Spirit of bidding fuels Junior Livestock Sale at fair
Ray Sisneros of Hondo FFA led a spirited lamb sale bidding pushing price to 3.60 a pound totaling 367.20 with Security Bank of Ruidoso winning the animal. Bill Armstrong and Bill McCombs joined in the verbal back and forth while Rowland Tessier failed to keep a pig in the ring. Retirees urged to visit Carlsbad Caverns and Rev T H Norris reported catching two large flathead catfish at Elephant Butte Lake weighing 53 pounds each.
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Ray Sisneros
Hondo
Hondo Valley
Sisneros
T. H. Norris
Aldersgate Methodist Church
Elephant Butte Lake
Norris
Adams Drive
Milton Norris
Elephant Butte
New Mexico Rehabilitation Center Name Change
The Roswell Rehabilitation Center becomes New Mexico Rehabilitation Center after advisory council recommendation. Officials say the old name caused confusion about service area and availability beyond Roswell, per medical director Dr. Robert Muckelroy.
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Roswell Rehabilitation Center
New Mexico
Agnew urges unity to back Nixon wage policy at governors meet
Vice President Spiro Agnew urged governors to set aside petty bickering and back President Nixon’s quest for inflation restrained prosperity. He defended the tax plan, argued profits help the poor by boosting productivity, and said the program should be open to improvement via White House and governors’ input.
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Walter R. Mears
San Juan
P.R
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
Agnew
Mt. Olympus
White House
Warren E. Hearns
Missouri
Washington
Hearnes
Avenew
Nils A. Roe
South Dakota
U.S. Customs Court
Congress
Local banker William Williamson dies. funeral pending
William J Williamson died this morning in a local hospital. He was vice president and trust officer at First National Bank in Roswell and had lived there nine years. He served in WWII, held multiple bar memberships, and chaired the NM Bankers Association Trust Division. Survived by two sisters. Funeral services at LaGrone Funeral Chapel.
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LaGrone
William J Williamson
Kentucky Ave
Williamson
First National Bank
Roswell
Dallas
Tex
Mamie Williamson
New Mexico Bar Association
Texas Bar Association
American Bar Association
Guard trial opens U S court today
In Albuquerque a federal trial begins over a 1970 National Guard advance on the University of New Mexico campus. Six students sue several guardsmen including Maj. Gen. John P. Jolly for 650000 dollars claiming bayonet injuries as classes were dismissed after a disturbance.
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Albuquerque
National Guard
University of New Mexico
U.S. District Court
John P. Jolly
Howard C. Bratton
John G. Dressman
William M. Swortwood
Steven C. Sullivan
Steven M. Part
Garry I. Klein
Forrest S. Rutherford
Jolly
David F. Cargo
Martin Vigil
Don L. Doane
Thomas Taylor
Bratton
Felix Torres
Robbie Polson
Attendance figures for 49th Eastern New Mexico State Fair
The 49th Eastern New Mexico State Fair drew 32 189 visitors, 1 544 fewer than 1970 while the rodeo grew by 588 over 1970 with 3 626 attendees across five performances. Daily tallies and totals for 1971 and 1970 are listed.
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New Mexico
Nine hostages killed as Attica riot crushed by police
Nine hostages and 28 convicts died when state police with helicopters stormed Attica prison after a four day uprising. The remaining 29 hostages survived with four seriously injured as guards and officials reported the assault halted the rebellion and two amnesty demands were rejected.
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Attica
N.Y
Attica State Prison
State Correction Department
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
State Corrections
Russell G. Oswald
Vincent R. Mancusi
Oswald
Khrushchev Buried In Private Moscow Farewell
Nikita Khrushchev, who led the Soviet Union for a decade with vigor, was buried in a private ceremony at a Moscow hospital and later laid to rest at Novodevichy Cemetery. About 150 mourners attended as his widow Nine Petrovna and family paid final respects amid solemn rites.
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John Bausman
Associated Press
Moscow
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Novodevichy
News of
Khrushchev
Pravda
Communist Party
Petrovna
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AL Stubbs
Fair Board
Rowland Tessier
Rodney Gardner
Causey
Arnold Transfer
Francis Gardner
Featherstone Farms
Cherrie Michelet
Roswell Livestock Commission Co
Allen Belcher
Carlsbad
Associated Press and Record News
Lebanon
Ore
Bentley Altizer
Portales
N.M
U.S. Court
New York State
William Williamson
The
Central Committee of
Cpsu Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Council of Ministers of
U.S.S.R
Central Committee
CPSU
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev
Soviet Communist Party
Joseph Stalin
Novodyevichy
Kremlin
Stalin
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