Nelson rises to brigadier general after service at Walker AFB
Roswell area notes report Brig. Gen. Douglas T. Nelson promoted to brigadier general last week. He taught at Roswell Army Air Field in 1942 43 and later served in the China Burma India theater. He commanded at Walker AFB and fought with the 509th Bomb Group before SAC competitions. He is married with four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker Air Force Base
Douglas T. Nelson
Strategic Aerospace Division
Nelson
Roswell Army Air Field
China
Burma
India
Walker Afb
Otis Afb
509Th
U.N
Palestine
SAC
Walker
Jean Hunt
F.E. Hunt
New Mexico Military Institute
Susan
Douglas Jr
Frederick
Betty Jo
Water Rights Jurisdiction Return Faces Amendment Vote
New Mexico State Senator Bill Schauer argues Amendment 5 would restore court jurisdiction over water appropriations, reversing a Supreme Court interpretation that made hearings administrative. He notes a previously unanimous House vote and a near unanimous Senate passage for returning water matters to the courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Schauer
House
Senate
Schauer
New Mexico
New Mexico Supreme Court
State Engineer
Body of Cannon Airman Found Near Las Vegas New Mexico
Airman J C Willie J Wood of Cannon Air Force Base, 20, missing since Sunday on a hunting trip, was found dead near Middleton Ranch about 12 miles north. Doctors say death from exposure occurred late Sunday or early Monday after a rugged search around Hermit's Peak Gallinas Canyon and Hollinger Canyon. Over 150 people assisted the weeklong hunt. his rifle and glasses lay beside him near a crude brush shelter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
N.M
Cannon Air Force Base
J.C. Willie J. Wood
Cannon
Ardmore
Okla
Middleton Ranch
Wood
Hermit’s Peak
Gallinas Canyon
Hollinger Canyon
Frank Lucero
Lucero
Tijerina Trial Set To Start In Las Cruces
The U S District Court trial of Reies Tijerina and four others opens Monday in Las Cruces. Gov David Cargo and other state officials were subpoenaed by the defense. Judge Howard C Bratton will preside. The defendants face indictments for conversion of federal property and assault of federal officers over the Echo Amphitheater Campground seizure in October 1966.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Cruces
U.S. District Court
Reies Tijerina
U.S. Forest Service
David Cargo
Tijerina
US. Dist
Howard C. Bratton
Echo Amphitheater
Carson National Forest
Abiquin
B52 Strikes Center On Con Thien Area
Capsule reports from Gary Ind show a judge warning on possible court martial of governor and adjutant general if Guardsmen are sent to Gary amid Negro Richard Hatcher's mayoral campaign. Riot police in Winston-Salem seal downtown to curb racial violence and looting after three nights of unrest. In Kinshasa a Congo military dispatch says heavy fighting raged with white led mercenaries from Angola, enemy in flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Gary
Ind
Indiana
Richard Hatcher
Winston Salem
N.C
Winston-Salem
Kinshasa
The
Congo
Angola
President Johnson attends Hello Dolly performance in Washington
President Johnson and Mrs. Johnson sit front row center as Pearl Bailey and Cab Calloway star in a nearly all Negro cast. The National Theater has been drawing record crowds, and the couple join the cast for the final act while the audience sang the show’s theme adapted for Lyndon.
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Washington
Johnson
Mrs. Johnson
Front State Center
Lyndon
Pearl Bailey
Cab Calloway
National Theater
Dolly
Bailey
Fighting Bases At Loc Ninh In Vietnam Network
U S B52 bombers conducted four raids late Saturday and Sunday near Con Thien and Haiphong while Navy aircraft hit Nam Dinh yards and a bridge. Loc Ninh saw no fresh fighting despite prior heavy clashes. 12 enemy killed near Dak To and two Americans killed with 35 wounded.
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Saigon
Con Thien
Demilitarized Zone
Haiphong
Loc Ninh
U.S
4Th Infantry
North Vietnam
Constellation
Nam Dinh
Intrepid
Plane crashes in Hong Kong harbor after takeoff
A Cathay Pacific Convair 880 with 127 aboard broke in two as it crashed into Hong Kong harbor on takeoff. Initial counts listed one dead, 11 missing, and 115 rescued within 17 hours. Most survivors were uninjured or only lightly hurt. crew fate was not clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Cathay Pacific
Cathay Pacific Airways
Saigon
Roswell Rehabilitation Center Moves Toward Full State Control
The Roswell Rehabilitation Center officially turned over to state agencies July 21 and remains a growing facility under Sam Wynn, head of Administrative Services for the New Mexico Special Hospital Board. Expansion hinges on federal funds and policy reconsolidation as New Mexico merges hospital boards to oversee retarded services, mental health, and chronic disease programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell Rehabilitation Center
Sam Wynn
New Mexico Special Hospital Board
New Mexico
Roswell
Villa Solano State School
Ft. Stanton State Hospital
Houston, (Tex.) University
Texas
Villa Solano
Wynn
Walker Afb Hospital
Congress
David Cargo
Las Lunas
Las Vegas
Ft. Bayard
Ft. Stanton
Meadows
Eastern New Mexico University
State Department of Education
State Combined Hospital Board
County Health Department
Mrs. Saenz Receives Star Medals for Son in Vietnam
Mrs. Josefina Saenz of Juarez Mexico received posthumous Purple Heart and Bronze Star for gallantry in action as her son Pfc Hector Saenz of the 173rd Airborne Brigade was killed in Vietnam on June 22 1967. Also killed in the same battle were Pfc Trine Romero Jr and Lt Ellis McBride. Saenz served from Aug 1966 to March 1967.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josefina Saenz
Juarez
Mexico
Col
E.R. Wyles
Pfc
Hector M. Saenz
173Rd Airborne Brigade
U.S. Army
Vietnam
New Mexico Military Institute
Col. Wyles
Hector Saenz
Saenz
Trine B. Romero Jr
Trine B. Romero
N. Union
Ellis McBride
McBride
Florida
Roswell
Ralph Macias
S. Cahoon
Villa Solano
Hagerman
Tina
Jimmy
173Rd
Record of Year to Date Totals
At this date this year the total is 364 and last year it was 359. The figures show modest gains year over year with no additional context provided.
English hillside jet crash kills 37 aboard Iberia liner
A Spanish Iberia Airlines jetliner crashed near Fernhurst Surrey as it was due to land at London Airport. Thirty passengers and seven crew died, with two Americans among the dead. The plane came from Malaga and had no distress signal before disappearing into light mist. Wreckage spread over a sheep pasture and pine woods.
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Hassemere
England
Mendel
Perkins
Iberia Air Lines
London
Fernhurst
Surrey
Malaga
Spain
Madrid
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Seth Orell
Rancho Rd
Okinawa
U.S. Army Signal Corps
Guajolote
R.E. Glass
Nolan County Coliseum
Sweetwater
Tex
Don Connell
S. Lincoln
Denver
Goddard
Enid
New Orleans
Schauer Uries
State Engineer's
Cannon Airman
Howdy, Y’all
White House
Mrs. Saenz
RENMU
N. M
English Hill
Sunday Reading Guide
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UCLA
Dudley Wysong
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Los Alamos
Saturn
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