Wool Bowl picks visiting team for annual junior college classic
Wool Bowl officials plan to announce Monday which team will face the New Mexico Military Institute Broncos on Thanksgiving Day. The 9 a.m. press conference at the Roswell Chamber will name the visiting team. Tickets at the gate are $1. The opener features Western Texas J C of Snyder vs Lubbock Christian College at 11 a.m.
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New Mexico Military Institute Broncos
W.A
al’’ Snipes
Roswell
Travis Reames
Western Texas Junior College of
Snyder
Texas
Lubbock
Community College of
Chinle
Ariz
Odessa
Ranger Junior College
NMMI
Snipes
Hearst Conviction for Bank Robbery Narrowed by Court
A federal appeals court reduced Patricia Hearst's 1976 armed bank robbery conviction. The decision narrows the ruling but keeps some charges intact in a major post trial action.
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San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
McMillan urges Carlsbad site for nuclear waste depository
State Rep. Colin McMillan urged establishing a nuclear waste depository near Carlsbad during the NRCD convention panel. He cited New Mexico uranium deposits as key to the nation's energy future, predicting 400 permanent local jobs and $300 million to $400 million in regional economic impact from the project. Other participants included Bruce King Joe Skeen and Sen. William Lee.
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Colin McMillan
Roswell
Carlsbad
New Mexico
McMillan
Chaves-DeBaca
Bruce King
Stanley
Joe Skeen
Picacho
William Lee
Lovington
King
Skeen
Robert E. Ferguson
Sally Port Inn
Capitan Reef
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
United States
Cemetery Board Rejects Sprinkler Bid in South Park
The Cemetery Board rejected a $176,320 underground sprinkler installation bid from Lee Landscape Co. of Albuquerque as far above the original estimate. The board deferred decision on installation method and handling of $105,000 in materials until the Nov. 17 meeting. Sim B. Christy IV, board president, stated shock at the overage.
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South Park
Lee Landscape Co
Albuquerque
Sim B. Christy IV
Christy
Anthony Ponce
Southwestern Toro Co
el Paso
Ponce
Isaac J. Pino
Lee
Dutch magnate Caransa freed after ransom bargain
Maurits Caransa, 61, a Dutch real estate tycoon, was released unharmed after negotiating a ransom of 10 million guilders (about 4.16 million dollars) with four abductors who held him for five days in Amsterdam. He said the captors were criminals not political, spoke French and English, and did not threaten his life. He was dropped in the street and picked up by police, reuniting with family at headquarters.
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Amstrerdam
Netherlands
Maurits Caransa
Direc
Tors
Caransa
Amsterdam
Roswell considers study on GHS-RHS merger details
Roswell Independent School District opened a formal study on merging Goddard and Roswell high schools. The board directed administration to pursue the analysis at minimal cost, with initial targets in early 1979 and a preliminary report due in three months.
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Deborah Walker
Roswell
Goddard
H.C. Prichard
Goddard High School
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