Roswell hosts homecoming queen race and events rundown
A Roswell girl competes for Homecoming Queen at Eastern New Mexico University with four rivals from Albuquerque Farmington Tucumcari and Lovington. Miss Allensworth is sponsored by Alpha Delta Pi and will be crowned Friday morning. A Saturday parade features 22 floats and multiple high school bands from area towns. Also noted are heart fund drive planning in Albuquerque and a civic club luncheon with Texas Tech coach as speaker. Local bears in the woods prompt notes on wildlife.
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Roswell
Eastern New Mexico University
Linda Allensworth
Kathy Blean
Albuquerque
Suzanne Gann
Farmington
Reta Williams
Tucumcari
JoAnn Willoughby
Lovington
Miss Allensworth
G. G. Allensworth
Alpha Delta Pi Social Sorority
Dexter High
Hagerman High
Tatum High
Portales High
Lovington High
Farwell
Groom
Santa Rosa
Friona
Hollis
Masonic Temple
Texas Tech
Roswell High
Goddard
Five Alarm Fire Contained On East Capitan Mountain
A five acre forest fire in Poncho Canyon on East Capitan Mountain was controlled this morning. It was discovered about 9 30 p m Tuesday and appears man caused by a Capitan ranger station spokesman said.
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Associated Press and Record
Capitan
U.S. Forest Service
Poncho Canyon
East Capitan Mountain
Capitan Ranger Station
Shirley Temple Black Loses GOP Nomination Bid in California
Shirley Temple Black, former child star, loses the Republican bid for Congress in California's San Mateo County 11th District to Paul N. McCloskey. McCloskey, a Korea War hero, leads Archibald in a runoff race after countywide tallies show strong antiwar sentiment and a 52,878 to 34,521 margin over Black with Archibald trailing in the Democratic field. The winner serves the unexpired term through January 6, 1969.
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Redwood City
Calif
Shirley Temple Black
Congress
Paul N. McCloskey
McCloskey
Roy A. Archibald
San Mateo County
Arthur Younger
Black
Younger
Powell Heads Conquistador Scout Council
J. C. Powell of Roswell was elected president of the Conquistador Council, Boy Scouts of America, at a Tuesday meeting at the First Christian Church. Powell, president of the First National Bank, has long served in scouting roles and will lead programs across seven southeastern New Mexico counties.
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J. C. Powell
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Conquistador Council
Boy Scouts of America
First Christian Church
Powell
First National Bank
Scout Council
New Mexico
Roswell United Fund
Roswell Industrial Development Corp
Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce
First Methodist Church
Charles K. Johnson
Artesia
Joe F. Key
James M. Murray Jr
Hobbs
Gail Shannon
Portales
James Wyman
Carlsbad
D.A. Hinch
Howard Melton
Key
S. P. Yates
William C. Bacon
Harold de Shurley
Cabot Dysart
Paul Eaton
Bernard Ginsberg
Steve Helbing
Minor Huffman
Max Littell
Charles Loveless
Charles Malone
William Stamper
Penrod Toles
Paul Wilmot
Westmoreland Sees Encouraging Vietnam War Progress
Gen William C Westmoreland arriving from Saigon reported the Vietnam situation more encouraging than in four years in the combat zone He suggested troop deployments could rise to 525000 with a firm timetable not yet set and planned a Washington meeting with President Johnson Ellsworth Bunker and Robert McNamara on the matter Bunker warned against long bombing pauses during holidays and noted enemy violations of cease fires.
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Vietnam
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Ellsworth Bunker
Robert S. McNamara
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Special Interagency
Bunker-Westmoreland
McCoskey
Bunker
House Foreign Affairs
North
Britain Urges 24 Hour Pause in Middle East Debate
Britainasked the United Nations Security Council to suspend Middle East deliberations for 24 to 48 hours to seek a compromise peace plan. Lord Caradon said the coming days would decide whether the UN can move the region forward or repeat the cycle of hate. The U.S. urged action on a plan to appoint a UN representative for a peaceful settlement.
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Britain Today
U.N
Middle East
Britain
Lord Caradon
Security Council
United Nations
Cardon
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Roswell ENMU Roswell Campus Holds Open House This Sunday
Open house for the new Eastern New Mexico University Roswell Campus is set Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. Visitors may tour academic and vocational labs some ready for January courses. Hosts include student government groups and fraternities with student guides at the gate and around campus. The event also features the new airport terminal moved from downtown Roswell.
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Roswell
Eastern New Mexico University
Walker Air Force Base
Lambda Phi Alpha Fraternity
Brunacini Resigns From State Personnel Board
Gov. David Cargo announced Charles Brunacini quits the State Personnel Board over a conflict with Navajo Reservation work. Bruna cini, of Albuquerque, cites eight months assisting his son Vincent with utility work in the Navajo area in a letter from Many Farms Arizona.
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Santa FE
Charles Brunacini
State Personnel Board
David Cargo
Brunacini
Albuquerque
Cargo
Vincent
Ariz
Lubbock Mayor Speaks at Roswell Brainstorming Session
Mayor W E Dub Rogers of Lubbock urges unity at an all day idea generating session in Roswell hosted by the Chamber of Commerce and Roswell IDC with Eastern New Mexico University Roswell Campus. He notes progress stalled by opposition and calls for fresh material and ideas to spur regional industry.
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Lubbock
WE “Dub” Rogers
Tex
Roswell
ENMU
W. E. “Dub Rogers
Chamber of Commerce
Rogers
Gail Harris
Ros
Citizens Advisory Committee
Charles Meister
Eastern New Mexico University
Handicapped Citizen Named New Mexico’s Citizen of the Year
Gubernatorial panel selects Geronimo Martin 50 of Toadlena Navajo as Handicapped Citizen of the Year for missionary work with the Christian Reformed Mission Board. He is blind from youth and will be nominated for the President’s Trophy. Carlsbad bookkeeper Kathryn Daugherty named runner up.
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Albuquerque
Geronino Martin
Toadlena
New Mexico
Martin
Christian Reformed Mission Board
Kathryn J. Daugherty
Carlsbad
N. M. Road Toll So Far This Year
New Mexico toll counts show 376 deaths or incidents recorded so far this year, compared with the same date last year. Officials stress ongoing road safety campaigns and enforcement to reduce fatalities.
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