Roswell honors 40 year SWPSC service and Pan Am talk
Claude Bell of Roswell received a diamond studded emblem for 40 years with Southwestern Public Service Co at an awards dinner in Carlsbad. Roy Tolk of Amarillo presented honors as several employees were recognized. Gerhardt Schmidt of Pan American Airways spoke at a Plains Park breakfast about Roswell pilot training and a possible permanent Pan Am installation.
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Claude C. Bell
Roswell
Southwestern Public Service Co
Carlsbad
Roy Tolk
Amarillo
SWPSC
Gerhardt Schmidt
Pan American Airways
Plains Park
Schmidt
Thiokol
Pan Am
Rumors on Ruidoso Downs relocation denied
Barron says no decision to relocate the Ruidoso Downs race track though an informal land offer from Sonny Wright ranch buyers exists. no formal offer or discussion by Ruidoso Racing Assn. New York item notes demolition plan for Leonard Jerome mansion to be replaced by a 34 story building. Space Center item reports an astronaut killed in a T38 crash near Tallahassee. Santa Fe article discusses proposed insurance rate schedules favoring public benefit for property owners. UN item covers NATO allies urging halt to U S bombing in North Vietnam. Lagos battle reports Nigerian troops claiming Enugu capture with potential continuance. Raton case set for jury trial on water rights stemming from Sugarite Canyon runoff.
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Ruidoso
Tex Barron
Ruidoso Downs Race Track
Barron
Sonny Wright
Alto
Ruidoso Racing Assn
Roswell Librarian McShean Resigns Amid Controversy
Gordon McShean the Roswell Public Library head resigns for the second time after a dispute over a poetry reading that led to council censure and library funding tensions. He frames the move as a relief from a smear campaign while noting prior support from national library groups.
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Roswell
Gordon McShean
Burns
Board of Trustees
McShean
Board of Trustee
Bandits Loot Du Pont Estate Including Coin Collection
Five armed robbers bound Willis Harrington du Pont family and servants at his 33 room Coconut Grove mansion in Miami in a dawn heist. They looted a $1.5 million Russian coin collection, $34,000 in jewelry and cash, and 5 watches. They later fled in du Pont’s 1967 Cadillac after spending about two hours inside. Police noted the bandits used neckties and wore masks and gloves, and one robber claimed it was his first day on the job.
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Miami, Fla
Willis Harrington du Pont
du Pont
C. O. Huttoe
Miren
Victor
Hans Hein
Rose
Five Acre
Baymere
Biscayne Bay
Miami
Coconut Grove
Lammot du Pont
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co
Wilmington
Del
Miron K. de Anezola
Bilboa
Spain
Florida
Senate OKs 4.658 Billion Antipoverty Extension
The Senate approved a two year, 4.658 billion antipoverty extension by a 60 to 2 vote after 11 days of debate. The bill funds Office of Economic Opportunity programs including Job Corps Neighborhood Youths Corps and Community Action with a current year total of 2.258 billion and 2.4 billion for 1969, despite opposition to an emergency job plan.
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Washington
Senate
House
Education and Labor Committee
Office of Economic Opportunity
Johnson
Job Corps
Neighborhood Youths Corps
Community Action
Head Start
Tax re evaluation notices mailed for district properties
Roy Peyton of Dean Evaluation Service announced that property tax re evaluation notices have been mailed to property owners in School District No 1. A public hearing will be held the week of Oct 9 13 for protests with evaluation personnel. Other notices in Chaves County will follow within 60 days.
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Roy Peyton
Dean Evaluation Service
Chaves County
Peyton
Thiokol Executives Feted by Roswell RIDC Dinner
Thiokol Chemical Corp executives stationed in Roswell were honored at a dinner by the Roswell Industrial Development Corp. RIDC President Donald B. Anderson touted the venture as part of federal efforts to create jobs in troubled areas. Burton said 75 single Indians and 159 families will begin training here in January from Southwest Indian reservations.
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Thiokol Chemical Corp
Johnson
Vern Burton
Thiokol Indian
Thiokol
Roswell Industrial Development Corp
Roswell Inn
Burton
Donald B. Anderson
RIDC
Roswell
Utah
Lonborg Fires One-Hitter as Yaz Hits Two Homers
Boston pitcher Jim Lonborg held St Louis to a single hit in a 5-0 win for the Red Sox in Game 2 of the World Series. Carl Yastrzemski connected for two homers, tying the series at one game each. The third game shifts to St Louis on Saturday.
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Boston
Jim Lonborg
Carl Yastrzemski
Boston Red Sox
St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis
Hughes
Willis
Hoerner
Lamabe
McCarver
Lonborg
Howard
W—Lonborg
L—Hughes
Yastrzemski
Saucer blamed for Appaloosa death near Alamosa
In San Luis Valley reports a 3 year old Appaloosa named Snippy vanished then was found dead near Harry King Ranch. Witnesses described radiant scorch and circular exhaust marks, flattened brush, and a strange odor. radiation tests indicated elevated counts near the carcass.
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Alamosa
Colo
Snippy
King
Burl Lewis
Palos Verdes Parents Hire Narcotics Officer
Alarmed by rising teen narcotics arrests in the Palos Verdes area, parents plan to pay for a Los Angeles County plainclothes narcotics officer to identify suppliers. They propose shared costs between the county and local coastal cities to curb the access of marijuana to their children.
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Palos Verdes
Calif
Los Angeles
Doris Dana
Council
Police, FBI Crack Down On Truckers' Violence
Emergency patrols by police and the FBI targeted violence from a wildcat truckers strike. In Pennsylvania, troopers removed rocks from an overpass and seized a small arsenal at a truck stop. Ohio police arrested two men for carrying a deadly weapon and several trucks were damaged by rocks. The strike disrupted steel centers and production, with calls from Wheeling Steel to urge governors to intervene.
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FBI
Pennsylvania
New Castle
Ohio
U.S
Portage County
Pennsylvania Turnpike
The
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