Year fading YULE lights will glow again in Roswell
Community notes describe holiday light return in Roswell as 1971 fades. Halloween Fun Festival at the fair grounds Saturday begins at 5 30 with prizes for costumed children and judging to start at 5 30. Youth Action Council backs event, stockholders meet at the Country Club reports 180 attendees. new officers named and Rotary talks with Dist Gov Martin of Albuquerque noted by Merrill Longwill.
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Roswell
Youth Action Council
Country Club
Rotary Club
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Gov. Martin
Albuquerque
Rotary International
Rotary
Merrill Longwill
Longwill
Roswell teen stabbed six times abducted near town
Patti Ellis age 15 was abducted at knife point Wednesday near Roswell, stabbed six times, buried beneath typewriter size rocks in a deserted gravel pit nine miles north near the old Clovis highway. She was in fair condition with a collapsed lung and undergoing surgery after the assault.
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Roswell
Clovis Highway
L. M. Hall
Patti Ellis
Girl survives brutal attack near Roswell and Clovis
A teenage girl carrosed from a truck near College and Montana. An unidentified man forced her into a gravel pit north of Roswell where he assaulted and stabbed her six times and buried her under rocks. She dug free and walked to a nearby rest stop where police and an ambulance were summoned. Officials have not arrested anyone and the case remains under investigation.
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Roswell
Clovis Highway
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Oklahoma
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Clovis
Ellis’ Hall
Three-judge panel refuses halt on Amchitka nuclear test plan
A three-judge federal panel declined to stop the government's plan to set off a five megaton underground nuclear device on Amchitka Island off Alaska. The decision follows days of debate over security and environmental concerns.
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Associated Press
Washington
Amchitka
Alaska
Yugoslavia Leader Tito Welcomed by Nixon at White House
President Tito of Yugoslavia arrived at the White House where Nixon greeted him as a world statesman of the first rank. The ceremony on the foggy South Lawn showed a smiling Nixon welcoming the visiting leader.
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Washington
Tito
Yugoslavia
White House
Nixon
United States
John F. Kennedy
Senate approves 66000 grant to Roswell meat firm
The U S Senate passed a bill to reimburse Glover Packing Co. of Roswell 66000 for losses from mercury contamination testing of nearly 300 hogs. Senator Montoya noted the case involved three Alamogordo children ill from mercury poisoning in 1969 and that the firm was not responsible for contamination.
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Washington
U.S. Senate
Glover Packing Co
Roswell
U.S
Joseph M. Montoya
D-N.m
Senate
Montoya
Alamogordo
Air Force finds Roswell site suitable for satellite B52 base
An Air Force survey of Roswell Industrial Air Center labeled it excellent and outlined plans to open a satellite SAC B52 base after July 1972. The facility would host about 160 170 personnel with two B52s and two KC135s, plus shared medical and dental facilities with ENMU Roswell.
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U.S. Air Force Survey
Roswell Industrial Air Center
Strategic Air Command
B52
Bob Hoffman
Roswell
Hoffman
Air Force
Eastern New Mexico University Roswell
Senate action leaves door open for attack
Senate action blocks repeal of the 1955 Taiwan defense resolution as part of a 3.2 billion foreign aid bill. Critics warn Nixon may face a veto on Indochina policy while Kissinger says removing restrictions could aid negotiations. Amendments to curb Indochina funding were slated for potential removal.
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Senate
Washington
United Nations
Taiwan
Nixon
Peking
William E. Brock III
R-Tenn
Kissinger
Indochina
Hugh Scott
SWPSC Cuts Power to Roswell MVD Office
Electrical service to the Roswell motor vehicle department was shut off by Southwestern Public Service Co due to arrears, delaying driver’s license camera use and validating machines for about two hours. Officials said bills go to the central Santa Fe office and the incident is under investigation.
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Roswell
Motor Vehicle Department
Southwestern Public Co
Southwestern Public Service Co
SWPSC
Santa Fe
MVD
John Morgan
Nixon to Visit China in Early 1972
President Nixon plans a historic mainland China trip after January, with date to be announced next month. Kissinger says timing stays within May 1972 window and advance teams will prepare concrete arrangements and facilities for the American party.
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Henry A. Kissinger
Nixon
Peking
Mainland
China
Ron Ziegler
Associated Press
Washington
Kissinger
Chou
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