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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1966
Page
2
Pope Paul VI designates October as a world prayer month to end the Vietnam War and sets October 4 as a special Catholic observance. He urges intensified prayers, recalls his UN peace pilgrimage, and calls for a just peace settlement and nuclear arms restraint.
Interviews for about 65 plant positions and 35 to 49 openings in area carrot fields will begin Tuesday at Schoenburg Vegetable Processing Plant in Roswell. Carrot processing starts Sept 27 and harvesting Sept 26 with over 400 acres planted by six farmers.
Four Roswell children were injured in a three car wreck at the intersection of E Albuquerque and S Lincoln. The Velasco children Raymond 10 Diane 7 Israel 6 and Ernest Gutierrez 10 were taken to Eastern New Mexico Medical Center and St Marys Hospital. The crash involved Mrs Senovia Savedra 29 driving the Savedra car and Raymond Gonzales 24 driving a second vehicle. Police say Savedra failed to yield and was cited.
Adrian hospital notes show admissions on Sept 17 and 18 for patients at HOSPITALS ENM MEDICAL CENTER ST. MARY'S and MEMORIAL OSTEOPATHIC with numerous individuals named by address. Birth announcements include a girl at Bogle Farms and several newborns at Walker Air Force Base with multiple military families listed.
Atlantic Richfield Co. honors Stanley L. Smith for 25 years of service. Smith, manager of the New Mexico Arizona District, received a gold 25 year emblem in a ceremony at district HQ in the Security National Bank Building. Smith began in 1941 as a junior operator and rose to district geologist, regional exploration manager, and Rocky Mountain District manager before his Roswell post. He and his family live at 201 Three Cross Drive, Roswell.
Roswell police arrested four women after a family altercation in the 700 block of North Atkinson. Evelyn Swann 27 faced aggravated assault, Shirley Sears 24 charged with aggravated battery, two juveniles also charged. Victims Jane Ann Hamby 18 Linda Bryan 16 Mary Jo Lowery 18 treated at St Marys Hospital.
Richard D. Markham 47 of Alamogordo and Joyce Marie Brown 39 of Roswell received marriage licenses. A divorce filing was recorded in E D Moates versus Geneva M Moates.
Nearly 170 Negro pupils entered integrated classes in Grenada with police protection as crowds of whites were absent. Civil rights figure Joan Baez accompanied students to the barricade while local officials vowed strict law and order and federal court orders to protect learners.
Reservations for the monthly stock holder’s breakfast must be made at the Chamber by Tuesday. The event at Roswell Inn starts at 7:30 a.m. with area legislative candidates each given three minutes to outline their platforms followed by a question and answer period. The price is $1.50 per person.
Richard Bean, chairman of the Chaves County Democratic party, announced that county headquarters will open Tuesday at 111 E. Fifth. All Chaves County Democratic candidates are expected to attend the 9 a.m. opening in the same building as the Lusk for Governor headquarters.
At Main and 19th at 4:09 p.m. driver Sam Edwin Moorehead and James L Allery cited for failure to yield at W Second and Delaware. At 10:38 p.m. Paul D. Ford hit rear of Charlie Strickland’s car on 506 W Fifth. At 9:12 a.m. Thomas J. McKnight and Callie L. Hall involved. Hall cited for improper backing on Lincoln and Albuquerque. At 4:50 p.m. in the 1700 block of N Main drivers Lawrence F. E. Riggs, Deming, and James Cecil Ely. Ely cited for following too closely and no license.
The first of a series of television programs featuring New Mexico Military Institute will be shown Saturday at 10 45 a m on KSWS. Cadet Lt Col Robert G Armstrong Roswell regimental commander Cadet Mike Brown Yokohama Japan and Cadet Robert Malone Sierra Vista Ariz will discuss organization and activities of the 1966 cadet corps.
New York stock averages slipped as caution grew after last week’s Dow gain of 38.75 points. Major names fell with Du Pont down 4 to 5 points, IBM and Motorola off, and other leaders like General Motors and AT&T down modestly. Volume reached about 48 million shares, a sharp rise from Friday.
Eight area recorders show rising water levels since September 1965 with Artesia up 42 feet to 143 feet and Orchard Park at 100.87 feet up 34 feet. Other increases include Berrendo-Smith 64 feet up 2, Berrendo 65 feet up 4, LFD 43 feet up 9, Mountain View 115 feet up 7, Greenfield 119 feet up 24, and Cottonwood 150 feet up 21.
Chicago eggs hold steady with wholesale prices unchanged. Grade A whites 49 2, mixed 49 2, mediums 43, standards 44, checks 33. Denver livestock reports cattle 1400 head with slaughter steers weak to 25 lower, cows strong, feeders scarce, hogs up 75-100, lambs steady to 25 higher with prime 23.80-24.80.
Live cattle quotes from Chicago show monthly futures and cash levels with highs lows and closes. Trading activity volumes accompany each contract month from October through February and December figures reflect market movement by day and month.
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