Strange Debris Found in Desks
A light, eclectic collection of odds and ends surfaces from an AP columnist reading mail and notes. The piece blends trivia about taxes, Russian life under communism, home ownership, aging quotes, and odd facts about baking and space activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
U.S
Uncle Sam
Cleaners
Eugene Lyons
Grandma Moses
Nefertiti
Egypt
Persia
Turkey
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Andrew Jackson
William Henry Harrison
Andrew Johnson
Benjamin Harrison
Woodrow Wilson
Lyndon Johnson
Outer Space
United States
Alaska Purchase marked with formal transfer in 1867
On this date in 1967 the history highlight recalls Russia transferring Alaska to the United States in 1867. The event marked a major territorial change and expansion for the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Alaska
United States
Education funding worries rise as Bateman pushes merit pay
Hobbs Democrat Rep. Frank Bateman argues colleges of education fuel public school problems and urges merit pay to reward top teachers. He calls for better teacher testing, coordination of research, and long-range state plans amid limited education funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Buckles
Santa FE
Frank Bateman
Hobbs
Bateman
New Mexico
Central State Teachers College
Edmond
Okla
Hobbs House
ERC
Board of Educational Finance
Atlantic
Pacific Oceans
Pan American World Airways
School zones and crossing guards urged as students return
School zone signs and crossing guards gain importance with thousands of students back in class. Drivers are urged to stay alert around school areas, drive as if a child could dart into the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Oregon
Traffic Safety Commission
William H. Stewart
United States
Stewart
Public Forum Letter on Roswell City Frustrations and Library Chief
A reader argues community frustration in Roswell is harming progress. He defends library head Mr McShean as thoughtful and Christian in spirit, and condemns anonymous attacks and religious intolerance. The letter laments national erosion of civility and warns of self destruction from conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Tyson
U. S. Steel
Tyson
Roswell
McShean
Toastmasters Club
Eloquent tale of Nat Turner in Styron's Confessions
A review of William Styron's The Confessions of Nat Turner. The author recreates Turner's life through his own voice, examining slavery, religion, and violence with a lyrical, perceptive narrative. Turner emerges as a complex, tormented figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nat Turner
William Styron
Southampton County
Virginia
Turner
South
Styron
We Are Winning Lousy War Gains Highlight Viet Nam Advance
The piece reports Task Force Oregon with 15 000 troops crippling a top Viet Cong unit in the Central Viet Nam lowlands near Quang Ngai and Saigon, cutting food supply routes and denying enemy reinforcements. It notes North Vietnamese replacements increasing and Me Kong Delta resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Laos
Oregon
Vitnam
Quang Ng Gui
Saigon
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Cambodia
William C. Westmoreland
Mekong
South Viet
Nam
U.S. Navy
Vietnam
Europe
Korea
MacArthur
Inchon
Pusan
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
U. S
I Corps
Dmz
Waterloo
Ruhr
Roswell Daily Record AP Reproduction Policy
A notice states the Roswell Daily Record and its AP dispatches are fully owned by The Associated Press and may be used for reproduction by the AP network. The policy outlines rights for local news republishing and distribution across outlets.
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Associated Press
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Rep. Bateman
Bank of Las Vegas
State Special Hospitals Board
Legislative
Caesar Sebastian
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Noble Irish
Board of Finance
Smokey the Bear
Commerce Department
Securities and Exchange Commission
J. Edgar Hover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
National Association of Manufacturers
NAM Reports
Martin Luther King, Jr
Mississippi
McSheans
Book Review
Albert A. Stubbs
Jimmy
Cox
R. M. Higginbotham
Chaves
North Main Street
N. M
Roswell, N. M
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