Cargo to visit Arkansas center on Roswell study
Gov elect David Cargo plans a late November trip to Little Rock with a Roswell Chamber group to study a planned vocational rehabilitation center at Walker Air Force Base slated for vacating next summer. The move aims to aid Roswell efforts to establish the facility and supports jobs and training in the area.
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Associated Press
Santa FE
David Cargo
Little Rock
Ark
Roswell
Cargo
Johnson’s drive defies doctor’s orders after surgery
President Johnson, fresh from two Wednesday operations, left medical counsel by driving his white Continental through central Texas. His physician, Dr. James C. Cain, called him hard to slow down, though Cain and other doctors hoped he would rest. Johnson attended church services in Johnson City with Mrs. Johnson and later drifted between locale and vehicle, a sign of his reluctance to stay off the road following throat polyp removal and hernia repair.
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Austin
Tex
Johnson
Texas
James C. Cain
Cain
Johnsons
Johnson City
Higdon
Four win in district wool contest selection
About 60 girls and women modeled wool garments at the 1966 Make It Yourself With Wool event in Roswell. District 9 selected four entrants to advance to the state contest in Las Cruces December 3 and 4, with several individuals earning top placements in junior, sub-deb, senior, and adult divisions. Sheila Beth Hendricks earned a trip to the national finals in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Margaret Rockhold
Roswell
Janice Stout
Grady
N.M
Vonda Allman
New Mexico State University
Chaves
Lincoln
Huff
Roswell Inn
Lincoln Counties
Las Cruces
Janice E. Stout
Vonda L. Allman
Joyce Willsey
Betty Lynn Traylor
Celani Pacheco
Lincoln County Wool Growers
Lincoln County
Miss Pacheco
Sally L. Carnutt
Sheila Beth Hendricks
Las Vegas
Nev
The
American Wool Council
Women’s Auxiliary
National Wool Growers Assn
New Mexico Wool Growers Auxiliary
New Mexico
Liquor Industry Seeks Legislative Help After Court Ruling
New Mexico liquor dealers may push for state action after the Supreme Court struck down the fair trade and minimum markup laws. Association president Charles J. Villa warns price slashing could hurt small stores, prompting calls for possible one-license-per-person rules and tighter licensing. Gov-elect Cargo backs local control but rejects price fixing.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
New Mexico Supreme Court
Charles J. Villa
New Mexico Liquor Dealers Association
Supreme Court
Villa
Cargo
State Supreme Court
Boston Witt
Police Seek Aid in Finding Carlsbad Girl
Police in Bartow Florida appeal for help locating 14 year old Connie Weeaks from Carlsbad New Mexico who vanished after arriving with her father for a job. Connie left behind her clothes and a Chihuahua in the family car and was carrying about $20. Her father Elwood Weeaks planned to return to Carlsbad as the search continues.
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Carlsbad
Connie
Elwood Weeaks
N.M
International Minerals and Chemical Corp
Weeaks
New Mexico
Insurgents Fail in Togo Reprisals After Brief Coup
In Lome today President Nicolas Grunitzky with army backing regained control after insurgents seized the radio. By nightfall two opposition leaders were jailed, a curfew imposed, a political demonstration dispersed, and calm restored. Grunitzky announced energetic measures to end the disorder. About 25 insurgents initially seized the radio but were routed by army squads.
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Lome
Togo
Nicolas Grunitzky
Grunitzky
Highway official fired in New Mexico land deal probe
Albuquerque AP report says Administration Engineer Robert DeLa Rue was dismissed by the Highway Commission amid a land sale controversy involving G. W. Burris. DeLa Rue, 46, denies wrongdoing and plans an appeal option, asserting morale concerns and publicity affected the department.
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Albuquerque
Highway Commission
Highway Department Administration
Robert DeLaRue
DeLaRue
Albuquerque Tribune Today
John Sudderth
Harry Bigbee
Santa Fe
Belew
G. W. Burris
Bigbee
Ment
Legislative Finance Committee
Department
Burris
LFC
DeLa Rue
Hawaii
Higdon Guilty on Aggravated Assault and Battery
A district court jury found Maj. Ray Higdon guilty of aggravated assault and aggravated battery and recommended clemency. Judge George Reese deferred sentencing as Higdon of Columbia Manor Apartments awaits. Utley testified at trial about the stabbing and wife injuries. Road toll totals show 366 vs 430 year to date.
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Maj
Ray Higdon
George Reese
Higdon
Columbia Manor
Maj. Higdon
Clyde Utley
Roswell
Della Higdon
Columbia Manor Apartments
Utley
Mas. Higdon
Mrs. Higdon
Mas
Quiet in Port au Prince Amid Invasion Report
Haiti’s capital was calm with no invasion confirmation as CBS quoted underground sources claiming opponents entered the country. Andre Theard, Haiti’s ambassador to the United States, and a State Department spokesman both said they had no word of an invasion and the U.S. ambassador in Port au Prince was asked to investigate.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Francois Duvalier
CBS News
Duvalier
Andre Theard
United States
Washington
State Department
U.S
Benson E.L. Timmons III
Romney to Visit New Mexico for Lincoln Day Dinner
Gov elect David Cargo says Michigan Gov George Romney will visit Albuquerque in February to speak at the Republican Lincoln Day Dinner. Cargo also plans to meet Romney and Michigan economic development officials at a December governors conference in Colorado Springs. He notes Kansas and Maryland development specialists will survey the New Mexico Department of Development after Cargo takes office January 1.
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Albuquerque
David Cargo
Michigan
New Mexico
George Romney
Cargo
Romney
Colorado Springs
Kansas
Maryland
Republicans To Have Own State of the Union Message
House Republican Leader Gerald R. Ford says Republicans will craft a State of the Union style message after President Johnson outlines his plan. Senate GOP Leader Everett Dirksen envisions an alternate budget if Johnson’s 1967-68 program fails to balance. Both leaders outline a proactive, positive agenda focusing on education aid and antipoverty program reforms.
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House
Gerald R. Ford
Johnson
Congress
Senate
GOP
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Ford
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