World Series buzz and Texaco moves ripple through Roswell notes
Local chatter spans Rotary lunch with Villa Solano staff and World Series devotion, Texaco plans to shift operations affecting Roswell with Midland consolidation. Alderman Mack Thomas says he sought possible ambulance funding details, not an offer, amid council discussion. Lions Club reports a strong fair booth year ahead of a zone meeting.
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Texaco
Midland
R. A. Herberger
Hobbs
Farmington
Record
Roswell
Mack Thomas
Robert Gambill
Thomas
Diverse Washington News Caps Noted Global and Domestic Issues
Washington reports include Secretary of State Rusk denying Fulbright’s claim of U.S. greater UN responsibility in Vietnam action. Detroit covers Walter Reuther’s return to Ford amid a lengthy strike. Santa Fe notes Trinity Church Bonds Inc halted in New Mexico over potential fraud. Navy pilots may endure up to three Vietnam tours. New Mexico Education Assn seeks a 9.3 million funding rise. A Long Beach sailor remains missing after stabbing 11 aboard a destroyer. Vatican City attends to birth control remarks by a prominent Catholic lay meeting. Salt Lake City reports copper industry talks resuming with optimism as Kennecott negotiates with unions.
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Santa FE
Houston, Tex
Trinity Church Bonds Inc
New Mexico
Robert Granger
Salt Lake City
Kennecott Copper Corp
U.S
United Steelworkers
All 66 Aboard Killed as Cyprus-Nearby Jet Crashes
A British Cypriot Comet 4 jetliner operated by BEA for Cyprus Airways, on a London Athens Nicosia route, crashed into the Mediterranean near Khastellorizon and all 66 aboard are presumed dead. Wreckage and bodies were recovered. no cause yet announced.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Turkey
British European Airways
Cyprus Airways
London
Athens
Dodecanese
Khastellorizon
BEA
Pattern Division Opens United Fund Drive in Roswell
The United Fund for Roswell and Chaves County was officially launched at a Roswell Inn breakfast. Twenty one civic leaders pledged full support to raise 75000 toward a 156000 goal for 1968, under division chairman Charles B. Read.
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United Fund
Homer Bankhead
Charlie Read
Jim Lusk
United Fund For
Roswell
Chaves County
Roswell Inn
Charles B. Read
Hoffman
William C. Bacon
Read
Pattern
Bacon and Hoffman
Paul Wilmot
Joe Lackey
L. C. Harris
Joe Key
Bryan Dennis
Rolla Hinkle
Rex Brown
Jim Brain
J. C. Powell
Frank Elliott
Jack Cargill
Jack Deason
Phelps White
Davis Butler
Roy Crocker
Jim Clark
Homer Glover
Max Littell
Jack Stoltz
Negotiated Peace Prospects Dim for Vietnam Talks Say Officials
In Saigon officials warn 18 months of fighting dim hopes for a negotiated peace. Factors cited include a tough allied position in the north, antiwar sentiment in the United States, and pressure to halt airstrikes on North Vietnam. Hanoi debates talks and military victory vs concessions.
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John T. Wheeler
Saigon
South Vietnam
Hanoi
America
North Vietnam
Laos
U.S
United States
South
Washington
North
Parole Article Explores Environment Behind Youth Crime
Jim Sullinger examines the New Mexico parole system and its influence on youth crime in a page 12 feature. The piece discusses how environment shapes a young offender and potential reform implications.
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New Mexico
Jim Sullinger
Federal Debt Tops 340 Billion For First Time
Washington AP reports the federal debt subject to the 398 billion ceiling rose to 340.3 billion last Monday, a new record. The Treasury said 4.5 billion in new cash was borrowed last week and projects about 17 billion more in the next six months to cover government obligations amid tax-revenue shortfalls.
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Roswell
Bob Hoffman
Washington
Treasury Department
Congress
Department
Treasury
Job Seekers Boost Women Entering Workforce In September
Washington AP reports a surge of women seeking work pushed unemployment to 4.1 percent, the highest in two years, while total employment held at 74.6 million. Commissioner Ross notes many women rejoin the labor pool during good times and school resumes. Negro men’ s jobless rate fell to 3.5 percent, the lowest since 1954 figures began. Overall white unemployment remained higher at 3.6 percent.
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Washington
Labor Department
Arthur M. Ross
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ross
Cards Win 7 to 2 And Take Series
St. Louis pitcher Bob Gibson pitched a three hitter with a home run to power the Cardinals to a 7 2 win over the Boston Red Sox in game seven at Fenway Park. Lonborg lasted six innings allowing seven runs on ten hits as Gibson earned his fifth complete game in the series. Speedy Lou Brock set a series record with seven stolen bases and Pepper Martin previously shone for five steals in 1931.
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Boston
Bob Gibson
Jim Lonborg
St. Louis Cardinals
Boston Red Sox
Lonborg
Gibson
Red Ruffing
Lew Burdette
Milwaukee
Lou Brock
Cards
Fenway Park Brook
Pepper Martin
Gashouse
Philadelphia A’s
George Scott
Cardinals
Orlando Cepeda
St. Louis
B. Gibson
McCarver
Santiago
Morehead
Osinski
Brett
Howard
R. Gibson
L—Lonborg
Javier
Americans Observe Columbus Day Across the Nation
The Associated Press reports Columbus Day celebrations nationwide with parades on Fifth Avenue in New York and a Boston parade delayed by the World Series. In Columbus Ohio 21 cities named Columbus attend a four day USA banquet, and Los Angeles hosts a five day Festa Italiana at the Hollywood Palladium featuring Italian and U S celebrities including Jimmy Durante.
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Columbus
New York City
Fifth Avenue
Boston
Ohio
Los Angeles
Hollywood Palladium
U.S
Jimmy Durante
Fighting Men Use Unusual Skills and Vast Patience
Saigon dispatch describes the land war in Vietnam as a test of unusual skills and extreme patience. U.S. soldiers adapt by fighting like indigenous tribes, discarding old warfare manuals, and waiting for the enemy to reveal himself, with distinct strategies in the south and north and no single allied headquarters.
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Bob Considine
Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
Korea
Dmz
Demilitarized Zone
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Raaars
Rotarians
Villa Solano
H. L. Garten
New Mexico Transportation Co
Rotarian
Wia
Our County
Chaves
Smith Machinery
Eastern New Mexico
Madison and
Chisum
Lions
THE
Associated Press
Dean Rusk
Sen
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Soviet Union
United Nations
Detroit
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor
Ford
New Mexico Education Assn
NMEA
Long Beach
Calif
Navy
Roy A. Lattlewhite
San Diego
Vatican City
RAF
Air Force
Kastellorizon
U.S. Air Force
Katellorizon
Christopher Columbus
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