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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1965
Page
2
A 37 member NASA team arrives in Honolulu to observe and photograph the Ikeya Seki comet from a flying observatory. They will perform eight experiments while tracking the comet as it nears the sun, with a Wallops Island rocket to be launched for new data.
The North Central Association team led by Dr Bonner Crawford completed a two day inspection of the New Mexico Military Institute high school program on October 15. The 15 educators expressed unanimous satisfaction with the institute's program. A formal report will be sent to the institute later.
Four 17 year old Clovis youths were charged Friday with stealing a tire from a Linda Vista Texaco station on North Main. They were arrested in the 3200 block of North Main, confined in the city jail, and later turned over to Roswell juvenile authorities.
Admitted Oct. 15 B. O. Best. Route East: Mrs. D. G. Dwyer, 3004 N. Garden. Dismissed Oct. 15 Mrs. George Slaughter, Mrs. J. G. Blanchard, Kendall Kaple. Memorial Osteopathic Tony Najar, Mrs. Viola Wilson.
Funeral services for 59 year old Loma E Beck of Roswell will be held at Ballard Chapel at 10 am Monday with burial in South Park Cemetery. She died Friday at St Marys Hospital. Survivors include husband Clifford Beck Jr daughter Lorene Brown and son Ralph Beck plus extended family. Ballard Funeral Home directs.
Bolivia uses the boliviano as its official currency. The boliviano is divided into 100 centavos and is issued by the central bank. The term boliviano reflects the country’s history and financial system.
A city county state committee backs Edwards and Kelcer proposal to study Roswell traffic for about $150 000. The project would be funded 85 percent by state and federal sources with 10 percent city and 5 percent county. The study includes interviews counts and projections to guide future street and parking needs.
Airman First Class Lonny D. Dart of the 6th Supply Squadron was selected as fuels man of the month at Walker Air Force Base. The Greeley Colorado native arrived in February and is praised for accuracy, responsibility, and reducing base fuels problems. He and his wife Joyce reside with two children, Lonnetta and Brian, at 114 South Sherman in Roswell.
Artesia New Mexico man Jess Schoolcraft 56 died in his sleep on a hunting trip in southwestern Colorado Coroner Ben Lynch said he collapsed while the three man party camped 13 miles southeast of Pagosa Springs.
State Board of Educational Finance OKs roughly 6 percent faculty raises to guide next fiscal year budgets. Uniform tuition rates set with resident tuition held, non resident boosts. NMMI resident tuition up from 165 to 200. non resident up from 500 to 600. Universities’ average faculty salaries pegged at 10 900 and liberal arts at 9 650.
Multiple two car crashes recorded Friday on Lea and Carter Shortell and Second Garden and College Main and Reed and Walker AFB driver Thomas McCarthy involved with Frank H. Baca at Carrizozo. Mary Ann Winkler and Lester A. Smith live on Union and Route 2 while George E. Sims and Hubert McCoy are listed on Broken Arrow and West Walnut. Joseph D. Henderson and Francis W Milner are named for Summit and Delicado.
Funeral services for Ruben Benjamin Knowles aged 101 will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Paulin Chapel. Burial follows at Woodbine Cemetery. Knowles died Wednesday in the Confederate Home for Men in Austin. He was born October 10, 1864 in Mississippi and lived in Monument New Mexico before moving to Artesia in 1914. He married Mary Elizabeth Scrivner in Mills County Texas in 1889. she died in August 1921. Survived by three sons James Wittford Knowles Wesley Everett Knowles John Warren Knowles. two daughters Ruby May Belle O Bannon and Georgia Lee Zimmerman. 25 grandchildren 50 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
The RHS Choral Department float took first place in the school homecoming parade. The sophomore class finished second and the junior and senior floats tied for third. First place earned a $15 cash prize.
Domingo Fuentes reported his 1955 white over brown Chevrolet stolen from the Hendricks and Ash corner, valued at 195 dollars. J E Neighbors said a doll bed and three chests of drawers were stolen from a garage at 1411 S Stanton, valued at 40 dollars. Betty Herrera reported a purse with 27 dollars cash and papers stolen from her car on S Grand.
Nine four Cubans sailed to Florida in small boats on a clear weekend, with authorities bracing for more. From Havana word hints at a potential orderly evacuation of 20,000 or more as a House subcommittee plans a hearing on refugee safeguards.
Voters in the Chaves County School District elect five school board members for the new independent district. Locations for voting include El Capitan Monterrey Mountain View East Grand Plains LFD and Berrendo precincts with registration books at Berrendo LFD East Grand Plains and Mountain View. Winners: five seats across one year and three two year terms plus two four year terms with candidates Milstead Nelson Pirtle Lewis Callaway Dilley Stein Pierce Lang Graves Chesser Grav es.
At 6 03 p m a car fire on Brasher Road and Sunset caused by flooding at the carburetor. Owner Virgil Woods of Roswell reports no damage. At 8 15 p m a second car fire on Brasher Road involved Edward Atkins of Roswell with damage to wiring radiator hose and carburetor due to flooding at the carburetor.
The Roswell Daily Record offers five dollars weekly for the best news tip. Call 622-7710 6:30 am to 5 pm or 623-6693 or 622-4809 after 5 pm. Carriers are told to place papers on doors. Circulation issues should be reported to 622-7710 5 to 7 pm on weekdays and from eight to 10 am Sunday.
Miss Helen Schueneman of Roswell won the $309.09 Acousticon Eye Glass Hearing Aid advertised at the Eastern New Mexico State Fair.
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