Roswell brainstorming groups push for civic auditorium plan
Reports from a Wednesday brainstorming session at the Adult Education Center Roswell Airport ENMU Roswell Campus urged a civic coliseum or convention center as a top priority to boost Roswell attractivenes s. The Chamber of Commerce and RIDC will refine ideas into a master plan while advocating frequent future sessions.
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Roswell
Adult Education Center
Roswell Industrial Air Center
ENMU
Civic Coliseum
Market Development Group
Tourism and Conventions
Chamber of Commerce
RIDC
Dollar drain hits 22-year high in third quarter
AP capsules report the U.S. dollar deficit rising to 670 million in the third quarter, lifting nine month balance of payments shortfalls to 1.75 billion, the highest since the early 1950s. Also noted are a cleveland clinic checkup for Cardinal Spellman and other items.
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Associated Press
Washington
U.S
Commerce Department
Cleveland
Ohio
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Suspected Gestapo Chief Investigated in Panama
Panamanian and West German police investigate a shabby peddler arrested in Panama City on suspicion of being Heinrich Mueller. The man claimed to be Francis Willard Keith, 61, a U.S. citizen born in Webb City Missouri, but records fail to confirm his identity. Fingerprints were sent to West Berlin for comparison. a Belgian informant and graphologist also weigh in.
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Gestapo
Panama
Hector Valdez
Heinrich Mueller
Hitler
Francis Willard Keith
Panama City
UPI Telephoto
Adolf Eichmann
U.S
Webb City
Missouri
Joplin
West Berlin
Mueller
Berliner Morgenpost
Gerhard Spletzer
Munich
Sophie Mueller
Department of Investigations
Hector Valdes
Valdes
West Germany
Justice Ministry
Heinrich Himmier
Simon Wiesenthal
Eichmann
Argentina
London
Gerhart Riegner
World Jewish Congress
Europe
Ministry of Labor
Sato Wins Promised Return Of Bonin Islands
Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato travels to New York after Washington promises return of the Bonin Islands including Iwo Jima within a year. He leaves Washington without a timetable for Okinawa. Sato meets UN Secretary General U Thant amid tensions over Okinawa bases and security guarantees.
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New York
Eisaku Sato
Washington
United States
Bonin Islands
U.N
U Than
LaGuardia
Johnson
Sato
Iwo Jima
Japan
U Thant
Okinawa
Lindsay draws 10000 plus teens to phone him in LA
More than 10,000 teens worldwide tried to call Mark Lindsay during a Los Angeles County telephone event. Long distance service was blocked for almost two hours as readers from Australia, Tokyo, London and across the United States connected with the Paul Revere and the Raiders star. Lindsay spoke with about 300 callers before leaving for a Dallas tour.
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Sin
Ing
Mark Lindsay
Lindsay
Star
Paul Revere
The
Raiders
Australia
Tokyo
London
United States
Dallas
Tex
Brainstorming Seminar Looks to Roswell's Future
Roswell officials report on a Wednesday session titled Brainstorming Seminar, with Frank Kaufmann predicting unlimited possibilities and a master plan for community action to be developed from the ideas. Eight committees covered industry, development, agriculture, tourism, transportation, human resources, education, and culture, urging downtown retail improvement and a civic center.
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Kaufmann
RIAC
Roswell
Efforts to End Strike Continue in New Mexico
Officials pressed to end a 24 county electrical workers strike that disrupted construction on public schools and defense projects. Local 611 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers began the strike earlier in the week.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
New Mexico Emblem and Specialty Leases Roswell Plant
Karl Johnson Sr of New Mexico Emblem and Specialty signed a five year lease for building No 643 at Roswell Industrial Air Center. The firm will hire 10 to 15 workers from the area and Karl Johnson Jr will manage the plant moving from Alamogordo next week. Expected opening is around December at the Roswell Industrial Development Corp site.
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Karl Johnson Sr
New Mexico
Roswell Industrial Air Center
Johnson
Karl Johnson Jr
Alamogordo
Roswell
Snowstorm Strands Cars Across Boston Area
A severe nor'easter dumped snow across New England, leaving Boston highways clogged with abandoned autos and triggering a massive traffic jam. Up to 13 inches fell in parts of Maine Vermont New Hampshire and western Massachusetts while Greater Boston reports 4 inches. Five to six fatalities were noted as motorists stranded and public transit filled with travelers. Harvard MIT and other students helped push cars deliver food and assist motorists. A hospital crew aided a baby born in a car trapped two blocks from the hospital amid the snowbound streets.
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Associated Press
Boston
New England
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Greater Boston
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Robert Jones
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
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Radcliffe
MIT
Boston University
Boston City Hospital
Sabeno Rivera
Carmela
Beach Conger
Rosemary O'Brien
Cyprus Peace Shifts as Greek Troops Withdraw from Villages
Tension eased in Cyprus as Greek Cypriot forces withdrew at sunrise from two villages they overran. UN peacekeepers released about 250 Turkish Cypriots and took control of the areas, while Ankara moved to alert status and airports shut briefly. Casualty figures varied with 23 Turkish Cypriots reported dead and seven wounded civilians evacuated. one Greek Cypriot soldier killed. Turkish President Sunay rushed back to Ankara as Gen. Tural met with the cabinet.
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Cyprus
Ankara
Turkey
U.N
Kophinou
Nashville Black Power Advocate Refuses Army Oath
Fred Brooks 20, Nashville activist and leader of the city chapter of the Student Nationalist Organization, refused to take the oath of allegiance for induction into the Army. He warned officials that refusal to be drafted carries up to five years in prison. Brooks, linked to Nashville’s Liberation School for youths, said the Army would not welcome him and he might cause more harm than good.
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Tenn
Fred Brooks
U.S. District Attorney's Office
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Selective Service
Draft Board
Army
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