City library bond vote draws heavy turnout in Roswell
Turnout was heavy in Roswell today for the $1.25 million library bond election with 1 325 ballots cast by 11 a.m. across 14 polling sites. Polls stay open to 7 p.m. as supporters say turnout will shape the measure to finance a new 20 000 square foot library on Pennsylvania Avenue between Third and Fourth streets.
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North Garden Avenue
el Capitan
Washington Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue
Third
Fourth Streets
Ruth Kelly
Library Board
Betty Witt
Roswell High School
Witt
Warren Goode
Fire Station
Mary Entrop
Yucca Recreation Center
Foster
MIG25 Defector Plane Eyes US Asylum
Soviet MIG25 fighter flown to Hakodate by Lt Viktor Belenko attracts expert scrutiny in Tokyo. Officials note plans to move the pilot to the United States while U S authorities and Kissinger hint at asylum. the jet’s electronic firing system and flight versatility draw international inspection interest.
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Tokyo
Japan
U.S
Washington
Soviet Union
Kyodo
Kissinger
Africa
Hakodate
Misawa
Honshu
Japanese Defense Agency
Japanese Defense Force
Chitose
Russia
Viktor I. Belenko
Defense Agency
Sapporo
Iruma
Belenko
United States
Viking 2 testing could prove life on Mars
Pasadena scientists say if Viking 2 detects organic molecules in Martian soil they will conclude life exists on Mars. Viking 1 lacked organics, which Dr. Gerald Soffen calls the main counterargument to biology. If Viking 2 finds organics, the case for life would be strong, though alternate nonorganic biology cannot be ruled out.
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Pasadena
Calif
Viking 2
Red
Viking 1
Gerald Soffen
Viking
Earth
Soffen
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mars
Utopia
All-American Futurity Attracts Large Labor Day Crowd
William Hamilton of El Paso settles in at Ruidoso Downs for the 18th annual All-American Futurity. A capacity crowd packed the track on Labor Day to witness the world's richest horserace with racing forms, chair, sun hat, raincoat, and cash as the day’s essentials.
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William Hamilton
el Paso
Tex
Ruidoso Downs
Hamilton
Labor Day
Ford talks gap widens in looming strike showdown
With a week to go before a possible walkout at Ford Motor Co, negotiators from Ford and the UAW met after a 24 hour holiday recess. Ford’s Sidney McKenna declined to call progress, while union leaders decried Ford’s wage offer as regressive and a take away, signaling deep rifts as talks stall.
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N.Y
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Ford
United Automobile Workers
Sidney F. McKenna
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Woodcock
Kenneth Bannon
Vietnam identifies 12 missing airmen in goodwill move
U S officials greet Vietnam release of names of 12 Americans listed as missing in action. They urge full accounting for hundreds more still missing. Pentagon lists 795 MIAs overall, including 527 in Vietnam.
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Washington
US S
Vietnam
U.S
William Hyland
Ford
Paris
Pentagon
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Gayle Street
Roswell City Hall
City Water Works
East McGaffey Street
Chaves County
Pam Rhodes
Mathew Mulliken
Military Heights
Marian McQuiddy
Miss Rhodes
Charles Rhodes
Michigan Ave
Mulliken
Albert L. Mulliken
Gaye Drive
State Department
Henry A. Kissinger
KIA
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