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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1967
Page
1
District 552 Governor Wilfred McCormick of Albuquerque will perform feats of magic during a club assembly with Roswell Rotary and address the group tomorrow. He will meet Roswell Rotary leaders tonight at the Roswell Inn and is described as a noted Albuquerque author with Hagerman roots.
Army doctors report former President Eisenhower has a benign noncancerous enlargement of the prostate gland and surgery is not needed now. He was admitted to Walter Reed Army Hospital after his third illness in five months.
Mike the polar bear, aged 12, received a dental extraction after veterinarians used a tranquilizer and injections to numb his gums. Dr. Erich Mascigan and dental student Michael Smyle removed a three inch canine, the bear's fourth extraction, tied to his marshmallow craving.
In Oakland California police moved against anti-draft demonstrators at the Army Induction Center arresting over 30 in a three wave operation to clear the route for nine bus loads of inductees. The protests followed a violent 24 hour period with more than 20 hurt and nearly 150 arrests in two days.
The village of Ruidoso schedules a December 4 special election to decide whether to purchase the Ruidoso Downs recreation facility using revenue bonds repaid from the track’s earnings. The plan envisions dissolving the Ruidoso Racing Association and forming a foundation to run the track for municipal recreation.
Los Angeles area wildfires scorched about 50 000 acres with one 7 000 acre blaze edging toward Los Padres National Forest near Santa Paula. Arson investigations target multiple fires as youths are accused in Simi Valley area fires. Fires destroyed 42 homes in Los Angeles and Ventura counties with 17 more structures lost.
In Meridian Mississippi the Justice Department urged an all white federal court to convict 17 of 18 men on conspiracy charges in the 1964 deaths of three civil rights workers while acquitting one. Assistant Attorney General Doar argued the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan plotted the murders.
Open house for the Roswell Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints chapel will run from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. at 2201 W Country Club Road under the Roswell Branch led by Max Hudson Conwell McCune and Gail Marble. The 325000 dollar project began in 1966 with 25 percent funded by local Church Building Committee. tours and displays explain the chapel plans and use.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk warned that elevating import barriers would trigger retaliatory cuts against American goods. He said such protectionism could inflict appalling harm to national interests as Congress weighs bills affecting about $5.7 billion in imports.
The Advance Division of the United Fund led by Stan Mathis held a Roswell Inn breakfast with about 48 key workers in eight six man teams targeting 23500. Campaign chairman Bill Bacon outlined goals while Bob Hoffman of Roswell Development Corp praised the drive as Roswell’s economic signal.
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