Prisoners Hold Hostages in Dutch Chapel Rescue
Four convicts seized 22 hostages in a Scheveningen prison chapel and demanded a plane. Magnesium grenades blinded them briefly. 15 marines and police then stormed the chapel, freeing the captives with no casualties. Hostages, including two women, were unharmed.
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Ken Jacobson
Associated Press
Hague
Netherlands
Albert Peijster
Adnan Ahmad Nuri
Nuri
Sami Houssin Tamimah
Justice
Andries van Agt
Peijster
van Agt
Scheveningen
Pre-election Ballot Boxes Held for Countywide Distribution
As voters head toward November 5 election day, ballot boxes are stored in the county clerk's courthouse office awaiting distribution to 42 precincts across the county. The arrangement ensures all polling sites will have voting equipment ready for turnout.
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Doris Johnson
Bernice Dilley
Chaves
Hagerman
Jaycees deny talks on legalized gambling in state
Roswell Jaycees president Paul Herring says no discussion occurred about endorsing gambling in New Mexico. Albuquerque Jaycees president Bill Walden cites plans to campaign for legalization. governors candidates Apodaca and Sheen oppose legalization and were not involved in Roswell meeting notes. Nixon doctors monitor possible internal bleeding as condition remains critical.
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Marian McQuiddy
The
Roswell Jaycees
Albuquerque Jaycees
Paul Herring
Herring
Bill Walden
Roswell Daily Record
Jaycees
Espanola
Albuquerque
Ronnie Clem
Carlsbad
State Jaycees
Jerry Apodaca
Joe Sheen
New Mexico
Apodaca
Long Beach
Calif
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
John C. Lungren
Eldon Hickman
Turquoise Bandit Makes Halloween Flight at Del Norte
Up Students at Del Norte Elementary School welcomed a Halloween display as the Turquoise Bandit owned by Mr and Mrs Bill Flynt lifted into the October sky. Flynts son Trey attends Del Norte, and the aircraft is set to take off again around 5 p.m. today at Sunset Elementary School south of Roswell.
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del Norte Elementary School
Bill Flynt
Flynt
Trey
del Norte
Sunset Elementary School
Roswell
Stallings Faces Job Doubt If Elected
ENMU Roswell official and regent member say a New Mexico attorney general opinion makes it unlikely that Clayton Stallings would keep his ENMU Roswell employment if elected to the State Legislature. Stallings, director of academics at ENMU Roswell, runs against incumbent Republican Carl Engwall in the November 5 election.
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Tom Halpin
Eastern New Mexico University
Enmu Board of Regents
Clayton Stallings
Roswell
Fred Hensley
Clovis
ENMU
William F. Brainard
Brainard
Hensley
Stallings
Board of Regents
Bid openings set for Roswell airport terminal contracts
Roswell Industrial Air Center bids will be opened at 2 p.m. in the city council chambers, followed by a 5 p.m. special session to act on bids. Separate items note a 4 percent domestic air fare hike effective November 15 and Johnson Space Center desegregation plan rules shaping federal aid.
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Roswell Industrial Air Center
Roswell City
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Boston
U.S. District Court
W. Aruther Garrity Jr
Boston School Committee
Big heist suspected hidden in secret Cayman bank accounts
Authorities say more than 4 million dollars stolen in the Armored Express burglary likely remains in secret accounts across 172 Cayman banks. Two suspects, Charles Marzano and Luigi DiFonzo, were arrested on Grand Cayman with about 20 thousand recovered. William Marzano is at large.
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Chicago
Armored Express Corp
Grand Cayman Island
British West Indies
FBI
Charles Marzano
Luigi DiFonzo
U.S
Marzano
DiFonzo
William Anthony Marzano
William Marzano
Ray elected new president of Eastern New Mexico fair board
Hud Ray elected president of the fair board at Eastern New Mexico State Fair. Joe Carriere named vice president and Burton Brown executive secretary. Jerry N. Smith retires from the board as others step down. Next year’s fair dates set for Sept 23 to 27. A 1974 financial statement will be ready in about 30 days.
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New Mexico
Jerry N. Smith
Hud Ray
Fair Board
Smith
Joe Carriere
Burton Brown
Ray
Dick Mulkey
Rex Alcorn
Bob Bryson
Sunny skies expected in Roswell and vicinity
Forecast calls for sunny skies and warmer temperatures this afternoon in Roswell and vicinity. Tonight remains mostly clear and cold with little temperature change into Friday. expected highs near 72 and a low around 36 with no rain in the next 24 hours.
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Roswell
Controversy Surrounds Western Skies Tax Decree Ties Norvell Anaya
Dist. Atty. David Norvell and Toney Anaya figure in a consent decree that freed Western Skies Motor Hotel from about 100000 in property taxes for two years. The decree, dated Sept. 7, 1973, named Anaya as the hotel owners’ representative while Norvell signed as state attorney general. Norvell disclosed Sierra Life Insurance Co now holds a mortgage on his Santa Fe home linked to the hotel, prompting questions about conflicts and past dealings with Anaya and Chalamidas.
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Santa FE
Western Skies Motor Hotel
Atty
David Norvell
Toney Anaya
Sierra Life Insurance Co
Peter Chalamidas
Anaya
Norvell
Bruce King
State Department of Finance and Administration
New Mexico
United States of America
Chalamidas
Grants
Gallup
State Property Control Division
Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Western American Life Insurance Co
Albuquerque
Western Life
Rudy Ortiz
Bernalillo County
State
Ralph Apodaca
Ortiz
Dist
Joseph Ryan
Ryan
Sierra Life
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Bulletin
Stallings, Enmu-Roswell
Attorney General
Toney
Sierra
Ortiz’ Brothers
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