Nixon veto looms over major domestic spending bill
The Senate Appropriations Committee begins work on the HEW and Labor funding bill amid a looming presidential veto. Nixon has vetoed similar measures five times with only one override, as the House backed a higher total than the president proposed. Democratic senators warn the budget is inadequate.
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Joe Hall
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Nixon
Health, Education and Welfare
Labor
Congress
House
Senate
Plane wreckage yields 8 bodies
Eight uniden tified bodies were recovered from a Convair turboprop crash on Black Fork Mountain near Mena Arkansas after a flight from El Dorado to Texarkana. The wreckage was found by Kent Perkins as rescuers faced rugged terrain and darkness. Authorities identified three crew members and several passengers including three colonels from Red River Army Depot.
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Lindel Hutson
Associated Press
Mena, Ark
Texas International
Mena
Edward Dreifus
National Transportation Safety Board
Red River
Texarkana
Tex
NTSB
Arkansas
el Dorado
O’donnell
Forrest Ogden
Black Fork Mountain
Ogden
Vietnam
Convair
Ralph McDonald Grosman
Irving
Fred Tumilison
Dallas
Marcella Jean Lotzer
Arthur B. Glenn
Robert B. Hoppe
Clayton Craft
Red River Depot
Milton C. Johnson
John T. Torrence
John Hawkins Jr
Ark
Marion Royce Evans
Hooks
Bonnie McCullough
LaGrange
South Arkansas
Roswell school board to study new architects for bond plan
Roswell Independent School District board will consider employing Edwin C. French and W. T. Harris and Associates as architectural consultants to restudy and implement refurbishing and expansion plans after a bond issue was cancelled due to errors. The meeting also covers bids budgeting, transportation contracts, and notices for NEA fall meeting in Albuquerque.
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Roswell Independent School
del Norte
Edwin C. French
W. T. Harris and
Alley and Waggoner
Roger L. Luginbill
Norman H. Patterson
Luginbill
National Education Association
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Sierra Middle School
East Grand Plains
Meir to Fly to Vienna to Press Kreisky on Schoenau Camp
Prime Minister Golda Meir will fly to Vienna to appeal to Chancellor Bruno Kreisky to retract his promise to Arab terrorists to close the Schoenau transit camp for Soviet Jewish emigrants to Israel. She plans also to visit Schoenau Castle. She is currently in Strasbourg, France.
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Vienna
Austria
Golda Meir
Bruno Kreisky
Schoenau
Israel
Tel Aviv
Council of Europe
Meir
Western Europe
Soviet Union
Moscow
Kreisky
Libya
Fair receipts and turnout rise at ENM State Fair
Attendance at the Eastern New Mexico State Fair near Roswell ended Saturday with receipts likely up to 60 000 at the fairgrounds south of Roswell despite a lower gate tally.
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New Mexico
Fairgrounds
Roswell
Fair attendance and profits at ENMS Fair varied by event
At the Eastern New Mexico State Fair the five day event drew about 30 000 attendees. Revenue from paid admissions fell by about 8000 versus last year though higher prices offset losses. Carnival and horse shows received praise while Ken Curtis did not appear due to filming. Junior livestock sales reached 48474, up from 39000. Rodeo crowds ran about 3000 paid admissions over three nights.
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Fair Board
Rowland Tessier
Tessier
Ken “‘Festus
Curtis
Fairgrounds
Texas International to announce Roswell service schedule changes
Texas International Airline officials will reveal schedule changes for expanded services to the Roswell Industrial Air Center at a 10 am Tuesday press conference in the Roswell Chamber of Development and Commerce building. Stan Mathis of the RCDC chairs the airport committee and TIA and RCDC officials will attend. A separate note reports Pan Am and Braniff facing a terror extortion threat of 1 million dollars each, with Pan Am increasing security at Ezeiza Airport but flights continuing normally.
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Texas International Airline
Roswell Industrial Air Center
Roswell
Buenos’ Aires
Pan American World Airways
Braniff International
Pan Am
Ezeiza
Braniff
Watergate Hearings Cancelled as Witnesses Refuse to Testify
The Watergate committee cancelled Tuesday's hearing after Dwight L. Chapin and Robert M. Benz refused to testify, citing the Fifth Amendment. The panel will resume Wednesday with Donald H. Segretti due to appear and plead guilty to political sabotage in the 1972 Florida primary. Benz allegedly worked for Segretti in Florida. Chapin was Segretti's White House contact.
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Washington
Senate Watergate Committee
White House
Dwight L. Chapin
Chapin
Robert M. Benz
Florida
Donald H. Segretti
Nixon
Segretti
Benz
Roswell Area Weather Forecast Warning and Warm Trend
Roswell and vicinity expect a warming trend from today through Tuesday with light winds increasing by Tuesday afternoon. Highs reach 90 on Tuesday with a low of 52 tonight and a cooler start tomorrow night.
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Roswell
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