TNT laden boxcar derailment sparks Spartanburg evacuation
A derailed boxcar carrying 220000 pounds of TNT near Switzer South Carolina prompted a two mile evacuation for about 100 families as firefighters battled burning TNT and Army ammunition in plastic shells. No injuries were reported and officials surmised sparks from derailed cars caused initial fires.
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Spartanburg
S.C
Atlantic Coast Line
Switzer
South Carolina
Charles T. Snipes
Augusta
Holston Army
Kingsport
Pilots Shift War Focus to Communications Routes
U S pilots reportedly avoided targets near Hanoi and Haiphong after bombing toward power plants and docks. Officials debated redirecting the air war to cut Communist supply lines into South Vietnam while noting many targets near the cities remain off limits for now.
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Washington
Hanoi
Haiphong
Johnson
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Defense Department
U.S
Panhandle
North
Prison for Levy Called Bad for Doctor Draftees
A high ranking U S Army medical officer told a military judge that a jail sentence for Capt Howard B Levy a doctor would have a harmful effect on physicians drafted into the Army.
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Columbia
S.C
U.S. Army
Howard B. Levy
Accidents and court martial testimony mix in report
Police listed several driving violations at 6:22 p.m. 300 block North Washington and 3:32 p.m. incidents on 200 E. Alameda. A court martial hearing involved dermatologist Levy facing up to 11 years for refusing to train Green Beret aidmen amid war opposition with Lt. Col. Coppedge testifying on potential sentencing impacts.
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Washington
Albuquerque
Beth Daugherty
Sherry White
Kentucky
Miss White
North
Lidia Liges
E. Alameda
Jacks Salsman
Miss Liges
Ohio
Carolyn Belgew
Garden
Dwain Sturgeon
Levy
Green Beret
U.S
Vietnam
Richard Coppedge
Ft. Meade
Johns Hopkins University
Coppedge
Wet Memorial Day Across Wide U S Trails Stormy Fronts
Showers stretched from Virginia to Colorado and along a Montana to Colorado cold front with thundershowers in the Gulf air from eastern Texas to Mississippi. Storms hit New Boston Texas Abilene Ark Smackover Towner La Lake Charles La with no injuries or major damage as cool weather lingered from New England to the central plains and temperatures ranged from the 30s to the 50s.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Colorado
Montana
Arizona
Gulf
Texas
Mississippi
Missouri River
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
New Boston
Abilene
Tex
Smackover
Ark
Towner
Colo
Lake Charles
Greensboro
N.C
Olathe
Kan
Salt Lake Valley
Utah
Salt Lake City
New England
Central Appalachians
Central
Northern Plains
Plains
Inquest Held Into Ellis Death
An inquest jury ruled Billy Gilbert Ellis, 43, of 601 E Sixth, died earlier that day from a self inflicted gunshot wound. He was found shot in the head beside his car on Bitter Lakes Road two miles north of U S 389 east of Roswell.
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Billy Gilbert Ellis
Ellis
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
Bitter Lakes Road
Chaves County
Tom Nord
U.S. 389
Roswell
Forest fire danger eases in New Mexico reopening some areas
The U S Forest Service reports extreme fire danger but has reopened limited areas including Lincoln and Santa Fe National Forests Hyde State Park Murphy Lake State Park Black Canyon campground and Little Tesuque picnic grounds East of Albuquerque remaining closures include Cole Springs and Cienega Canyon picnic grounds and the Bernalillo watershed Recent rains reduced danger yet topsoil and subsoil moisture remain scarce Irrigated wheat la etc.
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Associated Press
U.S. Forest Service
New Mexico
Lincoln and
Santa Fe
Hyde State Park
Murphy Lake
Black Canyon
Little Tesuque
Cole Springs
Cienega Canyon
Bernalillo
Albuquerque
Forest Agency
Israeli Captain Refuses Orders at Gulf Blockade
The Israeli captain ignored orders to retreat from the Gulf of Aqaba when warned of three warning shots and a fourth at the tanker. The ship altered course to redress and returned to the Red Sea as tensions rose across the region.
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Gulf
Red Sea
State Department
U.S
Nasser
Strait of Tiran
Israel
Indian Ocean
National Assembly
Alexei N. Kosygin
Soviet Union
Sharem el Sheikh
U.N
Middle East
U Thant
Gaza Strip
Cairo
Palestine Liberation Organization
Arab Socialist Union
Egypt
Two Roswell Boys Rescued After 35 Mile Pecos River Swim
Deval Long and Wally Wilson, both 17, were found late Monday by Roswell officials after a planned 35 mile swim from Pecos Bridge to the Pecos River Bridge. They were transported to Roswell by deputies with aerial search support from Art Lemay. Sheriff Nord cautioned residents against swimming the river due to snakes and hidden hazards.
