Possumjet Wins All-American Futurity In World’s Richest Race
Jack Byers of Blanchard Oklahoma owns Possumjet who captured 336629 dollars in the 14th All-American Quarter Horse Futurity at Ruidoso Downs. Jockey Pete Herrera rode the winner, with Miss Ooo Wee second and a strong field of celebrated owners and officials present as Gov Bruce King presented the trophy. Byers plans to split the windfall among his two sons and continues racing as his life.
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Ruidoso Downs
al Rosa
Rosa
Jack Byers
Blanchard
Okla
Pete Herrera
Passumjet
Byers
Oklahoma
Herrera
Miss Ooo Wee
Possumjet
Susie Possum
Jet Deck
Hop Chick
Ruidoso
Suzie Possum
Possum
Marvee
Colo
Raton
Sunland
Bruce King
Bud Ferber
American Quarter Horse Assn
Harold Runnels
Nancy Wright
Congress Queen
Chiefland, Fla
Possum Jet
Assistance League float wins Sweepstakes at Eastern New Mexico State Fair
The Roswell Assistance League float won the Sweepstakes prize in the Eastern New Mexico State Fair parade opening the 50th annual fair. First National Bank won the Director's Award. Roswell Rotary Club was first in organizational. Roswell State Bank claimed the commercial division top honor with a doll house.
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Roswell Assistance League
New Mexico
Fair Grounds
First National Bank
Roswell
Valley Swingers Square Dance Club
Beta Sigma Phi
Andrews County
Tex
Sheriff's Posse
New Mexico Military Institute Polo Club
Roswell Area Weather Forecast
Mostly fair and warmer through Wednesday with early morning fog and low clouds. Light to moderate winds. High today 90 degrees, low tonight 63. High Wednesday 93 degrees.
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Roswell
Senate votes on $50,000 death benefits for public safety families
Senate after recess schedules a $50,000 tax free payment to dependents of policemen firemen and other public safety officers killed on duty plus $25 000 for loss of an eye hand or a limb and $50,000 for double dismemberment. A second bill would deter cargo theft by treble damages and other antitrust remedies while the Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Act would add methadone maintenance in federal judge orders. House action targets a $4.8 billion two year extension of the anti poverty program and adjournment plans loom as October clinical.
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Washington
Senate
House
Justice Department
Nixon
Munich siege and Labor Day toll marked by violence and floods
President Nixon said he felt a deep outrage over the Munich killings as Arab terrorists held Israeli hostages at the Olympic Village. U.N. chief Waldheim urged release of captives. The Egyptian team returned home and Arab delegations may withdraw. Labor Day weekend traffic deaths are tallied by the National Safety Council. In Hillsboro, officials inspect about 200000 damage from Sunday’s flash flood and impose a 6 pm curfew.
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Nixon
Munich
Olympic Village
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
National Safety Council
Hillsboro
ENM Fair Schedule Highlights For Today
Today events run from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Educational Exhibit Building with on the spot demonstrations. At 6 p.m. market swine are weighed and sifted, 6:30 to 7 p.m. beef cutting then 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. more demonstrations. A rodeo starts at 7:30 p.m. and carnival runs from 11 a.m. to midnight. Wednesday features 8 a.m. judging of market and breeding swine.
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Future Farmers of America
McGovern pushes 25000 Boeing jobs with cleaner engines
Senator George McGovern urged federal aid to create 25000 jobs at Boeing by funding cleaner quieter jet engines. He spoke in Seattle after a boisterous Pacific Northwest welcome and attacked Nixon and Connally while highlighting a small tax relief source.
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Seattle
George McGovern
Pacific Northwest
Boeing Co
McGovern
Boeing
Ohio
California
Nixon plans San Francisco stop on re election trip
President Nixon schedules a San Francisco layover en route to Washington to discuss the Golden Gate National Recreation Area with the Citizens' Advisory Committee on Environmental Quality aboard the ferry Golden Gate. The visit will not include public appearances, and taxpayers will pay for the indirect travel.
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San Clemente
Calif
Richard Nixon
San Francisco
Nixon
Bay City
Washington
Citizens’ Advisory Committee On Environmental Quality
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Congress
Ronald J. Ziegler
California
GOP
Environmental Quality Committee
Laurence S. Rockefeller
Charles A Lindbergh
Arthur Godfrey
Frank Borman
Golden Gate
Nixons
Mitchell testimony resumes in Watergate probe
Former attorney general John Mitchell resumes questioning by Edward Bennett Williams in a $1 million Democratic suit over the June 17 Watergate break in and bugging at the Watergate Hotel. Mitchell says he does not expect to claim constitutional privilege.
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Washington
John Mitchell
Mitchell
Edward Bennett Williams
Williams
Nixon
Democratic Party
Watergate Hotel
Democrats
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