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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1966
Page
2
Roswell fire chief George Daniels says the Roswell Fire Department will take over fire fighting facilities at Walker Air Force Base when the base closes next summer. He traces the department’s growth from 1889 to 11 engines and a snorkel, notes a drop in commercial fire rating from 7 to 5, and cites smoking in bed as the top local fire cause.
David Cargo, Republican gubernatorial candidate, will address the New Mexico Landmen's Association at the Roswell Country Club Thursday evening. He is expected to discuss the GOP view of the oil industry in the state. A social hour begins at 6:30 p.m. with dinner and the address at 7:30 p.m. Cargo and his wife arrive Wednesday.
An Albuquerque demonstration using two voting machine types will show they cannot be rigged, prompted by Russell Cappel’s claim machines were manipulated in five counties. Officials will conduct the session at the district attorney's office with an Automatic Voting Machine Co. representative from Jamestown, NY.
Interior Secretary Stewart Udall dedicates the Four Corners Power Plant expansion on the Navajo Reservation in New Mexico. The two new units, totaling 1.51 million kilowatts, form the first phase of a 20 year, $10.5 billion plan supplying eight states. Construction employs about 800 workers with ongoing payroll and royalties to the Navajo Tribe.
The Rev. A. W. Willis of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church in Alamogordo will lead revival services at Mt. Gilead Baptist Church, 700 E Summit, nightly at 7 30 until Sunday. Sunday services at 11 will feature the Rev. Wilson Holley from Tucumcari. Mt Calvary Choir will assist Friday and Sunday. Mt Gilead Pastor's Aide Society sponsors a turkey dinner Saturday at 11 a.m. Tickets are 65 cents. public invited.
At Main and Fourth a 3:04 p.m. crash involved James G Hefner and Ishmael S Ornelas with Ornelas cited for following too closely. In the 800 block of West Third a 3:57 p.m. collision hit a parked car owned by Steve Lawarnee as Tene McGuire backed improperly. McGuire charged with improper backing.
Southwest Production Co. No. 1 Federal drills a wildcat well to 8200 to 8500 feet in SESE Section 25 Township 6S Range 29E within the Abo section. The granite test bore began after re spudding on October 6.
City police investigate a break-in found early Sunday at H J Food Store No 1 on South First. Entry was gained through a hole in the room, with files dumped in the office and a check underway to determine what was taken.
Sylvester Glover Mullins 61 of 313 E Deming died Monday after weeks of illness. A Roswell janitor and porter for 32 years he came to town in 1934 to work at a barbershop then with Jack Harris. Survived by mother Delia and five Roswell sisters Elva Helen Inez Juanita Marie. Funeral pending Ballard Funeral Home Church of Christ. John Herman Cassie 83 of 1407 E Hoagland to be buried at South Park Cemetery. Cassie died Monday. Roswell Funeral Home handling arrangements.
Visiting hours set for General patients two to eight thirty p m. Maternity visits allowed three to four then six thirty to eight thirty p m. Admitted Oct 10 Eugene Inzerella Jessie Stevens Essie Roberts Wilbur Fleeder Jr Hagerman Dan Sutton and others. Dismissals include Walter White and several others. Birhs Oct 10 to Mack Dominguez a boy. Births Oct 10 to Jerry Boman a girl. Osteopathic listings include Hood and Patter son families with several individuals named.
Members of the Pecos Valley Junior Horsemen will meet tonight at 7 30 at the home of Cindy Crewe 3207 Futura Drive. Any interested person is invited to join.
Airman 2. G. Larry Shortridge of Walker Air Force Base is honored in Huntington as Citizen of the Year for 1966 for rescuing a friend and his wife from a blazing apartment on June 18. He serves 21, at the Civil Engineering Squadron, and works as night controller at the civil engineering trouble desk. A parade and banquet were held in Charleston.
Judge Matthew M. Levy postponed sentencing of U. S. Representative Adam Clayton Powell on contempt charges after Powell and his attorneys boycott, awaiting arguments on whether the case is in proper jurisdiction. The delay follows Powell's challenge to the trial's validity and jurisdiction.
A description notes Sydney Australia’s coastline extends roughly 12,000 miles and encompasses the nearby island state of Tasmania, highlighting regional geography and maritime extent.
A couch fire at 906 N Orchard started when children played with matches. Firemen arrived to extinguish it at 6 46 p m. The blaze damaged the couch and rug in the living room of the home owned by P W Trip and occupied by Pauline Kohler.
Three Roswell men appeared in District Court Monday and pleaded not guilty while two were held for trial. Bonds were set at 7500 for Ervin Sanchez 18 and David B Sanchez 25 charged with rape and sodomy. Arnold Barnes 39 faced 2500 on sexual assault. Nabor Molina 19 pleaded guilty to burglary and petty larceny and remained in custody for pre sentence report.
The stock market ended up for the second straight session amid heavy trading. Early gains faded as profit taking trimmed advances, with IBM down about 2 and Polaroid off 3. General Motors held a small gain, Du Pont up a fraction, and volume around 8.7 million shares.
Cattle 1,400 head calves not enough for test. Hogs 500 head barrows gilts and sows steady to 25 lower, barrows gilts 220.245 lb 22.50-22.85, sows 320-365 lb 20.25-21.05. Sheep 5,000 slaughter and feeder lambs steady, ewes and feeder lambs not established, lambs mixed choice and prime 90-110 tb 23.70-24.85, choice and fancy 23.90-24.70.
In Chicago the egg market shows little change with wholesale buying prices unchanged. Grade A whites 43.12 dollars, mixed 43 dollars, mediums 39.2, standards 41, checks 34.12.
Dow Jones industrials gain 4.12 to 758.62, utilities up .43, railroads up .97 and stocks up 1.34. Chicago live cattle prices for multiple futures months show highs lows and closes with varied volumes.
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