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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1973
Page
2
A former Roswellite will join a New Mexico Press Assn energy panel in Albuquerque Friday to discuss the energy crisis and media impact. In Roswell, Education Week begins with a 7 to 7 15 breakfast at Berrendo Middle School hosted by local groups including the PTA and Roswell Education Assn. Roger Luginbill will deliver the keynote address.
Two Republican candidates for governor will speak Thursday night at a dinner honoring Chaves County GOP officials. Col James Hughes and former State Sen Joe Skeen will speak. Larry Hess will emcee. Tickets are 2.25 dollars, call 623 5140 or 622 0190 for reservations.
Catarino Contreras 37 of 105 S. Ash was arrested south of Roswell at 8 a.m. Monday on aggravated battery charges in the Oct 10 stabbing of Alex Torres Jr. at the Flamingo Club. He appeared in magistrate court before Judge Kent Shannon and is jailed on $5,000 bond. Stanley Montoya 29 of Albuquerque was also charged with aggravated battery in the case.
Seven Air Force crewmen were recovered from the burned wreckage of a C130 cargo plane on a mountainside near Fort Smith. The aircraft, on a training flight from Little Rock AFB, crashed Monday night about 20 miles from its destination. identities of the seven victims were released by the Air Force.
State highway officials proposed that the I 25 contractor pay a substantial penalty and be subjected to constant inspection for years to check deterioration from allegedly undersized reinforcement. The plan includes a maintenance bond to cover repairs if excessive deterioration is found. The move followed complaints about rebars misplaced every 30 inches, tests showing wider gaps, and discussions with prime and sub contractors in Albuquerque and Texas.
Funeral notices for Donna Sue Nelson and Amelia Crawford list survivors and service details in Roswell. An infant Walters graveside service is planned. Ballard Funeral Home directs arrangements. A highway dispute involves the Lacy Co. concrete project and pending contractor proposals with federal backing.
The court denied a defense motion to release Wylie Crowder from the state hospital for at least 60 days. Prosecutors say Crowder remains mentally ill. Scherer died from a gunshot at KGGM TV on Oct. 27. Funeral services set for Charles P. Addington in Window Rock.
A series of unidentified flying object sightings along the Gulf Coast prompts calls for a federal investigation. A Gulfport taxi driver reports a blue craft with a crab-clawed creature tapping his windshield, matching earlier Pascagoula shipyard accounts. Local officials seek answers amid Air Force inquiry and mounting public concern.
Profit taking hits Wall Street as Mideast war worries and Fed tight-money hints weigh on prices. Weather in the Midwest delays corn and soybean harvests, dragging the market. Dow Jones falls to 958.08 at noon with more declines than advances.
City of Roswell publishes notices of final adoption for Ordinance Nos. 950 and 952 and a public hearing for rezoning Case No. 382. Documents detail annexation of land, tax provisions, and procedural requirements for protests, with dates set for October 16 and November 13, 1973. City Clerk actions and addresses are included.
Public hearing set for November 13 1973 at 9 30 am in Santa Fe to consider Caprock Water Company proposal to sell part of its pumping and distribution system and transfer the certificate of public convenience and necessity to Mescalero Ridge Cooperative. Publication in Lea and Chaves counties required by October 24 1973.
United States will not send American forces into the Middle East but will support Israel's weapons needs. About 500 tons of U S military equipment and ammunition have been sent to Israel since Sunday, roughly one tenth of what the Soviet Union has delivered to Arab states at war with Israel. State Department officials said Kissinger spoke informally at a White House dinner and did not confirm a plan to introduce American troops, while noting efforts to help end the conflict.
A Roswell woman, Jane Annie Hamby, 25, remained hospitalized in Albuquerque's St. Joseph's ICU after a Friday morning single vehicle crash on U.S. 70 about 12 miles east of Ruidoso Downs. Hamby was cited for careless driving. passenger Jacky P. Slayton, 22, discharged Monday from Ruidoso Hondo General.
The Roswell Daily Record misidentified the liquor purchase site in a police docket. Walter E. Michaels Jr. and Albert Peyton were charged with alcohol offenses, with the correct store cited as Old West Package Store at 620 EF Second St, which was closed at the time.
Southwest Forest Industries raises newsprint by $8 per ton effective immediately. The new price reaches $183 per ton from $175, affecting Roswell Daily Record and other buyers.
The item lists the Roswell publication's contact numbers and street address for circulation and editorial offices. Albert A. Stubbs is editor and Jerry McCormack is news editor.
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