Roswell August building permits total 1.62 million
Roswell issued 47 building permits in August totaling 1,616,974 dollars, the highest in a year. The value is up from August 1973 by 1.47 million and exceeds July by 1.13 million and June by 996,895 dollars. Valley Construction Co. plans an 88 unit Sunset Poe project.
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Roswell
Valley Construction Co
Las Cruces
Sunset and
Poe
Victor A. Bock
Levi Strauss
K-Mart
Lodge
Jim Marks
Mark
Marks
Chaves County
Albuquerque National Bank
Chaves
Sandoval County
Markl
Jerry N. Smith
General Creighton Abrams dies in Washington at 60
Army Chief of Staff Creighton W. Abrams died at Walter Reed Army Medical Center from complications after lung cancer surgery. He led U.S. forces in Vietnam during the 1968 crisis and oversaw Vietnamization policy that moved toward withdrawal. Burial planned for Arlington. family at bedside. Rate: events highlighted include his wartime fame, Vietnam command, and leadership roles.
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Washington
Creighton W. Abrams
U.S
Vietnam
Abrams
Army
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Howard M Callaway
Callaway
Arlington National Cemetery
South Vietnam
Lyndon B. Johnson
United States
Bastogne
George S Patton
Pentagon
Walter Reed
University of Mississippi
Alabama
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
William C. Westmoreland
Paris
Saigon
Cheese tasters say ayet Russians raise stink
In Moscow a Nedelya backed campaign to improve Soviet cheese quality is launched after tasters fail to distinguish varieties. Anatoly Rubinov and experts criticize long storage, while officials note high production and rising popularity amid alleged quality declines.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Soviet Union
Nedelya
Anatoly Rubinov
United States
France
Gorky Street
Rubinov
Boston hijacking ends with surrender aboard Eastern flight
A 26 year old black man surrendered at Logan Airport after holding Eastern Air Lines pilot L E Whitaker hostage on a DC9 for over three hours. The hijacker demanded 10 000 and then asked the money be given to Roxbury’s poor. Passengers and crew exited via emergency chutes with no injuries.
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Boston
Eastern Air Lines
Logan International
FBI
L. E. Whitaker
New York City
Whitaker
New York
la Guardia
John Stiffler
Eastern Airport Services
Stiffler
Roxbury
Edward Keehan
Stiffier
Phil Harran
Skeen weighs earned amnesty for Vietnam evaders
In Albuquerque Joe Skeen signals conditional support for earned amnesty for Vietnam draft dodgers, demanding clear criteria and restoration of rights. He contrasts his stance with opponent Jerry Apodaca, urging local responsibility and fiscal restraint while stressing a need to win over independents and some Democrats. He predicts victory and outlines plans for surplus funds, urging restraint on lotteries and a dual track in education.
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Howard Graves
Associated Press
Albuquerque
Joe Skeen
Skeen
New Mexico Advertising Federation
Jerry Apodaca
Las Cruces
Sheen
Pichaco
Radioactive Waste Overflow Taints L A Streets
Los Alamos officials cleaned up radioactivity traces after a sewer carrying radioactive waste overflowed onto a city street. The spill, from the chemistry and metallurgy building, ran 400 feet along Diamond Drive before draining into a storm sewer and staying on lab property. Health officials studyMortendad Canyon area for possible decontamination.
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LOS Alamos
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
W. H Regan
Regan
Chemistry and Metalurgy
Diamond Drive
Pajarito Road
Lab
Mortendad Canyon
Mortenbad Canyon
George. J. Voelz
C. W. Christenson
Christenson
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Soat
Eastern Airlines
Logan International Airport
Mass
Gen. C. Abrams
Soaresee Enca
Smith
Ake
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Rubiney
Roswell and Vicinity
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