21 Oct 1962
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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1962
Page
1
Dr. Ralph E. Lapp, nuclear physicist, says North Carolina faced a near catastrophe last year when a B52 jettisoned a 24-megaton warhead that fell to a field but did not explode. He notes six interlocks prevented detonation as Air Force teams inspected the weapon.
In New Orleans the 5th U S Circuit Court of Appeals delayed ruling on contempt charges against Governor Ross Barnett and Lt. Governor Paul B Johnson Jr tied to the James H Meredith integration dispute. A decision on fines or imprisonment was postponed to this week as the court reviews the case.
The Roman Catholic Ecumenical Council pledged itself to work for the welfare and brotherhood of all men and all nations. It also named seven key commissions reflecting broad international representation.
authorities opened an informal probe into the death of Francoise de Moliere 29 Paris born stewardess swept from a two engine plane Friday night as it neared Bradley Field Windsor Locks Conn Investigators questioned crew and Allegheny Air Lines and Convair officials while the plane was impounded A leak in the rear door was found and passengers recalled how de Moriere tried to plug the gap before announcing descent The flight from Washington via Philadelphia Windsor Locks to Providence carried 47 aboard the aircraft landed safely after she fell 1 500 feet from the rear door scene dated Saturday
As voting nears in New Mexico and Chaves county two weeks away, a Meet Your Candidates session at Pueblo Junior High School gathers contenders for the Legislature and local races. Democrats Campbell and Montoya press economy stabilization while Republicans and independents respond to questions on schools and financing from Wilbur Shackelford.
New Mexico Finance Director Edward Hartman mocked Democrat advisors Stanley Brasher and Fabian Chavez accusing them of inflating the general fund deficit. He cited revisions reducing the deficit from 14 million to 7.2 million, while Democrats lowered estimates from 5.9 million to 1.5 million.
In a single car crash on U.S. 70 380 about 24.5 miles west of Roswell two men died and a third man was seriously injured. Brian Colbert Brady 26 of Brownfield Texas died at St. Marys Hospital after the wreck. D W Russell 58 of Ruidoso died at 7:57 p m. Mack Adnandus 44 of Ruidoso Downs was severely injured with scalp lacerations and chest injuries. The car reportedly traveled at 80 mph in a 55 zone and overturned into an embankment. Police investigated and identified the vehicle in a cited document found at the scene.
Waymen Owens 19 of Artesia New Mexico, a soldier at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri, was killed Saturday when struck by a car on U S 51 two miles north of Vandalia Illinois. The vehicle was driven by Everett W Sill 51 of Centralia Illinois.
Fighting along a 15 mile Himalayan front at India’s northeast continued from dawn into night as Indian and Chinese forces clashed. Reports from both sides cited heavy casualties and waves of burp gun and mortar fire under snow covered ridges.
A Texan driver near Roswell drew police attention for driving on the wrong side of the highway. An incident at Oasis Service Station led to gunfire between a Texan and a New Mexican, with the Texan, 52-year-old Jess L. Gurley of Tohoka, Texas, later jailed for driving while intoxicated. The tale shifts to Indian Chinese clashes in Ladakh and the Nam Kha River area, with Indian Defence Minister V. K. Krishna Menon declaring resolve to fight on, praising soldier resolve, and noting heavy losses on both sides as Nehru orders action without a set date.
Nancy Clore, exhausted after a sleepless night, waited by the telephone in Phoenix hoping for news about her missing husband William Ward Clore Jr., a 31 year old bank teller. He vanished Friday after a gunman robbed the branch of ten thousand dollars and called the bank manager to warn that he had one of the workers. Police with over 100 officers conducted a house to house search within a five block radius until late Friday night.
Ruidoso's Christmas lights project raised nearly two thousand dollars after a pancake day event on Saturday. Editor Vic Lamb and Roswell Record editor Al Stubbs tied in a pancake eating contest with twelve cakes each plus bacon juice and coffee. The Main Street two and a half miles long requires funds to light it.
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