Memorial Day Flags Around Town Highlighted Buildings
Citizens are urged to fly flags on Memorial Day while noting the Federal Building and Post Office sometimes omit flags due to federal rules. Also included are local school graduations at Menlo and concerns over rain and lawn care. A New Mexico association criticizes government mistreatment claims about state facilities and calls for stable administration.
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Federal Building
Court House
Washington
New Mexico Association For Retarded Children
William Green
David Cargo
Los Lunas
Fort Stanton
Villa Solano
Green
Los Lunas Hospital
New Mexico
Ft. Stanton
Memorial Day traffic deaths rise toward 650 to 700
AP reports Memorial Day weekend traffic fatalities topped 476 by 6 p.m. Friday, nearing the four day holiday projection of 650 to 700. In Miami, two Cubans, Julio Pestonit and Evaristo Garcia, were arrested for bombing the exile group office opposing a strike against the arrest of militant anti Castro leader Felipe Rivero. The trio remained jailed in Dade County, each in separate cells.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Miami
Fla
Felipe Rivero
Julio Pestonit
Evaristo Garcia
Rivera
Dade County
Second wait for Jennings family over Vietnam claims
Mr and Mrs Clarence C Jennings of Albuquerque await a Washington call after a Defense Department telegram said their son Marine Cpl Stephen K Jennings 22 was killed in Vietnam on May 2 The family doubts the report noting he was on leave in May and had previously been declared dead only to reappear.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Clarence C. Jennings
Washington
Vietnam
Jennings
Stephen K. Jennings
Defense Department
Steve
Okinawa
Steve Jennings
Abelardo Araujo
Army
Roswell
Albert Araujo
Lake Arthur
Eben R. Wyles
New Mexico Military Institute
Pfc. Araujo
Republic of Vietnam
Stubbs
Elath
Haifa
Mediterranean
Israel
State Department
Charles W. Yost
Cairo
Richard Nolte
Yost
Eastern Nigeria declares independence in Biafra
Lt Col C O Ojukwu proclaims Eastern Nigeria an independent state named Biafra and appeals to regional support. General Gowon orders mobilization of the Nigerian army, embargoes ports in the east, and warns of hardships and potential casualties. He urges calm for eastern residents in Lagos. The move follows a 17 month post coup era and a June 29 uprising ending the Aguiyi-Ironsi regime.
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Lagos
Nigeria
C.O. Ojukwu
Biafra
Yakubu Gowen
Port Harcourt
Gowon
Enugu
Ojukwu
Johnson T.U. Aguiyi- Ironsi
Judge Awaits Orders in Oil Antitrust Suit
ALBUQUERQUE AP The federal case against Continental Oil Co remains in limbo as Judge H Vearle Payne awaits Supreme Court instructions after the high court ruled New Mexico must hear the suit. The action challenges Continental's 1959 Malco Assets deal and May 1961 merger to block possible lessening of gasoline competition in New Mexico.
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Albuquerque
U.S. Dist
H. Vearle Payne
U.S. Supreme Court
Continental Oil Co
High Court
U.S. District Court In
New Mexico
Payne Wow
Payne
Supreme Court
Continental
Malco Product
Malco
Artesia
Secrecy Hopes to End Middle East Crisis Diplomacy
The United States maintains silence on the Iran Israel crisis as secret diplomacy aims to avert war. Egypt threatens to block Gulf of Aqaba shipping, oil supplies from Iran keep Israel powered. Charles W. Yost heads to Cairo for talks, with no messages carried. Synagogue Council of America calls for a national fast to show support for Israel. Rabbinical Assembly urges the U.S. to act decisively to defend Israel if needed.
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John M. Hightower
Washington (Ap
United States
Middle East
Washington
Synagogue Council of America
Israel
Rabbinical Assembly
U.S
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Gulf
Elath
Jerusalem
Levi Eshkol
Britain
U.N. Security Council
al Ahram
Red Sea
Arclights
Egypt Jordan patch up feud with defense treaty
Jordan and Egypt reached a five year defense pact linking them in case of Israeli attack and pledging mutual support. Abba Eban warned Israel would sacrifice to reopen the Gulf of Aqaba while Cairo announced an Egyptian Liberian tanker incident.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Gulf of Aqaba
Jordan
Egypt
Abba Eban
Gulf
Middle East
Hussein
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Cairo Radio
Eban
Aqaba
al Ahram
U.S. State Department
Washington
Gun Shop Explosion Kills Seven in Shamokin Dam
Seven people died and seven were injured after a blast at Shooter's Paradise gun shop in Shamokin Dam, Pennsylvania. Victims include owner Donald F. Hane and several patrons and employees. preliminary police say a pistol test firing may have triggered the explosion.
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Shamokin Dam
Paradise
William K. James
Harrisburg
Sunbury Community Hospital
James
Faye Shuman
Evelyn Gusky
Shamokin
Donald F. Hane
Hane
Forest land reopened with smoking and campfire limits
The Lincoln National Forest is open to the public again though smoking and campfire restrictions remain in place. Read more on page 14.
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Lincoln National Forest
Echoes of Memorial Day Across the Nation 1969
Americans honor war dead on Memorial Day as parades and services unfold from Philadelphia to Arlington. Groups plan peace protests in Chicago and Washington while officials mark wreaths at Antietam and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Memorial Day notes Civil War roots and federal observances across 42 states and territories.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Washington
Vietnam
Veterans’ Committee For
Arlington National Cemetery
Potomac River
Republic Memorial Day
John A. Logan
Grand Army of the Republic
Sharpsburg
Olympia
George Dewey
Delaware River
District of Columbia
U.S. Territories
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AL Stubbs
Charles E. Hinkle
Clarence E. Hinkle
Washington Ave
Menlo School of Business Administration
Menlo
Robert K. Leonard
Robert J. Leonard
Kansas Ave
William =. Kraft
Menlo School and College
East Secedes
Strait of Tiran
Foreign Service
Syria
Morocco
Nolte
Dimona
Beersheba
Department of Defense
Independence
Nasser
London
Paris
Sinai Desert
Ruidoso
Chica
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
President Johnson
Grand Army of the
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