Spain floods kill and displace hundreds in flash disaster
Flash floods across southern and southeastern Spain left 93 dead with at least 100 missing as eight inches of rain fell in six hours after a six month drought. Rivers overflowed near the Mediterranean. La Rabita and Puerto Lumbreras were hardest hit. Damage totaled about 400 million dollars with thousands of cattle lost.
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Spain
Alicante
Madrid
Barcelona
Mediterranean
la Rabita
Granada
Puerto Lumbreras
Murcia
New Mexico oil and gas lease bids total 333534
The State Land Office reported bonus bids of 333534.38 in a monthly oil and gas lease sale. Getty Oil Co. paid 56220.80 for a Lea County 320 acre tract near Hobbs, and an Amarillo firm bid 32000 for a 320 acre Eddy County tract near Carlsbad. Senator Proxmire to speak at UNM on inflation.
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Santa FE
N.M
New Mexico State Land Office
Getty Oil Co
Houston
Tex
Lea County
Hobbs
Amarillo
Eddy County
Carlsbad
NM Congressmen React to Nixon Firing Cox and Richardson
Rep. Manuel Lujan Jr and Rep. Harold Runnels voiced surprise and bafflement over President Nixon s decision to dismiss Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox and the resignation of Atty Gen Elliott Richardson. They urged clarity as they reassess the executive branch fallout and potential coverup concerns.
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Albuquerque
N.M
New Mexico
U.S
Nixon
Archibald Cox
Elliott Richardson
Manuel Lujan, Jr
Rn.m
Harold Runnels
Dn.m
Richardson
Health Education and Welfare
Department of Defense
United States
Agnew
Congress
Three Die In New Mexico Traffic Accidents
State police report three fatal traffic accidents in New Mexico with a fourth death from injuries. Victims include Mary Anita Russell 22 of Oklahoma City Sabegalen Charlie Benally 54 of Bisti Navajo Reservation Wymena Rose Adams 33 of Albuquerque and Albert J Garcia 20 of rural Albuquerque.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Mary Anita Russell
Oklahoma City
Sabegalen Charlie Benally
Bisti
Wymena Rose Adams
Albuquerque
Albert J. Garcia
Miss Russell
Raton
U.S
Helen Marie Russell
William Franklin Bucks
Seagoville
Tex
Benally
Robert Chavez
Farmington
Arab oil curbs slash U S shipments amid Middle East wars
Saudi Arabia cuts all oil shipments to the United States citing U S arms support for Israel. Algeria reduces its oil output by ten percent as part of a broader Arab oil producers' boycott. Libya Bahrain and Abu Dhabi already halted shipments, with Iran noting a wider squeeze across the West.
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Amman
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
United States
U.S
Israel
Riyadh
Algers
Middle East
Europe
Japan
United
States
Jamshid Amuzeger
Tehran
Kuwait
West
Libya
Bahrain
Abu Dhabi
Funeral services for Joseph P. Cottrell set in Ballard Chapel
Funeral services will be held at 10 30 a m Tuesday in Ballard Chapel for Joseph P Cottrell 58 of 205 S Missouri Church with the Ballard Funeral Home directing Military graveside rites will be by Charles M de Bremond Post 28 American Legion Albert Hudson chaplain Burial will be in South Park Cemetery He died Thursday night in Albuquerque of natural causes He was born August 10 1915 in Mountain City Tennessee He married December 5 1967 in Tulsa Oklahoma to Marjorie Fensom He was a retired Air Force officer and salesman and lived in Roswell seven years A World War II veteran he served as a judge advocate and pilot in the Air Transport Command and was stationed at Roswell Army Air Field later retiring in 1986 and returning to service details.
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Ballard Chapel
Joseph P. Cottrell
S. Missouri Church
Jim Warren
Geraldine Barbee
Charles M. de Bremond
South Park Cemetery
Ballard Funeral Home
Mr. Cottrell
Albuquerque
Mountain City
Tenn
John L. Cottrell
Julie Crouch Cottrell
Tulsa
Okla
Marjorie Fensom
Cottrell
Roswell
Tennessee
Mars Hill Junior College
North Carolina
University of Tennessee
East Tennessee Law School
Army Air Corps
Army Judge Advocate General’s Dept
Air Transport Command
China-Burma-India
Roswell Army Air Field
Walker Air Force Base
Judge Advocate
Air Force
Pentagon
Roswell Offices to Close for Veteran's Day
Post Office stations and the Roswell DMV office will close Monday for Veteran's Day with no city rural or star route deliveries. Only special deliveries and perishables will be sent, and collections and dispatches will follow a holiday schedule. Funeral services are pending for Abenicio A. Lopez, 46, at Ballard Funeral Home after a brief illness.
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U.S. Post Office
Roswell
New Mexico State Department of Motor Vehicles
Warren H. Baird
Abenicio A. Lopez
Ballard Funeral Home
E. Frazier
Lopez
Eastern
New Mexico Medical Center
Investigation continues into cause of Steven Hyatt death
District Medical Investigator Fred Swinney says tests are pending to determine why 21 year old Steven Alvin Hyatt died after attending a party and being taken to Eastern New Mexico Medical Center. Hyatt was pronounced dead on arrival at 10 57 p m Wednesday. The investigation remains ongoing with lab results expected later this week.
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Fred Swinney
Roswell
Steven Alvin Hyatt
W. Summit St
Hyatt
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
Swinney
Soul City dream moves toward a black economic center
Floyd B. McKissick plans Soul City in Warren County North Carolina as a 50 000 resident city by century end. Aimed at black capitalism the project seeks to build jobs trade training and housing with federal support including a 14 million bond guarantee and a first building Soultech One an industrial incubator costing about 1 million. The project expects 1 000 jobs in three years and involves health and housing components on a 5180 acre site with a 56 staff and 12 consultants.
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Noel Yancey
Associated Press
Soul City
N.C
Floyd B. McKissick
Red Clay Hills
Warren County
McKissick
Congress of Racial Equality
Hilton
Nixon
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Soultech One
Warren
Vance
HUD
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Mili Oe
Roswell Savings & Loan
Proxmire Vists
William Proxmire
Dwisc
University of New Mexico
UNM Associated Students
Proxmire
Senate
Joseph McCarthy
Shanel
Shappelle
Bushle
Algeria
Arabia
Canada
Venezuelan
Amuzegar
J. P. Cottrell
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N. Mex
Albert A. Stubbs
Jerry McCormack
Lois Purvis
R. M. Higginbotham
Cecil Goins
John Pettit
AL Geary
LEE Allison
Chaves County
Trade
Cleon Schultz
First Church of the Nazarene
Missouri
Invalid Ambulance Service
Cadillac
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