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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1971
Page
1
Southeastern New Mexicans travel to Albuquerque for the 34th annual New Mexico State Fair with Roswell Day highlighted. Lincoln and Chaves County agents share busy schedules while ENM State Fair participants trek north after last week’s event.
The Senate sent to President Nixon a measure to repeal a 1950 law allowing detention of suspected spies during insurrection. In Barnstable Massachusetts a juvenile probation officer plans to urge release from 13 months probation for Robert F Kennedy Jr and R Sargent Shriver III who faced delinquency charges for marijuana possession last August.
Edith pounded Cameron Lafayette and Baton Rouge with 90 mph winds and heavy rain, causing a death at Lake Charles where a man was washed overboard. Tornadoes hit two schools and neighborhoods in Baton Rouge, injuring a teacher and several pupils while a shopping center sustained damage.
Two renowned pathologists Dr. Henry Siegel and Dr. Michael Baden finished post mortems on 42 hostages and inmates from the Attica prison riot. They released no findings. A Washington probe into the deadly four day uprising broadened with lawmakers, governors, and a senator sending fact finders to the scene.
The 34th annual NM State Fair began an eleven day run with record livestock entries and more queen contestants. Racing purses were expected near 6.5 million dollars and attendance may top 700000. The opening featured cannons, balloons, and a bright pageant led by Fair Manager Finlay MacGillivray.
A May 21 fatal shooting of Felipe Mares by a Taos County sheriff's deputy is nearing release by the attorney general's office. The office plans public disclosure in the next few days as it continues probes into police brutality complaints against Espanola Police and related cases in Ruidoso and Baltimore.
The United States and allies reportedly reached a tentative accord to give China’s Security Council seat to Peking. Nixon officials stressed preserving Nationalist China’s UN presence, with a veto-wielding major power seat under discussion. A formalized draft and sponsorship are pending a U.N. submission.
The United Fund Campaign starts with eight groups meeting at the Roswell Inn. Goals include 169 350 for the overall drive with divisions led by John Bassett Tom Denton and Walter J. Gibson. Individual division goals range from 31300 for employe division to 82500 for the patterns division.
Boston AP report on Andy Moes 21, undercover narcotics agent for Barnstable police. He filed about 1000 marijuana complaints including against Kennedy cousins Bobby Kennedy Jr and R. Sargent Shriver II. Moes recalls the dirty work and hostility, including gunfire and a firebombed apartment.
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