U S orders worldwide military alert amid Soviet threat
U S military units placed on worldwide alert as Kissinger said Nixon must act in face of possible Soviet intervention in the Middle East. He stressed no plan for a joint Soviet U S force and called the alert precautionary while warning against confrontation.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Nixon
Middle East
Kissinger
Soviet Union
United States
Israel
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Jackson
Moscow
White House
Pentagon
Jerry W. Friedheim
House
Carl Albert
Dokla
Albert
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Friedheim
Europe
Far East
49Th
Holloman Air Force Base
Holloman
Cannon Afb
Clovis
27Th Tactical Fighter Wing
Cannon
Air Division
Robert Spencer
Robert A. Gibson
Kirtland Afb
Albuquerque
Operations Office
Kirtland
Jim Harvey
Gibson's Discount Center to open in Del Norte Center
Gibson's officials and manager Richard Sandoval announced a grand opening around December 1 for the Gibson's Discount Center at Del Norte Shopping Center in north Roswell. The new 35,000 square foot store joins a 70,000 square foot complex including Safeway and two side by side cinema theaters after July fire destroyed the former Gibson's and nearby businesses.
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Gibson’s Discount Center
del Norte
Roswell
Gibson’s
Richard Sandoval
Safeway
Israel says it maintains absolute cease fire on fronts
The Associated Press reports Israel asserts an absolute cease fire on both fronts. UN observers have crossed the Suez Canal to monitor new cease fire lines in Egypt. Egypt accuses Israel of renewed attacks and a broad front remains volatile with reports of jets downed and tanks destroyed.
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Associated Press
Israel
Middle East
United Nations
Jerusalem
U.N
Suez Canal
Sinai
Egypt
Pentagon
United States
Moscow
Washington
Anwar Sadat
White House
Mohamed H. el-Zayyat
The
Security Council
West Bank
Zayyat
Suez
Haim Herzog
3Rd Army
Little Bitter Lake
Gulf of Suez
Sinai Desert
Roswell Sees 90 Sign Up for Job Interviews With Major Firm
Roswell area residents joined about 90 applicants for interviews arranged by the Roswell Chamber of Development and Commerce. Officials said the national company may relocate here with a 700 member workforce, while 65 were interviewed and 25 wait-listed.
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Roswell Chamber of Development and Commerce
Rod Starkey
RCDC
New Mexico
Roswell
Starkey
Nixon postpones televised news conference on Watergate tapes
President Nixon called off a 9 p.m. EDT broadcast news conference to focus on the Middle East crisis. Deputy Press Secretary Gerald Warren said the session will be moved to Friday with no time set. The change comes amid debate over appointing a new special prosecutor to replace Archibald Cox and ongoing Watergate investigations led by the Justice Department.
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Washington
Nixon
Middle East
Gerald L. Warren
Archibald Cox
White House
U.S
John J. Sirica
Congress
Executive Branch
Robert H. Bork
Cox
Bork
Elliot L. Richardson
William D. Ruckelshaus
Justice Department
Cargo No microphone in New Mexico governor's office, former governor says
Former New Mexico Gov. David Cargo says there was no hidden microphone in the governor's office during his term. Gov. Bruce King’s press secretary confirms a ceiling mic exists but says it was never used to secretly record conversations. The device was reportedly used six to seven times for news conferences and meetings with legislative leaders.
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Santa FE
N.M
New Mexico
David Cargo
Cargo
Bruce King
Pete Pence
Military alert status unsure as reps deny orders
A Roswell unit says no alert orders were given and remains in caretaker status awaiting Far East equipment. The six day desert drills near Ft. Bliss proceed with Army and Air Force units from Holloman Cannon and Kirtland.
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Roswell Industrial Air Center
U.S
Far East
Associated Press
el Paso
Tex
Ft. Bliss
Air Force
Bill Duerre
Army
Holloman
Cannon
Kirtland Air Force
Rise in cotton prices hits farmers hard in Chaves County
Ellis Parks of Farmers Inc. reports many Chaves County farmers contracted cotton in March and April for 34 cents per pound while harvest prices rose to 80 cents. Henry Watson cites 102 contracts with 40 at 33.85–36 cents, 43 at 40–45, and 19 at 75–83 cents, noting $150 to $400 per bale differences and potential textile price effects.
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Lynn Hunter
Chaves County
Ellis Parks
Farmers Inc
Parks
Henry Watson
Watson
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Roswell and Vicinity
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Pence
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