commerce reports numerous businesses will stay closed Friday and Saturday for the holiday.
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Chamber of Commerce
Bob Gaston
Chamber
Shuttlecraft Drop Test Shows Limited Success at White Sands
NASA said a 1 tenth scale model drop test of the proposed MSC-12.5K shuttlecraft achieved limited success. The unmanned 600 pound model was dropped from a CH-44 at 12 000 feet and landed in the range drop zone. The test aimed to study stability in stalled conditions and collect free flight data for re entry predictions.
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White Sands Missile Range
N. M
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
White Sands
Royce L. McKinney
Skeen Attacks Martinez as Highlands Unrest Heats
State Senator Joe Skeen accuses Las Vegas D A Tiny Martinez of stoking Highlands unrest as he campaigns for lieutenant governor. He argues university regents lack backing and criticizes Aragon’s qualifications and ethnic considerations. Skeen also questions opponent Becht’s cost savings plan and past legislative actions.
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Seeen
Roswell
Joe Skeen
Skeen
Hobbs
Carlsbad
Santa Fe
Lous Alamos
Farmington
iRecord
Las Vegas
Atty Tiny
Martinez
Highlands University Tiny
New Mexico
Lincoln County
Highlands
Vo A
Tinw
Paul Becht
Becht
Federal General Services Administration
Wall Street Rally Lifts Dow 24.71 Points Amid Strong Trading
The Dow Jones average rose 24.71 to 655.87 at 2 30 p m as heavy trading spurred a strong rally. Analysts cite technical gains from recent losses and possible positive action from President Nixon at a dinner with business leaders.
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Carole Martin
NEW York
Dow
New York Stock Exchange
Nixon
Oldest Moon Rock Dating Solar System Birth Found
Apollo 12 lunar samples yielded a lemon sized rock dated at about 46 billion years, the oldest lunar rock yet found. Officials say its unusually high natural radiation and element ratios may link moon and meteorite origins and support simultaneous planet formation.
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Paul Recer
Earth
Moon
Paul Gast
Lunar and Earth Sciences
Manned Spacecraft Center
Solar System
Gast
Anthony J. Calio
Science and Applications
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Andrew Johnson
House
John McCormack
Lady Bird Johnson
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Don Riggenbach
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