Final preparations for Agnew visit in Roswell
Thousands of handbills and posters promote Vice President Spiro Agnew’s 11:45 a.m. rally at the Chaves County Courthouse with a long Republican platform including Pete Domenici and others. Roswell officials, bands, students, and volunteers organize transport, decorations, and security for the event.
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Marilyn Holmes
Spiro T. Agnew
Chaves County
Colin McMillan
Roswell
Pete Domenici
U.S
Ed Presson
Larry Hess
James Bruin
Jack B. Patterson
Richard W. Corn
Carl Ingwall
Fred Collins
Artesia
W. E. “Smitty” Smith
Chaves
Monica Houghton
Roy Peyton
William F. Brainerd
Francine Neff
Tom McKenna
Republican Party
Albuquerque
Charles Barnhart
Willard Lewis
Las Cruces
Goddard
New Mexico Military Institute
Columbia
Mary Anne Dann
Jim Stockdon
Gordon Gay
Dottie Barber
Ed Osborne
Rusty Corn
Charlie Loveless
Robbie Slagle
Lynda McMillan
Christi Coll
Lewis
Agnew
Ruidoso
Carlsbad
Fort Sumner
Portales
Clovis
National Press Corps
el Paso
New Mexico City
Thiokol
Roswell Industrial Air Center
McMillan
McGovern- Shriver
Jean Kelley
United States
Southwest
New Mexico
Roswell Wins HUD OK for 120-Unit Senior Living Tower
A 120 unit high rise for the elderly gains approval from the Department of Housing and Urban Development in Roswell. HUD director Luther Branham announced at a Roswell Inn meeting with civic and religious leaders. The project will include efficiencies and one bedroom units with possible dining and recreation areas and will occupy four to five acres near shops and medical services.
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Roswell
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Luther Branham
HUD
Roswell Inn
Clarence Hinkle
Minor Huffman
RCDC
Roswell Homecoming Parade to depart at 2 p.m.
The Roswell High School Homecoming Parade will leave RHS for downtown at about 2 p.m. Friday, with the homecoming football game set for 7:30 p.m. Friday night and October games held a half hour earlier than September contests. In Artesia, a disorderly conduct charge tied to the city employees strike was dropped by Dist. Atty. J. Lee Cathey.
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Roswell
RHS
Artesia
N.M
Artesia City
Dist
Atty
J. Lee Cathey
Carlsbad
Les Dudley
Victor Esquibel
City tackles unusual issues at Roswell meeting
Roswell City Council debated ownership of equipment at the Hospitality House in Cahoon Park including dominoes pencils and a donated piano. The debate touched on what constitutes an ice plant after resident Bob Wallace faced zoning questions over his $3000 ice making machine and city licensing.
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Roswell
Senior Citizens
Cahoon Park
City Hall
A. L. Skidmore
Senior Citizen 42 Club
William F. Brainerd
Skidmore
42 Club
YMCA
Brainerd
Laird says U S airstrikes in North Vietnam persist
Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird conceded bombs may have hit the French diplomatic mission in Hanoi but said U S air power will continue against military targets. He cited a railroad marshaling yard near the mission as a significant military target and affirmed strikes remain away from downtown Hanoi.
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Washington (Ap
Melvin R. Laird
Hanoi
U.S
North Vietnam
Paris
Laird
McGovern outlines seven point plan to end Vietnam war
Senator George McGovern presented a seven point program to end the Vietnam conflict. He would suspend bombing and military aid on inauguration day and send his vice president to Hanoi. The plan includes prisoner release, withdrawal timelines, and a peace process, with public support shown at a fundraiser.
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Chicago
George McGovern
United States
U.S
Vietnam
Hanoi
Nixon
Indochina
McGovern
France
South Dakota
Nguyen van Thieu
CBS
Howard D. Sammel
National
Richard Nixon
Samuel
Paris
Linas
Thailand
Thi
White House
Empire State Building eyed for top after height bid
Architect Robert W. Jones touts an 11 story top addition to the 102 story Empire State Building to regain the world’s tallest title. Peter L. Malkin, owner’s partner, cautions about feasibility but no decision yet. Proposal would remake the 16 story tower and add to reach 113 stories at 1494 feet, eclipsing the World Trade Center and Sears tower.
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New York
Empire State Building
Robert W. Jones
Empire State
Jones
Peter L. Malkin
Chicago
Sears
Silhon
Chartres
Paris talks extend to fourth day as Kissinger negotiates cease fire
AP reports Henry Kissinger extended talks in Paris to a fourth day with North Vietnam’s Le Duc Tho and Xuan Thuy. Nixon aides deny link to election while Thieu resignation and tripartite regime proposals draw U.S. resistance. no progress details disclosed.
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Associated Press
Washington
Henry Kissinger
Paris
Nixon
White House
le Duc Tho
Xuan Thuy
Kissinger
Thieu
Saigon
United States
South Vietnam
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
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Goddard High School Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps
MEET
Agnew Visit
Wallace
Webb
Sterling R. Grant
M. Laird
Pea
Elliot L. Richardson
Health, Education and Welfare
Empire Building Eyes
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
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