Supreme Court to rule on burning draft cards case
The Supreme Court will decide if the 1965 ban on destroying draft cards is constitutional and whether a card burner can be jailed for lacking the card. The case centers on David P. O'Brien of Framingham Mass who burned his card in 1966 and received a six year sentence.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Department
U.S. Circuit Court
Boston
U.S
New York City
St. Louis
Congress
Federal Court
New York
Federal Appeals Courts
David P. O’brien
Framingham
Mass
South Boston
Federal
Bailey Aldrich
Boston Federal Appeals Court
Former NMMI Grid Star Killed in Vietnam
Army Captain Roger T. Sawyer 28 of Carlsbad, a 1958 NMMI and 1960 Bronco football co captain, died in South Vietnam when the light observation plane he piloted was hit by enemy fire, crashed and burned. He graduated from Carlsbad High in 1958 and NMMI in 1960, earned a 1964 degree from New Mexico State, and served with the 185th Aviation Company, 17th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade since Jan 8. Funeral services pending. Roger Sawyer Memorial Fund at NMMLI. Survived by wife Jane Crider Sawyer and children Diana and Mark, Carlsbad, plus parents, five brothers, two sisters.
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Army
Roger T. Sawyer
Carlsbad
New Mexico Military Institute
Bronco
South Vietnam
Sawyers
Carlsbad High School
Capt. Sawyers
Jane Crider Sawyers
Diana
Mark
Irving St
Wilson Sawyers
Teen driver charged after backing into parked car
At 7.42 p.m. in the 1500 block of W First Street Jan Alanna Kreh biel 15 of 1514 W First struck a parked vehicle owned by Robert Dunbar at 2206 Crenshaw. She was charged with improper backing.
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W. First
Jan Alanna Krehbiel
Robert Dunbar
Crenshaw
Krehbiel
Sorority Names Karen Webb to Delta Zeta Class at NMSU
Karen Webb of Ruidoso has been chosen for membership in Delta Zeta at New Mexico State University. She is among 17 coeds picked for the fall pledge class after the September rush at the campus.
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Las Cruces
Karen Webb
Ruidoso
Delta Zeta National
New Mexico State
Miss Webb
4-H Auto Group Reschedules Meeting to Thursday at Valley Chevrolet
The 4-H automotive group moves its organizational meeting from Tuesday to Thursday at 7 PM. The session will be held at Valley Chevrolet, inviting members to attend.
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4-H Automotive Group
Valley Chevrolet
Hospital visit hours and patient moves listed
Visiting hours for General patients 2.30 to 8.30 pm Maternity 3 to 5 pm and 6.30 to 8.30 pm. The notice lists admissions and discharges at St Marys and Memorial Osteopathic and ENM Medical Center including names and addresses of patients admitted Oct 6 to Oct 8 with several births.
State Police Probe Two Vehicle Accidents
Two morning crashes near Roswell and Hagerman involved three cars and a freight train. One person, Diana Sanchez, 16, sustained a knee laceration after a freight train struck a car six miles south of U S 285 on State Road 2. The second crash near Roswell at U S 285 and U S 79 involved Elizabeth Fitz Gerald, Nathan Bell Jr., and Weaver Barnett. no injuries were reported.
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U.S. 285
Charlie Perez Medina
Hagerman
Diana Sanchez
S. Cahoon
Daniel Berrera
Box 173
Roswell
U.S. 79
Weaver Barnett
Sudan
Tex
Elizabeth Fitz-Gerald
Midland
Bell Auto
Bankers Award Banquet Set for Roswell Area
The 16th annual Bankers Award Banquet for conservation work will be held Monday Oct 16 at 7 p.m. in the Masonic Temple. Invitations go to Roswell Macho and Hagerman Dexter district landowners. reservations via C F Weindorf 622 3190. Groundwater pipelines note adds a moon bound pipe remark.
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Bankers’ Award
Masonic Temple
Roswell
Macho
Hagerman- Dexter
Chaves County
C. F. Weindorf
Weindorf
End Sought For Strike By Truckers
Pittsburgh AP reports representatives from seven states and the Teamsters, independent truckers, and trucking firms met at Pennsylvania Governor Shafer's invitation to end a violent two month steel haulers strike. They seek a factual, peaceful settlement as violence has spiked on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
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Pittsburgh
Raymond P. Shafer
Pennsylvania
Shafer
Teamsters Union
Daniel M. Berger
Bernard A. Berkman
Cleveland
Ohio
Porter Draper
Gary
Ind
Maryland
Michigan
New Jersey
New York
West Virginia
Teamsters
GOP Moderate Senator Endorses Johnson Vietnam Policy
Sen. Hugh Scott a Republican moderate backed President Johnsons Vietnam strategy saying the party should not become a peace at any price faction. He defended current policy and urged candor with the public while praising Johnsons leadership amid criticism from other GOP figures. Eisenhower endorsed a new peace effort while analysts warned the administration its Vietnam stance may require new leadership within the two party system.