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Roswell
Pecos
Bitter Lakes
Chaves County
Tom Nord
Deval Long
Plains Park Trailer Park
Wally Wilson
Madison
Pecos Bridge
Clovis Highway
Pecos River
Nord
Bitter Lakes Refuge
Ellis Rites Scheduled for Local Man Billy G. Ellis
Funeral services are tentatively set for Thursday at Ballard Funeral Home for Billy G. Ellis 43 of 601 E Sixth who died Monday northeast of Roswell. He was a World War II veteran truck driver husband and father survived by wife Burl Miles two sons Robert and Roger a daughter Ann Elizabeth and two brothers Jack P Golden Colo and Elbert Lee stationed in Norfolk Va.
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Ballard Funeral Home
Billy G. Ellis
Roswell
Mr. Ellis
Wichita Falls
Tex
Ann Phillips Ellis
Willis J. Ellis
Ellis
Roswell High School
Roswell Business College
First Baptist Church of
Burl Miles
Artesia
Robert
Roger
Ann Elizabeth
Jack P
Golden
Colo
Elbert Lee
Norfolk
U.S. Navy
Budget Hearings Scheduled for Five Districts
School budget hearings for Hagerman Lake Arthur Chaves County Dexter and Roswell districts are set in City Hall with Harry Wagaker overseeing proceedings. The schedule lists Hagerman 1 30 p m Lake Arthur 3 p m Thursday slots for Chaves County 9 a m Dexter 10 30 a m and Roswell 1 p m.Police report theft of a dozen baseballs and candy from East Side Optimist park valued at 35 dollars.
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City Hall
Harry Wagaker
Hagerman
Lake Arthur
Chaves County Independent
Dexter
Roswell
N. Garden
Hospital Visitation Hours and Local Births and Admissions
Visiting hours listed for General patients and Maternity at area hospitals. Memorial Osteopathic reports new admissions Elva Sale, Fred Page, Annabella DeBaca. dismissals Maynard Ryerson and Richard Gabaldon. Birth announced for Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Perez. ENM Medical Center greets new arrivals including a Dexter boy and multiple listed residents.
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Memorial Osteopathic
Elva Sale
W. Deming
Fred Page
E. Mathews
Annabella DeBaca
E. Albuquerque
Maynard Ryerson
Richard Gabaldon
Benjamin Perez
E. Hoagland
ENM Medical Center
A.A. Knight
Cornell
Nick Rollo
N. Union
Arthur H. Helberg
W. Eighth
Linda Gilman
Clovis
Ruben D. Thomas
Valley View Rest Home
Carlos Cunningham
Thresa D. Shannon
Basil A. Barnett
William R. Green
Palomar Place
Rural Electric Convention Set in New Mexico
About 200 delegates from 13 rural electric coops will gather in Ruidoso Downs for the New Mexico Rural Electrification Cooperative Association meeting. Governor Cargo and Miss Rural Electrification 1967 will attend with NMRECA executives from Cloudcroft to Artesia. The event includes sessions, a luncheon honoring Miss Van Haaften and a Friday race feature at Ruidoso Downs.
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Ruidoso Downs
New Mexico
Nmreca
Otero County Electric Cooperative
Cloudcroft
Jay D. Lasater
Paul L. Frost
Central Valley Electric Cooperative of
Artesia
R. B. Moore
Lea County Electric Cooperative
Lovington
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
REC
Chaparral
Eric Freelove
The
Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative of Espanola
Patricia van Haaften
Tucson
Ariz
van Haaften
Nual
National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn
San Francisco
Glenn Ezell
Roosevelt County Electric Cooperative
Portales
Paul Frost
Central Valley Electric Cooperative
David F. Cargo
Governor Cargo
Santa Fe
Enchantment
Family Magazine
Carl M. Turner
Central New Mexico Electric Cooperative
Mountainair
Continental Divide Electric Cooperative
Grants
Farmers Electric Cooperative
Clovis
Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative
Espanola
Kit Carson Electric Cooperative
Taos
Mora - San Miguel Electric Cooperative
Mora
Socorro Electric Cooperative
Socorro
Springer Electric Cooperative
Springer
the Plains Electric Generation and Transmission Cooperative
Albuquerque
Actress Anita Bryant Sparks Sermon With Gospel Appeal
Miami Beach AP reports actress Anita Bryant preached and sang before 10,000 Southern Baptist pastors in Miami Beach on Monday declaring she is scared to death. Ministers welcomed the performance and message as uplifting and powerful.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Anita Bryant
Immigrants Enter Canada at High Postwar Pace
Since 1945 Ottawa reports about 100000 immigrants arriving in Canada annually reflecting postwar migration patterns and policy shifts affecting settlement and population growth.
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Ottawa
Canada
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Las Cruces
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Rt. 2
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Encanto
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Charles D. Melton
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