Memorial Day reflections from World War I veteran Frank Graham
Frank Jinks Graham 83 recalls service with the 35th Division in the Aragon Forest and trench warfare with Harry Truman. He notes Memorial Day honors many fallen comrades and remembers his Army and Air Force experiences while praising fellow servicemen.
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Sluth
Frank ‘Jinks’ Graham
E. Bland Sr
Aragon
Graham
Harry Truman
Aragon Forest
Thomas F Richmond
Barnett Drive
Richmond
England
Roswell Ex-mayor Warren Cobean dies at 90
Warren Richardson Cobean longtime Roswell figure former mayor 1952 to 1954 and U S House candidate died after a long illness at Eastern New Mexico Medical Center He owned Cobean Stationary Co at 320 N Richardson Ave Services pending Ballard Funeral Home daughters Alice Blakestad Ruth McPherson son Warren Jr and other relatives survive He was active in Masons Shriners Rotary and Methodist Church interment planned at South Park Cemetery Memorials to the Methodist Home in Waco Texas were requested by the family
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Roswell
Warren Richardson Cobean
Eastern
New Mexico Medical Center
Cobean
Cobean Stationary Co
N. Richardson Ave
Ballard
Fifth St
Waco
Texas
Warren R. Cobean Jr
Greenwich, Conn
Alice Helen Blakestad
Dallas
Ruth Elizabeth McPherson
South Park
Masons
Knights Templar
Shriners
Scottish Rites
Rotary International
Methodist Church
House of
State Central Committee
State Finance Commission
Fort Stanton
New Mexico Territory
Mexico
Memorial Day Observed Across Freemansburg and Roswell
Kristen Horvath of Freemansburg watches a Memorial Day parade as Roswell plans services by the Veterans of Foreign Wars at Memory Lawn Memorial Park at 10 a.m. and by the American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, and Salvation Army at South Park at 11 a.m. City offices and banks close Tuesday for the holiday after an incorrect Sunday report.
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Kristen Horvath
Freemansburg
Roswell Right to Work Support Gains Endorsements
Citizens for Right to Work applauds Roswell and Artesia chambers for backing right to work. An Albuquerque paper endorses King Joe Sheen Odis Echols and Bill Valentine. Arkansas and North Carolina voters head to polls to elect U.S. Senators. Indy 500 winner Al Unser eyes four then. Pecos Valley Horsemen set dates for 32nd Charity Horse Show benefiting Special Olympics. Baton Rouge LSU acquires a large weathered outhouse for Rural Life Museum.
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New Mexico
Roswell and
Artesia
State
Albuquerque
King
Joe Sheen
Odis Echols
Bill Valentine
Vistas
Pecos Valley
Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Mississippi River
LSU
Rural Life Museum
John E. Dutton
Four West Germans Captured in Yugoslavia in Terrorist Sweep
Bonn said four of West Germany's most wanted terrorists have been captured in Yugoslavia. The four named are Brigitte Manhaupt Rolf Clemens Wagner Peter Boeck and Sieglinde Hofmann. Bonn seeks extradition while Yugoslavia asks for arrests of others. The case involves the Schleyer Buback and Ponto slayings with rewards offered for the suspects.
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Bonn
West Germany
Yugoslavia
Justice Ministry
Sepp Binder
Hanns Martin Schleyer
Belgrade
Binder
Brigitte Manhaupt
Rolf Clemens Wagner
Peter Boeck
Sieglinde Gutrun Hofmann
Schleyer
Siegfried Buback
Juergen Ponto
Cologne
France
Buback
Dresdner Bank
Ponto
Oberurse
Edvin Zdovic
Frankfurt
Whites flee Zairian province as Mobutu seeks more help
Two planeloads of whites evacuated from Lubumbashi as rebels threaten Shaba Province. Belgian and French sources noted initial evacuations and paratroop deployments while Mobutu travelled to Morocco to request Moroccan military aid. Authorities report 720 dead in Kolwezi with 73 whites confirmed killed and thousands unaccounted as mining operations face disruption.
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Zaire
Shaba
Lubumbashi
Mobutu Sese Seko
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Morocco
Kamina
Fungurume
Elisabethville
Kolwezi
Belgium
Kolwez
French Foreign Legion
Lumbumbashi
Mobutu
Brussels
Postal rates rise as first class letter hits 15 cents
The Postal Service raises rates for the fifth time in a decade with the first class letter moving from 13 to 15 cents, effective today. Cards, second class newspapers, third class advertising circulars and parcels also increase significantly as Postmaster General Bolger cites rising costs and prior rate controls.
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Postal Service
William F. Bolger
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Carter
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