Roswell Inn banquet spotlights light and humor in awards night
Bright Light JoE F Key of Roswell leads a Southwestern Public Service Co awards banquet as Roy Tolk of Amarillo jokes about blinding spotlights. The piece also notes industry shifts as Merquenthaler ends Linotype production and Roswell Daily Record heads to offset printing next year.
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Joe F. Key
Roswell
New Mexico
Southwestern Public Service Co
Roswell Inn
Key
Southwestern
Roy Tolk
Amarillo
Tex
Tolk
Roy
Mergenthaler
Baker named deputy commissioner of Kentucky corrections
Former New Mexico prison warden J E Baker is appointed deputy commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Corrections replacing Harold Black who becomes warden at La Grange Reformatory. The move announced by Commissioner John C Taylor occurred Saturday.
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Associated Press
Frankfort
New Mexico
J. E. Baker
Kentucky Department of Corrections
John C. Taylor
Baker
Harold Black
State Reformatory
la Grange
U.S. Warplanes Hit North Vietnam in Large Raid
US planes struck deep into North Vietnam in the heaviest raid in seven months as retaliation for attacks on unarmed reconnaissance aircraft. Nearby, a gun running trawler was sunk by a mine sweeper and two Coast Guard cutters about six miles off the South Vietnamese coast with search for survivors ongoing. Radio Hanoi denounced the action.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S. Navy
Coast Guard
Hanoi
Hooi
Haiphong
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Washington
Laird
United States
U.S
Radio
Quang Binh
Ha Tinh
Viet Cong
Liberation Radio
South Vietnam
South
Big
Northern Air Base
da Nang
Thailand
Gulf of Tonkin
Hancock
Alameda
Calif
Oriskany
North Vietnam hints at possible boycott of Paris talks
North Vietnam left open the chance of a temporary boycott of the Paris peace talks over new US air raids. Hanoi said raids struck anti aircraft and missile sites as U.S. officials claimed payback for attacks on reconnaissance planes.
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Paris
North Vietnam
U.S
Melvin R. Laird
Nguyen Thanh le
Hanoi
United States
DRV
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Vietnam
Ex-convict frees Minerva trio before death in police shootout
Three Minerva residents Joseph Platt 24 Narissa Platt 17 and Connie Elliott 30 were released by an abductor James Edward Kelley after being held in Covington Virginia. Kelley later died in a police confrontation after locking the group in a service station utility room and fleeing.
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Minerva
Ohio
James Edward Kelley
Charleston
W. Va
Covington
Joseph Platt
Narissa
Connie Elliott
Kelley
Virginia
Conrad Maynard
Maynard
Ayers
Chillicothe Correctional Institute
Money Board Postpones Action on Fund Request
The New Mexico Board of Educational Finance met six hours hearing five state universities seeking more state support for 1972. Dr. McConnell said no definite action was taken and a decision likely at the December 14 meeting.
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Santa FE
Board of Educational Finance
William R. McConnell
New Mexico State University
Gerald Thomas
New Mexico Highlands
Ralph Carlisle Smith
Western New Mexico University
John Snedeker
New Mexico Military Institute
Sam Agee
New Mexico Tech
Sterling Colgate
University of New Mexico
Eastern New Mexico
New Mexico
Forest Fire Near Ruidoso Reaches Four Hundred Acres
A 400 acre forest blaze above Ruidoso started Saturday morning near Elk Point and Big Bear Canyon. Firefighting units faced tough terrain with 50 firefighters on scene. Cause unknown as winds threaten containment. two more fires in the Sacramento Mountains drew crews from other states. Hunters and visitors urged to heed extreme fire danger amid dry conditions.
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Ruidoso
Elk Point
Big Bear Canyon
Big Bear
Little Bear
Sacramento
Forest Service
Minerva Mother Reunites With Released Children After Three-State Hostage Chase
Relieved mother Mrs Paul Platt of Minerva Ohio talks with her son Joseph and daughter Narissa by telephone after their release Saturday by an armed parolee. The abductor held five hostages at times during a three state chase and released them in Covington Virginia.
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Paul Platt
Minerva
Ohio
Joseph
Narissa
Covington
Armed parolee killed after three state hostage chase
James Edward Kelley 42, an armed Ohio parolee, was killed by Forrest W. Hanks the county game warden after a three state pursuit that began in a Cleveland suburb. Kelley held five hostages including a teenage girl and a woman, using them as shields and carjacked police. The siege ended when Kelley was shot in the head during a gunfight. the Ayers woman was uninjured aside from scrapes. Donna Ayers, 16, was treated for a hand wound.
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Copington
Ohio
James Edward Kelley
Thomas Ayers
Callaghan
Donna
Kelley
Mrs. Ayers
Forrest W. Hanks
Wool Bowl Schedule Sets Week of Pageant Events
Plans for the fifth annual Wool Bowl include Navarro Junior College and Grand Rapids Junior College facing off in Wool Bowl Stadium at 2 pm Thanksgiving Day. The Wool Bowl parade runs 3 pm Wednesday along Main Street to Broadmoor Shopping Center. Miss Wool of New Mexico will be crowned at 7 30 pm Wednesday in Pearson Auditorium at New Mexico Military Institute.
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Navarro Junior College
Corsicana
Tex
Grand Rapids Junior College
Grand Rapids
Mich
Main Street
Sixth Street
Broadmoor
Wool
New Mexico
Pearson
Wool Bowl Week Events At Roswell RIAC And NMMI
Plans list multiple Thursday and Friday activities for Miss Wool of New Mexico contestants and visiting teams. Arrivals include Grand Rapids Junior College and Navarro Junior College with bands, drills teams and football squads. Events span rehearsals, rallies, parades, banquets, pageant, dances, and the Wool Bowl game.
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Grand Rapids
Roswell Industrial Air Center
RIAC
Charles Fuller
South Springs Acres
Pearson Auditorium
Navarro
Roswell Inn
Roswell High School
Goddard High School
Mess Hall
Nmmi
Student Union Building
Miss Wool
New Mexico
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John A. Volpe
Manila
Philippines
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U.S. Atty
Gerald Gallinghouse
Shell Oil Co
Continental Oi Co
Union Oil Co
Moscow
Lunokhod 1
Russia
Tass
U. S
N. Viets
Reds
UPI Telephoto
Money Board
BEF
Eastern New Mexico University
Portales
Eastern
U.S. Forest Service
Edinboro
Baracz
Bayard
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