Road builders recall early days of Roswell Portales route
Tom Mann of Roswell told Roswell Rotary Club that 40 years ago road crews paid little heed to artifacts or ecology as they laid the Roswell to Portales road. He noted discoveries of pre Folsom bones and unexcavated burial grounds, and described easier changes in specifications and road locations then, as long as budgets and judgment held.
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Roswell
Portales
Tom Mann
Mann
Rotary Club
Picacho
Main
Old Baldy
White Mountain
Ruidoso
Apache Summit
Ancient irrigation clues hint at long ago Mescalero system
Calcium deposits found near Blazer's Mill measure from one foot to eighteen inches thick, suggesting a centuries-old irrigation project with little prior documentation. Gary Dollahon, a New Mexico State sophomore from Roswell, hunted east of the Capitans and with Ace Porter and Gary Sides, bagged a 100 pound dressed buck after a long day of tracking and misses.
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Mescalero
Blazer
Gary Dollahon
Paul Dollahon
Roswell
Gary
New Mexico State
Capitans
Ace
Happy Birthday to Dr John Parrott
The First Baptist pastor Dr John Parrott turns another year older with a birthday Oct 23 and a Sunday tribute planned by his congregation. In other notes delegates Terry Chandler and Kem Chesser from Roswell High FFA attended the national convention in Kansas City for outstanding work with FFA.
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John Parrott
First Baptist
Four Roswell residents arrested on larceny and delinquency charges
Four Roswell residents Jimmy Alvin Floyd Jessie George Robert Turner and Eugene Servantius were arrested by Roswell police on Thursday and early today. Floyd faces a larceny over 100 charge for allegedly stealing cash from Beverly Carpenter’s purse at Allen's Inc. furniture store. Turner Servantius and George are charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor for allegedly harboring a female juvenile runaway and interfering with officers. A separate report notes a .38 revolver was stolen from Russell Wright’s car near the Rodeway Inn.
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Roswell
Jimmy Alvin Floyd
Third St
Jessie George
W. Fruitlant
Robert Henry Turner
Eugene Herschel Servantius
Texico
Floyd
Beverly Carpenter
Gaye Drive
Allen
S Inc
W. Reed
Clyde McKee
Turner, Servantius
Jessie
George
No. 3 Wells
Roswell Industrial Air Center
Russell Wright
Albuquerque
Rodeway Inn
Boggs Hunt in Fourth Day in Alaska
Rescue crews pressed search for Hale Boggs, Nick Begich, Russell Brown, and pilot Don Jonz after their Cessna disappeared on a Juneau flight. Infrared sensors and Beale Air Force Base processing awaited data as weather remained unsettled and more planes scoured the area.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Hale Boggs
Corinne Boggs
Washington, D.C
Air Force
Beale Air Force Base
Calif
Boggs
Juneau
Nick Begich
Russell Brown
Begich
Don E. Jonz
Fairbanks
Portage Pass
Here
Floods Prompt Evacuations Across Catron and Grant Counties
Flood waters from the San Francisco River force evacuations in Luna Glenwood and Pleasonton with up to four inches of rain. Bridges washed out and power and telephone service cut in Glenwood as rescue teams request National Guard aid.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Catron County
Grant County
Sheriff's Office
Luna
Arizona
Cottonwood Canyon
Gila
Cliff
Glenwood
Pleasonton
Grant County Sheriff's Office
Catron
Silver City
National Guard
Cobre
Mimbres
New Mexico
National Weather Service
Panama Canal Welcomes Over 400000 Ships Since 1914
The Panama Canal Co. announced that more than 400000 ships have crossed the canal since it opened to traffic on August 15, 1914. This milestone reflects the canal’s long-standing role in global maritime commerce.
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Panama City
Panama Canal
Panama Canal Co
Kemble Urges Education Emphasis at NMMI Breakfast
Dr. C Robert Kemble president of New Mexico Military Institute told teachers principals and business leaders in Bates Hall that education deserves a reminder to stay a national priority. Roswell Mayor William F Brainerd issued a proclamation designating October 23 27 as American Education Week. Activities include window displays a book fair and hobby exhibits across Roswell schools. The week is sponsored by the PTA American Legion and Roswell Education Assn.
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Roswell
William Brainerd
American Education Week
Bates Hall
New Mexico Military Institute
Hortense Tanner
The
Roswell Education Assn
Georgia Eiffert
Area Council
Parent Teacher Assn
Sam Sloan
American Legion
C. Robert Kemble
NMMI
William F Brainerd
Kemble
Roswell Independent School District
American Legion and
Foreign farming venture eyed by U.S. firms in Iran
U.S. News and World Report notes a proposed 42 500 acre farming project in Iran’s Khuzistan region led by Diamond A Cattle Co of Roswell with Robert O. Anderson and Joe Lackey. Partners include Chase International Investment Corp and Hawaiian Agronomics with Mitsui & Cox handling marketing. the plan envisions Iranian imports of about 60 million dollars annually for food.