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Washington
Hugh Scott
Johnson
Vietnam
Republican Party
Pennsylvanian
Charles H. Percy
Illinois
Thruston B. Morton
Kentucky
Clifford P. Case
New Jersey
George Romney
Michigan
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Scott
United States
Asia
America
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Committee For Peace With Freedom
Paul H. Douglas
Douglas
Eisenhower
Lucius Clay
Omar Bradley
Negotiation Now
Arthur Schlesinger
U.S
South Vietnam
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Berlin
Cotton Crop Forecast Shrinks to 8.09 Million Bales
The Agriculture Department estimates this year’s government restricted cotton crop at 8,089,000 bales, down 96,000 from last month, the smallest since 1921. Average yield per harvested acre is 454 pounds, with Texas producing 2,800,000 bales, New Mexico 150,000, and Arizona 480,000.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Land Grant Group Attacks Judges in Salient Case
The Spanish American land grant group accuses U S District Judges Howard Bratton and H Vearle Payne of incompetence in a case involving Reies Tijerina and four others charged with conversion of federal property and assaulting federal officers during an October 1966 attempt to seize a campground in the Carson National Forest. The group seeks disqualification and venue change from Las Cruces to Albuquerque, while State Rep Bobby Mayfield defends the judges.
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Albuquerque
U.S. District Court
New Mexico
Federal Alliance of Free City States
U. S. Dist
Howard Bratton
H. Vearle Payne
Alliance
Reies Tijerina
Carson National Forest
Bratton
Las Cruces
Alianza
Bobby Mayfield
D-Dona Ann
Mayfield
David F. Cargo
Tijerina
The
Five
Cristobal
Jerry Noll
Ezequial Dominguez
Alfonso Chavez
Driver Finds Car Vandalized On His Return
Roswell man Danny Licon found his 1957 car vandalized after four hours. Windshield and side window broken, battery generator and wiring stolen, crankcase poured with dirt, and four textbooks taken from the vehicle. A physics book and a history book belonged to a friend, Jerry Martinez.
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Roswell
E. 19Th St
Danny Licon
Chaves County
Licon
Jerry Martinez
Markets show gains but prices dip from early levels
Stocks held a good late gain but were below earlier highs as declines over advances narrowed to about 140. Steel, mail order retail, aircraft, oil and tobacco shares led gains while motors utilities rails and airlines fell. General Tire traded around the day’s active list top, with many issues moving only fractionally. Cattle, hogs and eggs reported mixed livestock and market data in Denver and Chicago summaries.
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New York
General Tire
Autopsy Fails to Explain Snippy Horse Death Mystery
An autopsy on Snippy the gelding near Alamosa Colorado found empty abdominal brain and spinal cavities. Pathologists say the horse was not killed by lightning and the case remains unexplained despite witnesses from a Denver aerial phenomena team.
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Alamosa
Snippy
Harry King
King
Burl Lewis
Unpaid Fine Lands Hagerman Driver in Jail
An 18 year old Hagerman driver, Andres Yebarra, was fined 225 dollars and given a 15 day suspended jail term in Municipal Court. He was arrested at 5 55 p.m. Sunday in the 200 block of East Mathews on drunken driving and leaving the scene charges. He is in Chaves County jail in lieu of payment.
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Hagerman
James Webb
Andres Yebarra
E. Mathews
Chaves
Daniel Barela
Barela
Chaves County
Official Records Divorces Filed October Six
Official records show Nettie Douglas versus Clayton Douglas filed for divorce on October 6.
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Nettie Douglas
Clayton Douglas
Roswell to Open Bids and Fill City Posts
City Hall will host bids for 3000 feet of chain link fence and a half ton pickup truck. An annexation resolution tied to the former Walker Air Force Base follows a request by the Serto ma Club to race sports cars at the Municipal Airport. Ward I seat on council plus two four year terms on the Roswell Parking Authority and one on the art center board are to be filled. The new councilman will replace Carl R. McFarland who moved out. Reports from the Finance Committee include Gold Star Ambulance subsidy progress and September sales tax receipts.
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Walker Air Force Base
Roswell Parking Authority
Roswell Museum and Art Center Board
City Hall
Sertoma Club
Parking Authority
Art Center Board
Samuel H. Marshall
Carl R. McFarland
Northeast
Roswell
McFarland
Gold Star Ambulance Service
Cemetery
Welfare Cards Studied by New Mexico Agency
Santa Fe AP John Jasper, director of the State Health and Welfare Department, said the department is examining plastic identification cards for welfare patients and expanding automation in processing claims.
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Santa FE
John Jasper
State Health and Welfare Department
Jasper
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J.C. Singer
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Rt. 1
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