Rhodesian peace offer leans toward elections amid mixed reactions
In Salisbury Rhodesia Prime Minister Ian Smith proposed one man one vote elections aimed at black majority rule. Moderate black leaders welcomed the move while hardliners and guerrilla factions dismissed it as a delay. United Nations officials cautioned that elections without full guerrilla participation would fail.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Rhodesia
United Nations
America
U.N
Andrew Young
Smith
Vietnam
Ndabaningi Sithole
Young
South Vietnam
Britain
France
Lusaka
Zambia
Zimbabwe African Peoples’ Union
Zimbabwe
George Silundika
Silundika
Jeremiah Chirau
Black Zimbabwe United Peoples Organization
Rhodesia Herald
Mozambique
Roswell man jailed after Palace Bar shooting death
Larry Flores 27 of Roswell is jailed in Eddy County on a charge connected to the fatal shooting of Roy Harkness 32 at the Palace Bar scene. Harkness died from a chest wound. Flores awaits arraignment. two men and a woman are held as witnesses. Chief Pat Darcy was knocked unconscious by a shotgun blast.
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Flores
J.S. Welbourn
Darcy
Hobbs
Texas
Brownfield
New Mexico
Juan Martin Sanchez
Lea County
Drayton Wasson
Wasson
Sanchez
Carlsbad
Clarence Harris
Julian Pena
Nixon
Wool Bowl brings record crowd as NMMI Broncos win
New Mexico Military Institute Broncos capture their second Wool Bowl, defeating Independence Community Junior College Pirates 38 to 28 before an estimated 5 000 to 5 500 fans in Roswell. Officials praised the turnout and team effort as both sides altered lineups and strategies throughout a close game.
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Manzano High School
Charles Selby
Broncos
Independence
Kan
Pirates
New Mexico Military Institute Broncos
W.A
al” Snipes
Gerald Childress
NMMI
Gen. Childress
Childress
Roswell
Jerry N. Smith
Nmmi Board of Regents
Kansas
Snipes
ICJC
Lefty Stecklein
Farmers Campaign To Rally In Plains Georgia
Thousands of farmers roll toward Plains for a tractor rally to press Congress for a floor price on farm goods. They threaten a Dec 14 strike if demands are not met, while Carter stays at Camp David and state Sen Hugh Carter watches from Plains. Georgia aviation group plans a fly over with crop dusting planes. Organizers expect up to 10,000 tractors at the event.
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Carter
Georgia
Congress
Camp David
Lillian
Billy
Hugh Carter
Main Street
Georgia Agriculture Aviation Association
Tom Kersey
Unadilla
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Albuquerque
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Arkansas Junction
Bill Baddle
Baddle
Seminole
James Yealey
Midland
Yealey
U.S
U.S. 62
Warren Allen
Clash Broncos
Dick Hardy
Independence Daily Reporter
Jack Swickard Photo
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