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U.S
Iran
Khuzistan
U.S. News and World Report
Diamond A Cattle Co
Roswell
Robert O. Anderson
Joe Lackey
Bill McCombs
Diamond A
Diamond A. Chase International Investment Corp
Chase Manhattan Bank
Hawaiian Agronomics Co
Int
C. Brewer & Col., Ltd
Honolulu
International Argo Business Corp
Hawaiian Agronomics
Mitsui & Cox
Missing Espanola woman Amy Spears sought after kidnapping
State Police continue search for Amy Spears 24 who was abducted from her Espanola mobile home Wednesday. A $500 reward is offered for information. Dist Atty James Thompson reports Tom Spears husband of about a month owned a 1972 model car found abandoned in an arroyo near Ranchitos, suggesting it was used in the kidnapping.
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Espanola
N.M
Amy Spears
James Thompson
Tom Spears
Ranchitos
Roswell Daily Press Chapter on Subscriptions Rates
The Roswell Daily Press lists subscription and postage rates for Chaves County and New Mexico, with in state mail at 26.80, out of state 36.00, and carrier rates 2.40 monthly, 7.20 quarterly, 14.40 semiannually, or 28.80 yearly, under editor credits and AP affiliation.
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Main St
Roswell
Albert A. Stubbs
Jerry McCormack
Lois Purvis
R M Higginbotham
Jimmy C. Cox
Chaves County
New Mexico
States
Trade
N.M
Associated Press
Market holds steady as stocks drift in slow New York trading
The noon Dow rose 0.45 to 932.57 while declines led advances 573 to 565 among 1,538 issues in slow trading. No major moves defined the session as market activity remained muted.
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New York
Roswell Obituary Roundup Includes Harris and Craft Funerals
Funeral services are set for Jessie C Harris 56 of Roswell at LaGrone Chapel with burial in South Park Cemetery. Harris a WWII veteran and master sergeant died of a heart attack. Also noted are services pending for Eugene Craft 71 and graves for Lucille Smiley Penix 72 with Hamlon Mortuary arranging.
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LaGrone
Jessie C. Harris
Roswell
Walter Orr
Church of the Nazarene
Odesa Borris
Gordon Bloom
South Park
Harris
Alma
Okla
Cornelus Harris
Belle Harris
Theresa Schetgen
Capitan
Jerry Wayne Harris
Darlene Martin
Janet McNeely
Oklahoma City Okla
Harold Harris
Oklahoma City
Clyde Harris
Fox
Floyd Harris
Hobbs
Timothy Rouse
Camp Pendleton
Henry Barger
David Dalton
J.B. Busley
Leo Thompson
Buster Denny
Eugene Craft
E. Tilden
South Park Cemetery
Mr. Craft
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
New Mexico
Lucille Smiley Penix
Corona
Corona Cemetery
Claude Stovall
The
Baptist Church
Hamlon
Mountainair
Penix
First Baptist Church
Corona Extension Club
Mack Penix
Max Penix
Susan Huey
Max Pinix
Theresa Kelley
Albuquerque
Leona Harmon
Seminole
Louise Gamfiager
Marguerite Browning
Vera Cato
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Stubbs
Terry Chandler
Kem Chesser
Roswell High Ffa
Kansas City
FFA
McKee
Bond
Turner
Servantius
William Moore
National Transportation Safety Board
Pan-Alaska Airways
Jonz
Moore
FAA
Monica Houghton
P. Po
Ady
CANAL
Virginia
Rosweil, WN
Mexico
Thomas Jefferson
N. Delaware
Ullrich Engineering
Market Reports
Bank Sec
E. F. Hutton & Co Plm
E. F. Hutton Corp
Amer
Mobil Oi
Pan Am
Phil Pete
City Invest
Ramada Inn
Coca Cola
RCA Corp
Sia Ryndis
del Webb
Safeway
Dresser
Santa Fe
Dupian Corp
Sears
DuPont
Skelly
Paso NG
Ford
Sperry Ra
Goodyear
Gulf Oil
Telex Corp
Haliburton
Tenneco
Texaco
Thiokol
Transam
Hueblen
Kennecott
US Steel
West Ban
Levi-Strauss
Elec Be Ling Temco
Xerox
Jessie Harris
B.f.martin
B. F. Martin
Cisco
Tex
Georgia Trubee
Emily Lee McBride
Cisco, Tex
Lucille S. Penix
S. E. Main
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